Narendra Mohan Tripathi has over 18 years of experience in supply chain management, logistics, warehousing and distribution, freight forwarding, and sales forecasting. He is currently the Head of Logistic & Supply Chain at India Today, where he is responsible for network design, warehouse planning, and overseeing on-time deliveries. Previously he has held supply chain roles at Bata India Ltd, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd, Reliance Retail Ltd, Sahara Airlines Ltd, and First Flight Couriers Ltd. He has an MBA and postgraduate diplomas in communication and supply chain management.

1. NARENDRA MOHAN TRIPATHI
18+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS - WAREHOUSING &
DISTRIBUTION, FREIGHT FORWARDING & SALES FORECASTING, KEY ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT.
FUNCTIONAL SKILLS :
Planning &
Execution
 Develop and Implement SCM Strategy
& policies.
 Implement agility of supply chain.
 Order Processing & follow-up with
vendor.
Warehousing
&
Distribution
 Legal formalities for warehouse.
 SOP for Operation,
 IT backend for W/H
 Distribution of product
 Insurance – Warehouse & in transit stock
WORK EXPERIENCE : 18 years
Company Designation Duration
India Today Head Logistic & Supply Chain October 2011 Till date
Bata India Ltd. A.G.M Supply chain August 2010 To October 2011
Aditya Birla Retail Ltd. Sr. Manager – Supply Chain May 2008 to July 2010 :
Reliance Retail Ltd. Manager- Distribution Centre June 2004 to April 2008:
Sahara Airlines Ltd. Head- Cargo April 2001 to May 2004:
First Flight Couriers Ltd. Area Manager-
Courier,Cargo&Logistics
Jan1995 to March 2001:
EDUCATION :
Qualification Institute/University Year
Pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in SCM IIRM –Ahmedabad 2013
M.B.A. Kanpur university
Post Graduate Diploma in
Communication.
Bharti Vidya Bhawan Lucknow
1995
B.A Lucknow University 1994
WORK EXPERIENCE :
1. India Today Group (BagItToday.com) October 2011 to Till Date
BagItToday is one of the leading flash sales portals. Besides being a portal it is also into TV Home Shopping
& Telesales. It belongs to the well known India Today Group known for the News Channels Aaj Tak
and Headlines Today and its publishing House that prints the largest number of magazines in
India.
Head Logistic & Supply Chain
Job Responsibilities:
 Responsible for network designing and warehouse planning to optimize usage of warehouse space with enhanced
productivity. In context of End to End operation.
 To maintain and control the P&L of the warehousing and logistics SUB as per management guidelines.
 Designing SOP
 Responsible for drawing strategy for annual business plan.
 Implementing different methods on enhancing performance of distribution centre vis a vis packing, customer delivery
etc.
 Monitoring the fleet of vehicles, transporters and courier agencies and ensuring on time delivery & transit norms &
analyzing the loss in-transit and undertaking measures to control the same
 Taking adequate measures to monitor and analyze the performance of service providers, quality and delivery norms.
 Translate time phased dispatch plan into detailed schedule for each asset and manage daily dispatch schedules, weekly
outlook, supply problems & resolution, inventory exceptions & asset utilization. Assure schedule is continually
maintained & communicated throughout the supply chain.
 Liquidation Plan for non moving or Slow Moving Stocks.
WORK EXPERIENCE :
2. Bata India Ltd. 10 August 2010 to October 2011
A.G.M Supply Chain

2. Job Responsibilities:
 Design and develop an organization wide supply chain strategy across all RDCs (Retail Distribution Centers )
consistent with various product portfolios and in line with the organizational goals
 Shrinkage was brought down 4% from 18%
 Define the standard operating procedures for supply chain and logistics and guide the annual planning process for the
divisions in alignment with supply / demand scenarios for all product lines
 Maintain Store replenishment within TAT. For all five RDC.
 Establish a strong logistics base for the organization and lead negotiations for entering into long-term contracts
 Supervise the process of quotation analysis, contract formation and negotiation and logistics service provider
performance review
 Ensuring cost Minimization at each Warehouse level and outsourcing fixed cost components
 Installation of HD & Mezzanine Structure as per requirement to increase Warehouse productivity Keep control on
Shrinkage
 Maintain Line Efficiency above 99%
WORK EXPERIENCE :
3. Aditya Birla Retail Ltd. May 2008 to July2010
Designation - : Sr. Manager – Supply Chain
Company Profile : -
Aditya Birla Retail Ltd.- more. Is a part of Aditya Birla Group. A US $24 billion corporation with a market cap of US $31.5 billion
and in the league of Fortune 500.
.Responsibility :
1. Manage the Zonal Supply Chain Operations in the most service efficient and cost efficient manner
2. Distribution & Warehousing Distribution.
3. Sales Forecasting & Order processing
Manage the Zonal Supply Chain Operation
1. Build and agree with the Head – SC Operations, the operational cost budgets for the Supply Chain..
2. Ensure monthly costs in line with budgeted cost for SUPPLY CHAIN and secondary transportation.
3. Analyses operating costs & expenses to identify opportunities of cost savings in SUPPLY CHAIN operations.
4. Ensure service levels and other supply chain KPIs targets are met on a continuous basis.
5. Store fulfillment was achieved to 99% from 65% continuously till last working day.
6. Layout finalization, space optimization, Equipment finalization, Manpower planning , Product slotting
7. Warehouse is Equipped with required Infrastructure.
8. Achieved to bring down Shrinkage to 1% from 7% (Including In transit Shrinkage)
Successful migration of operations of Delhi & Gurgaon distribution centre with reduction in 40 %
space cost, 30% 3Pl manpower cost, thus resulting to pull down operational cost by 50%.
Elevated Delhi/NCR WH efficiency standards among the top 3 warehouses of ABRL.
Sales forecasting , Warehousing & Distribution,
SALES FORECASTING, ORDER PROCESSING & INVENTROY PLANNING:
1. To Forecast SKUwise sales at individual territory level based on the sales trend, trade input and planned promo activities
in individual territory.
2. Brain dumping for sales forecasting along with Sales & Marketing teams for the 6 month sales forecasting.
3. To plan Storage space requirement basis the safety stock and planned inventory.
4. Participate in the financial and inventory planning processes.
5. Analyze business trends and ratios, and identify emerging issues and opportunities.
6. Facilitator for New Product launches – Label & Regulator support
7. Maintain a strong communication chain between the different divisions in order to maintain TAT.
8. Liaise with vendors for maintaining a smooth supply chain for delivery of necessary ordered stocks.
9. Ensure smooth distribution of material right from sourcing from vendor, storage at warehouse and subsequent
movement to the destination.

3. WAREHOUSING:
1. Managing 3 Warehouse at Delhi – Dry DC (45000Sq.ft), F&V Centre – (2500 Sqft), & Regional Processing Centre
(5000sqft).
2. Selecting 3PL service provider for warehouse across Delhi. Process VAT registration for invoicing.
3. To procure necessary licenses from authority i.e. VAT, PFA, and NOC from Gram panchayat, Municipality, Fire
Department etc.
4. Selecting proper WMS & invoice module for warehousing.
5. Document warehousing operating manual for 3rd
Party Logistics Company.
6. Aging analysis and control of all SKUs
7. 100% Health & Safety score with Zero Safety / Quality incident.
8. To generate reports on Obsolete stock inventory and work with sales team to plan for liquidation.
DISTRIBUTION:
1. Manage and verifies that physical inventories and cycle counts are completed as required.
2. Manage all aspects of inventory control (daily cycle counts, maintain monthly targets).
3. Ensure smooth distribution to 40 stores.
4. To evaluate vendors/suppliers for packing materials, Pallets, HDPE bags and consumables.
5. Develop and implement Vendor performance report for future reference
6. Handling of commercial issues related to Road permits, Entry Tax, Vendor payments.
4. Reliance Retail Ltd. June 2004 to April 2008
Designation - : Manager- Distribution Centre
Reporting to : Head - SCM
Location : Gurgaon
Responsibility :
Distribution & Warehousing Distribution.
WAREHOUSING & DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT :
Managing the DISTRIBUTION CENTER through SAP.
1. Responsible for overall efficiency of the Distribution Centre.
2. Vendor Scheduling, Receiving material, Inward documentation, put away etc.
3. Ensure implementation of the D&L strategy and periodically review effective implementation of strategy and initiate
corrective measures.
4. Formulate and implement operation plans, periodically review effective implementation of operation plan and initiate
corrective measures.
5. Develop Transport and Logistics requirement Plan for secondary transportation as well as home deliveries.
6. Achievement of Store and Home Deliveries as per cut off time with store operation.
7. Management of 3PL to support day to day operation.
8. Ensure replenishment management towards optimization of the inventories and availability of the merchandise in the
stores.
9. Lead engages & motivates people for better retention and enhanced productivity.
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
1. Maintaining Article data, solving problems related to mismatches.
2. Cycle Count & Replenishment on a regular basis.
3. Daily Reporting & Weekly / Monthly Review.
5. Sahara Airlines Ltd. April 2001 to May 2004
Designation-: Head- Cargo
Location : Lucknow
Responsibility :
Managing Air Cargo Across U.P.
1. Responsible for sales Growth and Warehousing of the whole U.P. & help achieve marketing objectives & targets in co-
ordination with the Sales Executives Team
2. New Business Development in existing areas & identification of New Growth Areas.
3. Maximum utilization of Supply Chain with minimum cutoff Time.

4. 6. First Flight Couriers Ltd. Jan1995 to March 2001
Designation - Area Manager- Courier,Cargo&Logistics
Location - Bhopal
Responsibility :
Managing Courier Services across M.P.
1. Responsible for sales Growth and Warehousing of the whole M.P. & help achieve marketing objectives & targets in co-
ordination with the Sales Executives Team
2. New Business Development in existing areas & identification of New Growth Areas.
3. Maximum utilization of Supply Chain with minimum cutoff Time.
PERSONAL DETAILS :
 Marital Status : - Married
 Date of Birth : - 02-10-1971
 Languages Known : - English, Hindi
 Permanent Address: - Plot No.51, Vindya Wasani Nagar Colony, Oardaly Bazar, Varanasi.
 Contact No.: 9891018018
 E-Mail ID:
( Narendra Mohan Tripathi)