11+ years of experience in manufacturing, e-commerce, supply chain process and network design, business excellence, driving lean culture, critical project management, indirect procurement, vendor management, supply chain operations, and strategies..
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Manager- Process Excellence & Projects
Swiggy
Bangalore
04.2024 - Current
Growth & Expansion - Study on growth forecast, warehouse strategic study for cost optimization - 8% cost saving through co-location of Ambient & Cold FC, New & Growth city FC design and setup, 20% MML cost reduction through FC relocation, and minor infra change for creating extra inventory runway in FCs.
New FC development: Right from facility selection, capacity planning, process flow design, material movement plan, vendor selection, capex procurement, cost negotiation, and execution. Total new 2.5M sft on 10 different locations across India. Saving of approx. Rs 4 Crore compared to past WH infra cost on 1st self design and executed warehouse.
Liaise with Real Estate team for finalising warehouses by evaluating network, rental & operational feasibility along with agreement proof reading & helping closure along with legal.
Program managed planning to execution of ASRS for one warehouse, which shall improve the IB/OB productivity by three times and shall have capex payback of 3.5 years.
Solar power: Feasibility and cost-benefit analysis for 10 units. of bigger WH, Vendor selection & implementation. Saving 45-50% of electricity costs.
Organizational performance alignment through change management activities across products/projects to formulate change strategies and plans.
Manager- Process Excellence
Swiggy
Bangalore
02.2022 - 03.2024
Lead the design and automation charter to transform the Swiggy-Instamart warehouse supply chain.
Optimization of the end-to-end process of pan-India warehouse supply chain, resulting in savings of 10% on warehouse supply chain costs through the removal of non-value-adding processes using Lean tools, product changes (WMS), process changes (batch picking and sorting), automation, and TMS for the complete process.
The program managed the overall plan and execution of mobile printers for pan-India warehouses, eliminating non-value-adding processes, resulting in a 20% manpower saving.
Analyzed data to arrive at actionable insights and collaborate with stakeholders across product, operations, and tech to execute solutions in a cost-effective manner.
Finalized manpower planning templates by considering factors like inbound/outbound volume handled, process IPP, return volumes, etc.
Manager- Product Planning & Operations Strategy
Maruti Suzuki
Gurugram
04.2021 - 02.2022
Leading a team of 12 people on New Product and Plant development team for Upcoming Model with budget of INR300 Crore.
Involved in development of online Revenue Procurement system through with IT , Operations Process Control & SC Dept's.
Supply chain & inventory management of plant consumables, cost reduction & alternate sourcing drive without quality compromise.
Deputy Manager- Product Planning & Operations
Maruti Suzuki
Gurugram
04.2017 - 03.2021
Successfully Led a team of 4 designers, 5 supervisors, and over 250 workforces, undertaken over 35 projects related to introduction of various model(Vitara Brezza, Ignis, S-presso & Wagon-R), Process planning, material flow design, Automation of manual facilities & Capacity enhancement through de-bottlenecking of existing facilities at weld shops with budget of approx INR 620 Crore.
Capacity enhancement of Vitara Brezza & Ignis model common line from 85000Veh/year to 190000Veh/year using Lean methods like Line balancing, Kaizen, OEE etc.
Defining Project Scope, Process plan, Material flow design, Capacity planning, Product Design parameters, CTQ's, Risk Assessment with PFMEA, Monitoring, Scheduling, Progress Reporting for Execution.
Capex/Revex procurement of Equipment & associated auxillaries, includes Proposal preparations, RFQ through SAP, Should or Zero based costing, Negotiation and PO allocation to suppliers through ERP.
Consumables inventory, supply chain management and cost reduction through localisation, VA/VE and de-risking through alternate sourcing. Saved approx INR 40 Crore by localisation.
Manage the Sourcing strategy & overall vendor performance based on KPI's. Drive vendor selection, consultation, and overall vendor operations strategies.
Conceptualised and developed software based API system along with IT department for tackling assembly line constraints eliminating production loss of 20 vehicles/day.
Assistant Manager- Product Planning & Operations
Maruti Suzuki
Gurugram
07.2014 - 03.2017
Model-VITARA BREZZA :- The project of Robotic facility concept making to execution with budget of INR 32 Crore for manufacturing Vitara Brezza & Ignis model. The work includes Process & Layout finalisation, Tendering, negotiation, purchase order to suppliers & ensuring project execution in given timeline.
Increased efficiency of manual processes through DMAIC process by over 6 percent resulting in de-bottlenecking of slowest production process.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - ME
National Institute of Technology
Jaipur
06.2014
Skills
Project/Product Management
Process Design & Optimization
Solution Design
Network Design
Material Flow
Operations Strategy
Data Analysis
Supplier Development
Supply Chain Management
RFP/RFQ
Cost Estimation
Kaizen
Inventory Management
5S
DMAIC
PFMEA
Capacity Planning
LEAN
Snowflakes
UG/NX
Auto Cad
Certification
Six Sigma Green Belt, 07/21 - Present
Scrum Master, 07/21 - Present
Awards
Swiggsters- Swiggy- It is a prestigious award in the organization, where 15 selected people are awarded each quarter within the complete organization I was awarded for the Do More with Less category
Rising Star - Maruti Suzuki - awarded as 'The Rising Star of the Production Engineering Division' within 2 years of working at Maruti Suzuki