Varun Raju Hire
Supply Chain & Logistics Operations, 3PL Logistics, Quick-commerce
Navi Mumbai
Summary
Results-driven Warehouse & Inventory Operations professional with 4+ years of experience managing large-scale fulfillment and 3PL warehouse operations across e-commerce, FMCG, and retail sectors. Proven track record of leading teams of 150+ members, driving 99%+ inventory accuracy, And delivering measurable improvements in fill rate, TAT, and SLA compliance across high-velocity, multi-SKU environments. Hands-on expertise across Inventory Control, Audit Operations, Returns (RSTO), Cycle Count Governance, ICQA, and Secondary Sales Liquidation — with a strong ability to diagnose operational gaps, build corrective frameworks, and consistently move metrics. Adept at managing end-to-end operations across facilities up to 2.5 lah sq. ft. and servicing marquee clients including Flipkart, Max Fashion, General Mills, and Tata Motors.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Operations Executive
Blinkit (Zomato Hyperpure Pvt Ltd)
Pune, India-Blinkit Pune P3 Fulfillment Center.
11.2025 - Current
- Led end-to-end Audit & Inventory operations for a 300,000 sq. ft. Fulfillment Center managing 40,000 SKUs across 113,000 storage locations, sustaining 99%+ inventory accuracy through WMS-driven cycle count programs and structured operational controls.
- Managed a 150-member team (10 on-roll + 140 off-roll) across multi-shift operations with complete roster planning, shift adherence, and performance accountability — ensuring zero disruption to daily FC throughput.
- Designed a cycle count framework achieving 90% location coverage in 7 days and 100% in 15 days; controlled Raise Audit (RA) below 0.5% per shift through daily Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and corrective action loops.
- Investigated inventory discrepancies using Location History (Picking, Putaway, Audit touchpoints) and CCTV surveillance — successfully identified and escalated multiple theft and malpractice cases, directly reducing inventory shrinkage.
- Monitored 15+ inventory KPIs — including RA%, Audit Mid-Picklist, Zone Coverage, Putaway Audit %, PNA%, IRT SKUs, and Top Negative SKUs — with structured RCA reporting to senior stakeholders, ensuring zero SLA breach on priority workflows.
- Drove space optimization initiatives (Batch Consolidation, Zero Bin) to reduce inventory scatter and improve bin utilization; built 20+ daily MIS reports and Google Sheets dashboards for real-time operational visibility and management decision-making.
- Planned and allocated manpower across variance reconciliation, amnesty & damage processing, replenishment, migration, misplaced inventory resolution, and high-value zone audits — covering the full audit operations lifecycle.
- Managed end-to-end Returns (RSTO) inbound operations handling 20,000 units daily with a team of 70 members including 4 Team Leaders, reduced Arrival-to-Putaway (A2S) TAT from 17 hrs to 9 hrs — a 47% improvement — by governing GRN-to-Putaway and Unloading-to-QC SLAs to eliminate returns backlog.
- Tracked and resolved Open Billing, DN Shorts, and CRWI cases through proactive store coordination, directly reducing Net Transit Loss (Net TL) and strengthening inward supply chain accountability.
- Owned Secondary Sales (Liquidation) operations by strategically classifying returned inventory into Bad Sell (value-recoverable) and Bad Unsell (zero-value) categories — achieved Bad Sell at 60% of total liquidation value, maximizing value recovery on damaged units and significantly reducing zero-value write-off exposure.
Senior Inventory Executive
Ceva Logistics India Private Limited
Bhiwandi, India
06.2022 - 10.2025
- Managed inventory operations across multi-client 3PL warehouses spanning up to 1 - 2.5 lakh sq. ft. with an inventory value of ₹150 Cr+, servicing clients across FMCG, e-commerce, and retail sectors — including Flipkart, General Mills, Tata Motors, and Max Fashion — ensuring SLA adherence, inventory accuracy, and stock availability across all accounts simultaneously.
- Flipkart account — Led a team of 80+ members (including Supervisors and DEOs) to drive inventory accuracy and order fulfillment; reduced PNA cases systematically, improving Order Fill Rate from 97–98% to 99.5%+ and achieving client variance SLA of 0.5% — down from 1% — through structured cycle count governance and daily RCA loops.
- Max Fashion account — Investigated root causes of GIT (Goods in Transit) errors through CCTV analysis, identifying critical misrouting of dispatches — stock destined for one store was being loaded into another store's container. Implemented a multi-layer corrective framework: store-wise segregation zones with structured space allocation on the warehouse floor, security-level container count cross-checks at the loading stage, and 100% QC process for stores with historically high GIT cases — reducing GIT discrepancy rate from 6% to 2.5%, a 58% improvement.
- Led ICQA (Inventory Control & Quality Assurance) operations across client accounts to maintain system-to-physical inventory accuracy; executed cycle counts, bin audits, and wall-to-wall inventory audits across multi-client storage zones with structured variance reporting and corrective action tracking.
Education
BBA - Business Administration And Management
IIMT – Intellectual Institute of Management And Technology
Mumbai, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Inventory Management & Control
Warehouse Operations (Fulfillment Centers)
WMS: Flow , Oracle, B-POS
KPI Tracking & Performance Optimization
Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Cycle Count & Audit Management
Team Leadership (150 Workforce)
Data Analysis (SQL, Python, Excel, Google Sheets)
Space Optimization & Process Improvement
Accomplishments
- Promoted from Supervisor to Senior Executive within 3 years
- Successfully handled large-scale warehouse operations with high SKU complexity
- Delivered consistent improvements in inventory accuracy and operational KPIs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Experience working with high-volume e-commerce and retail supply chains
- Strong analytical mindset with focus on process improvement and automation
- Proven ability to manage large teams and complex warehouse environments