Rupinder Bir Singh Bedi

Rupinder Bir Singh Bedi Ph No.: -, Mohali, Punjab,India DOB 13/10/64, Nationality Indian Email ID:-, www.linkedin.com/in/rupinderbirsingh Supply Chain and Manufacturing Professional in FMCG/Quick service Restaurant Industry Profile Summary Experience: +30 years of leadership role at leading multinational companies In Dairy and Food (FMCG industry) in Supply chain Management, Manufacturing, Cold chain Management, Quick service Restaurant Industry, Sales Monitoring, Demand Forecasting, Strategic Planning, Procurement, Production Planning, Warehousing, Logistics, Export, Import, Distribution, Inventory management, Vendor Management, KPI dashboard, budgeting and commercial acumen in a technical environment. Accomplishments:  Dynamically headed supply chain teams of two business units, which required restructuring in management staff and reorganisation of warehousing infrastructure.  Championed the execution process of S&OP from beginning in a FMCG environment. Monthly sales & operation planning with sales and marketing teams for generating demand forecasting and supply planning in line with budgeted sales  Green field factory projects in Nestle India(Samalkha and Goa) and IFFCO group, UAE  Led the project on SAP and Oracle ERP Go-Live, including the implementation of most critical module of SAP-APO and ASCP (Advance Supply Chain Planning).  Led the Demand & Supply Planning and Customer service Teams to achieve end to end optimisation strategically and operationally to deliver value to customers.  Expertise at handling the inventory function, to curtail inventory-holding expenses and adherence to the minimum inventory level to minimize wastage.  Implementing cost saving measures to achieve reduction in terms of materials & procurement cost  Led the technology initiatives of WMS(Warehouse Mgmt. Sys).  Design, development and implementation of key KPIs in SCM dashboard. Organizational Experience 1. Director Vantage Supply Chain Consultancy: Apr’18-Current  Currently providing consultancies to clients in the regions related to end to end supply chain process improvement and cost saving initiatives. 2. Senior Supply Chain Manager, Baskin Robbins, Galadari Group of Companies (KSA) Oct’15 – Mar’18 Led supply chain team at head office and regional distribution centers for deliveries to ice cream parlors (+525 Parlors) across the Kingdom and retail outlets (+2200 outlets) through own distribution fleet Annual bidding process for strategic buying of raw, packaging and marketing promotional materials Capacity planning, identifying the capex item requirements and inclusion in the budgets Global purchasing of finished goods of ice cream, ice cream cakes from USA, Korea, Ireland and India, packaging material and equipment including asset items. Cold chain management i.e. frozen warehouses (11 distribution centres across country) and fleet of delivery vehicles (-26 degC) Custom clearance of 500+ containers imported shipments received at regional sea ports in Dammam and Jeddah from USA, Ireland, Korea and India. Major Projects accomplished:  Routing the sensitive imported frozen shipments of Ice cream cakes and impulse category through newly started King Abdullah city Jeddah Port(Most modern port i.e. scanning of containers without opening during custom inspection and eliminating the risk of melting) after careful analysis of sea Freight and Transit times and resulted in drastic improvement in Frozen product Quality and reduced Marine Insurance claims from 14 no. of melted containers(3 mio SAR/2016) to 2 no.(2017)  Technically and commercially got the project of CCTV Camera approved and completed with introduction of new vendors, to roll out to +500 parlors to meet Municipality/Police compliance.  Introduced new distribution warehouses at outstation locations of Madina/Buraidah and Makkah and optimized on operational cost of Fleet, Manpower and Fuel (+3 mio SAR in the 5 year projected balance sheet)  Introduced electronic chips in collaboration with petrol pump chain, of cashless fuel filling for the company fleet/ cars. All payments done online and expense reports generated online made it more productive to handle at all levels of hierarchy. 3. IFFCO Group of Companies, UAE, Head-SCM Jul’07-June`15 Ice Cream Brands of London Dairy, Quanta, Igloo, Edible oil Brands of Noor, Sunny, Rahma olive oil, Biscuits and Chocolate Brands of Tiffany, Break.  Headed Supply Chain teams of Two Manufacturing units, as a strategy of expansion project and also supply chain function of the parlour business covering an end to end supply chain role.  Handled export to +25 countries with complete documentation and local distribution within UAE through company owned fleet  Making of Supply chain Overhead Annual Budgets and monthly reviews. Major Projects accomplished:  Recruited and built teams in the functions of Planning, Procurement, Warehouse and Customer Service as complete Supply chain department structure was introduced then.  Set up Supply Chain Processes and established KPI dashboards to monitor performance in the monthly/quarterly reviews.  Re-organised Warehouse infrastructure to optimise storage capacity/expenses, executed commercial negotiations and annual contract agreements.  Facilitated Oracle ERP Roll out with IT project team, Manufacturing and supply chain teams 4. Nestle India Limited Gurgaon , Various Positions Jun’92- Jul’07 (Maggi Noodles, Kit-Kat, Bar-One, Maggi Tomato Ketchup Brands) The growth path  Jun’92- Dec’95 as Sr. Production Officer, Nestle Samalkha  Dec’95- Jan’97 as Sr. Production Officer, Nestle Moga Improvement Team member  Jan’97-Jan’99 as Production Executive, Nestle Goa  Feb’99 to Aug’06 as Supply Chain Executive, Nestle Moga  May’06 to Jul’07 as Vendor Development Executive, Nestle Gurgaon (Corporate office) Major Responsibilities:  Handling of Monthly rolling plans, Generation of material requirement Planning, Procurement of Raw and Packaging Materials.  Central procurement of whole spices, processing, filling into Tastemakers and logistics of bulk spices included to 4 Co-manufacturing locations across pan India including Nestle Bicholim (Goa)  Efficiently implemented Annual plans for Tomato paste procurement/storage  Introduction of locally developed dehydrated Fruits/vegetables for Maggi Soup and Cerelac  Vendor Development for Supply capabilities, New Materials and Specification Improvements. e.g. development of Rice flour for rice Noodles required visiting rice vendors in Hydrabad for selecting a right quality/type of rice and coordinating with flour millers in Banglore, Moga and Panipat to ensure enough supply capacity to all Noodle manufacturing locations in North/South/East India. Major Projects accomplished:  Smooth Start-up of Green field projects of Soya Bean Handling/Air controlled storage in 2500MT silos, cleaning, De-hulling and milling, processing, standardisation and production of spray dried Soya based health drink, Roller dried baby cereals and extruded full fat products like Chunks/granules. Worked with technical/project teams and product specialists to the stage of product approval as per specification and roll out of commercial production.  Had been a member of Nestle Moga Improvement project team on Manpower productivity, Packaging materials optimisation, Product specifications, Machine Productivity by introduction of preventive maintenance led to continuous improvement culture in Nestle India together with cost saving initiatives.  Smooth start-up of green field project of Bar-One production line commissioning by liaising with Engg. Project team and product specialists to the stage of commercial manufacturing and later introduced new products like Munch at low price point.  Selected as a super user for SAP Supply chain modules, got trained and later trained the shop floor teams for smooth roll out of Planning, procurement and distribution modules. 5. Milk-Fed, Punjab, India, Asst. Manager Production Jul’87- Jun’92 (Verka Brand) Manufacturing of cheddar cheese, processed cheese, butter, ghee, paneer, collection of fresh milk and city Milk supply. Professional Development Key Speaker on “Cost Sensitivity-Does it always Help?” at Mena Food Cold Chain by MCI-Group, UAE, 2017 Panelist on “Optimizing Storage Costs for Bottom-line Results” at Mena Food Cold Chain by MCI Group, UAE,2017 Presentation on “Negotiations and Ensuring Material Availability” at Food Ingredients Company, Bangkok, 2017 Speaker on Introduction of Warehousing Capacity monitoring as a futuristic Agenda in S&OP Forums at 2nd Annual Warehousing and Inventory Optimization (WIN-OPT) at KSA by Fleming, 2016 Key Panelist on “Talent Shortage is a weak link in the supply chain” at Kingdom Supply Chain & Logistics Congress, 2016 Key speaker on Demand Forecasting Fundamentals at Fleming Gulf Supply Chain Summit, UAE, 2012 SCLG-4th Global Logistics and SCM Strategy Summit, UAE, 2011 Trainings: ISO 9001:2000 - Lead Auditors Course at Nestle India HO Gurgaon by SGS, 2007 Chocolate Confectionary, co-packer unit at Puttur, Nestle, India, 1998 Chocolate confectionary line, Nestle, Malaysia, 1997 Maintenance of packaging machines, Samarpan Pre-Pack, Thane, Maharashtra, 1991 Efficient operation of Sachet Packaging Machines, NDDB, Anand, 1990 In plant training, Dalmia Dairy Industries manufacturing milk powder/baby product/ghee, 1986 Education  MBA (Marketing) from IGNOU, Delhi  PG Diploma in Personnel Management & IR, DAV College of Management, Chandigarh  B.Tech. (Dairy Technology) from NDRI, Karnal