Business Owner - Independent Business Operations - Hyderabad
(2023-09)
Business Owner - Wholesale, Retail & Institutional and Bulk Commodity Supply - Mahalakshmi Naturals - Hyderabad
(2023-09)
Established and Operated an Integrated Wholesale-Retail Commodity business with end-to-end accountability for Sourcing, Procurement, Pricing, Inventory, Store Administration, Customer Development, Manpower deployment and Delivery Operations.
- Built direct sourcing networks across key commodity Centres i.e.,APMCs at Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhyapradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala apart from A.P and Telangana.
- Designed a common-infrastructure operating model that leverages shared procurement, inventory, premises, logistics and sales resources across wholesale and retail channels to improve asset utilisation and contain incremental operating costs.
- Developed Institutional and HORECA supply opportunities, covering supplier qualification, product specifications, commercial negotiation, vendor registration, logistics planning and payment-term evaluation for bulk food-commodity requirements.
- Managed business-owner decisions across margins, working capital, inventory turns, vendor risk, customer acquisition and last-mile execution - adding a commercial ownership perspective to earlier institutional and corporate leadership experience.
- Applied corporate procurement and operating disciplines in an entrepreneurial environment, strengthening hands-on commercial judgement, cost discipline, resource optimisation and execution agility.
Vice President - Administration, Procurement, Corporate Liaison & Mining Operations - Aurobindo Pharma Group - Hyderabad
(2017-01 - 2023-08)
Aurobindo Realty & Infra Pvt. Ltd. (2017-18) | Trident Chemphar Pvt. Ltd. (2018-23)
- Led administration and the full procurement spectrum including capital, revenue and engineering procurement, Commercial Bidding together with service contracts covering construction, security, IT and office operations.
- Revamped and spearheaded mining operations in Andhra Pradesh, increasing quartzite market share from 18% to 42% across the steel and ferro-alloy Industry and delivering the highest sales performance since inception within two years of taking over.
- Drove commercial negotiations, tendering, vendor governance and cost-reduction initiatives through structured sourcing and lateral problem-solving approaches.
- Ensured continuity of supplies to steel-industry customers during the COVID-19 lockdown through close coordination with Central/State Government authorities, Railways and Police.
- Introduced technology-enabled building and facility-management practices to improve preventive maintenance, reliability and early identification of potential breakdowns.
Wing Commander | Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Administration / Infrastructure Appointments - Indian Air Force - Pan India
(2001-06 - 2017-06)
Operational scale: 2,600 acres managed | 400+ direct team | 10,000-15,000 population supported | 18-22 administrative departments
- Led integrated administration across premier Air Force establishments encompassing facilities, estate/property, infrastructure, security, essential services, personnel support, welfare, contracts and business continuity.
- Managed large and complex establishments with responsibility for land/estate, residential and operational infrastructure, utility continuity, service contracts and multidisciplinary teams.
- Played a pivotal role in land acquisition at Trichy, Rameswaram and Nagapattinam and represented the IAF in major land/asset transfers involving Airports Authority of India and the MIHAN/Cargo Hub project at Nagpur.
- Served as Project Director / key administrative leader in the development of a premier fighter base in Tamil Nadu, coordinating infrastructure planning, stakeholder engagement and execution support.
- Led high-level liaison with the Ministry of Defence, State Governments, Chief Secretary, District Collectors, Police, Airports Authority of India, local administration and other statutory stakeholders.
- Established robust security, vigilance, emergency-response and administrative-control mechanisms, maintaining high standards of safety, discipline and continuity of essential operations.
- Pioneered administrative and government liaison support for establishment of ECHS Polyclinics at Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu.
