Sanjeev Gautam
Mumbai
Summary
Supply chain Professional with 17 years of rich experience in Plan, Source, and Deliver with expertise in Strategic Supply Chain Management, Supply Planning, Distribution Planning (Primary & Secondary), Inventory planning, Material Management, Vendor development and Customer services & Logistics which contributed to top line & bottom-line growth and led to significant improvement in overall business results
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Innovation & Supply Planning Manager-Skin Care
Hindustan Unilever Limited
03.2023 - Current
- Handling a team size of 5 Network & Supply Planners of Skin Care (B&W)
- Leading Innovation & Supply Planning for Skin Care (Turnover 6600 Cr.)
- Managing entire planning operations Innovation & Supply Planning, Production Planning, FG & RM/PM Inventory management to get the leverage in service and cash by balancing service, cost, and cash
- Inventory benchmarking with other categories and drive inventory improvement program at national level for Beauty & Wellbeing Division
- Leading & managing E2E supply chain having 30+ formats, 1000+ FG SKU's, 12 manufacturing sites and pan India distribution to 25+ Depots and Sourcing business outside India
- Leading Business waste reductions for all BG's Home Care, Food & Nutrition's, Personal care, and Beauty & Wellbeing
- Leading New product development: launch & relaunches for Skin care category
- 300+ SKUs in Innovation & Renovation pipelines.
Asst. Supply Planning Manager -Skin Care
Hindustan Unilever Limited
07.2021 - 02.2023
- Drove continuous planning cycle for all Skin Care factories by analyzing the demand and fixing weekly production plans
- Headed capacity assessment and long-term capacity planning basis future growth and expected demand
- Ensured Healthy MSTN availability across all depots by leading indicators like Day-0 >92%
- Led DSR with demand planning team by monitoring Forecast accuracy and bias
- Ensured delivery of products from 3P's copackers and development & identification, onboarding of new 2P/3P suppliers
- Drove DBNR (Days before next run) agenda for all the B&W factories by ensuring MOQ reductions, Nano manufacturing.
Asst. Customer Fulfillment Manager
Hindustan Unilever Limited
04.2019 - 06.2021
- Spearheaded a team of 10, to manage Central branch customer service and Logistics ops.; managed 1200+ Distributors & ensured smooth secondary distributions, primary & secondary service, last mile delivery in GT, E-commerce, and MT
- Managed Order to Cash Cycle for GT and Key Account customers
- Designed and implemented CFA's performance metric in changing business environment
- Rolled out various cost saving initiatives such as warehouse space utilization, load ability improvement, right truck type, direct dispatch, and dynamic clustering to improve the Gross Margin without impacting service
- Ensured statutory and legal compliances of the depots, stock audits, DSE and NMSM takebacks
- Drove CRS, PDP compliance, load ability optimization, Dynamic clustering, LCV reduction, DOT to ensure maximum fill rate by channels
- Maintained Distributor pack level DOH by ensuring scientific norms as per packs Classification, Healthy depot MSTN line fill, FIFO/FMFO compliance for stocks across depots by using AI and ML.
Sr. Executive SCM- Purchase & Production Planning)
Hindustan Unilever Limited
07.2016 - 03.2019
- Led end-to-end supply chain flow for personal care factories from Material Procurement to finished goods dispatches; managed supply, production, capacity planning and finalized weekly production scheduling for factories in collaboration with central supply chain team.
Executive SCM-Process & Control
Hindustan Unilever Limited
07.2014 - 06.2016
- Managed supply chain controls and process improvement in 8 multi-category HPC factories; coordinated with plant commercial and production teams to ensure effective supply chain compliance and controls in all factories.
Sr. Executive-Direct Procurement & EXIM
PepsiCo India
11.2012 - 06.2014
- Managed 220 crores spend base of beverages factory at Patiala, Punjab, and Handled 300+ Raw & Packaging materials of beverages category with 30% absolute reduction in Days in Hand Inventory
- Handled Import/export shipments clearance of raw materials, through Air/Sea routes and localization of Packaging materials
- Identified cost optimization drivers’ negotiation with new transporters, alternate & cost-effective modes of transport, optimization of warehouse operations
- Projects & Achievements: Designed & Implemented FOB Model for Bulk Import: yielded an annual hard saving of 1.5 Crores for organization.
Jr. Manager- Int'l Logistics & Distribution
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.
12.2010 - 10.2012
- Execution of export orders; ensured timely delivery of products from GDC Hyderabad to Russia and CIS countries
- CHA & Freight Forwarder appointments & contract negotiations for air and sea routing
- Pre & post shipment documentation and liaising with C&FA for custom clearance, space booking and container sailing
- In-depth knowledge of international business practices i.e., Uniform customs practice and documentary credit, Inco- terms, payment terms, insurance etc
- Projects & Achievements: Successfully executed project on productivity by converting air shipments to sea in a ratio of 30:70 from existing 60:40 which generated hard savings of 0.8 Cr in freight for organization.
Executive- Import/Export Executive
Nectar Lifesciences Ltd.
02.2006 - 11.2010
- Handled sourcing of raw material i.e., API, intermediate and solvents
- Managed end-to-end procurement process i.e., RFI/RFQ, price negotiation and contract finalization with suppliers
- Preparation of PO/contracts & application for letter of credits, advance payments against PI and custom clearance of imported goods.
Education
MBA: Marketing & Operations -
Sikkim Manipal University
Manipal, India12.2010
Bachelor of Education : Education -
Himachal Pradesh University
Shimla, India03.2006
Bachelor of Arts: Ecmomics -
Himachal Pradesh University
Shimla, India03.2005
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Analytical and Critical Thinking
- Decision-Making
- Inventory Managements
- Warehouse & Depot Management
- Logistics & Distribution Management
- World Class Manufacturing
- Vendor/ Customer Service
- Data Science
- Export/Import/Customs
- Innovation Planning
Languages
English
Hindi
Certification
- Business Intelligence using Power BI, 03/01/2023
- Data Scientist, 09/01/2019
- Business Analytics Process -Develop an Analytical Model, 09/01/2019
Timeline
Innovation & Supply Planning Manager-Skin Care
Hindustan Unilever Limited
03.2023 - Current
Asst. Supply Planning Manager -Skin Care
Hindustan Unilever Limited
07.2021 - 02.2023
Asst. Customer Fulfillment Manager
Hindustan Unilever Limited
04.2019 - 06.2021
Sr. Executive SCM- Purchase & Production Planning)
Hindustan Unilever Limited
07.2016 - 03.2019
Executive SCM-Process & Control
Hindustan Unilever Limited
07.2014 - 06.2016
Sr. Executive-Direct Procurement & EXIM
PepsiCo India
11.2012 - 06.2014
Jr. Manager- Int'l Logistics & Distribution
Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.
12.2010 - 10.2012
Executive- Import/Export Executive
Nectar Lifesciences Ltd.
02.2006 - 11.2010
MBA: Marketing & Operations -
Sikkim Manipal University
Bachelor of Education : Education -
Himachal Pradesh University
Bachelor of Arts: Ecmomics -
Himachal Pradesh University
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