Headline

Site Lead - Blinkit

About

• Skilled at clarifying business requirements, creating functional specifications and delivering advanced solutions to improve efficiency and performance • Directly involved in supporting key supply chain processes to reduce costs and increase operational efficiency. Maintain a cost-effective balance between customer service and shipment outlays • Resolved customer issues and recommended process improvements to reduce risk of recurrence • Led supply planning across the organization with an emphasis of tying together demand forecasting, supply capacity, in-stocks, and inventory levels. • Directly managed an operations team of over 30 resources with the core focus of smart sourcing, improving cost efficiency and streamlining key manufacturing processes • Gathered, developed and effectively leveraged Market Intelligence on a specific grade of mining products, which helped us introduce different grades of the same product to cover a larger customer base with more diverse requirements • Analyzed material flow parameters such as order quantity, schedule, conducts weekly cycle counts, managed replenishment process, and set inventory levels to support the business/customer requirements (reduced customer backorders by 75%) • Responsible for developing and maintaining positive relationships with vendors, customers, and company employees

Location

Chennai

AI stack

claude

gemini

Work experience

Site Lead at Blinkit, Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Director - FC Management at Delhivery, Jun 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Manager - II Supply Chain at Amazon, Aug 2021 - May 2022 · 10 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Area Manager at Amazon, May 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

First Mile Head at Ninjacart, Jul 2019 - May 2020 · 11 mos, Hyderabad Area, India

Manager - Quality Control and Business Development at KEM Drills Pvt. Ltd, Jan 2014 - May 2019 · 5 yrs 5 mos, Hyderabad Area, India, • Streamlined shop floor operations by effective analysis of end-user requirement • Involved in procurement of direct raw material to meet demand for product in local and export markets • End to end responsibility for ensuring Quality Control across Sourcing and Manufacturing to ensure end-to-end market fulfillment • Performed Strategic Supply Analysis and built a customer-centric business model based on quality and cost requirement of clients and distributors • Led a shop floor operations team of 25 with the core focus of smart sourcing, improving cost efficiency and streamlining key manufacturing processes • Market intelligence on local, import sourcing options and innovation to optimize a cost-effective approach to manufacturing • Accountable entirely for Quality Control of end-product • Helped introduce different grades of the same products enabling better market supply

Education

Master of Science (M.S.), Information Systems and Operations Management, University of Florida - Warrington College of Business

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering, Vellore Institute of Technology