Career Overview

Industry: Oil & Gas, Petchem, Retail, Digital, Media; Revenue 2018-19: $ 87.3B (Group), $24.1B (Petchem)

Vice President - Head, Supply Chain Transformation, Petrochemicals - Dec 2016-Jun 2019

Led a portfolio of 70+ projects in customer strategy, integrated supply chain planning, supply chain execution (order management, logistics and delivery), customer experience and change management. Led a team of 37 direct and 100 indirect members. Reported into the P&L Leader/ COO of Petchem.

Drove technology strategy, process, data, & org change and established a Structured Integrated Business Planning process, implemented customer centric supply chain applications, established a structured customer experience program, and a Supply Chain Continuous Improvement program. Delivered ~ $11.4 million in savings, forecast accuracy increase by ~20%, and customer experience index increases.

VP - Head of Digital Transformation, Petrochemicals Mar 2018- Mar 2020

Defined the vision, Digital Strategy, and Digital Roadmap for Petrochemicals. Defined scale-up strategy for team and initiated projects leveraging Data Science (including AI/ ML), open source, microservices based architecture, cloud, and mobile technologies.

Industry: Life-sciences; Revenue: $ 38.2B (2018)

Supply Chain Solution Delivery Leader

Protected North America pharmaceutical revenue of ~$13B for Sanofi by achieving compliance to Track and Trace regulation using cloud SaaS solution (TraceLink). Drove project and delivered Serialization strategy. Established super user framework and sustenance process for Track and trace. Implemented Supply Chain Analytics Program using dashboards. Drove continuous improvement through execution of releases while ensuring minimal disruption.

Founded consulting firm with an objective of delivering world-class services in the niche area of Supply Chain and Business Transformation. Created pipeline of projects and led engagements.

Unilever - Global Supply Chain Solution Delivery Leader Aug 2013 – Dec 2013

Delivered a successful and optimal design to Unilever’s Supply Chain organization for a Transportation solution based on SAP and Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) in a EUR 9M+ implementation.

Brady Corp. - Project Manager and Solution Architect Nov 2012 – June 2013

Reduced order taking effort and time by about 75% by implementing a unique reorder solution based on templates. Architected solution and led on/offsite team to deliver the solution.

Cargill, Inc. - Supply Chain Lead Consultant Dec 2011-Nov 2012

Built design by consulting to the Solution Build team for in the areas of Transportation, Sales and Distribution, and Materials Management.

Program/ Project Leader, Supply Chain and Manufacturing Solutions

Led a portfolio of solutions (architecture, delivery, and support) in the Supply Chain, Logistics and manufacturing areas with a team ranging from eight to a hundred members (depending on phase).

Delivered ~$10M in freight savings; Streamlined transportation planning through centralization; Enabled re-deployment of site manpower through automation.

Drove application selection, solution architecture, design, master data, and execution with a cross functional team. Projects involved integration with external partners and innovative solutions (handheld devices, RFID, offline data capture) for gaining business efficiency.

People Management/ Development – As counselor (manager) developed Consultants in the Manufacturing and Supply Chain practice.

Program Leader, Project Leader, and Consultant – Manufacturing and Supply Chain Solutions

Led project teams on business transformation engagements at reputable clients across industries. Led end-to-end projects for assessment, design, and delivery of process-system-organization on transformations. Success exemplified Deloitte’s established prowess and generated follow-on work.

Led project teams and sub-teams through Applications Architecture, Supply Chain and Manufacturing transformations, Divestitures, Reporting and Analytics.

Led Deloitte’s NY-NJ-CT manufacturing community group for practice development.

Select clients and industries:

· Life Sciences: Bayer Healthcare; Philips Medical Systems

· Chemicals: Bayer Crop Science; Dow Chemical (erstwhile Rohm and Haas Co); Agfa Film

· FMCG/ CPG/ Food: McCormick & Co; Philip Morris, USA; Elmer’s Products

· Discrete Manufacturing: Blount, Inc (Oregon Chain)

· Fashion/ Apparel/ Lifestyle: J. Crew

· Other: Capital One (Financial Services); Houghton Mifflin (Publishing)

User leader for Manufacturing area for SAP, automation projects, quality systems and other improvements.