Vinod Nair
Commercial Professional
Navi Mumbai,Maharashtra
Summary
Enthusiastic professional eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of Operations, Supply chain and financial domain. Motivated to learn, grow and excel.
Overview
3
3
years of post-secondary education
23
23
years of professional experience
5
5
Languages
Work History
AGM Commercial
CG Agro Projects Pvt.Ltd.
Gurgaon, Haryana
08.2019 - 01.2021
- Assisted various departments with change by communicating new improvement plans and expectations.
- Generated reports of findings to help management with making key decisions.
- Created and implemented strategies for improving operational efficiency and accuracy.
- Performed root cause analysis in deficient areas to identify and resolve central issues.
- Enhanced operational efficiency and reduced labor expenses by developing and optimizing standard practices.
- Managed costs and quality
- Evaluated performance and policies against metrics.
- Reviewed and assessed ongoing operations, developing initiatives for continuous process improvement.
- Established vision and master plan for regional supply chain end-to-end structure, sourcing and delivery.
- Led implementation of effective supply chain planning systems while improving sales and operations planning processes for distribution network.
- Established inventory targets, stock level and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
- Managed production levels, identified material shortages and monitored inventory levels to meet order delivery requirements.
- Capitalized on opportunities to make significant cost savings to areas of supplies, services and capital requirements when optimizing resource management for group purchasing organization (GPO) service line directors.
- Managed distribution network, including logistics, trade compliance and warehouse management.
- Applied supply chain management knowledge to provide sourcing and influence electronic mediated environment resulting of savings of INR 3 crores annually - just during first phase.
- Drove cost reduction efforts for supply chain AOP to meet annual operations targets.
- Oversaw S&OP process, including demand planning, purchasing and logistics.
GM Operations
ETC Agro Processing India Pvt.Ltd.
Mumbai, Maharashtra
03.2012 - 04.2019
- Revitalized processing areas operational structures & procedures to successfully control waste, enhance output & boost overall quality.
- Planned, organized & managed operations, including ordering materials and supplies, workflow management and timely production.
- Monitored/supported progress of plant production orders by managing shop capacity and loading functions at 8 facilities across the country.
- Created streamlined production schedules & collaborated with production employees to communicate objectives & goals.
- Educated management on successful policy implementation & enforcement actions to prevent employee legal entanglements.
- Forecasted expected personnel demands & developed forward-thinking approaches to achieve objectives.
- Structured compensation & benefits according to market conditions and budget demands.
- Performed financial, sales analysis and determined best practices to mitigate risk with customers.
- Generated & Implement content for financial and business metric reporting.
- Mitigated risk by implementing internal controls & safeguards for revenues and expenditures.
- Completed year-end close processes through effective supervision of financial functions & regular treasury transactions.
- Chaired weekly meetings with executive leadership to identify opportunities for improvement, establish milestones & tailor products to individual markets.
Commercial Manager
Unilever
Mumbai, Maharashtra
02.2000 - 04.2012
- Managed and analyzed financial reporting, including budgets, P&L, balance sheets and sales reports.
- Used key metrics and prepared reports for senior management to monitor performance of commercial activities.
- Maintained financial controls, planned business operations and control expenses while identifying and pursuing opportunities to grow business operations and boost profits.
- Increased profit margins by effectively controlling budget and overhead and optimizing product turns.
- Managed distribution network, including logistics, trade compliance and warehouse management.
- Facilitated change management strategies and incorporated functional area infrastructure to support demand planning and supply initiatives.
- Managed production levels, identified material shortages and monitored inventory levels to meet order delivery requirements.
- Led change management initiatives and designed functional area infrastructure to support demand planning and supply strategy.
- Balanced demand and supply while aligning volume and mix to achieve production objectives.
- Headed Contract manufacturing sites of Personal care and Home care product verticals including costing, supply chain, accounting and logistics. Generated savings of INR 10 crores by ensuring back freight and timely action of non-moving products.
- Headed countries material requirement planning using IT tools.
- Headed central payment processing centre for freight payments,
Executive
Rishabh Instruments
Nasik, Maharashtra
02.1998 - 01.2000
- Managed and analyzed financial reporting, including budgets, P&L, balance sheets and sales reports.
- Maintained financial controls, planned business operations and control expenses while identifying and pursuing opportunities to grow business operations and boost profits.
- Executed financial due diligence tasks on daily basis to maintain optimal company finances.
- Advised management regarding significant expenditures to keep operations in line with budget limitations.
- Reconciled monthly statements, invoices and expense accounts, keeping records accurate and current.
Education
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounts, Economics
Dhanwate National College
Nagpur 04.1990 - 03.1993
Skills
Resource Planning and Scheduling
Financial administration
Relationship-Building
Multi-plant experience
Negotiating
Supply Chain Management
Reviewing performance
ERP and supply chain software
Contract negotiation
Business models
Contract terms negotiation
Business administration
Manufacturing
Customer Relationship Management
Budgeting
Revenue Generation
Relationship building and management
Business Development
Work Availability
monday
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ERP Implementation - SAP, Microsoft 2009
Have worked as a core team member in implementation of SAP in Unilever and Microsoft 2009 in ETC Agro. Both the companies moved from local softwares to an ERP module.
Apart from above had been driver of an material requirement planning tool which was used by Unilever across the country for planning central planning/sourcing basis the demand planning
Quote
The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
Walt Disney
Timeline
AGM Commercial
CG Agro Projects Pvt.Ltd.
08.2019 - 01.2021
GM Operations
ETC Agro Processing India Pvt.Ltd.
03.2012 - 04.2019
Commercial Manager
Unilever
02.2000 - 04.2012
Executive
Rishabh Instruments
02.1998 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Commerce - Accounts, Economics
Dhanwate National College
04.1990 - 03.1993