ABHISHEK JOSHI

E-506, Smarna Apartments, Bakeri City Ahmedabad Email: abbujoshi@gmail.com Phone: (M) + 91 9727764937

Seeking a challenging role in the area of Supply Chain Management to contribute towards organizational success and grow to a higher Management level.

Synopsis
Meticulous and highly accomplished professional with 5 years of experience across diverse facets of Supply chain in equally diverse sectors.

Adept at working in high pressure environments with strict deadlines and multiple deliverables to
implement best practices that consistently deliver outstanding results

Demonstrated ability to build new territories and expand opportunities towards the achievement of
stated targets, to lead, motivate and provide effective guidance to a team of professional and support staff

Core Competencies
SCM Metrics & Audits Procurement & Vendor Management SIOP & Demand Planning Warehousing & 3PL Management Contract Manufacturing Waste Management Production Planning through i2 SCP IMS & Order Management Inventory Management Global Transitions

Highlights
Identified Inactive, Obsolete & slow moving Inventory to reduce SKU count for Ahmedabad Arriving at Optimum Safety stock levels to ensure ZERO stock out. Single handedly carried out disposal, re-usage, and revitalization of newsprint reels worth 350Mt. Carried out Competitive benchmarking of Logistics costs for major Newsprint publishers. Established kanban system for Critical items Stabilized deliveries for global lines at Honeywell through Meticulous and adept planning Sound ability to develop strategies to achieve personal as well as organizational goals Completed Green Belt Certification Programme Handled Global transitions for 4 major production lines

Professional Experience
Bennett Coleman (The Times Group), Ahmedabad (Nov10 Present) Manager, Business & Commercial (Supply Chain Management) Key Deliverables (as Manager-SCM):

Analysing the performance of Supply Chain through SCM Metrics- Forecast Accuracy, Issue vs. Consumption Analysis, Inventory turns, DOS, Stock Ageing Analysis, Spend Analysis, Warehouse utilization, 3PL & Vendor Evaluation. Adept at Handling Audits Involving Stock ledger verifications at a frequency- RNI: Once, ABC: Twice, MAS: Twice & Internal (monthly). Procurement & Vendor Management- Rolling Forecast, Initiating procurement cycle and finalizing SLAs, QCS preparation and finalization through negotiations, AMC Contracts, Vendor account reconciliation.
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Logistics- Arranging for Import documents/ advances on time for clearance, coordinating with CHA for collection of delivery order and OOC within free days to avoid demurrage, Transport contracts for Inbound Logistics, Final assessment of BOEs against provisional assessments. Warehousing & 3PL Management-Warehouse Space Utilization, 5S Implementation at Warehouse, SOP for material receipts, Issue and damage reporting at the warehouse, Ensuring regular FIFO and IOS activities, physical stock verification, Lodging Insurance claims. Outside Printing & Local Project Requirements- Booking Printing slots as per available capacities, account handling of all OSP printers for Gujarat. Waste & Fixed Asset Sale-Quarterly tendering & Negotiations to Increase realization. Demand Planning- Represent Gujarat & MP for SIOP meets, Rolling Forecast, Creation of Demand Matrix by segregating SKUs, safety stock calculations to avoid contingencies, managing Inter branch movements. MIS Reporting- Entrusted with preparing, embellishing and presenting monthly MIS to top management with key findings. Conceived the BIG Ideas concept at Ahmedabad-Benchmarking of Logistics costs through market research. Formulated an LP model to arrive at optimum container ratio between two shipping lines.

Asian Paints Limited, Mumbai, India (Dec09 Oct 10) Supply Chain Executive (Planning & Distribution) Key Deliverables:

Production Planning- Handled the complete weekly i2 SCP run- Unconstrained Run, Lateness run & Final Lateness run. Manual Intervention- Adjusted the weekly plan based on capacity constraints and week wise priority, capacity shifts between four manufacturing locations, raw and packing material breakdown. Warehouse Management- Finalized a new warehouse for Asian paints GBU Business with all legalities involved. Order Servicing & IMS Management-Managed Order servicing for east region and achieved 90% OTIF, Managed i2 Order Management system with a view to flush out old orders from the system. Distribution- Planned for Vehicles based on truck planning report of SAP, managed transport contracts & evaluation. Sales team support- Handled PAN India sales team queries pertaining to quality, lead time & deliveries thus forming a critical link between sales and production.

Honeywell Automation India, Pune (Jun-07 Nov09) Senior Executive (Materials Planner & Buyer) Key Deliverables:

Materials Planning- Key materials Planner for 6 production Lines, Developed Forecast plans, Developed the strategy of PFEP (Plan for each part)-Kanban, MinMax. MRP strategies- Strategies to categorize items as per 3C-Consumption, Criticality & Coverage. ABC Classification- by consumption value, XYZ classification by value of Inventory and, HML price criterion, FSN to control obsolescence. Procurement- Buyer for Imported parts from Honeywell entities worldwide through a formal purchase order in SAP, supporting production schedules Global Transitions- Designed transition strategy of Enraf Australia to Pune with optimum Inventory levels, part list consolidation and creation in SAP. India representative for transition of Meter bodies from Phoenix USA to China.

SIOP & Forecasting- SIOP to forecast for various product variants. Percentage based forecasting with a view to arrive at forecast figures for discrete and common parts. 12 months rolling forecast with 3 months firm demands.

Educational Qualifications
Post Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain & Operations Management from ISB&M , Pune- CGPA (6.5/8) Masters of Engineering with specialization in Environmental Engineering from Gujarat Uni- CGPA (6.5/9) Bachelor of Civil Engineering from Nagpur University- 75% (First Class with Distinction)

Personal Details
Date of birth : Gender : Marital Status : Nationality : Languages Known: 24th Dec, 1980 Male Married Indian English, Hindi

Motto in Life
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path & leave a trail