A Trip

Senior Techno-Commercial Professional with extensive experience in strategic and operational leadership for development of high value and complex supply chain processes in aviation & aerospace sector.

Experience in all aspects of supply chain governance encompassing sourcing, procurement, contract management, negotiations, vendor development, warehousing & inventory management. Team leader of Aero-space/Defense aviation SCM for strategic sustenance and maintenance of multiple fleets, and entire logistics activities of surface, rail & air on ERP platform for product support, supplies & distribution across India. Multifaceted experience in development of high value and complex programs for engineering and asset management and implementing solutions for streamlining and improving processes.

Successfully managed multidisciplinary workforce, overseeing Personnel HR, Administration, Training, Leadership Development, Loss Prevention Health Safety & Environment, leading SCM & Logistics teams. As Subject matter expert, Project management Specialist, Professional Evaluator & Examiner for IAF, implemented training of personnel for SCM, Logistics, Total Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma and QMS.

Executive Director (Strategic SCM & Logistics Planning) - Air Head Quarters

(2020-06 - 2026-02)

• Laying down future road map with time lines for comprehensive supply chain governance for the Indian Air Force
• Stipulate strategy for rollout of specified plans and designate suitable agencies for effective implementation
• Research on political, economical, technological, industry and domain trends globally
• Undertake SWOT analysis & develop strategic and tactical plans in line with organizational objectives
• Determine benchmarks and best practices and create an overall strategy with milestones & timelines
• Identify training needs and skill sets and implement capacity building programs across the value chain
• Develop and cultivate leadership talent in the enterprise and nurture next generation SCM leaders
• Implement SCM & HR plans, monitor progress and control deviations across the organization
• Involved in Procurement committees for all type of procurement like Fast Track Procurement, OCPP & revenue and capital procurements.
• Implementation and interpretations of Rules and Regulation as given in DPM-2009 and DAP-2020
• Finalisation of Follow of Support Contract (FoSC) for the PC-7 Mk-II Pilatus Trainer fleet costing appx 700 Crores
• Involved in coining of Request for proposal for performance Based Logistics (PBL) for RPA / UAV fleet.
• Interactions with MoD and MoD (Finance) for processing of procurement cases.
• Processing of Letter of credits with PCDA and regulating payments against contracts.
• Good understanding of the role of Integrated Financial Advisors in MoD and interaction for procurement cases.
• Instrumental in designing various EoI, RFPs and monitoring of the same through Def Proc and CPPP portal.
• Interpretation of various procurement rules and regulations issued ny MoD and MOD finance.

Division Support Executive (SCM & Logistics) - Major Equipment Depot

(2017-06 - 2020-07)

• Handling operations catering to the multifarious requirements of 02 Major Base Repair Depots (BRDs) and various HAL divisions involved in MRO activities of aircraft and associated equipment
• Managed the SCM vertical and rendered seamless support to production
• Handled inventory of 60,000 lines, valuing 600 million in 18 warehouses
• Forecasting, sourcing, procuring, warehousing and distribution using multi-modal transportation system
• Managed procurement, vendor development, contract administration, forecasting, warehousing, distribution & planning
• Handled outsourcing of core and non-core activities with over 08 major external entities like HAL/BEL & private partners

Chief Logistics Officer (CLO) - Air Force Liaison Establishment (AFLE) Hyderabad - Hyderabad

(2013-08 - 2017-06)

• Assigned responsibility of Chief Logistics Officer (CLO) of the unit.
• Monitoring of HAL(Hyderabad) production for various LRUs across all fleets of IAF
• Distribution of produced goods to various IAF units.
• Management of transportation contracts for setting up effective and efficient distribution system.
• Regulating payments made to HAL against the production tasks.
• Quality assurance of the production and conducting various workshops on Quality, obsolescence management in coordination with HAL quality division.

Head of SCM & Logistics - Major Air Store Park (56 ASP)

(2012-04 - 2013-08)

The source also lists “Jun 2015” beneath the end date; its relationship to this role is unclear.

• Identified non-performing assets and their alternate utilization / disposal
• Reduced lead times by 40% by liquidating bottlenecks & developing new vendors
• Reduced critical demand of components by 60% by enhancing off shelf availability
• Provided holistic support for two major IAF exercises and disaster relief operations

Air Port Manager of Congo International Airport at Kindu - UN Mission Congo - Kindu

(2008 - 2009)

• Based on the performance was selected for UN Mission in Congo.

Two Years Post Graduate Diploma - Material Management - Indian Institute of Material Management (IIMM) Banglore

BSc - Computer Science - Delhi University