1. R.SRIDHARAN
Tel: +91 9940640749 E-Mail: rsridharann@yahoo.co.in
Seeking assignments in logistics / supply chain, initiatives with high growth oriented
organisation of repute.
PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
A competent professional with 13+ years of experience in the field of warehousing & logistics having
exposure in ERP (Enterprises Resource Planning) SAP, IMES (NOKIA), JAGUAR (COCA COLA), ACCPAC
and MS-Office.
Currently designated as Assistant Manager in Kubota Agricultural machinery India Private Ltd.,
Sholinganallure, Chennai.
Expertise in warehousing operations including Planning, organising & controlling of manpower,
inventory, packaging materials, out sourced resources for achieving the planned periodic schedule.
Displayed proficiency in analyzing existing processes / procedures and conducting critical analysis for
finding out shortcomings and suggesting improvements measures.
An effective communicator with good relationship management skills with ability to relate the people at
any level of business.
Expertise in order processing relevant to all types of inventory (i.e. from Order launching, GR
processing, coordination with planning & manufacturing departments till finished goods shipped out).
PRESENT ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since JAN ’2015 – Till date Kubota Agricultural machinery India Pvt. Ltd.,
Kubota is one of the leading agriculture machineries in the world. Its currently produces a wide variety of
outstanding products ranging from agricultural equipment, engines, construction machinery, housing
supplies, pipes, vending machines and various environmentally friendly processing facilities. Kubota export
tractors more than 150 countries throughout the world.
Assistant Manager – Spare parts
Deliverables - In Kubota Sholinganallore:
Handling and take care of more than 7500 plus SKUs in the spare parts warehouse.
On time delivering Machine down order (MDO), Emergency order(EO) and Monthly order (MO) to
the dealers.
Target to achieved 94.5% against 95% fill rate of requirement vs supply to the dealers.
Managing of smooth operation material’s binning, GRN in the excise warehouse.
Handling and take care of process related to picking, repacking, MRP label pasting, checking and
final packing of materials.
Dispatch the dealer’s material orders timely manner and achieve 100% on time delivery (OTD).
Responsible to planning and sending branch transfer stock to other branches in PAN India.
Handling with team size of 4 direct pay role and 40 casual workers.
Representing the monthly safety patrol observation from spare parts department and corrective
action made.
Taking ownership to continues process improvement in the spare parts warehouse.
Take lead perpetual inventory counting quarterly basis in the warehouse.
Developing suppliers for improving quality and reduction of cost in direct and indirect materials
consumption in the warehouse.
Taking initiative to proper identification through sign boards in the entire warehouse.
CAPA owner for dealer discrepancy
Maintaining 5s and safety in the work place.
Notable Accomplishments:
Taking initiative and involved in new rack installation.
Conveyor system implementation for continues flow in packing process.
WMS process implementation through bar coding system in the warehouse.
Since April ’2007 – Nov’2014 Nokia India Private Ltd.,
Nokia is one of the leading mobile industries in the world. The vision is “A world where everyone can be
connected” and the mission is “We take a very human approach to technology”, NOKIA has its
manufacturing operations almost in 9 countries in the worldwide.
2. Growth Path:
Shipping Group Lead – Outbound operation – Chennai factory
Shipping Group leader April 2010 – Nov 2014
Shipping Team leader May 2008 – April 2010
Shipping Co-ordinator April 2007 – May 2008
Deliverables - In NOKIA Sriperumbhudur:
Group lead heading outbound operations in a shift with a team size of 5 team leaders with
120 shipping operators.
Handling of five internal zone of operation in shipping - finished goods receiving, storage, packing,
documentation and dispatch.
Ensure to maintain and continue the warehouse operation without deviation of SOP.
Working towards improvement of delivery quality for the dispatches made from factory.
Process quality and training of operators to keep them updated on customer requirements.
Updating the team on customer complaints and relative corrective actions implemented.
Packing line output met as per the internal metrics.
Taking ownership of maintaining inventory accuracy as 100%.
Ensuring on time delivery - targets are met as per the committed dispatch date of shipment.
Safety – strive for sustaining Incident / accident free manufacturing operation in the workplace.
Ensuring country wise packing is done as per the customer’s specification without deviation.
Planning, scheduling, ordering and controlling of packaging materials.
Negotiating and finalising the price with suppliers of packaging materials.
Planning and finalising the least expectation cost planning done quarterly basis.
Responsible to raising the purchase request, purchase order and goods receipts in timely manner.
Responsible to achieve the packing cost reduction target - consumable cost per mobile 1.75 INR.
Handling more than fifteen suppliers with two hundred plus packaging variants.
Initiating and implementing new ideas to reduce the cost of packaging consumables.
Review and controlling of ageing stock in the warehouse.
Support of projects to improve the efficiency and productivity of the packing lines.
Coordinating with transportation team to prioritise the dispatches as per the commitment.
Handling eight different LSP’s – DHL, CEVA, Schenkers, Agility / DOM – Gati, Blue Dart, XPS for
export and domestic shipments.
Driving internal IQC team for auditing packed goods before dispatching to customers.
Adherence and following 5s in the workplace.
Notable Accomplishments:
Reduction of fresh packing materials consumption through reusing of recycle materials – Cost
savings 4.0 million INR per annum.
Short term international transfer- New factory ramp up support – Six months (APR’13 – OCT’13) at
VIETNAM
On site trip to China for WM implementation in SAP for supporting function
Consumable cost achieved 1.75 INR per mobile.
Optimum utilisation of storage racks in post shipment for the capacity increase.
One of the core member in completion of six sigma project – to increase the packing output per line
65k – 85k.
TRAINING DETAILS
5 S
First aid & fire safety
Emergency response training
Nokia values training
Dangerous goods regulation certification for 2013 - 14
PREVIOUS ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE
May’ 02 – April ’07 Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
The Coca-Cola Company is one of the largest manufacturers, distributors and marketers of non-alcoholic
beverage concentrates and syrups in the world and one of the largest corporations in the United States.
Growth Path:
Senior Shipping Officer April 2005 – April 2007
Shipping officer April 2004 – April 2005
Shipping Assistant May 2002 – April 2004
3. Deliverables - In HCCB Pvt Ltd, Chennai.
Dispatching customer orders as per the schedule.
Handling and take care of end to end inbound and outbound operation.
Leading a team consists of 4 shipping checker with 40 indirect labourers.
Delegating tasks to the subordinates based on the man power availability and supervising their
activities.
Controlling and ensuring physical stock vs. system stock accuracy 100%.
Monitoring, achieving and maintaining cases per head(CPH) as per internal warehouse metrics.
Responsible to preparing the all documents relevant to receipts and dispatches.
Preparing Logistics productivity rating system reports.
Taking ownership to Optimum utilisation of resources.
Generating returnable glass bottles track reports categorized by the area sales manager.
Uploading and online monitoring of transactions related to finished goods and returnable containers
management in SAP.
Generating finished goods and returnable containers related reports on a daily, weekly and monthly
basis, as required by the Finance, Production and Sales Departments.
New process implementation in co-ordination with the shipping-in-charge and the Finance
department.
Review shipping documentation.
Preparation of the ‘Finished Goods’ sourcing plan.
Analysis of the production runs size.
Supervision of loading and unloading activities.
Performing an audit of the stock data in JAGUAR (in house application) and SAP to ensure data
sanity between both the applications.
Generating and sending MIS reports to the Logistics Manager, Area Operation Director and the
Manufacturing Head – South.
Notable Accomplishments:
Initiated to allocate the dedicated space for keeping stock based on the SKUs size and volume,
it eliminate one of the waste – Motion and improve the dispatch capacity.
Implement systematic approach to counting the inventory in inbound warehouse with support of MS-
Excel.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
□ M.B.A (Logistics& supply chain) University of Madras, Chennai 2011 -13.
□ B.Com, S.I.V.E.T. College, Chennai. 1998-2001, University of madras affiliated.
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth : 01st
March 1981
Marital Status : Married
Permanent Address : No.39, Ambedkar Street,
Gandhi nagar,
East Tambaram,
Chennai – 600059.
India.
Mobile # 99406 40749
Passport number : M6438335/03.02.2025
Pan card number : CEDPS8935R
Declaration
I hereby declare that the above mentioned details are true to my knowledge and belief.
Place: CHENNAI
Date:
R.SRIDHARAN.