56 years old
An avid reader, with hands-on experience in Designing and Implementing Management Information Systems (MIS) for Small & Medium Enterprises (SME's) and Family Managed Businesses (FMB's).
A Career coach and Mentor for Employees.
A Career coach and Mentor for Employees.
Experiences
Group General Manager - Customer Support & Supply Chain
Kalpsutra Chemicals Pvt. Ltd.
Since March 2009
- A Fragrance & Flavour - Family Business Company
- As a core group member, am responsible for:
- Training & Development of key personnel in the business
- Voice of Customer in the organization
- Designing and Implementation of key Management Information Systems
- Supply Chain specialist
- Heading Compliance Audits - IMS, EcoVadis, SEDEX and the likes - Company Champion
- Training & Development of key personnel in the business
Various Roles - Consultant / Professor, CEO / Head Marketing
Diverse Family Managed Businesses
July 2000
to January 2009
- Consultant at College, Fabric Sourcing, Steel Procurement and others
- A near decade of experiences at diverse Family Managed Businesses as below:
- Consultant: Teaching and Recruiting Students and Faculty for a college - WIGAN & LEIGH of UK at its Mumbai campus - 2 years
- CEO - Responsible for Sourcing Grey Fabrics at ELITE INC. - Coimbatore - 5 years
- HEAD Marketing / Procurement for Steel and Manufacture of BALL BEARINGS at ROLEX RINGS, Rajkot - 2 years
- Consultant: Teaching and Recruiting Students and Faculty for a college - WIGAN & LEIGH of UK at its Mumbai campus - 2 years
Manager - Exports
Mafatlal Industries Ltd.
August 1991
to July 2000
Mumbai
India
- Joined the company as a Trainee Engineer (1991) through Campus placement.
Sponsored by the company for a 2 year full time MBA program at S P Jain, Mumbai.
Re-joined as Deputy Exports Manager (Grey Fabrics) and was promoted to MANAGER (Exports) in a year.
My major role was to "develop" new markets and "service" the existing customers.
Developed the FRANCE market and was responsible for servicing Italy, France and UK markets.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Management
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai - INDIA
August 1992
to August 1994
General Management and Manufacturing Management.
Selected & sponsored for this program by Mafatlal Industries Ltd., Mumbai - India
Summer Internship - was at my sponsoring company - Mafatlal Ind. Ltd.
Organizing Member of the Alumni Committee
Selected & sponsored for this program by Mafatlal Industries Ltd., Mumbai - India
Summer Internship - was at my sponsoring company - Mafatlal Ind. Ltd.
Organizing Member of the Alumni Committee
Bachelor in Textiles
Veermata JijabaiTechnological Institute, Mumbai - INDIA
June 1987
to June 1991
Bachelor In Textile Technology from Asia's reputed Engineering Institute.
University topper for two consecutive years
(1990 & 1991)
University topper for two consecutive years
(1990 & 1991)
Interests
Bibliophile
- Proud to have an UPDATED mini library at home
- Reading interests:
Self Development, History and 'anything under the sun' books.
Likes:
Stephen Covey, Eliyahu Goldratt, Devdutt Pattanaik, Ramchandra Guha, Harvard Business Review, Readers Digest, National Geographic, others.
Skills
Managerial / Professional / Personal
- Leadership - Motivating and Empowering team - in all my assignments.
- Planning & Organizing - Customer Service and SCM - present role.
- Persuasiveness - Procurement Professional throughout my career. A thorough skill.
- Problem Solving - Systematic and Rational judgements based on information
- Oral & Written Communication - Coordination and Presentations. I am the company's 'Train the Trainer'.
- Interpersonal Sensitivity - respecting others in decision making
- Resilience - Calm under pressure
- Personal Motivation - has seen me through decade of odd jobs
- Strategic Thinking - Seeing the COMPLETE picture. Would loose battles to win the WAR.
- Creativity and Imagination - Designing MIS's
- Auditing & Inspection
Others
- Supply Chain Management
- Sourcing / Outsourcing / Procurement
- Business Strategy
- Team Management
- Business Planning
- ERP
- Negotiation
- Management Consulting
- Logistics
- Project Planning
- Customer Support & Statutory Audits
Languages - Fluent
- English
- Gujarati
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Tamil (less proficient)
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