
Timeline
About me
Supply Chain Manager at Buckman
Education

Central leather research institute
1995 - 1996Post graduate diploma in leathers processing leather tanning to finishing all types of leatherActivities and Societies: Science club Manufacturing of Export quality Finished Leather from Raw Skins and hides.

University of madras
1992 - 1995Bachelor of science - bs chemistryInorganic, organic,Physical, Analytical, Pharmaceutical chemistry with Physics and Mathematics as Allied subjects

Indian institute of management, calcutta
2009 - 2010Certificate in supply chain management supply chain management goodOperations Management,Logistics,Supply chain Management,Designing and Managing Distribution channels,Procurement and sourcing management, Project management, E-commerce, ERP, RFID,Risk Analysis, Six sigma, Lean manufacturing concepts , Business forecasting, Project

University of madras
1996 - 1998Master of business administration - mba marketing/marketing management, general first classActivities and Societies: Science Club
Experience

Florind shoes private limited
May 1999 - Aug 2005Manager materials
Forward leather company
Sept 2005 - Jul 2010Manager purchase audit
Buckman laboratories india pvt ltd
Jul 2010 - nowSupply Chain Manager
Sept 2019 - nowRegional Distribution Manager
Jul 2015 - Sept 2019Inventory and Logistics Manager
Jul 2011 - Jun 2015Senior Supply Chain Specialist
Jul 2010 - Jun 2011
Licenses & Certifications
- View certificate

Overcoming project risks: real strategies for real results
LinkedinOct 2025 
Speed of trust
Right managementAug 2011- View certificate

How to make strategic thinking a habit
LinkedinOct 2025 
High productivity with getting things done
Call danielAug 2011
Boss to coach
GallupAug 2022- View certificate

Ten habits of great problem-solvers
LinkedinOct 2025 
Virtual felt leadership safety workshop
Dupont sustainable solutionsApr 2021
Lead up
ShlMar 2022
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanBEST OF BUCKMAN AWARD BUCKMAN Apr 2022 Third place under Best of Buckman awards for designing & Implementing Automated Daily Dispatch information using RPA ( Robotic Process Automation) which helps in improved , transparent and timely communication to Customers and Sales team which results in superior customer experience.
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanGEM (Going the Extra Mile Award) BUCKMAN Feb 2020 Commendable efforts and contribution to Operating Profit through various key initiatives which includes reduction in warehouse in Japan and Australia, reducing Inventory, negotiation of warehouse contracts in India and Singapore combined efforts resulted in estimated saving of $202,814 during Dec 2019
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanGEM (Going the Extra Mile) Award BUCKMAN Feb 2020 Achieving Days in Inventory of 68 days Vs Target of 71 days, this resulted in releasing cash of $333,000 in Free cash flow
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanSPIN THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Mar 2017 Massive contribution in support of Buckman Vision 2020 by Agility through digitization strategy by creating transparency for critical information via Buckapedia accessible to sales team to make important business decision which resulted in improve communication, culture of collaboration and cooperation
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanSPIN THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Dec 2016 Integration of Buckman Korea into APAC processes , these efforts had resulted in seamless conversion to SAP, Standardization and accuracy of data to support regional and Corporate decisions
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanSPIN THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Dec 2016 WILD XT ( WAREHOUSE, INVENTORY, LOGISTICS, DISTRIBUTION XTENDED TEAM). Days in Inventory was brought to 76.5 days Vs Global target of 79 days and reducing SLOB ( SLOW AND OBSOLETE INVENTORY) to 0.2% Vs Global target of 1% which helped to achieve the OP Target.
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanPUSH THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Dec 2015 For Achieving 3year of consecutive compliance with the ISO QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanSPIN THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Dec 2015 Successful completion of New warehouse design with New Racking system to be in compliance with Global Safety and Environment standards
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanPUSH THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Sep 2015 Transfer of all planned Inventories to the new 3PL warehouse in Indonesia within a short time frame with 100% Right at first time and with Zero Inventory variance
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanSURGE THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Sep 2014 SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF $200, 000 worth of sales orders in a span of two months.
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanFLY THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Dec 2013 GrIT Member. GrIT exceeded the 2013 KPM Gross profit with a saving of $2.07M contributing to 6% of Gross margin
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanFLY THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Dec 2012 Member of GrIT ( Gross Profit Improvement Team). GrIT completed 36 projects and contributed $2.647 M of Gross profit to APAC region.
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanPUSH THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Dec 2012 Member of Product management team ( PMT). PMT implemented the New product Requisition procedure and New product launch data package.
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanSURGE THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Dec 2012 Successful completion of implementing two 3PL warehouse one in India and other in Singapore which resulted in Saving of $132,000 and 12 days of Productivity gain, compliance , work safety and risk mitigation
- Awarded to Akheel IrfhanSPIN THE FLYWHEEL AWARD BUCKMAN Jun 2011 Due Diligence exercise done for the purpose of Distributor termination to reduce transaction cost by $21,485, Direct commission saving of $24,000 PA, Ability to grow business with additional profitability of $90,000 and to increase sales from $1.2M to $3.5 M in 2011
Volunteer Experience
COVID 19 Task force Member _ India
Issued by BUCKMAN LABORATORIES LIMITED on Apr 2019
Associated with Akheel IrfhanCountry Coordinator
Issued by BUCKMAN LABORATORIES LIMITED on Jan 2017
Associated with Akheel Irfhan
Languages
- enEnglish
- taTamil
- hiHindi
- urUrdu
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