Venkatesh Kulkarni

• Part of the SnOP team, Handling Sourcing, Demand forecasting & fulfillment
• Led supply chain improvement efforts through management of carrier relationships, customs activities.
• Maintained optimal inventory levels to meet operational requirements.
• Discovered most reliable and cost-effective shipping methods by analyzing previous shipment data.
• Handling Operations,Logistics & Procurement for PAN India
• Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships.
• Assigned tasks, reviewed performance and devised improvement plans or corrections.
• Promptly addressed concerns, complaints and inquiries to meet customer satisfaction.
• Communicated with internal personnel to provide status updates for both shipping and receiving dates.
• Maintained and prioritized to-do-list and followed up to complete tasks on-time.

Sourcing & Procurement

• Leading Procurement for Packaging Material PAN India, Managing Sourcing, Procurement & Distribution for 34 DCs. (75 Lacs- 1Cr/Month).
• Targets Key suppliers/Vendors & evaluates performances.
• Cost Control Mechanism – By considering AS-IS Analysis structure analysis has been done for Cost/Delivery, Delivery timelines able to reduce cost 16%.
• Finding out cost out opportunities in existing products to improve upon profit margin.
• Data Analysis, Validation & optimizing resources as per the plan, liaison with finance team.
• Monitoring the provisional requirements with the actual demands & fulfilling the same within timelines, Follow up with suppliers for delivery schedule & coordinate with program management.
• Coordinating with internal departments to fulfill requirements at each phase within the given cost targets.
• Worked on buying, supply, and demand planning of sensitive and rate fluctuating category like plastic raw material, conversion charges etc.
• Operations
• Streamlined operations to maximize business efficiency and profits.
• Aligned organizational objectives with company mission, increasing revenue, profit and business growth by collaboratively developing integrated strategies.
• Enabled revenue generation by pursuing partnerships, sourcing funding and capitalizing on market opportunities.
• Identified opportunities to improve business process flows and overall departmental productivity.
• Established performance goals for department and provided methods for reaching milestones.
• Drove short-term and advanced promotional planning processes.
• Performed Time Study Analysis for Item Picking operations to identify gaps and optimize process
• · Started new QC Department for marketplace merchants to reduce Incorrect & Incomplete orders.
• Served as a coordinator between WH & delivery team, Increasing the flow of orders by 8%.
• Distribution
• Responsible for ROW (Rest of West) Distribution for last mile deliveries.
• Handling last mile deliveries with in set KPI’s
• Cost analysis & verification for west DC’s. (Ad hoc Cost, TADA Cost, On route cost)
• Monitor delivery timelines & to reduce TAT (Transit time)
• Ensuring to deliver orders within TTD, by expediting orders from source WH.
• Ensuring to achieve GMV target within provided workforce
• Vehicle Modification: Modification In vehicle to reduce in transit damages and easy access for material retrieval.