Kailash Heda

Experience

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  Brentwood Industries India Pvt. Ltd.

  - Jun 2018

  Head - Procurement

  (Core & Founder Team Member of this GreenField Project).MNC - USA. Specialized in plastic injection molding, PVC thermoforming and engineered plastic systems led to a diverse product portfolio and extensive plastics manufacturing capabilities. In India, the focus is on Power sector, Cooling Medias & Assemblies for Cooling Towers.Driven the establishment of the company in India & responsible for driving strategies & systems, procurement, sourcing, vendor & part development, outsourcing, stores, logistics, packing, inventory, planning, export, import, IT, scrap disposal, lead time reductions, analytical assessment, budget & cash flow, resource utilization, ERP Syteline Infor development, complete estimations to marketing, retrofitting contracts & coordination with multiple agencies.• Delivered cost saving of INR 4.1 Cr in WDS, RM & Contracts.• Indigenized development of large SPMs through conceptualization only for upcoming new product line. Separate cost saving is @ 60% for capital items.• Successfully completed 23 cells challenging project in record time through competent supplier selection without compromising on cost, safety & quality.• Developed crucial, customized & monopoly plastic RMs - PPFRUV & PVC.• Strategic achievement in sub-contracting of machines hiring at international sites.• Quantified & standardized customer wise BOM & Packaging.• Proficiently managed routine scrap disposal & strategic utilization of PVC scraps.• Proactively reconciled dispatch vs. invoicing (calculated differences later invoiced to customer). Показати менше

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  Krsna Packaging Pvt. Ltd.

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  Chief Executive Officer

  (Krsna Packaging Pvt. Ltd. & Vishwaa Packwel Pvt. Ltd. are Sister Concerns)(Core Team Member, Focus on Business Development, Customer Satisfaction)Krsna Packaging Pvt. Ltd. is a Manufacturing Facility for the Fabrication, Conversion, Development & Supply of Customized Packaging Solutions, it's Sister Company Vishwaa Packwel Pvt. Ltd. is a Backward Integration Facility for PP Fluted Hollow Extruded Sheet Manufacturing, & Corporate Office serves as a Design Center.Till now, we have served 978+ customers & have helped them save over INR 2000 Cr+ through our unique Packaging Solutions. We are supplying to esteemed Auto OEMs, White Goods Industries, E-commerce, Pharma, Warehousing & Logistics Companies. A few of our esteemed customers are TATA, SKODA, Reliance, Maruti Suzuki, Amazon, Panasonic, Kirloskar Oil Engines, Fleetguard, Siemens, TAFE, Duraline, Minda, Varroc, Endurance, VE Commercial Vehicles, etc.The scope of our services/manufacturing covers Plastic PP/ESD Boxes, Separators, Inserts, Inside Partitions, Warehouse Trays, Pilferage Protection (Anti-Theft) Boxes & Hollow Extruded PP Fluted Sheets; Imported as well as Indigenous Pallet-Lid-Sleeve PLS, Foldable Large Containers FLCs; EPE, Crosslink, XLPE, XLC Foam Packing; Foldable & Regular Bins/Crates with Partitions & Dunnages; Bobbin/Reel; Corner Guard; Floor Protection Sheets; Wooden Packaging Replacement; Returnable & Composite Innovative Solutions & Much More... Показати менше

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  Can-Pack India Pvt. Ltd. (Glass Bottles).

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  Procurement Specialist

  (Core & Founder Team Member of this GreenField Project).MNC - Poland. A glass bottle manufacturing business venture owned and promoted in India by Can-Pack Group.Handled procurement, sourcing, outsourcing functions from the inception of the organization & contributed immensely to the continuous growth from the scratch. Succeeded in educating & developing local suppliers for this different industry, driving cost optimization & rate contracts for various product lines, managing planning, scrap disposals & clearance of audits.• Led contractual activity for non-usable wooden pallet repair & utilization providing saving of INR 14.40 Cr, Forklifts hiring delivered annual saving of INR 1.97 Cr.• Successfully exercised category management & rate contracts.• Indigenized several repetitive imported items at low cost. Показати менше

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  HarHal Plastic Engineering Pvt. Ltd. (HarHal & Kishore are Sister Concerns)

  Jan 2003 - Oct 2007

  Plant Head & Management Representative

  (Core Team Member)Reputed manufacturers of precision plastic injection molding parts & assemblies.Administered overall performance of entire plant. Developed strategies & systems for planning, procurement, outsourcing, quality, delivery, packaging, reconciliation, internal audits, and utilization-disposal of scrap/dead stock/under deviation stock. Cleared all external audits successfully & resolved long-pending SUBSIDY, Customer, Vendor issues.

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  Kishore Industries. (HarHal & Kishore are Sister Concerns)

  Nov 2007 - Jun 2008

  Executive

  (Core Team Member) One of the major plastic injection mold manufacturers.Systematized, simplified procurement, reconciliation, scrap utilization-disposal & resolved long-pending SUBSIDY, Customer, Vendor issues.

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  Varroc Polymers Pvt. Ltd. (Plant II, Corporate). (Varroc Polymers Plant II & IV are Sister Concerns)

  Jun 2008 - Oct 2009

  Senior Officer - Corporate Vendor Development

  One of the largest automobile component manufacturers (Corporate Office).Coordinated among corporate office & various sister plants, vendor & part development, quality management & doubling the production of certain auto-parts for Bajaj Pulsar (from 1500 to 3000). Attained 100% time achievement for providing feasibility, complete estimations to marketing & vendor QMS for the entire group.

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  Varroc Polymers Pvt. Ltd. (Plant IV). (Varroc Polymers Plant II & IV are Sister Concerns)

  Nov 2009 - Jan 2013

  Senior Officer - Materials

  One of the largest automobile component manufacturers, Plant IV is into plastic injection molding, plastic extrusion, and air filter assemblies.Simplified critical item planning & purchases for air filter assemblies, driving Quality Agreements, rejection analysis, controls & continual improvement programs with suppliers resulting PPM reduction 6500 to 1700, packing standardization, consolidation of suppliers, resolving long pending supplier issues, preparing & presenting MRM data, managing supplier audits & external audits. Показати менше

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  Saarus | KOKO Group company

  Jan 2019 - Jun 2020

  Head - Supply Chain Management, Procurement

  (Core & Founder Team Member of this GreenField Project).MNC - East Africa. A part of KOKO Networks, designs, manufacture & exports bio-ethanol fuel stoves, canisters, and vending machines produced through plastic injection molding, press shop, powder coating, welding, and assemblies.Developed overall procurement & supply chain of this startup venture up to optimization by planning & execution strategies & systems, sourcing, vendor & part development, outsourcing, analytical assessment, budget & cash flow, resource utilization, ERP Odoo development. Other direct responsibilities involve store management, logistics, packing, inventory, planning, export, import, IT, plastic scrap disposal & strategic disposal of super wool scrap.• Delivered cost saving of INR 2 Cr. Savings through cost benchmarking in BOM to continue YOY.• Improved cash flow by 40% & lead-time by 45% vendor wise.• Built efficiency by the reduction in multiple supplier base & outsourced wire mesh, welded tubes & 3 steel RMs.• Inventory reduction by 25%. Stocking arrangements with suppliers for 2 imported & 3 local categories of long lead time & specific materials.• Quickly developed black coating powder through an alternate supplier upon existing powder failure crisis. Indigenized major bottleneck steel Aluzinc, alternate development with 100% idea to the execution of Feet Screw helping in cost, lead time, inventory & availability.• Appreciated for managing uninterrupted inward supplies despite various constraints.• Liquidation of idle capital items through sale e.g. Dock leveler, Exchange of non-usable & cut-sized 15MT CRCA with EDD helping the company in avoiding unnecessary financial losses.• Developed store layouts, storage arrangements & maintained 100% stock accuracy.• Driven a team of 15, quarterly defining & assessing KRAs/KPIs, mentoring to maximize the results. Показати менше

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  Endurance Systems India Pvt. Ltd. (Plant II)

  - Sept 2003

  Purchase Officer

  One of the leading automobile component manufacturers.Streamlined pending purchase jobs, identified & reconciled long-pending supplier related issues.

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  Shreeji Chemicals Ltd

  Nov 2021 - Jun 2022

  Plant Head - Nairobi Plant

  (Core Team Member of Shreeji Group).Leading manufacturer of Sodium Silicate with multiple plants in East & Central Africa, further expanding in Uganda & Tanzania.Spearheading entire plant operations (Nairobi Plant) including cross functional teams e.g. Supply Chain, Procurement, Planning, Packing, Inventory, Stores, Production, Maintenance, Quality, etc.• Continual simplification, elimination of unnecessary processes, implementation of good practices, up gradation of skill & understanding of the team & standardization of the systems which started delivering positive results in terms of efficiency, resource utilization, collaboration, lead time reduction, internal rejection reduction, machine down time reduction, minimization of customer complaint, cost savings, etc.• Minimized the weight differences with customers of the finished goods & saved 30MT/Month.• Administered overall performance of entire plant. Показати менше

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  Aurangabad Motors Mfrs. Pvt. Ltd.

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  Purchase Engineer

  (Brownfield Project - Core & Founder Team Member of GDC)Appliances (KENSTAR) & Automobile (Gravity Die Casting), former BAGLA Group company. Handled procurement & related works including development, scrap utilization-disposal, outsourcing, reconciliation, planning & packing standardization. • Coordinated for transfer & setting up a new facility for Appliance division.• Established Gravity Die Casting from scratch, managed sample production & approvals from Bajaj. • Searched, collected several previous molds/tools lying with vendors & saved huge debit/penalty. Показати менше