Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Previous work experience in R k Marble
Previousworkexperience
Placements
Projectandseminar
Awards
Extracurricular Activities
Training
Personal Information
Timeline
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Rakesh Gupta

Rakesh Gupta

Sr. General Manager - Berger Paints Ltd
Greater Kailash, Delhi,DL

Summary

To utilize my professional skills and knowledge in the best possible way for the fulfillment of the organization goals. General Manager with 20 years of experience focused on increasing revenues and expanding margin. Adaptive and deadline-oriented consistently executes and completes multiple projects in high-stress environments. Meticulous leader and strategic planner with comprehensive managerial acumen, offering vision and motivational acumen.

Overview

2026
2026
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. General Manager - Purchase

Berger Paints India Ltd (British Paints Div.)
06.2025 - Current

* Procurement of Raw materials for the Plants.

* Procurement of Packing materials for the plants

* Responsible for all direct and indirect purchases

* Responsible for Capex Purchases

* Develop new vendors to save the raw material and packing material costs.

General Manager (Head of Purchase, Store & Logis )

Hindustan Sanitary Industries Ltd (Hindware)
6 2022 - 06.2025
  • Procurement of raw material for sanitaryware items
  • Develop many new vendor for the raw material and save 5% costing in raw materials
  • Sourcing of all the customized items as well as brought out items for the plant and New Expansion projects (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, House keeping, Capital goods, IT etc.)
  • Procurement of all trading division items which are not manufacturing by Hindware
  • All accessories for sanitary ware product (Cistern, fitting, sensor, kit, pipes etc)
  • Handling all direct and indirect sourcing.
  • Handle the service related activity i.e Fabrication, Plumbing, civil, house keeping, Mechanical etc
  • Handling the expansion project of existing factory and new factory (Construction and new heavy machinery for the plant)
  • To arrange the material from supplier to destination by logistic/transport/cargo
  • Finalize the contract with transporters. Invite the bid/tendor and make the comparative statement.
  • Make the contract for AMC
  • Price negotiation, new vendor development for the engineering items and planning of the fund.
  • Comparison chart between various vendor and items.
  • Timely supply of all items for the project and factory.
  • Discussed with the vendor for the payment and delivery issues.
  • Identify nonmoving, slow moving, fast moving & aged inventories generate MIS for highlighting to management
  • Handling all day to day operation of central store and monitoring and control to ensure usability of items all the time. 100% supervision of all critical material handling loading / unloading activities.
  • Prepare the write off proposal for unused inventory
  • Sale the scrap material as per SOP.
  • Maintain the maximum and minimum level of stock.



Achievements

  • Save 10% costing in packing spent by developing proper packing as per requirement.
  • Save 20% Transportation cost by developing new vendor near the plant. identify the potential supplier.
  • Save Inventory cost through reducing the inventory by proper planning, strategic sourcing
  • Save raw material cost by negotiation and develop alternate vendors, strategic sourcing
  • Save the energy by energy audit and use energy efficient equipments in the plant (motor, BLDC fans, VFD etc)

DGM - Purchase & Store

Hindware Ltd
05.2019 - 05.2022

Handling the Purchase and store activities

AGM - Purchase & Store

Hindware Ltd
05.2017 - 05.2019

Handling the direct and indirect purchase.

Many costing saving activities.

Sourcing the raw material.

Developed many new vendor for the raw material and saved approx 10% revenue in raw material.

Sr Manager

Hindware Ltd
05.2015 - 05.2017

Manager - Purchase

Hindware Ltd
05.2013 - 05.2015

DY Manager

Hindware Ltd
11.2012 - 05.2013

Education

B Tech (Mechnical) -

National Institute of Technology
05.2004

Diploma in Mechnical / Production -

Govt Polytechnis College
06.2001

Senior Secondary -

Maheshwari Public School
05.1998

Secondary Education -

Maheshwari Public School
05.1996

Skills

SAP MM module, Excel, MS office

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Previous work experience in R k Marble

Procurement of all the procurement items as well as brought out items for the Turkey projects. Price negotiation, new vendor development for the engineering items and planning of the fund. Comparison chart between various vendor and items. Co-ordinate with overseas center about the requirement and fulfill there need timely Enquiry for the items which is not available directly in the market. Estimate the cost of the items and discussed with vendor for the right value. Ensure the overseas center about the availability of the items.

Previousworkexperience

  • R.K..Marble Pvt. Ltd, Manager - Purchase, 2010 - 2012, Kishangarh, Jaipur
  • Gravita Exim Ltd, Dy.Manager - Procurement, 2007 - 2010, Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Heritage Export Company, Bussiness Manager, 2005 - 2007, Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Videocon International, Graduate Trainee Engineer 2004 - 2005, Aurangabad, Maharastra

Placements

Selected in “Videocon International Ltd.” in the campus interview 

Selected in “Bajaj Tempo”, “Akshay Optical” and ”Eicher” after Diploma in campus interviews.

 Selected in “LG Electronics ltd (for Korea)” washing machine division. After gaining 1year experience from Videocon.

Projectandseminar

  • Project was done in I-deas software.
  • I concentrated on Drafting, Designing and Machining module.
  • We made many mechanical components on ideas and then did the virtual machining using ideas machining module.
  • Presented a paper “measurement of surface roughness by fiber optics”

Awards

  • I have done many costing saving project in Hindware.
  • Many new vendors/ alternative vendor develop for the cost saving.
  • Discount structure increased in many items those are based on price list.
  • Some new machinery developed in the plant to smooth the operations.
  • Secured “1st Rank” in diploma in all over Rajas than.
  • Awarded “ Bhamashah Award” for securing 1st rank in diploma by Udaipur Maharaja.
  • Secured “ 6th Rank” in degree.
  • Selected in “Videocon international ltd”in campus interview.

Extracurricular Activities

  • Coordinated “MECHFEST 2003” – the departmental festival organized by the Mechanical Department every year.
  • Participated in various Activities at college and department level Organize various events at department and school level.

Training

  • Rajasthan Roadways, 05/27/03 - 07/15/03, Sanganer, Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Motor Industries Company, 05/27/02 - 06/29/02, Sitapura Industrial Area, Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • Raj InfoTech, 08/12/00 - 01/27/01, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur, Rajasthan
  • National Engineering Industries Ltd (N.B.C.), 02/13/99 - 07/31/99, Jaipur, Rajasthan

Personal Information

Timeline

Sr. General Manager - Purchase

Berger Paints India Ltd (British Paints Div.)
06.2025 - Current

DGM - Purchase & Store

Hindware Ltd
05.2019 - 05.2022

AGM - Purchase & Store

Hindware Ltd
05.2017 - 05.2019

Sr Manager

Hindware Ltd
05.2015 - 05.2017

Manager - Purchase

Hindware Ltd
05.2013 - 05.2015

DY Manager

Hindware Ltd
11.2012 - 05.2013

Diploma in Mechnical / Production -

Govt Polytechnis College

Senior Secondary -

Maheshwari Public School

Secondary Education -

Maheshwari Public School

General Manager (Head of Purchase, Store & Logis )

Hindustan Sanitary Industries Ltd (Hindware)
6 2022 - 06.2025

B Tech (Mechnical) -

National Institute of Technology
Rakesh GuptaSr. General Manager - Berger Paints Ltd