Ketan Thakaria

• Supply chain responsible for global launch and relaunch projects related to the health care brands - Hansaplast, Elastoplast and Curitas • Responsible for delivering supply chain work package in time, in full and in cost for launch and relaunch projects • Single point of contact for marketing regarding all supply chain issues • Manage and drive cross functional team members within supply chain to achieve project objectives

• Managing Categories, Spray headers and Valves, with a global spend of 35 M€ • Responsible for Contractual agreements, Supplier negotiations, Supplier selection and integration • Deeply involved in global product development projects having touch points with category of spray headers and valves • Executing performance improvement projects for Packaging procurement

• Part of the implementation team for transferring total production from factory to 3rd party manufacturing suppliers in the North America having total business of 350M$ • Spend analysis of Pallets across European operations for all PCs and Distribution centers to provide recommendations on cost savings potential of 15% of the total spend allocation • Defined and aligned the process for distributor management for BDF operations globally

• Market research of key contract manufacturing vendors, RFQ comparison, analysis and selection of viable contract manufacturing vendor.

• Supported in the redesign of the sourcing process globally by implementing six sigma methodology in procurement

• Managed and lead a 4 member executive body and 8 member executive staff that was responsible for strategy planning and execution • Reported to Board of Directors on the progress of year plans on a quarterly basis • Designed a three year strategic plan to establish long term sustainability of organization • Achieved 30% growth of new clients & added 2 projects to enhance visibility • Awarded Best Financial management in AIESEC India for two years consecutively

Supply Chain management

Telecommunication