Jul 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos · Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India · Remote

• Part of the Board of Directors with oversight on governance, compliance and growth focus

Apr 2019 – Present · 7 yrs

• Venture capital in specialised industries

Sep 2015 – Feb 2019 · 3 yrs 5 mos · Udaipur Area, India

• Championed Supply chain and Purchasing for HZL and Group (synergy commodities)
• Part of Company Management team, Stepped up Digital to extended enterprise (Ariba), Strategic supplier engagement and growth enabling long term strategy to overcome cycles of business

Apr 2012 – Apr 2015 · 3 yrs · Pune Area, India

• Leading Global commodity Rings&Subcontracting (1.5 BN USD commodity)
• Part of global Purchasing management team and India Management team
• Consistently delivered cost savings in excess of 5% YOY
• Developed strategic suppliers aligned to foot print evolution. Reporting line to VP -global purchasing

Apr 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune Area, India

• Lead Strategic supplier development in Asia and Developed strong cost and responsive supply chain
• with new global warehouse in China, common system implementation and scaled up competence of Asian resources. Cost efficient suppliers, application specific component development, supplier innovation focus and step up speed of flawless execution, Part of Asia Management team reporting to President Asia

Apr 2007 – Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Gothenburg, Sweden

• Lead Purchasing and Supply chain of Automotive during turbulent Global economy.
• Delivered strategic targets in cost savings, Best cost country sourcing, supply chain efficiencies (Inventory, distribution costs), customer service and People competence scale up.
• Reporting into President Automotive

Feb 2005 – Mar 2007 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Pune Area, India

• Lead Corporate supply chain and Purchasing, IT
• Part of Corporate Management team reporting to Managing Director
• Executed step change projects in supply chain (Cipher Challenge), Purchasing (Saathi) -0 broken promises and Six sigma with suppliers. Both projects were recognised for excellence. Brought down costs with strategic supplier engagements and new supplier introductions to build capacity for growth.

Jul 1999 – Feb 2005 · 5 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Formed and lead the supply chain team of JNJ Medical India supporting a 5 fold growth in 5 years with strong compliance, customer service, agile planning and process evolution. Direct supply chain to large corporate hospitals creating more customer bonding and cost efficiencies
• People development to leadership roles and recognition by JNJ Asia Pacific with yearly awards of excellence. Part of Management team

May 1993 – Apr 1998 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Lead Logistics, Warehousing and Port Operations Profit center operations.
• Responsible for top line and bottom line from customer acquisition, operations efficiency, regulatory relations and employee union negotiations.
• Was able to drive change with new management thinking and risk taking

Jun 1989 – Apr 1991 · 1 yr 10 mos · Chennai Area, India

• Responsible for contracts from tendering to order (tall concrete/steel structures).
• Managed as one man army and managed from site visit, customer interactions, tender study, price quotation proposals and submission.