Salil Bhalla is a supply chain management professional with over 25 years of experience in roles such as Manager of Procurement and Deputy Manager of Projects, seeking a senior management role utilizing his expertise in areas like strategic sourcing, procurement, logistics, and vendor management. He has a proven track record of optimizing supply chain solutions, developing sourcing strategies, and strengthening effectiveness across locations through skills in negotiation, quality assurance, and relationship building with customers and suppliers. His professional experience includes assignments with various companies in industries like fertilizers, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.

1. SALIL BHALLA
Mobile: +91- 9717765384 / E-Mail: salilbhalla@hotmail.com
Seeking senior management roles in Supply Chain Management / Strategic Sourcing | Procurement /
Logistics / Vendor Management with an organisation of repute
Verifiable talent in optimizing solutions, leveraging understanding of supplier economics, market and business strategies
Professional Overview
 Supply Chain Certified professional with 25 years of rich experience in Supply Chain Management, Project
Management, Procurement & Purchase and Commercial Operations with Fertiliser, Bulk drugs, Fine Chemicals and
Bulk Chemical industry.
 Previously associated with Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. as Manager Procurement.
 Expert in overseeing supply chain management functions including day-to-day activities like strategic planning,
vendor management, sourcing, procurement, material planning, administration, liaison & negotiations, etc.
 Proficiency in material management; skilled in developing sourcing & procurement strategies, vendor development &
analytical assessment, to strengthen effectiveness in supply chain across various locations like US, Europe and Japan.
 Skilled in ensuring quality, delivery and budget objectives are met as per organizational guidelines.
 Demonstrated skill in developing and deploying systems for streamlining procurement with redundancy removal.
 Strength in cultivating excellent business relationships with new prospects and existing customers.
Competencies Skills
Supply Chain Management Procurement & Purchase Liaison & Negotiation
Logistics Management Quality Assurance & Compliance Contract Management
People Management Project Management Pricing/Budgeting
Notable Achievements across the career
 Played a key role in leading role procurement of all equipment, contracts and big ticket purchase in coordination
with R&D, Pilot plant and Project Team for upcoming projects.
 Successfully collaborated with Project Manager of all locations for procurement of engineering items within budget
and specified schedule with extensive use of online bidding and online release of Purchase / Job and Work contracts.
 Efficiently managed release of contracts for Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Fire Safety and Online
bidding with one-to-one negotiations
 Established procedure / SOP for procurement of items with effective use of IMS (Integrated Management System) for
procurement system.
 Significantly created detailed drawings of equipment, plant and its layout for vaccine formulation plant at Okhla,
Delhi with Panacea Biotec Ltd.
 Independently managed process and project management of following projects:
• Simvastatin plant – Project outlay – Rs 1.25 crores; project completed in 1.10 crores in 1997.
• 7 ADCA expansion - Project outlay Rs 5.00 crores; project completed in 4.5 crores, 10 days ahead of schedule in
1994.
• Pilot Plant, Toansa – Project outlay Rs 5.50 crores; project completed in 5.00 crores in 1993.
Awards & Recognitions
 2016 – Won Spot on Award when all the procurement work had come to standstill owing to accident of key personnel.
 2015 - Felicitated in public function for Project Procurement Work along with Project Manager by ED in person on
completion of project 42 days ahead of schedule.
 2014 – Adjudged Best Negotiator in a companywide training programme. Stood joint 4th position in IIM, Calcutta.
 2013 – Awarded cash prize and certificate of appreciation for setting up Jubilant Fresh Pvt Ltd.
 2012 & 2011 - Awarded prize for Supply Chain Activities for Gajraula second time in a row on completion of projects
at Gajraula.
 2011 – Special Prize for no sick leave for the year.
 2010 - Awarded prize for Supply Chain Activities for Gajraula on completion of projects at Gajraula.
 2008 – Successfully commissioned an autoclave based plant, lingering for commissioning for the past 5 years.
 2007 – Completed 3 major projects in time.
Professional Overview
Feb 2006-Aug 2016 Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd. Manager Procurement
Key Deliverables:
Supply Chain Management:

2.  Managed all Supply Chain functions including sourcing, inventory management, store management, vendor
development, logistics, etc.
 Ensured uninterrupted supply of assigned products and negotiating contracts for supply of products.
 Identified planning & supervising various projects in field of vendor development, import substitution, value
engineering, reverse engineering, make or buy decisions.
 Entrusted with the responsibilities of supply chain functions such as routing of all deliveries and prioritized based on
variables (accepted time of delivery, region, customer, order priority), ensured that the right products are delivered
to the right location on time and at optimized cost.
Procurement, Materials & Warehouse Management:
 Finalized the specification of materials; ensuring that the stock value is kept at the lowest practical level to
economize the use of working capital, and to minimize the cost of storage.
 Accountable for receipt, custody and issue of very large sum of money in the form of goods and for determination of
appropriate quantities of materials to meet operational needs in a cost effective manner.
 Assessed physical layout of warehouse/stores for storage of materials & consumables and ensuring smooth
accounting, issue of material to production sites.
 Monitored incoming materials or procurement activities supplied by Vendors/ Suppliers and ensuring they are as per
quality & quantity specifications.
 Adhered to all applicable safety rules and regulations overall stocking materials in warehouse.
 Worked on various reports related to physical layout of warehouse/stores for storage of materials, material receiving
reports & damage reports.
Logistics:
 Sustained / build the logistics network to ensure timely distribution of the merchandise, monitored availability of
stock as well as making appropriate arrangements to ensure on time deliveries.
 Involved in the execution of day-to-day dispatch activities; maintenance of central excise statutory records and
production dispatch stock records.
Vendor Development:
 Assessed the performance of the vendors based on various criterions such as percentage for rejections, quality
improvement rate, timely delivery, credit terms, etc. and assisting them on production processes.
 Took adequate measures to monitor, analyzed the performance of vendors and other units pertaining to cost, quality
and delivery norms.
 Liaised & co-ordinated with vendors, clients, internal operations departments & other stakeholders.
Inventory Management:
 Streamlined systems and procedures for effective inventory control for ensuring ready availability of materials to
meet production targets.
 Established quality & quantity limits for effective inventory control and reduced wastages.
 Effectively utilized people & equipment, coordinated internal activities & communicated with customers.
Preceding Assignments:
Feb 2002-Feb 2006 Entrance Exams To IIMS Freelance Maths Teacher
Jul 2000-Feb 2002 Ind Swift Laboratories Ltd Deputy Manager Projects
Dec 1998-Jun 2000 Panacea Biotec Ltd. Consultant
Aug 1997-Dec 1998 Indian Acrylics Ltd. Deputy Manager Projects
Aug 1992-Aug 1997 Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. Assistant Manager Projects
Aug 1991-Aug 1992 Shriram Fertiliser and Chemicals Graduate Engineer Trainee
Education
2015 Advanced Programme in Supply Chain Management from IIM, Calcutta
1991 Bachelor in Technology (Chemical Engineering) from IIT BHU
Personal Details
Date of Birth 2nd
December, 1967

3. Address 3F 603, AWHO Township, Gurjinder Vihar, Greater Noida (UP) 201310, India
Languages Known English and Hindi
References Available upon request