Sachin Kumar Sahu
Prayagraj
Summary
Dynamic logistics manager with extensive experience at Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd., excelling in fleet management and vendor negotiations. Proven track record in inventory optimization and supply chain strategy, driving operational excellence. Adept at leveraging SAP for analytics while fostering collaboration across teams to achieve business objectives.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager Logistics
Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd
02.2026 - Current
- Logistics & Distribution: Fleet Management, Vendor Management, & Freight Negotiation.
- Supply Chain Strategy: Inventory Optimization, Demand Planning, Safety Stock Review, & FIFO Implementation.
- Warehouse Management: 3PL Operations, Material Handling, Stock Reconciliation, & Safety Standard Audits.
- Systems & Analytics: SAP (SD Module), Oracle ERP Transactions, MIS Reporting, & Performance KPIs.
- Managing all activities of 3PL, Primary & Secondary distribution service providers across all locations in NCR Region (4 warehouses and 1 plants).
- Ensuring 100% stock availability at all respective location to meet the market demand.
- Conducting surprise and monthly stock audits at the warehouses and ensuring accurate inventory management.
- Collaborated with senior leadership, sales, and planning teams to achieve regional supply chain and business objectives. Implemented operational excellence and cost optimization initiatives across logistics and distribution operations.
Assistant Manager Supply Chain
Pernod Ricard India Pvt. Ltd
07.2017 - 01.2026
- Dealing with Transport Union and Negotiated freight carrier contracts by participating & carry out effective Transporters/Union Negotiations.
- Develop & Implement – Transport damage Claims and settlement.
- Inventory Management & Optimization - Strategically review and lead action plans to optimize inventory at all levels.
- Define and periodically review stock policy (RM/ PM/FG) for factories and warehouses.
- Maintains Physical condition of warehouse by planning and implementing.
- Handling 3 PL negotiation and bill processing on monthly basis.
- Inspecting equipment’s, issuing work orders for repair and requisition for replacement.
- Reports & Analytics - Create reports on FG Slow Moving/Non-Moving RM/PM/FG, run-rate, inventory, OTIF, expiry etc.
- Ensuring All Excise Approvals in Place w.r.t Unit Requirement like Label Registration/Import Export Approvals/fulfilling Other Statutory Requirement of State Excise.
- Maintain Warehouse Safety standard requirement.
Logistics Executive
Pernod Ricard India Pvt Ltd
06.2012 - 06.2017
- Handling end to end warehousing and Logistics activities in Plant.
- Managing Stock availability & Inventory Management pertaining to warehouses.
- Handling a team (4 resources) responsible for stock reconciliation and executing Oracle transactions and maintaining transaction database.
- Maintaining and publishing Stock Transfer record from Plant to State Warehouses, day wise month wise and year wise.
- Inventory management on a regular basis to feed the WH and monitoring the ageing of all the Stock by FIFO.
- Ensure availability of trucks to dispatch finished goods to the respective destinations within the timeframe of Permit validity.
- Monitor and limit demurrages for incoming material & outbound finished goods.
- Interacting with Transporters, making arrangement of Loading and Unloading, processing of Bills of Vendors and Transporters.
- Interacting with local and State Excise for permission for Export dispatches and Permit for GNS import, label approval.
Executive Material Control
Anchor Electricals Pvt. Ltd. (Member of Panasonic Group)
10.2010 - 05.2012
- Managing the Stock availability & Inventory Management pertaining to all warehouses.
- Ensuring the material availability in WH’s as per sales Projections.
- Managing a third-party logistics provider direct fulfillment operation for receiving, stocking and shipping.
- Front ending with Finance over monthly book closure / Road Permit issue & Sales Inward & Outward Reports and other cross functions for their related transactions/queries.
- Maintaining and publishing the Stock Transfer Reports from Mother Warehouse to State Warehouses, Distributors & Service Franchises, day wise month wise and year wise.
- Inventory management on a regular basis to feed all the locations and monitoring the ageing of all the Stock by FIFO.
- Monitoring of user complaints in Terms of shortages/ Excesses & Damages.
- Insurance Claim processing if any damages / Short Received.
- Monthly review with transporters and C&F agents against their performance.
- Creation and adherence of policies and procedure for operation.
- Develop and maintain performance relative to key metrics, including on time delivery of product to the commit date for customer.
- Drive process improvement and corrective action activities with 3 PL.
- Coordinate with factory and CDC for branch dispatches.
- Preparation of various MIS report (Stock replenishment report, brand pack report) for effective analysis.
Shipping Executive
Aradhana Soft drinks & Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (A Subsidiary of PepsiCo India Holding Pvt. Ltd.)
Ludhiana
04.2008 - 09.2010
- Plan and service indents to 150 distributors within Punjab and transfer stocks to warehouses within Punjab and Himachal Pradesh (Parwanoo and Dhamtal) with self and Transporter’s fleet (Specially outsourced material).
- Generation of Deliveries and VAT invoices through ERP system (SAP SD Module).
- Increasing efficiency by monitoring full load ability in vehicles and encouraging HCV’s with special emphasis to lower transit time of the vehicles.
- Interaction with distributors and transporters to prevent detention charges hence increasing freight efficiency.
- 70% of the company’s business is two ways (Returnable glass), hence its weekly reconciliation increases productivity of the plant.
- Proper management of finished goods products in warehouse, its ageing (expiry issue), safety and Practicing FIFO with special emphasis on PET.
- Minimization of breakages, brustage and drink age in warehouse to reduce cost.
- Interaction with Product Availability Manager to maintain inventory level to meet sales requirement.
Education
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Lovely Professional University
Jalandhar, Punjab01.2022
Bachelor of Commerce -
Allahabad University
Prayagraj01-2002
Intermediate -
U.P. Board
Prayagraj01-1999
High School -
U.P. Board
Prayagraj01-1997
Skills
- Fleet management
- Vendor management
- Inventory optimization
- SAP (SD Module)
- Freight negotiation
- Supply chain strategy
Personal Information
Date of Birth: 05/06/81
Languages
- Hindi
- English
- Punjabi
Timeline
Manager Logistics
Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd
02.2026 - Current
Assistant Manager Supply Chain
Pernod Ricard India Pvt. Ltd
07.2017 - 01.2026
Logistics Executive
Pernod Ricard India Pvt Ltd
06.2012 - 06.2017
Executive Material Control
Anchor Electricals Pvt. Ltd. (Member of Panasonic Group)
10.2010 - 05.2012
Shipping Executive
Aradhana Soft drinks & Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (A Subsidiary of PepsiCo India Holding Pvt. Ltd.)
04.2008 - 09.2010
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Lovely Professional University
Bachelor of Commerce -
Allahabad University
Intermediate -
U.P. Board
High School -
U.P. Board