Lokesh Tiwari

To excel in the field of Vendor Management by enhancing my skills by continuous learning for the achievement of organizational goals there by adding value to my professional experience.

Language known : Hindi and English

Hobbies : Cooking, Traveling, playing and watching cricket

• Launched- 40 SKU, all Personal Care & Process Food Product within 6 months of Joining Made EBITA +ve for private brands.
• Renegotiated with co-packers to reduce cost. Achieved a projected cost reduction of 1Cr. for the FY19-20
• Success fully launched brands like Tasty Treat, Fresh & Pure, Cleanmate , Caremate, TS, Kara.
• Achieved reduce COC 1%- 2% every year.
• Continuously achieving more than 85% Fill Rate for Private Brand Products across customer fill rate.
• Continuously achieving more than 90% quantity Fill Rate in vendor POs.
• Managed to lower down expired Private Brand Food SKUs. Brought it down to below 0.25% across all DCs.
• Achieved 90% of stocks availability across all DCs.
• 100% supply to each stores in Mumbai & 108% sale target achieved in year 2006-2007.
• 0.05% complaints on the quality of the products.

• Worked with Trent Hypermarket PVT LTD - A Tata And Tesco Enterprise, Mumbai
• Since Oct’ 2023 to Nov’2024
• Designation- Assistant Manager – Vendor Management (Supply Chain)
• Reporting: Supply chain Head
• Job Responsibilities:
• Managing complete 3P Manufacturing operations of over 24 Core Personal care Products business (Own Brand Name Skye)
• Managing 23 co-packers across different categories in pan India
• Managing a product range of 150 SKUs encompassing 10 MC’s
• Production Planning to the vendors for timely supplies.
• Planning of packaging material at the suppliers end
• Ensured DC and Store on shelf availability at 95%
• Vendor performance assessment.
• Maintaining optimum inventory (less than 30 days at DC and 15 days at store )
• Handling Vendor related issues and getting it resolved on time like costing and RM, PM.
• Handling vendor payment related issues in coordination with commercial team.
• Reconcile In-transit stocks between Vendors & DCs.
• Quarterly vendor account reconciliation
• Supply planning on the basis of agreed demand received from category team and management
• Managing vendor production planning so to arrange the stock in DC in the basis of supply planning and current stock condition.
• Maintaining Vendor fill rate at more than 90% of target.
• Managed capacity and material planning,procurement, shipping, receiving and warehousing functions