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Arun Kumar - Supply Chain Director - India - iCEO #87781
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Arun Kumar's Profile
iCEO #87781
Position: Supply Chain Director
Nationality: India
Experience
Global Leader in Operations and Supply Chain with international experience Successful at creating and enhancing performance of international scale businesses. Strong Project management skills to drive improvement in value chain through value engineering, global footprint optimization, organization design improvements, global cost management, end to end value chain integration.
Major Achievements
Growth: Built autonomous product and service delivery organization in record 6 months to boost revenue from $70M to $86M in 2019, with organization on track to deliver further revenue increase to $150M by end of 2020. Lead manufacturing and distribution footprint optimization, in country value creation, Cost of service delivery optimization for the business. Strategy: Applied cost base optimization and best cost execution strategy to capture $210M in multiple large projects in 2019, including $105M Petrobras deal, with $275M project currently under bid with high probability of capture. Vision: Leveraged development of best cost country manufacturing and supply model to support local content and cost optimization and win major foreign oil company contract with forecast $500M aggregate value. Transformation: Lead and seeded the mind set of long-term S&OP Supply, Distribution and operation risk assessment and mitigation plan in different businesses over period. Turned around manufacturing operations and improved longterm cash flow by optimized shopfloor space and manufacturing processes, improved planning, visual lean management, and supplier-managed, just-in-time inventory. Value: Created comprehensive global category management model for sourcing $1B array of Asia service categories, developing network of over 100 suppliers, and negotiating favorable contracts to save $100M/year on annual $350M spend. Execution: Reversed 20% loss into 10% profit for $3M Asia hydroelectric project by resourcing strategy, enhanced metrics, more effective project management, and rigorous performance metrics to optimize labor costs as project manager. From 2021-2023 supported internal manufacturing activity growth of 100% , from $900m in 2021 to $1.8 bn in 2023. S&OP optimization, Fit for Business Strategy, Local/Global manufacturing, repair facility footprint optimization, establishing supply chain resilience has been part of this latest portfolio.
Industry Sector Competencies
Electronics
Aerospace
Automotive
Defense
Energy-Oil-Gas
Professional Objectives
Function: Chief Operating Officer, CEO, VP Global Operations, VP Global Supply Chain and Manufacturing
Sector: Oil & Gas, Automobile, Energy, Investment, Engineering, Agriculture, Food, Consumer,
Interim Manager: Yes
Permanent Position: Yes
Operational: Yes
Availability: Full time, part time
Prefered Locations: Any
Additional Professional Interests
Operational coaching on demand
Non executive director assignments
Personal financial investment:150-350K USD
Countries Covered
China
India
UK
USA
Operational Competencies
Technologies to market (Professional)
Business development (Professional)
Acquisition and shadow management (Professional)
New product or service launch (Professional)
Geographical expansion (Expert)
Company rescue or turnaround (Professional)
Pre or post investment audit (Professional)
Nationality
India
Home Country
India
Availability
Full time
Part time
Education
Bachelor of Engineering, Master in Business Administration -Finance & Operation
Languages
English, Hindi
Management Experience
More than 15 years
Company Size
Multinational
Interim Manager
Yes
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Contractual Flexibility
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Competitive Fees
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