Chinmay Athavale

Setting up and ramping up Amazon Now & Ultra fast last mile network for Amazon MENA for own and 3PL operations

Achievements • Setup & expanded 3P network for Specialty fulfillment in UAE for niche categories requiring special storage & handling (temp controlled, fresh, pharma, H&B, high value) driving +$5Mio savings in ops costs and intrinsic benefits for the core network (Warehousing & Transportation) • Evaluated and Program managed launch of this special network for other MENA regions (KSA, Egypt & Others) and also taking over the operations • Operations metrics improvement from launch to target numbers stabilization. • Took up charter for middle mile compliance & programs for Amazon MENA core network • Setup team to handle all the specialty & middle mile charter ramping up from 1 to 15 team members Specialty Operations • Managing 3P operations for 3PLs and carriers in MENA • Performance management & reporting • Manage capacity, expansion, SC costs and analytics for the network • Work with internal and external stakeholders for forecasting, driving process improvements Specialty Program Management • Work with Business team on the longterm strategy for the specialty categories and formulate the SC strategic roadmap for expansion & new launches • Feasibility and evaluation of major programs for the specialty category in MENA • Launch and operate new nodes for external & direct fulfilment & speed programs (3p FCs, flex, supplier managed nodes, grocery, nutrition , supplements, beverages) using current network capabilities and build new capabilities wherever required for warehousing and transportation • Evaluating new technology products & stacks (internal and external) and support implementations • Drive delivery experience and customer service initiatives • 3PL partners and 3p carrier onboarding Middle Mile Programs & Compliance - Core network (Sort center & Line-haul) • Setup & drive compliance for Middle mile network • Vendor compliance • Sustainability Projects (EV, Rail and others) • Procurement support • Tech product roadmap, prioritization, WW parity & launches

- Setting up 3PL business arm -Omega Logistics for Landmark Group, handling end to end requirements from Setup/conceptualization to signing new customers. - Legal Setup, PR, marketing , research, commercial, sales, team setup & content - Setting up mechanism for Sales & Business Development function - Solution design , Operations , Product development and Projects

Corporate SC team managing group wide supply chain projects, operations excellence & expansion - Network Capacity : Long term supply chain strategy for space,infrastructure - 10Mio sqft warehouse/distribution network space across 10+ countries - Projects: Network design, DC expansion,consolidation , WH infrastructure & process improvement - Expansion: Market expansion/ new business/ new country launches - Procurement: Vendor procurement contracts for 3PLs, freight, rented warehouse facilities, infrastructure, fleet , outsourced manpower & CAPEX or all indirect spend categories (~$100M+) - Special Projects: Managed setting up of a new DC facility at DWC from investment​ evaluation, design, planning, requirements gathering, procurement, negotiations and business transition($80M+) - Others: *Setting Up independent 3PL company (conceptualization, legal structure and alignment with current distribution & infrastructure, business model, business development, technology and commercial) *Part of SCM compliance task forces for legal structure setup & VAT readiness. *SC sustainability: Solar, Packaging optimization and automation *Temperature controlled SC setup for special handing , grocery and hospitality categories.

Setup Central supply chain Operations process for group level centralization of GCC & NA territories to ensure & define SLAs for each business unit & country in terms of - Business targets - Operational KPIs for fulfillment (OTIF & Fill rate) - Set Goals - Monitoring (MIS reporting process) I helped setup this mechanism to sign formal SLA between individual business/countries and setup a control tower team at corporate function to run this one year

Corporate Supply Chain team member for group managing projects across: - Warehouse process improvement - SCM technology execution - Warehouse management system, Retail management system, RFID, voice picking, SC end to end visibility

• Warehouse Space Optimization and 3PL Operations Planning & Budgeting • 3PL SLA design • Customer/Product profitability analytics and matrix design

• Model design for emergent Campaign Supply Chains for supply side project order logistics with Dr John Gattorna using dynamic supply chain to manage complex accumulation of products and sub-assemblies • Design project Operations & procurement process for onsite supply chains

• Deliver and implement projects through business case solutions across procurement, demand management, inventory optimization, spend management, governance, category management, compliance and sourcing • Central supply chain operations dashboards & data visualization mapping for management reporting across US & Canada • Procurement process improvement and change management setup

- Lead implementations across solutions delivery across supply chain solutions from strategic sourcing, contract management, spend analysis and master data management - Functional subject matter expert for procurement based product implementations for ERP consolidation and Purchase. - Setup PoC process team for solutions across requirements

• Led the team responsible for the delivery of Supply Chain Solutions from Data Management to warehousing metrics analytics for global customers of across domains • Project Management and consulting for solutions & products across Strategic Sourcing, Spend Management, Supplier Management, Fleet management and Contract management, ERP Consolidation & Inventory optimization, • Worked with Global customers like Agrium (Canada), Florida Crystals Corporations, AK Steel, Cargill, Florida Power Limited and Coca Cola (US),Tate and Lyle, Andritz, Coca Cola (Europe) to name a few for solutions consulting and technology product implementations