Shanmugaprakash S
Deputy Manager (Planning & Procurement)
About
I am a Procurement and Supply Chain professional with over 20 years of experience in the automotive aftermarket industry, specializing in planning, vendor management, and inventory optimization.Throughout my career, I have successfully led procurement operations across 100+ automotive brands, delivering measurable business impact including cost savings of ₹1–2 Crores, improved inventory availability up to 96%, and significant reduction in non-moving stock.My core expertise includes: ✔ Strategic sourcing and vendor negotiation✔ Inventory planning and demand forecasting✔ Pricing strategy and margin improvement✔ Supply chain optimization across distribution and retail networks✔ Master Data Management (MDM) and ERP systemsI have strong experience working with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle Fusion, Ramco, and MS Dynamics, along with advanced data analysis using Excel to drive informed business decisions.Currently, I lead planning and procurement teams, focusing on improving operational efficiency, strengthening supplier relationships, and enabling scalable business growth.I am passionate about transforming procurement into a strategic function that drives profitability and competitive advantage.
India
Madurai
Retail
Procurement & Strategic Sourcing, Pricing Strategy & Margin Optimization, Inventory Control & Demand Forecasting, Vendor Management & Negotiation, Procurement, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Coupa, Procurement and vendor management, Procurement and Vendor Management, Master Data Management, Sales Commercial, Sales Operations, Inventory Planning, Profit Margins, Logistics Management, Order Management, Inventory Control, Store Management, Order Fulfillment, Supply Chain Management
Experience

Deputy Manager (Planning & Procurement)
TVS Automobile Solutions Private Limited
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Leading a procurement team of 10 Members for handling the around 100+ Brands Building relationship with Direct and Indirect Suppliers of Manufacturers, Distributors & Retailers Improving the availability of material as per planning of Re-order Level and Minimum/Maximum Stock Level with Sales projection. Control perpetual inventories of A & B Category items and reducing the Non-moving parts Inventory. Reducing the loss of sales at POS level of Distribution, Retail business models. Negotiating with Supplier and getting the Back-to-Back support to improve the Sales and Margin. Maintaining the Purchase Commercial Policies and Analyzing the Aging Stocks and offering the markets via suitable schemes. Enabling and implementing the new features in MDM according to the requirement of Business Models Catalogue development work along with Supplier and procurement team on gathering the details like Make, Model, Year, Category, Cross-reference Part number & brands of OEM/OES Product Providing required guidance to team as mentor on critical situations to handle it smoothly on both operational and accuracy level.

Senior Executive (Planning & Procurement/Master Data Management)
TVS Automobile Solutions Private Limited
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Building relationship with OES Direct and Indirect Suppliers of Manufacturers, Distributors & Retailers Ensuring aftermarket parts availability as per planning of Minimum/Maximum Stock Level with Sales projection and control perpetual inventories of A & B Category items and reducing the Non-moving parts Inventory. Closely follow with supplier to resolve & earlier settlement of Excess / Shortage / Damage claims & Product related discrepancies. Analyzed the Business Model and Established the Master data department Closely work with internal business partners to design and develop information solutions that maximize the usage of master data (i.e. Warehouse, Product, Customer, Supplier, Pricing etc.) Evaluation and Simulation of Distribution business New pricing model in ERP System Work with IT to secure, manage and create the data management tools in operating system Enabling and implementing the new features in MDM according to the requirement of Business Models.

Executive (Planning & Procurement / Sales Commercial)
TVS Automobile Solutions Private Limited
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Prepared the Re-order Level and Minimum/Maximum Stock Level based on sales off-take and Replenishment the Inventory. Responsible for Procured the OEM & OES Material from Vendors (Dealers /Manufactures) Maintain the Cross-reference Part number for OEM/OES Products Analyze the Primary & Secondary Sales and reducing the Non-moving parts Inventory. Controlling perpetual inventories and closely follow to resolve the ESD claims Prepared the inventory Reconciliation statement and identify the physical and system stock related discrepancy and close the issues. Analyze the customer requirements (IMO, DO) and arrange to supply according to time frame. To reducing the loss of sales at POS level. Controlling the Purchase and Sales Pricing Policy Analyzing to promoting the schemes in market and achieving the monthly Sales Targets as fixed by management. Prepared Monthly ROCE (Return of Capital Employed) and profit margin of business. Controlling the Back-Office Team and resolved the aftermarket business issues. Implementing the CRAN Management system to maintaining the records for future reference Mailed the data analysis results with personal comments to higher authority for further processing. Prepared the monthly MIS and reported to the Sourcing Head.

Executive (Sales Commercial & MIS)
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
New Franchisees (retail Shop) inauguration related Commercial activities like initial inventory planning and POS. Handled the tasks of monitoring and supervising daily Primary & Secondary sale reports and sales productivity Handled the tasks of analyzing sales, expenses and inventory monthly to achieve goals of profit Extract the transactions data on daily basis and re-organized it for analysis as per the SOP (standard operating procedure). Processed the data with the help of the predefined formulae Prepared the MIS report and data analyzing Contacted customers (Franchisees) to resolve in sales operation related any discrepancy. Analyzed the results and recorded the fluctuations in the computed values as compared to the standard values Mailed the analysis results with personal comments to higher authority for further processing Answered to the daily query / complaint mails by customers, following the SOP Prepared Monthly ROCE (Return of Capital Employed) and profit margin of franchisees (retail Shop) Analyzed the New business ventures (SIS/PartSmart) data and reporting to higher authority.

Junior Executive (Warehouse & Logistics)
Aruna Alloys Steel Private Limited
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Day-wise Alloys & Raw materials report data maintains Verify the system transaction related to stores inventory. Maintaining stock details for consumable items. Day to day production casting plan to dispatch with proper safe packing Raising system invoice based on customer order & other unit requirements Fully finished raw casting with MP, RT, TC, DP & UT report thru dispatch to customer Arrange the vehicles and Clearing the logistics bills Monthly dispatch reports submit to review meeting To control the inventory and rejection at in house

Commercial Assistant (Warehouse)
Tractors and Farm Equipment Private Limited
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Shipping order in SAP system based on other plants requirements Monitored the IMO/IBU orders and completed timely Maintaining stock report for consumable items Consumable stock verification report submit monthly (DSL & OIL) Day-wise Scrap report data maintaining Maintaining Store inventory based on production plan Cycle Counting report maintaining Verify all SAP entry related to scrap clearance
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