Vishal Upadhye

Head : Global Supply Chain - PU Elastomers @ Huntsman Corporation

About

-Multicultural Supply Chain Market Leader who brings hand on experience from global integrated supply chain. -Strategy development & execution. -Project Management. -People’s person. Believes in coaching & developing high performing team. -Ambitious Business Leader & Strategist with passion for performance driven culture and output. -Hands on experience as change agent & business transformation for enhancing business growth , profitability and achieving results. -With entrepreneurial mindset, constantly challenges the status quo, vigilant for supply chain solutions, potential new product & manufacturing processes. Specialties :- -Supply Chain Strategy to support Market goals and financial objectives. -Multi-year horizon Capabilities development -Driving Supply Chain & Operations performance ( End to End Supply Chain management) -Business Intelligence -Project Management -Change Management -EXTERNAL Stakeholders Management -Capex & Opex , Budget preparation & Cost Management. Multi-million-dollar cost saving. -Driving Top-line and bottom-line related initiatives -Multi Unit Manufacturing & Contract Manufacturing. -Improvement in customer service levels & productivity.

Country

United States

City

Spring

Industry

Chemicals

Skill

Management, Supply Chain Management, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Process Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Engineering, Product Development, Sales, Project Management, Strategic Sourcing, Business Analysis, Human Resources, Logistics Management, Materials Management, Forecasting, Inventory Control, Contract Management, Supply Chain Operations, Supply Chain Optimization, Operational Excellence

Experience

Head : Global Supply Chain - PU Elastomers

Huntsman Corporation

2025-1 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos

Houston, Texas, United States

Responsible for strategic initiatives and management of end to end supply chain execution for Global Elastomers Polyurethanes business.

Head Supply Chain & Manufacturing Operations : South Asia

Huntsman Corporation

2021-4 - 2024-12 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

-Leads the development and implementation of Supply Chain Strategy to support Market goals and financial objectives. -Develops capabilities and initiatives to support supply chain performance over a multi-year horizon, and is responsible for supply chain processes, infrastructure and enablers -Leads management routines to monitor core supply chain performance, including delivering against product availability, cost, service level agreements and inventory objectives -Acts as interface between local Market functions – Sales, Marketing, Finance, CS, Demand Planning – and Global Operations HQ functions. -Contributes to the delivery of a Market business plan and targets as a management team member -Leads local Market improvement and efficiency programs

Sr Manager Supply Chain & Operations

Huntsman Corporation

2018-4 - 2021-3 · 3 yrs

Mumbai Area, India

Driving Supply Chain Excellence with demand driven planning and strategic sourcing. Implementing agile customer fulfillment along with optimized network planning.

Supply Chain & Operations Manager

Huntsman Corporation

2016-4 - 2018-3 · 2 yrs

Mumbai Area, India

Driving S&OP and inventory management & cost optimization

Operations , EHS & Site Manager

Huntsman Corporation

2015-4 - 2016-4 · 1 yr 1 mo

Pune Area, India

India Operations

Site Manager

Huntsman Corporation

2011-12 - 2015-4 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Pune Area, India

Complete responsibility for operation, maintenance, quality. Annual budget planning and execution. Project execution and CSR activity.

Plant Manager

Praxair India Pvt Ltd

2005-4 - 2011-12 · 6 yrs 9 mos

Jamshedpur Area, India

Responsible for Operation, maintenance, Budget and cost control. Customer interaction and implementation of new projects 1. Preparation of Budget for optimized operation of plant (CAPEX, Variable Budget, Periodic Budget, shutdown/outage costing). 2. Maintain & update statutory requirement for unit. 3. Operation (Monitoring and Controlling) of the Oxygen Gas manufacturing process (VPSA Technology) for 220 TPD, 24 hours running plant. 4. Providing Erection and Commissioning Assistance to Global Supply System (GSS) group for new project. 5. Preparaing S.L.D. and cable schedule. 6. Maintaining the Plant Reliability more than 99.5%, by applying predictive & preventive maintenance with help of Computerized Maintenance Management system (CMMS) program. 7. Supervising Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance. Handling associate engineers and technicians. 8. Maintenance of H.T. Panel (3.3KV) and HT motors. 9. Maintenance of PMCC (415V Panel) and LT motors. 10. Development and Commissioning assistance for PLC and HMI software (RSLogix500,RSLogix5 and Intellution FIX) for any changes in SCADA operated centralized control plant. 11. Implementing Productive Initiative & Power Conservative steps. And following 5-S & LEAN method steps at operation and commercial levels 12.Maintaining the plant inventory & handling related commercial matters. 13. Assisting top management in Techno-Commercial issues for new projects. 14.Planning and execution of time framed outage for maintenance.