Ganesh Krishnamurthy

Lead the End to End Supply Chain organization including Supply, Demand, Warehousing, Distribution and Logistics. Key Markets includes China,Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia & Sri Lanka. Single point accountability to the Business Leaders for EME and China so as to translate commercial strategy and feed into Supply solutions. Lead supply solutions to meet growth ambitions and deliver both topline sales and bottom line savings. Be a single voice of supply chain and represent supply chain in leadership forums. Lead EME and China organization and develop key talent.

End to End Supply Chain solution for new product launches. Design, Develop and Execute supply solutions. Work cross functionally to seamlessly launch new products at the right cost, right time and with right scope.

Lead and deliver new Innovation roll out Globally. Manage a team of project mangers and build capability to manage initiatives end to end. Lead the global Project board meetings to seek / align decisions on critical stage gate for project execution. Responsible for developing the best in class team to work across different geographies and be successful in product launches. Streamlining Portfolio management to enable portfolio decision making and holistic resource management.

Greater China Feminine Care Innovation Leader.

Role Responsibility Work done / Major accomplishments; Current role ) Haircare Initiative launch in market. SPOC for VP for all new product and commercial launches. Portfolio Management. Resource management. Initiative tracking and speed to market. Initiative readiness SKII Global Initiative supply chain leader ( Current Role ) Skincare Initiative launch in market. SPOC for VP for all new product and commercial launches. Developed Initiative management systems. Handled multiple projects from end to end supply chain working with multifunctional teams.

July 2005 Oct 2007 Skincare Packaging R&D and Connect + Develop. Developed India C+D capability in low cost services, design and services. Cost avoidance / savings worth close to $ 2mm Developed India C+D organization.

Global buyer for essential oils, and responsible for India Packing materials. $ 3 mm cost savings in materials. Developed low cost solutions. Managed and trained new suppliers and contract operations.

Responsible for Plant shut down and transition to contractor start up. Responsible for people capability development. Handled shutdown with no impact on business Started up contract operations with nil missed cases. Operations Manager Responsible for the productivity, quality, cost, delivery, safety and morale of the people. Ensure that the required capability exists in the organization to deliver the goals. Improved packing and making line reliabilities from by 10 % Reduced cost by 15 % Improved quality levels by about 50 %

( TPM Mgr ) Helping departments to identify losses ( wastage, human effort loss, downtime loss, etc ) in their area and develop systems/tools to eliminate those losses. Facilitate the entire plant to develop a common Vision and Compelling business need. Develop masterplan for TPM phase completion and review the plans on a regular basis. Ensure completion of actions plan in a timely and quality fashion and make adjustments in plan if any delays. Eliminated losses worth USD 100, 000 Developed Vision and CBN for the plant. Passed the Global team audit of TPM phase 1 Developed owners in maintenance and cost systems. HR Manager Continuously assess the organization based on the desired results and culture and redesign the organization to meet the future business needs. Conduct a Plant vulnerability assessment and develop Labor relation strategy to maintain the company interests. Develop and maintain a Reward & Recognition system to boost employee morale and hence improve business results. Participate in the technician salary survey and arrive at the best compensation package for all levels. Maintain the health of Pay and Progression ( P&P ) system. Identify training needs for the plant and ensure people are trained and qualified to perform their roles. Redesigned the organization ( people, task, information, decision making etc ) based on future needs. Conducted organization survey and assessment and developed labor relation strategy. Developed skill block system for plant technicians Developed and trained two technicians in safety leadership roles. Engineering Mgr Identify and develop the list of capital expenditure requirements for all the departments in the plant. Ensure that all projects executed follow the Initiative management process with vertical start up. Lead the modification of the water plant system in the plant Lead the Utility department to have the downtime < 2 % in operations.

Responsible for developing world class packing material for Vicks Vaporub product. Work with different packing material suppliers to develop the most cost effective package and localize packing materials Was rewarded the Director's award for package development. Individually lead the complete package qualification of Vicks pack. TRAINING'S ATTENDED: Process Engineer's school in China