VISHAL HAMNE

Key Responsibilities

• Designed and optimized supply chain processes to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
• Implemented logistics strategies enhancing inventory accuracy, warehouse productivity, and distribution speed.
• Led cross-functional teams, delivering supply chain transformation projects within budget and scope.
• Integrated ERP, WMS, and TMS solutions to streamline operations and reporting.
• Conducted data-driven analysis to identify bottlenecks and recommend process improvements.
• Developed demand forecasting models, improving service levels, and reducing stockouts significantly.
• Established KPIs and dashboards to monitor logistics performance, and drive improvements.
• Delivered workshops and training sessions to strengthen client supply chain capabilities.
• Collaborated with IT teams to implement automation and digitalization in logistics workflows.

Core Skills & Competencies:

• Strong knowledge of supply chain management, logistics, and operations research.
• Expertise in ERP systems (SAP, Oracle), WMS solutions, and advanced analytics tools.
• Proficiency in data analysis, simulation modeling, and optimization techniques.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and consulting skills.
• Ability to work across industries (manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, consumer goods).

Impact and Highlights

• Reduced warehouse and logistics costs by 25% through route optimization, space optimization, inventory management, and vendor consolidation.
• Implemented digital warehouse solutions, improving inventory accuracy to 75%.
• Led a cross-functional project that cut order fulfillment time by 20%.

• Negotiated supplier contracts and alternate sourcing, achieving INR 12 lacs in annual cost savings.
• Expanded and developed a vendor base, increasing qualified suppliers, and reducing lead times by 15%.
• Implemented supplier audits and performance scorecards, improving compliance and reliability by 30%–35%.
• Strengthened vendor partnerships, boosting on-time delivery to 91%.
• Streamlined procurement processes, cutting cycle times by 20%, and enhancing cross-functional collaboration.
• Spend analysis and reporting for actionable insights.
• Packaging improvement to reduce per-piece packing cost and cost savings by 11% annually in packaging.

• Conducted requirement and supply market analysis, achieving cost savings through strategic sourcing.
• Developed supplier selection criteria and risk registers, reducing sourcing risks.
• Managed RFIs, RFPs, RFQs, and supplier negotiations, cutting procurement cycle time by 10%.
• Executed PPAP planning and documentation, ensuring 98% compliance with quality and approval standards.
• Scheduled material requirements and supplier deliveries, improving compliance, and reducing shortages by 30%.
• Optimized in-plant logistics, warehouse productivity, and assembly line feeding, boosting efficiency by 20%.
• Packaging development, reducing packaging costs by 15% per piece.
• Developed kitting and sequencing strategy for assembly line material feeding to improve material delivery and reduce downtime by 85%.