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Lakshminarayanan KR

Director of Engineering

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India22 yrs 8 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over two decades in supply chain and logistics.
  • Led significant network expansion at Flipkart.
  • Innovated agri supply chain solutions using AI.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain and Logistics expert with a focus on technology-driven solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Supply Chain StrategyProblem SolvingSupply Chain OperationsLeadershipSupply Management

Other Skills

CommunicationEnglishStrategic ThinkingTeamworkProcess Improvement ProjectsSupply PlanningDemand ManagementLogisticsLogistics ManagementDemand PlanningOperations ManagementInventory OptimizationDistributed Team ManagementProcurementWarehouse Management

About

With over two decades in the supply chain and logistics arena, the journey has been a transformative one, culminating in my current role at Walmart Global Tech India as part of the data driven Omni channel strategy team. The experience has honed my ability to strategize and innovate, particularly in the realm of supply planning and warehouse management, ensuring seamless operations and improved efficiency. My leadership nurture.farm in agri supply chain design and innovation labs has empowered teams to apply advanced techniques, like AI, for tracking and tracing equipment, which has significantly enhanced operational workflows. Earlier at Flipkart, scaled up the network from 4 FCs to 14 FCs delivering 80% d2 service to customers and delivering cost competitiveness to business. Automated operations through innovative technology solutions for sortation centers and fulfillment centers. At Miebach, enabled business transformations across multiple customers through innovative solutions across the supply chain domain across industries and geographies with an hands on approach. Specialities: Supply chain management and operations, planning and design , ecommerce and retail, process improvements, Network optimization, Innovation through AI/ML, New product development, Leveraging technology for business transformation, Strategy warehouse automation

Experience

22 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
9 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
4 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

Walmart global tech india

Centroid Ambient strategy- Director Analytics

Jan 2022Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Supply ManagementCommunicationSupply chain strategyEnglishProblem SolvingStrategic Thinking

Nurture.farm

Head of Scm design Expansion and Nurture Innovation Labs

Nov 2021Jan 2022 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Responsible for setting up the inbound supply chain for agri machinery parts, Sourcing, logistics and warehousing. Also responsible for Nurture innovation lab to identify potential areas of product innovation to reduce costs and enable efficiency of parts. Managed parts and equipment sourcing,inventory planning, warehousing and logistics,tracking and tracing of equipments through technology and AI.
Supply ManagementCommunicationEnglishLeadership

Flipkart

4 roles

Principle architect

Jan 2019Mar 2022 · 3 yrs 2 mos

EnglishTeamworkProblem Solving

Head of supply chain( fulfillment centres and sortation centres)

Jan 2019Nov 2021 · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Heading the supply chain operations excellence team for fulfillment centres and sortations centres for non-volumetric and volumetric business.
Supply ManagementProcess Improvement ProjectsCommunicationEnglishTeamworkSupply Chain Operations+1

Director

Promoted

Jul 2015Dec 2018 · 3 yrs 5 mos

  • Responsible for supply capacity addition in the network through strategic capex additions. Responsible for customer promise SLA and continous improvement of the same.
English

Associate Director End to End design

Jul 2014Jul 2015 · 1 yr

  • Process Ownership for Fulfilllment Centers, process excellence, productivity improvements, FC design, network design for end to end supply chain
EnglishSupply Planning

Miebach consulting

5 roles

Business Unit Head

Promoted

Jan 2011Jul 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • As unit head is responsible for business development, project delivery and profitability of the FMCG BU. Delivered successful projects for multiple customers, developed new customers across asi pacific geography. Identified as International Task Force member and deputed in Europe and USA on deputation.
Supply ManagementCommunicationEnglishTeamworkProblem SolvingStrategic Thinking+1

Senior Project Manager

Jan 2008Jan 2011 · 3 yrs

  • Managing Multiple project teams ensuring successful delivery to customers
English

Project Manager

Jan 2005Jan 2008 · 3 yrs

  • Managing project team ensuring delivery of project deliverables and motivating resources
English

Business Unit Head

Jul 2003Jul 2014 · 11 yrs

  • Started career as consultant executing projects in optimization domain and held the protfolio of Business unit head for FMCG, managing key accounts and delivering projects in SC domain and developing contracts in the asia pacific region.
EnglishDemand Management

Consultant

Jul 2003Jan 2005 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • As a consultant was responsible for Supply chain analytics. Responsible for introducing heuristic based optimization for solving real world supply chain problems and was greatly appreciated by the customer as well as employer. Developed an excel based optimization tool for production and distribution planning tool for a chemical manufacturer resulting in avoidance of stock obsolescence.

Education

Great Lakes Institute of Management

post graduate diploma in business analytics and business intelligence — Analytics

Jan 2019Jan 2020

The University of Texas at Austin

Master of Science — Operations Research and Industrial Engineering

Jan 2001Jan 2003

Venkateshwara College of engineering

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 1997Jan 2001

TI School

High School

Jan 1995Jan 1997

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