Amar Tapre

I handle the end-to-end flow of goods, from sourcing to delivery. This covers various operations like forecasting, purchasing, transport, and distribution. I am also involved in aligning supply with marketing. Leading a team of 16 members who takes care of below sections: Supply and Production planning Master Production Schedule (MPS): Defining what products need to be produced, in what quantities, and when basis MTF/MTS/MTO to meet customer limelines Sequencing and Scheduling: Determining the order in which products will be produced and the timelines for each stage. Partnering with new product teams for successful and timely launches. Managing supply and demand planning activities Improving supply chain processes to maximize the On-Time In-Full (OTIF) percentage. Material Planning Material Requirements Planning (MRP): Calculating the quantities of raw materials and components needed and when they are required. Coordinating import operations with EXIM for cost-effective and reliable delivery. Collaborating with procurement on vendor quality and delivery performance. .Inventory Management Optimize inventory to meet delivery demands. Proactively review at-risk inventory, work with team members to decide on and execute appropriate solutions. Implement measures to prevent future issues. Warehousing Operational Management: Ensuring smooth material flow for production. Efficiency Improvement: Optimizing loading/unloading processes. Compliance: Implementing and maintaining good warehousing practices specific to food manufacturing. Strategic Development: Creating efficient warehouse models. Inventory Control: Ensuring accuracy through process controls and cycle counts. Indirect Materials & Services; Manage procure-to-pay for indirect materials & services pertaining to the plant & warehousing operations. Customer Service: Accountable for the timely deliveries, timely responses to customer feedbacks & logistic cost optimization

Supply planning, Warehouse operations, Logistics planning, Inventory management, Material procurement, Production planning, Scheduling, Capacity planning.

Key Roles and Responsibilities: Procurement – Responsible for improvement in supplier Delivery, quality and cost. • Ensuring timely scheduling and receipt raw materials considering their lead time & distance of supplier • Managing material flow and inventory analysis • Inventory Control – Defining RM & WIP inventory levels for plant & vendors • Monitoring and Controlling Slow moving & Nonmoving inventory • Supplier Management – Managing relations with suppliers spread across India Program Management: Material Project Leader for New Model Development. • Master schedule development • Systematic development tracking so as to meet model development timelines • Issue resolution and escalation at right time • Coordination with all stakeholders (Marketing, R&D, Supply chain, Operation, Quality) Core team member for design and implementation of e-material flow (e-Kanban system) • Design of logics of the system as per business requirement, user interface with developer (PwC) • Implementation of Lean concepts in Supply chain, Stores, PPC & diverse vendor base • Co-ordination and implementation of supplier development activities for e-material flow system

• Developing and Delivering OEM paints as per customer requirement • Process Optimization and Standardization for existing products • Technical support to Production and Technical Service team • Standardization products on the M/s FIAT paint line

• Product Development and Root Cause Analysis to customer complaints of M/s TOYOTA • Vendor Identification and Evaluation for new Raw materials • Technical support to production and Quality for initial batches of new products • Cost reduction in existing products and consumption of slow moving Inventories