Vijayakumar Sabarathinam

• Planning and Shipping International Logistics Assisting logistics manager over site the warehouse operation, and shipping documentation. • E2E shipment tracking, liaising with SOS and FF to move the goods from Origin to Destination, ensuring the timely arrival of shipment. • Oversee the preparation of all import/export documentation, including invoices, bills of lading, and customs declarations. • Develop and implement the company's foreign trade strategy, ensuring compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and trade policies. • Collaborate with other departments within the company to ensure the smooth flow of goods and information across all aspects of the supply chain. • Coordinate and monitor daily operations with 3PL, customer, and Plant of the assigned automotive project. Ensure on-time delivery of customer demand. • Developed and implemented trade policies to enhance compliance and client engagement. • Conducted market research to identify opportunities and risks in international trade. • Utilized best practices to assess and improve client business operations. • Analyzed financial data to identify cost-saving opportunities and improve profitability. • Identified and developed new trade opportunities, increasing market presence and revenue. • Established the SBDC International Trade program, providing expert guidance on global export-import strategies. • Led a team to manage international sales, business development, and documentation across multiple regions. • Oversaw import and export operations for bulk commodities, ensuring compliance with trade regulations. • Delivered expert consulting services to diverse clients, enhancing their international trade operations.

Directed trade compliance activities including SEZ/STPI operations, ensuring adherence to import/export regulations. • Coordinated weekly import and export notifications via the NSDL portal, maintaining accurate reporting for logistics analysis. • Collaborated with multiple stakeholders to organize and support the flow of goods and services in a dynamic supply chain environment. • Interfaced with A0 and SO teams to manage tax benefit requirements for duty-free/duty-paid shipments, ensuring alignment with customer service protocols. • Prepared detailed invoices and annexures for shipments, integrating robust reporting skills to support financial tracking. • Worked with CHA agents to ensure accurate CTH codes on line-item descriptions, reducing excess duty payable and streamlining inventory management. • Monitored and tracked reimport/export transactions, supporting effective supply chain operations across international shipments.

Customs clearance operations & warehouse operations

• Prepare regular reports on forecast accuracy. Analyze trends and identify opportunities for improving the accuracy of future Supply. • Managing the releases by identifying dependencies and interacting with external vendors and stakeholders. • Collect the Report, GST Report, Stock and Dispatch Report. • Revenue Shipments follow-up and Revenue Report preparation. • Collaborate with other functions: CS, Product, Sales & Tax, and Finance to run a smooth operation. • Drive regional S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) process. • E-Customs Duty payments arrange. • Coordinate with Customer and arrange technical documents/Write-Ups / Catalogues on a need basis. • Provide Heads to the warehouse team.