Rajesh Lonkar is seeking a senior managerial role in supply chain management. He has over 30 years of experience in supply chain, procurement, materials management, and logistics. Currently he is Head of Operations at Apex Ecotech Pvt Ltd, where he is responsible for backend operations. Previously he held various leadership roles at Thermax Ltd, focusing on procurement, inventory management, and cost savings. He has a diploma in mechanical engineering and management training.

1. RAJESH LONKAR
Mobile:- 09823364965 Bldg No E 2, Flat No 3
Res. No :- 020 - 25231426 Popular Nagar, Warje
DOB : 4th
Sept 1965 rajeshlonkar49@gmail.com Pune 411 058, India
Seeking Senior Level Managerial assignments in Supply Chain/ Strategic Sourcing/
Procurement / Subcontracting / Materials Management with a growth oriented
organization.
PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
A dynamic professional with nearly 30 + years of rich and varied experience in Supply Chain,
Strategic Planning & Management, Procurement, Outsourcing, Materials Management, Vendor
Development, Logistics, Inventory Management, Cost Control and Team Management &
Operations.
Currently associated with M/s Apex Ecotech Pvt Ltd .. as Head Operations.
Domain expertise in Supply chain - Conceptual planning to execution of finished goods
deliverables
Adept in procurement & purchase related activities with key focus on bottom line profitability
while ensuring optimal utilization of resources.
Expertise in managing entire breadth of Techno-commercial operations inclusive of sourcing,
subcontracting, order processing and materials management, inventory control etc.
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering having 30Yrs (+) experience
Excellent interpersonal, analytical & negotiation skills with proven track record of achieving
numerous cost savings during the career span.
Improving / Enabling the healthier bottom line through efficient and effective supply chain
CORE COMPETENCIES
Strategic Planning, Sourcing & Management
Procurement / Purchase
Subcontracting
Vendor Development
Inventory Control / Cost Planning & Management
Team Management
Logistics
ERP Implementation- Materials Management Module - TEAM Leader
SKILL SETS
Structured problem solving
Positive Mental Attitude
Team Management as a Team Leader
Self driven
Performance under pressure
Vendor Management System
Motivating for team work & achieving targets
Inventory Management

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BRIEF SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE
Current name of Organization :- M/s Apex Ecotech Pvt Ltd, Pune
Duration – March 2015 onwards
Designation :- Head Operations
Responsibility :- Responsible for complete back end operations consisting Engineering,
Procurement, Quality Assurance, Stores, Assembly & logistics inline with project schedules
with a close monitoring & control over the operation costs wrt the overall budgets of the
projects.
Achievements:- From 1st
April 2015 onwards (Turn around done)
• Upon studying company balance sheet, way forward targets & available resources,
focused on strengthening backend with adding of RIGHT people at RIGHT positions
during the quarter.
• Introduced & implemented - Process flow chart with responsibility matrix.
• In view of Process improvements, site complaints reduced drastically by right selection of
fabrication vendors.
• Focused & aligned on strengthening the backend to regain the confidence of our Sales
team. This has helped to boost up their confidence of timely execution to set the target as
Rs 30 Crs for FY 16-17.
• Turnover of Rs 12.5 Crs was achieved within 7 month vis-à-vis Rs 20 Crs of FY 14-15
• Motivated the team & targeted turnover of 25 Crs was achieved for FY 15-16
• Savings achieved of almost 30% for HMSI 4F project of Rs 9.58 Crs by introducing
concept of Package buying.
Professional Experience:- 2 (Thermax Ltd. – Total 26 years)
Name of Organization :- Thermax Ltd. (Water & Waste Solutions Divn.)
Duration :- Year October 2013 to Aug 2014
Designation :- Head – Materials (Municipal Projects Group)
# Before taking over Materials
• Cost Booking H1 – 550 Lacs
• Vendor OTP – 40%
• Savings (MEI) – 48.61 L
• FAB Media – Bottle neck – Demand v/s Supply (300M3 V/s 138 M3)
• Imported Media available but not considered in New Proposals
• Materials team confidence was very low
• Front end team’s confidence was very low on the execution capability.
# As on 31st March 2014 (Turn around made possible for Materials Dept.)
• Cost Booking H2 – 1744 Lacs
• Vendor OTP – 79%
• Savings (MEI) – Rs 148 L
• De-bottle necking done with revival of 2 old vendors & developed 1 new vendor at
Hyderabad
• Convinced to Proposals on Cost benefit analysis & short lead times. Now being
considered for new biddings / offerings.

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• Boosted up the Materials team confidence & Brought back the performance levels upto the
mark by putting in the systems place. i.e. Monthly CB Planning & monitoring of critical big
ticket items.
• Sales team confidence gained back wrt execution capabilities.
• Annual Procurement of MEI items Rs 23.83 Crs out of total 59.72 Crs
Duration :- Year 2008 to Sept 2013
Designation :- Associate Manager – Divisional Sourcing Group
Worked for newly formed ‘Divisional Sourcing’ department of WWS division. Primarily responsible
for Sourcing of a FOAK item either locally or thro’ imports. Capacity enhancement of existing
Vendor or identifying a new sources / vendors. Revisiting the prices under rate contracts and re-
negotiations. Negotiating prices with vendors at Pre & post bidding stages on back to back
arrangements. Worked as ‘Core Team Member’ for materials while implementing ERP system for
the division. Actively involved in concluding ‘Distribution Agreement’ with GE India for BW
Membranes. Worked on various ‘Cost Saving’ initiatives for the division.
# While handling procurement of Vizag Steel Plant project being the biggest order recd. in the
history of the WWS division. Successfully finalized the orders for FOAK Package items under third
party consultant M N Datur Chennai like Cooling Tower, Pump house, Fire fighting system, EOT
Cranes, HT Motors, etc, Major bought out items including Imports & Fabrication of vessels, tanks
& pipes. (Period Jan 2013 to Oct 2013.)
Achievements:-
• Total value of PO finalization was to the tune of 36 Crs. The net savings achieved was Rs
1.7 Crs. The performance & overall timely execution was very much appreciated by the
senior management.
• Sourcing FAB Media from Germany having 6 times more surface area than T’max std. FAB media.
During Oct 2010 visited to Germany wherein negotiated & finalized a contract of 36 Lacs Euros
with this overseas vendor for supply of Bio-chips.
Duration :- Year 1994 to year 2008
Designation :- Head Materials – Standard Plants Group (WWS division)
1. Responsible for monthly invoicing targets and department OTP.
2. Inventory management
3. Costing and Sourcing support to Proposal & Engineering.
4. Vendor management systems
5. Development of alternate vendors
6. Monitoring of monthly MIS report on inventory, vendor ratings, vendor rationalization,
invoicing GAP analysis etc.
7. Team leader for various project charters for the division like. a) Satellite Manufacturing
b) Vendor rationalization, c) Design To Cost reduction etc.
Achievements:-
1. Savings achieved over budgeted costs of 10% avg. for Sewage Treatment plants for FY 04
& FY 05.
2. Successfully introduced total 8 new vendors for Fabrication of Pressure vessels,
piping, rubber-lining during FY 06-07 & Media vendors during FY 07-08

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3. Awarded a Certificate of Excellence towards the excellent performance for two
consecutive years. i.e. for FY 2004-05 & FY 2005-06
4. Successful implementation of ERP system within a record time.
5. Savings in Membrane buying with agreement with GE.
Professional Experience : 3
Name of Organization :- Alfa Laval India Ltd, Pune
Duration :- Feb 1994 to August 1994
Designation :- Asst. Executive – Central Purchase
Responsibility :- Responsible for procurement bought-out items like Centrifugal fans, Motors,
Pumps, Oil pre-heaters, Burners, control panels, process instruments etc. Also looked after
fabrication of GI ducting for Tetra-Pack Processing division of Alfa Laval.
Achievements:- 1. Procurement of quality materials for major projects like Vadilal Dairy, Sumul
Dairy, NDDB Pallampur & NDBD Alligarh with in the as sold budgets provided for the projects.
Professional Experience : 4
Name of Organization :- Thermax Ltd. (Heat Recovery Division)
Duration :- Sept. 1988 to January 1994
Designation :- Purchase Engineer
Responsibility :- While in HRD, responsible for procurement of Raw materials & structural steels,
bought out items like valves temperature gauges, motors, gas by-pass valves, multi lover
dampers etc. for various projects like Deepak Fertiliser & Chemicals Taloja, Adarsha Chemicals
Surat, MUSCO Khopoli, Pravara SSK Datta SSK etc. (1988 - 1991)
While working at Central Materials at Chinchwad, 100% fabrication subcontract worth Rs 75 Lacs
was handled alone for Essar Steel Ltd. within schedule period of 14 months under third party
inspection named PIES nominated by Essar Steel Ltd. Also handled the procurement for major
projects Finolex Pipes Ltd, Ratanagiri under UHDE India Ltd., Maruti Udyog Ltd, for various
instruments, boiler feed pumps, thermic fluid circulating pumps, screw pumps, refractory and
insulation materials etc (1991 – 1994)
Professional Experience : 5
Name of Organization :- Indage India Ltd. Bhosari
Duration :- 1987 to Sept. 1988
Designation :- Purchase Engineer
Responsibility :- Procurement of all materials required for Cement Mills manufacturing and
stores consumables.
Professional Experience : 6
Name of Organization :- Lubricare Pvt. Ltd. Bhosari
Duration :- 1985 to 1986
Designation :- Production Engineer
Responsibility :- Worked as “Production Engineer” (Trainee)

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Educational Qualification :-
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Govt. Polytechnic Pune during 1983 – 84 with 71%
♦♦♦♦ Participated in a crash course two weeks of “Management Development Program” organized by
Thermax and conducted by Narsee Monjee Institute Of Management & Higher Studies, Mumbai.
( October 2005 )
Rajesh A Lonkar
Place - Pune
Date – October 2016