Dhruvam Thaker

Co-Founder

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India17 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of successful bootstrapped ventures.
Expert in supply chain and operations management.
Strong focus on sustainable business practices.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain and Operations expert with a strong entrepreneurial background.

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Skills

Core Skills

EntrepreneurshipBusiness StrategySupply Chain ManagementProcess ImprovementPlanningPurchasing

Other Skills

Customer ServiceStartupsMaterial ForecastingProject DeliveryProcurementContract GovernanceInventory ManagementLeadershipBusiness DevelopmentValue Stream MappingMaterials Management5SLean ManufacturingKaizenProduction Planning

About

I am a founder and operator focused on building sustainable, profitable businesses without external dependency. My work spans across: 🚕 The SMART Taxi — A bootstrapped mobility venture built on operational discipline and customer trust. ✨ VelvetyTrails — a luxury travel brand curating bespoke, experience-led journeys across India. I believe real entrepreneurship is not about chasing valuation, but about: • Strong fundamentals • Cash-flow discipline • Long-term customer trust • Systems that scale responsibly Through my journey, I share insights on: • Bootstrapped entrepreneurship & Human Touch. • Building businesses that last. • Operations, branding & sustainable growth. • Founder-led decision making. Building quietly. Scaling responsibly. Playing the long game.

Experience

17 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

5 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

9 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

The smart taxi

Founder

Jun 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 11 mos · Greater Ahmedabad Area

The SMART Taxi is a corporate car rental company , with a vision to become India's No.1 Cab company in customer satisfaction by 2025. We always work towards creating a unique cab riding experience for our clients and society , which helps them in making their business / personal travel, a memorable experience, at a right cost!
We achieve this by offering well maintained cabs which are equipped with state of the art travel friendly features , driven by well trained and extremely courteous professionals , which actually differentiate us in industry and makes us as the most professional, reliable , safe and a class apart brand!
We welcome business Inquiry on info@thesmarttaxi.in or 8238883335.

Customer ServiceStartupsEntrepreneurshipBusiness Strategy

Indus towers limited

Senior Executive-Supply Chain Management

Nov 2013 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India

Being a part of Circle SCM team, responsible for achieving monthly, quarterly & Yearly targets of Revenue by Accurate Material forecast and Maintaining SCM team KRA up to defined management guidelines.
Key responsible for management of IME , SME , SMS , HR & Admin expenses.
Effective material planning resulted into increased in project delivery by 15% compare to FY 14-15.
Highest Material Forecast accuracy of 76% across Indus India, for the month of Nov-14.
Track record of fulfilling 95% request against forecasted requirement on time.
Responsible for preparing and presenting MIS Report related to Demand Supply Forecast accuracy.
Responsible for managing VHD (Vendor help desk) & Admin Procurement.
Effective team management skill resulted in improving the on time payment score card from 93% to 99.3% in 1 year.
Key active member in execution of a P2P (Procure to Pay) value chain.
Responsible for BPRM (Business partner relationship management) includes execution of contract governance etc.

Supply Chain ManagementProcess Improvement

Abb

Executive -Planning and Purchase

Jul 2008 – Oct 2013 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Bangalore

Responsible to maintain up to date information, track and completion of business target related to revenue and inventory of the year.
Responsible for on time material availability for project completion. Scheduling the production based on the project execution plan.
Bring down the price of materials according to project FCM.
Responsible for making Revenue report such as cost report, planned vs. actual revenue etc and present to management.
Preparing Inventory report, supplier OTD, Supplier quality report. Decide the future course of action to improve the weak links.
Lead the project of reducing the inventory ratio. Due to defined control parameters, Inventory ratio reduced from 10% as on may-11 to 5.44% as on Dec-11.
Analyze the past data and defining the needed area for process improvement.
Present the proposal with “As is” and “to be” status, in front of management. Convinced them and make roll out plan for implementing proposed changes to improve the weak areas in the chain for organization beneficiary.
Learnt, utilize the 4Q technique in improving the on time delivery. saved cost of 7 TINR monthly and registered in Global tracking Tool (SMT).

PlanningPurchasing