1. Vivek Balakrishnan
 A4, Saraswathi Nagar, Tambaram, Chennai  (+91) 9500015984, 9686603026  vivekbala185@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Supply chain professional with a work experience of over 6 years across Industry and Consulting. Seeking a career with a reputed organization, where I can utilize my management education and domain experience for achieving the organization's goals and objectives.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Current Organization: Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, Manager May’13 – Present
~ Supply Chain Management - New Projects
 Currently working on setting up a Consolidation Center (Export warehouse) in India which will act as a single point for exports of Indian supplier parts and CKD to various Daimler AG plants & other Consolidation Centers across the world (Germany, Japan, Detroit, Brazil)
 Scenario based business case preparation for all projects to be presented to top management
 Project planning & time line management which includes scope definition for all the core logistics activities
 Coordinate and work with multiple departments like Global procurement, Finance & Controlling, Taxation, Supplier management, In-plant logistics, 3PL & International supply chain team as a part of various project initiatives
 Conduct workshops to gather the requirements from importer country
 GQC and LOI / LON release to all selected Indian suppliers
 Export packaging planning for all selected parts
 Align the part basic price, transportation cost, packaging cost, tooling cost, operations cost and the markup margin with importer
 Transfer pricing calculation to arrive at the final selling price to importer
 Creation of first and second contract with suppliers and importer respectively, which enables the buying and selling of the parts
 Ensuring IT system readiness for Order receipt and ASN with importer systems
 Setting up Supply framework agreement with importer county which defines the order to delivery lead time, export documentation, warranty, claims and other terms and conditions of export
 Enable the final project implementation (smooth ramp up of Indian exports) and assist the daily management operations team on issue resolutions
 Create standard operating procedures for all project and daily operations activities
 Tracking and management reporting of revenues and expenses for all projects
~ Process Methods and Systems - Inventory Planning and Control
 Conduct in-depth analysis on the raw data received from various data sources ~ import / domestic; region / category wise analysis; direct online; Kanban / 2bin etc.
 Optimize the key parameters like safety stock, frozen zone, delivery lead time
 Devise strategies for reduction of the current inventory levels, if high
 Predict future inventory levels based on consumption, receipts and sales forecast
 Arrive at obsolete, non-moving & slow-moving parts list and take necessary actions for disposal
 Coordinate with marketing to match the sales and production requirements
 Establish standard processes in areas of goods receipt, physical inventory, production part issuance and consumption recording
 Organize and Co-ordinate for annual corporate and external inventory audits

2. Previous Organization: Deloitte Consulting India Private Limited, Consultant Jun’11 – May’13
 Developing an industry solution for discrete manufacturing clients by leveraging my domain experience and industry best practices; and providing presales support for the prospective proposals
 Covered the areas of Procurement, Vendor Management, Inventory Management and Warehouse Management while developing the solution
 Created PowerPoint for Client presentations, Solution training materials etc. as a part of sales pursuit
 Developing a Supplier Relationship Management solution for a client which will
 Heighten visibility into supplier relationships & performance
 Gain insight into spend performance
 Streamlining the purchase of goods and services
 Working on an initiative for building a competency center for the Supply chain consulting practice in Deloitte, which will
 Translate the practitioner’s industry knowledge and skills to deliver solutions to the clients
 Develop content for supporting the client pursuit team
 Build internal training materials and newsletters for improving skills of the practitioners
Previous Organization: TVS Motor Company, Senior Engineer Aug’07 – Apr’10
~ Supply Chain Management
 Designed and implemented an inbound logistics network for the TVS 3-Wheeler plant which had suppliers located across India
 Setup key performance indicators and ensured the smooth functioning of the Third Party Logistics
 Introduced Milkrun logistics for the local suppliers of TVS which helped in reducing the logistics cost by 20% and inventory by 45%
 Maintained and updated the plan for each part (PFEP) for new projects planning & implementation
 Implemented lean methodology for elimination of non-value added activities present in the supply chain
 Coordinated with the SAP department for EDI implementation and leveraged IT systems for logistics
 Introduced returnable packaging, palletization and specially designed vehicles for reduction of turn-around time and overall logistics cost
 Developed and implemented a standard operating procedure for the operation of TVS production units during ‘transport strikes’
 Conducted feasibility study along with business planning team and finance department for manufacturing of Two-wheeler models at TVS HP plant
~ Inventory Planning
 Performed inventory analysis and arrived at different strategies for inventory management. Initiated the task of implementing Just in Time based Kanban system for ‘A’ class items and 2-bin system for ‘C’ class items
 Created annual inventory plan for various material groups and vendors present under the Materials department
~ Warehouse Management
 Implemented FIFO, VCS in the company owned warehouses
 Relocated the Supplier inventory from the TVS plant to a 3PL managed warehouse
 Introduced Packaging changes, Warehouse layouts and Stacking to improve efficiency and reduce warehousing costs

3. EDUCATION
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai CGPA 3.4 / 4.0 Apr 2010 - Apr 2011
PGPM (Post Graduate Program in Management), Operations & Marketing
Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore CGPA 7.3 / 10.0 Apr 2003 - Apr 2007
B-Tech (Bachelor of Technology), Mechanical Engineering
TRAINING AND CERTIFICATIONS
 Six sigma certification by KPMG
 Pursuing CSCP certification
 Business Analytics, Excel modeling, SPSS
 Industry Print, ARIS
ACHIEVEMENTS
 Founding member of Operations club in Great Lakes Institute of Management
 Finalist in ISB business plan competition from among top 130 teams in India
 Member of team that won the Cross-functional team award for the best internal project at TVS Motors
 Represented and won prizes at school and college level in Cricket and Swimming