Relevant Business Experience:  Supply Chain Management expert with over 9 years of hands-on experience both in Europe and India in inventory, resources planning and logistics as well as production planning and project management. Several times awarded as best employee at previous employers, is assertive with good negotiation skills and is a good team player with management/team supervision experience as well as involvement of all stakeholders.  For one of the largest capital goods companies with established industrial experience, performed short and long term strategic production planning as per market requirement; analysed S&OP and forecasted with APAC/EMEA team the market requirement of domestic and export models; scheduled MPS and MRP for N+2 basis for production and suppliers; daily reviewed production and sales status to improve supply chain controls and prepared reporting to management; managed a team of five. Improved production plan circulation; participated in packaging cost reduction program through recyclable packaging; saved major costs by refurbishing and using dead stock of engines; reduced inventory levels aligning planning and production. Participated as team member to new warehouse location set up for harvester plant; liaised with vendors on quotations; improved warehouse management by enhancing number of parts for available space. good negotiation & liaison skill. He is good team player. He is very assertive in nature  For an automotive parts company, developed strategic approaches and creative solutions to increase cost effective shipping; analysed and prepared production and deman plans based on available resources (supplier and plant capacity, manpower, shipping time line, market trends etc.); performed internal audits for 5S, KAIZEN activties and participated in ISO and TS audits; performed and implemented LEAN management projects (i.e. production line takt time reduction, automation, kaizens implementation and warehouse visualisation); managed logistics team of fifteen people.  For Europe's leading wholesale distributor of English language physical/digital products and contents, was responsible for timely dispatch planning to several supermarkets in the UK: from dispatch availability to vehicle monitoring; responible for PDI as well as for POD collection for account clearance.