Amrapali Kamble

MBA graduate in Operations & Supply Chain Management with approaching 2 years of experience spanning e-commerce procurement ecosystems, cross-border retail analytics, and manufacturing internship workflows. Proven capability in executing commercial negotiations, managing diverse vendor portfolios, and organizing multi-channel marketplace operations. Recognized for leveraging data-driven reports to track inventory cycle times, protect marketplace profit margins, and collaborate across functional teams to scale active portfolios up to 10,000+ live SKUs.

Executive – Sourcing & Category Operations - Brainbees Solutions Ltd. (FirstCry) - Pune

(2024-11)

• Negotiated commercial terms, payment cycles, and FOB pricing with a global supplier matrix, securing a 4% direct unit cost reduction on high-volume lines (e.g., reducing base costs from $25 to $24).
• Steered a near shoring initiative by conducting regional market research to identify and onboard domestic suppliers, resulting in a 15% reduction in landed costs while mitigating international freight risks.
• Monitored operational governance across an expansive vendor base utilizing Category Maturity Models (CMM 1, CMM 2, CMM 3) to resolve supplier disputes regarding shipment delays and pricing discrepancies.
• Overhauled the legacy in-transit logistics tracker, building a standardized Excel monitoring system that harmonized vendor Turnaround Time (TAT) and minimized supply chain cycle variances.
• Handled cross-functional workflows with Merchandising, Quality Assurance, and Warehouse teams to organize product life cycles and ensure 100% timely purchase order (PO) sharing for optimal safety stock.
• Served as the primary operational liaison for the Disney licensed portfolio, coordinating artwork approvals, digital catalog optimization, and production timelines to launch the "Back-to-School" campaign live on-site.
• Orchestrated international marketplace expansion onto Middle Eastern platforms including Noon and Trendyol, utilizing catalog management tools to systematically scale active portfolio visibility to 10,000+ live SKUs.
• Analyzed cross-border revenue data for Amazon UAE and KSA market segments, generating weekly Revenue Impact Reports mapping listing compliance and regional bottlenecks to protect marketplace margins.

Operations Intern – Six Sigma - Mauli Autoproducts - Ahilyanagar

(2024-06 - 2024-09)

• Applied structured process-mapping methodologies to analyze core manufacturing workflows and identify operational waste.
• Proposed data-backed process optimization solutions based on Six Sigma frameworks, identifying structural workflow bottlenecks to improve overall line productivity and reduce lead times.

MBA - Operations & Supply Chain Management - Savitribai Phule Pune University (2022-08 - 2024-12)

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical - Savitribai Phule Pune University (2018-08 - 2021-07)