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Shamkant S. Sonawane

Supply Chain And Procurement Manager
Staines,United Kingdom

Summary

11+ experience in New com,FMCG, Retail & Telecom Industry.

Worked on wide range of supply chain operations includes Project management, FC operations, Inventory management, 3PL performance measurement & improvement, Indirect procurement, Transportation, Distribution (Order fulfilment), SC Cost Optimization, Supplier relationship management including planning & replenishment. Experienced in stakeholder relationship management which includes working with organization leadership teams and lead the team by conducting business process improvement workshops to discuss and evaluate future goals and objectives.

Industry Expertise: E commerce Retail Telecom Manufacturing Software & tool: SAP Microsoft Six sigma Expertise: Project Management 3PL management Business analysis Supply chain cost optimization Transportation- Distribution channel management Procurement & Vendor/Supplier relationship management Value stream mapping BPM & performance improvement Supportive Team Lead with 10 years of experience leading teams. Expert in following detailed production schedules with distinguished history of maximizing productivity. Committed to proactive reorganization for optimized safety and efficiency.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications

Work History

Lead

Reliance, Jio Mart, Ops & NMO
03.2019 - Current
  • Integrated financial and operation plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operational and financial results to boost customer satisfaction, profitability and working capital.
  • Drove cost reduction efforts for supply chain AOP to meet annual operations targets.
  • Monitored performance of external vendor supply chains while handling internal logistics.
  • Identified, selected and maintained logistic suppliers and achieved optimum costs and service qualities.
  • Established vision and master plan for regional supply chain end-to-end structure, sourcing and delivery.
  • New market project Management with business feasibility analysis, Activity base PERT control & De bottlenecking for quick launch 64+ cities as per design criteria
  • Key contributor in functional WCS configuration & WMS as per FC design (Full FC & Lean FC)
  • Design & Develop 3PL KPI dashboard to measure service capability & compatibility (36 Service partner for 60 Fulfillment center)
  • FC Operations control by measuring 3PL SCM KPI like Inbound, Putaway, Inventory, Order fill rate, OTIF, Ontime dispatch,
  • Absenteeism % & Productivity
  • Improve OTD 93% to 96% by elimination staging constraint
  • Process owner for 3% Near Expiry/Damage/Expired inventory control with liquidation/disposal action through E Bidding process
  • Assets (CAPEX) movement control within fulfilment centre for Pallets, Tote, Automation, Infra materials to keep facility ready to support business scale up plan
  • Cost control & Optimization for SCM OPEX spend of 30Cr+ (64 Fulfilment centres having 40 lac Sq.ft nationally)
  • SC estimated cost analysis and identification of cost saving initiative to cater projected sales per month
  • Achievement:
  • 53 sites launch for new commerce business (FY21-22) with help of PERT techniques and implementation of WCS & WMS configuration
  • 3PL KPI dashboard matrix capture contract terminology of Manpower availability (Shift wise absenteeism %), Attrition, Pick &
  • Pack productivity, Shrinkage, Grazing and Operational losses
  • Key contributor in FC cost reduction by 3% (irrespective of sales growth Impact) with help of 3PL productivity measurement, consumable, utility heads
  • Slash consumable reordering TAT by 5 days for 42 SKUs across 60 sites by implementing excel base reordering model
  • Achieved accuracy and reduced IT assets theft/stolen/damage incident using scan based HOTO model.

Supply Chain and Logistics Manager

Vodafone Idea Ltd
11.2016 - 02.2019
  • Reverse logistics process owner for 4000 site extraction included with planning for route, location, vehicle selection and inventory accuracy
  • Network Inventory analysis worth of 1500 Mn with action plan & conducting MBR & QBR for inventory KPIs
  • OPEX WH (20K) operations & control along with distribution channel partner for OPEX inventory management & on time delivery for 900 retailers touch points
  • Achievements
  • Recognized as “I made the difference” & “Mega star” award in FY 17-18 for the inventory & internal stakeholder management &
  • CFO recognition for the 1203 site reversal logistics management
  • Develop & implemented courier agency scorecard to analyzed 1700 distributor point TAT performance & achieved on time delivery at 96.4% YTD
  • 120 Mn scrap sale FADF sign off process with end to end closure and approval of WPC board

Vodafone India Ltd
10.2015 - 11.2016
  • Responsibilities
  • Indirect procurement of 1070Mn handled & managed to support with S&OP planning
  • Included 300MN Sales Procurement, 160MN
  • Marketing Procurement, 600MN CS Procurement & 10MN Warehouse Procurement
  • OPEX WH (30K) operations & control with distribution channel partner for OPEX inventory management & on time delivery for 1200 retailers touch points
  • Achievements
  • Achieved 3 Mn saving through E-bidding initiative for the Vodafone Supernet branding project
  • Achieved 0.35 Mn saving in DHL process
  • Saving of 1.2 Mn with Inland letter roll out for the post-paid welcome letter process
  • Successfully implemented 1 Mn sales spend to the National sourcing champion vendor
  • Roles & Responsibilities
  • Supplier collaboration:
  • Reviewed and monitored supplier SERVICE KPI’s like Availability, Fill rate, OTIF, Stock days, lead time reliability, Average lead time and action plan to achieve the set targets
  • Analysed supplier (Top 30) level constraint SKU and there business Profit/lost impact for 16 metro store
  • Joint Business Planning& Replenishment:
  • Demand planning with top suppliers for key SKU (2K SKUs & 18 FMCG partners) on supply chain front which contributes more than 50% to the total revenue
  • Generated store SKU level statistical forecast & deploy the inventory in 16 store accordingly
  • Analysed month wise demand & supply GAP drivers and evaluate forecast result
  • Inventory Management:
  • Review the inventory hygiene with respect to AGED or SLOW moving stock
  • Monitor stock position of FOOD (>60 days) & NON FOOD (180 days) at store and SKU level with respect to set targets of COGS & Avg Stock days
  • Set up of SKU master control action plan on high inventory SKU for stakeholders
  • Achievements
  • Developed Top 30 Supplier scorecard (KPI measurement matrix) for supplier collaboration to analyse business GAP
  • Metro Cash & Carry (Aug’14 To Oct’15)
  • Post Graduation program in Industrial Engineering - Specialized in Supply chain & Operations management from NITIE

Sitson India Pvt.Ltd
06.2012 - 07.2014
  • Planning &Scheduling
  • Managed & Controlled ETO manufacturing scope related issues of Production planning & Scheduling, Material planning & utilization, Capacity planning with possible changes in internal & external demand
  • Ensure to maintain the multifactor (Labour + material+ Overheads) operational strategy as per the specified norms
  • Material Management
  • Monitor and developed reorder point & safety stock system for the consumable items at all 5 store department
  • Analysed quarterly WIP inventory, safety Stock & finished goods reports with scrap generated for MIS decision

Education

Masters in Supply Chain Management
NIITIE
06.2018 - 05.2020

Skills

    Contract Management and Negotiation

Supply Chain Management

ISO 9001 standards

Supply chain distribution

Planning and Coordination

Ecom and Retail SOP

Agile framework

Microsoft Office

Certification

Microsoft Office

Timeline

Microsoft Office

11-2021

Lead

Reliance, Jio Mart, Ops & NMO
03.2019 - Current

Masters in Supply Chain Management
06.2018 - 05.2020

Supply Chain and Logistics Manager

Vodafone Idea Ltd
11.2016 - 02.2019

Vodafone India Ltd
10.2015 - 11.2016

Sitson India Pvt.Ltd
06.2012 - 07.2014
Shamkant S. SonawaneSupply Chain And Procurement Manager