User:Sumeetmahanti

Born - 22nd July 1971

Birth Place - Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India

Family Lineage -

Grandson (paternal) of Late Sri Pran Nath Mahanti (IAS), who was a renowned public administrator during 1940-60s (Commissioner-Sambalpur, Collector - Balasore, Jt Director to Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Delhi)and a man of literary achievements in English, Sanskrit and Oriya. Had books published in these three languages. Honour of being awarded 'Men and Women of Distinction of World - 1973'. Grandson (maternal) of Late Dr. Natabar Mohanty (Civil Surgeon & Director - Family Planning & Health Ministry, Orissa).

Son of Sri Surendra Mahanti, who was a renowned banker and had the privelege of being the youngest Chairman of Puri Gramya Bank in 1976 who turned around the bank's operations and introduced the concept of 'micro-finance' and 'women empowerment' in the backward rural populace in Odisha (then Orissa) during those nascent times when this concept in finance had not gained much awareness. Later took up positions as Director Finance and Chairman in Private enterprises. Presently Chairman of Capital Trust Ltd (BSE listed) & visiting Professor in 'Indian Institute of Human Rights',New Delhi.

Education-

School- Stewart School, Cuttack.

College - Ravenshaw College, Cuttack.

Post Graduation - 2 years Full-time MBA from IMT, Ghaziabad.

Post Graduation - 2 years Full-Time PGDBM from Delhi Productivity Council, New Delhi.

Professional Summary -

MBA from IMT Ghaziabad with 18+ years professional experience in Supply Chain Management,Procurement,Logistics,Strategic Sourcing,Export,Import,Vendor Management,Operations,Business finance,new set-ups.

Professional Expertise -

Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain Management, Inventory Planning, Vendor Liasioning, Demand Forecasting, Global Logistics, Materials Management, Inventory Management, Business Planning, Specialisation in process implementations for new set-ups.

Professional Milestones -

1. Country Head- Procurement & Supply Chain (India Operations) at TSIL

January 2000 – Present (13 + years) - Bangalore

Profile - India & SAARC operations, Supply Chain Management, Strategic Sourcing, Procurement, Imports, Exports, Order Fulfillment, Vendor Management including vendor selection, Credit Policies, Demand Forecasting, Materials Planning, enabling Imports & Local procurement within tight time deadlines for Bank projects, ensuring cost effective means of supply chain & procurement operations, AMC business.

2. Senior Manager - Logistics & Marketing Support (India Operations) TCL India - Mumbai

January 1997 – January 2000 (3 years) Mumbai.

Profile - Demand Planning & Forecasting of imports / domestic materials - based on projected and actual demand; identifying & implementing operational processes for Cost optimization and efforts to bring down the total time of the purchase cycle. Inventory MIS & Stock Mgt - Suggested & introduced complete M.I.S. systems in the organization to enable online Stock-Ageing/ Valuation reports, Stock obsolescence alerts, Timely identification & Devaluation of non-moving stocks for liquidation, etc. Defective stocks Mgt, Replacement Stocks Mgt with proceessed defined, Vendor Warranty Mgt, Demo Issuance Stock Mgt & tracking their return to Stores, implementing Spares Demand System, enabling time-bound replacements. Developing competitive sourcing strategy and procurement at competitive prices & timely deliveries.

Direct contribution towards bottom-line by enhancing back-end revenue generation through back-end claims managemene & quantifying the yardsticks for measuring performance of team/ appraisal for motivation linked driving of performance.

3. Manager- Business Planning - at Phoenix Industries Ltd, New Delhi

June 1995 – January 1997 (1 year 8 months)

 Demand Planning & Forecasting of Imports  Development, designing, costing, test marketing of new footwear (Cactus,Tuff, Madame Phoenix,etc to name a  Working out “Cost effective” products by studying the economical strengths / factors influencing purchasing decisions of targetted segments of customers.  New marketing strategies (i.e.,Blitz,Focus on untapped market)

Skills & Expertise

Business Planning, Supply Chain Management, Sourcing & Procurement, Reverse Logistics, Efficiency Optimization, Demand Planning, Replenishment, CPFR, I2,  Demand, Distribution Network Design, Multi-location Management, Demand Management, CRP, Logistics Management, Purchase Management, Warehouse Management, Outbound Logistics, Contract Logistics, Lean Logistics, Vendor Managed Inventory, China sourcing, Import, Customs Clearance, Supply Chain Security, Supply Chain Operations, Demand Forecasting, Six Sigma

Certifications

IBM MXW01-R3 Certification, I-CODE Certification, EDI Gentran Director, Certification in V-Skills in International Procurement & Supply Chain Specialist

Honors and Awards

Now - "Best Business Forecast & Purchases" - IBM Thinkpads - 1999/ 2001

"Business Performer of the Year" - Compaq Presarios - 1998/1999/ 2000

"Collection of 101 poems" published by American Society of Poets- 2003

Earlier - Played cricket and represented Junior Orissa State Team and East Zone Team in Vijay Merchant & Vijay Hazare Trophy championships. Was captain of the Higher Sec School (10+2), College & Junior State Team.