Poorna Prakash

Multi-faceted professional with over 20 years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Courier, Warehouse and Transportation. Demonstrated skills in organizing and managing incoming & outgoing / rejected raw material activities to ensure accuracy, completeness as well as the quality of materials from supplier's end. Skilled in ensuring optimum inventory levels of to achieve maximum cost savings with minimum holding of stock; arranging infrastructure for ensuring smooth flow of distribution operations.

Excellent in implementing key sourcing strategies, contingency plans as well as ensuring that plans are aligned with production requirements. Resourceful in liaising with transporters, and so on as for negotiation of rates contracts & obtaining clearances / licenses for seamless logistics operations; an effective negotiator with excellent people management, skills and ability to train and motivate teams towards optimizing their abilities in adherence to the SLA. Competency in managing high-profile executive roles; focused on managing a wide spectrum of tasks in Strategic Planning, Negotiation, Supplier Relationship Management, Procurement and Logistics.

Enterprising leader with expertise in leading and driving several initiatives to achieve cost optimization, process improvements and capability building; streamlining the operations and budgets to deliver improved funds. Innovative and results-driven manager with success in building relationships with upper-level decision makers, seizing control of critical problem areas, and delivering on customer commitments.

Owner - Own Business Pet Bottle Grinding Unit - Chennai

(2024-07)

• Managing 5000 Sqft, Stores at Chennai
• Leading End to End operations
• Led and Managed purchase, receipt, inspection, storage, inventory and distribution of stock commodities to manufacturing units
• Key Role Rate negotiation with Seller and Buyer, Manpower Retention, Budgeting, Monthly Sale Target

Manager Warehouse and Logistics - CAPGRID Solutions Pvt Ltd - Hosur, Chennai, Madurai, TADA

(2024-04 - 2024-07)

• Managing 4 Warehouses Hosur, Chennai, Madurai, and TADA
• Supervising the In-bound and out-bound logistics; managing other daily operations and logistics activities
• Managed 100000 Sq.ft Warehouse; led 20,000 SKU's Contract manpower of 50 and 10 On Roll Employees
• Overall Responsibility in P&L Operations, Finance, HR & Admin - Warehouse Operations & Logistics
• Co-ordination with Buyers, KAM, Procurement Team and QC for Part Procurement and Storage in Warehouse
• Monitoring purchase, receipt, inspection, storage, inventory and distribution of stock commodities to manufacturing units; ensuring proper storage facilities for various components as per supplier recommendations
• Involved in managing the process improvements & cost savings projects
• Led & managed all aspects of the effective supervision, training & development and health, safety & welfare of team

Operation Manager (KAM) - Pan India - TVS Supply Chain Solutions Ltd. - Pan India

(2018-07 - 2023-06)

• Managing 2 projects– Daimler India Commercial Vehicle (PLC) and ZF Pan India
• Overall Responsibility in P&L Operations, Finance, HR & Admin - Warehouse Operations & Logistics
• Performing strategy development of budgets in line with Company's Goals & Vision for achievement of Budget
• Leading the implementation of customer SOPs and ensuring requisite KPIs are met on an ongoing basis
• Ensuring retention of customers and successful engagement with customers
• Implementing cost saving measures to achieve reduction in terms of man-days, production cost, raw materials and energy consumption
• Developing & deploying strategies, SOPs, functional policies and controls mechanisms and budget for efficient operations
• Supervising & up-keeping the facility operations and for expense control, space optimization & CIP (Continuous Improvement Process)
• Planning and maintaining efficient warehouse operations; assigning and evaluating the work performance of personnel assigned to the store
• Ensuring adherence to store SOPs, conducted regular audits and complied with all legal requirements / licenses for the warehouse
• Maintaining physical condition of warehouse by planning and implementing new design layouts; inspected equipment; issued work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement
• Compiling with state and local warehousing, material management, and shipping requirements by studying existing and new legislation; enforcing adherence to requirements and advised the management on needed actions
• Establishing operational procedures for activities such as verification of incoming and outgoing shipments, managing and disposition of materials and keeping warehouse inventory current
• Streamlining the system and procedures, established effective inventory control for slow, non-moving & obsolete material ensuring ready availability of materials to meet the targets
• Providing logistical support for inventory control stores & shortage management; managed supply chain for distributing goods in warehouse to end users for achievement of targets within specified parameters
• Utilizing inventory management system and procedure for effective stores management and inventory control thus ensuring ready availability of materials to meet the project targets
• Implementing inventory control measures to reduce obsolete stock, tracked slow-moving items and achieved reduction in inventory management cost
• Managing the 3,00,000 Sq.ft. Warehouse; leading 32,000 SKU's Contract manpower of 160 and 24 On Roll Employees
• Supervising the Warehouse operations and syncing with warehouse team
• Working on ensuring logistics process at the warehouses are meeting the biz policies and requirement of the customers
• Managing T&IL and LH operations; working on process improvements & cost savings projects
• Developing different Process and SOP as per the company norms and Policy's
• Implementing new warehouse operative shift pattern, managed training and multiskilling of staff to achieve greater flexibility across all functions
• Implementing new warehouse supervisory/management structure by creating clear job specifications
• Mapping all daily warehouse activities achieving greater control and repeatability on each shift
• Creating new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) covering all operational activities; reorganized warehouse layout by sales and product category to achieve optimum picking productivity
• Implementing new racking configurations (drive-in or drive-through storage rack, selective pallet racking) maximized warehouse capacity and replenishment efficiency

Deputy Manager (FORD INDIA PVT LTD – PDC) - DHL Supply Chain India Pvt. Ltd.

(2011-12 - 2018-06)

• Managed 250,000 Sq.ft Warehouse; led 28,000 SKU's Contract manpower of 180 and 24 On Roll Employees
• Involved in establishing warehouse performance objectives (KPI's) and strategic planning
• Supervised Warehouse operations and sync with warehouse team
• Directed and coordinated comprehensive logistical and reverse logistical functions for product life cycles, including acquisition, distribution, internal allocation, delivery, recycling, reuse and final disposal of resources
• Collaborated with other departments to integrate logistics with business systems or processes, such as customer sales, order management, accounting, or shipping; analyzed the financial impact of proposed logistics changes such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes, mixes and carriers
• Directed the development of SOPs on outbound logistics, policy formulation & their implementation
• Drove (inbound & outbound) logistics operations encompassing new route identification, fleet management and negotiation with freight forwarders for timely delivery of the materials required
• Ensured logistics process at the warehouses are meeting the biz policies and requirement of the customers
• Supervising the In-bound and out-bound logistics; managing other daily operations and logistics activities
• Handled performance review, objective settings & organizing training program for employees
• Liaised with management for reporting of warehouse and improvement of processes
• Bagged the Achiever of the Quarter 1 in 2013
• Awarded Achiever of the Year 2015

Senior Executive - DIESL - Drive India Enterprises Solutions Ltd. (A Tata Enterprises Ltd.)

(2009-12 - 2011-01)

• Managed 30,000 Sq.ft Warehouse and Thirty five staff focusing on the Receipt, Dispatches, Put away, Inventory, DOA, Transportation, Administration and Logistics Functions
• Successfully maintained the Inventory accuracy level 99.96%
• Maintained the SLA Level 97%

Team Leader – Inbound - UPS Supply Chain India Pvt. Ltd.

(2006-12 - 2009-10)

• Managed 995 SKUs with 150000 Sq.ft of area
• Targeted OTD given by NOKIA both in Receipt of materials and Issue of Materials to Production
• Achieved Receiving OTD consistently 100% as per target fixed by NOKIA
• Bagged the BEST TEAM award for the year of 2007

Assistant Manager Operation - AFL private Ltd.

(1998-12 - 2006-12)

PGDMM - Master's degree - Annamalai University (2001)

B.Sc. - Zoology - University of Madras, STC (1998)

12th - Tamil Nadu Board (1993)