Anirudh M. -Expert Support Supply Chain, Sourcing, Ops-Low Total Cost of Ownership

ABOUT ME

I'm an MBA (Operations & SCM), Engineer and a Certified Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma -
with over 10+ years of experience in end to end supply chain management and project management, I'm here to help you as an extension of your own team with a strong focus on reduction of TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of Goods procured or Services.

Your success is my success! Feel free to ping me with any questions - I'll help you out with those for free.

Clients :
Carnival Cruise Line,
Royal Caribbean International,
Norwegian Cruise Line,
ANZ,
Swiggy, Bundl Technologies,
Udaan
Informatica
Multiple Inernational Event management firms
Salome Naturals Etc.

Industries Worked in - Cruise Lines, Hospitality, Manufacturing, Automotive, Garments, Super Foods, Technology, Banking, F&B, Wine etc.

Countries - USA, Chile, UK, Australia, Netherlands, UAE, South Korea, Canada, India etc.

Products - Food (Organic, Suerfood), Eco friendly carbon negative products (Products that are 100% biodegradable or made from recycled material only),
Packaging (Paper, Wood, Glass)
Plastic (Injection moulding, Blow moulding)
Plastic Alternates (Plant starch based, Bagasse etc)
Paper alternates (Recycled paper, Non tree paper, Paper from recycled cotton waste)
GRS Certified
GOTS certified garments (Recycled plastic bottles + cotton)
Stationery
Apparels
Furniture (Solid wood)
Packaging (recycled wood)
Straws Etc. Etc.

My routine activities for clients include but not limited to -

•Setting up office, Operations from scratch. Hiring team.
•Integral part of the leadership team in developing, executing strategic plans
•Responsible for decisions on running day to day operations, Identify solutions & trouble shooting problems
•Directly oversaw Global Sourcing, Logistics, QA/QC departmental functions.
•Setting up systems and ensured lean & smooth flow of processes
•Self-Implemented and followed EOS Traction methodology for business excellence
•Implemented new directives for business growth via non-disruptive creation niches
•Translated the strategic organizational goals into departmental goals
•Work with HR overseeing hiring objectives and HR Business partner to ensure compliance
•Drive innovative thinking & non-traditional approaches to enhance operational capability
•Deploy company-wide policy of First Time Right & continuous improvement
•Developed solid relationships with Business stakeholders
•Approval point for any deviation from SOP’s
•Responsible for product quality, on time delivery, and cost
•Turn around - on time delivery
* Reports - PPV, OTD, Order Management status report

* Design to Delivery Supply chain (custom made products - New Product Development)
* Strategic Sourcing (Sourcing from any stable part of the world & Not just China)
* Reduced Total Cost of Ownership
* Set up Operations from scratch, Physical office (if required), Hiring team, Supervising them remotely.
* DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Contorl)
* Design for manufacturing (DFM)
* Process improvement (Looking into step by step process, Identifying bottlenecks, suggesting, Implementing improvements)
* Continuous improvement
* Shipping - Air, Sea, Multi modal transportation
* Warehousing
* Fulfilment
* Order Management
* vendor Management
* Establishing Alternate manufacturing sources
* LEAN - SIX SIGMA tools
* Muda Mura Muri - Waste elimination
* Design - FMEA (Failure Mode Effect Analysis) - Vendor Identification - Audit - Prototype - Pricing & Terms confirmation - Pre Production Samples - QA check - Approval - Production Run - Inspection - Approval - Packaging - Loading - Inspection - Shipping - Delivery confirmation