VIRAL GANDHI

Business Unit/ Region: Olay Asia Middle East and Africa

• Led design and delivery of Olay brand master-plan - co-working brand master-plan with business leadership to design products to meet consumer needs.
• Led overall supply chain design, raw & pack material supplier allocations including new contract manufacturing and supplier qualifications to deliver business needs and cost savings.
• Led overall resource allocation for new projects by defining incremental business, profit and effort needed to deliver and align with leadership for execution.
• Translate brand, technology & regulatory requirements into supply network design and solution by identifying right raw/ pack material supplier and production plant including new suppliers & contract manufacturers.
• Delivered 8% cost savings annually by redesigning formulations, packaging and supply chain network.
• Led a team of 9 project managers to ensured on time innovation readiness and regulatory compliance for all our products across region through seamless collaboration with plant, regulatory and R&D teams.
• Olay Asia Middle East and Africa - Procter & Gamble

Business Unit/ Region: Olay Asia Middle East And Africa

• Provide strategic supply chain leadership and direction for Olay Asia Pacific & India supply chain teams - guiding supply chain operating strategy and supply chain design to meet business goals.
• Led supply and capacity planning for Olay Asia, ANZ and India including collaborating with sales/ marketing to review demand forecasts and alter supply and inventory plans basis trends.
• Manage the overall supply chain network for Olay Asia Middle East and Africa covering 18 countries.
• Led cross-functional teams in monthly Business Operations (S&OP) Planning meetings to review performance metrics, resolve supply chain constraints, and make data driven decisions to optimize business outcomes.
• Achieved 95% CFR across all the Australia, Asia and India markets with 3% YoY inventory reduction and 8% gross savings enabled by synchronized production planning, supply network optimization, portfolio/material optimization.
• Led design and delivery of Olay brand master plan - from concept to launch of new products.
• Directed a team of 7 supply chain managers to meet cost and cash targets aligned with business needs, overseeing an off-shore team of three members in India.
• Olay Asia Middle East And Africa - Procter & Gamble

Business Unit/ Region: Olay/ Safeguard/ Old Spice Asia Middle East & Africa

• Directed a multinational team of 7 managers spanning various geographies to spearhead innovation delivery, strategic supply chain design, and technical project management for new product launches.
• Enabled my team to deliver technical readiness of about 50 new product innovations by fostering collaborating among cross-functional teams including multiple production plants, R&D, Regulatory teams.
• Led divestiture of P&G Pakistan Safeguard Plant and conversion of the site to contract manufacturer (sold to Nimir Chemicals Pakistan).
• Led technical and regulatory readiness of manufacturing plants including ensuring FDA needs.
• Successfully managed sunset of manufacturing facility in India and business operations in Nigeria.
• Implemented an overarching supply resiliency program to ensure business during Covid-19 pandemic, qualifying new suppliers, manufacturing locations and mitigating risks despite disruptions in China imports.
• Olay/ Safeguard/ Old Spice Asia Middle East & Africa - Procter & Gamble

Business Unit/ Region: Procter & Gamble India

• Led finished goods transportation for P&G India, managing $40MM annual spend - delivering 10% YoY reduction in transportation costs.
• Co-led RFQ for new transporters with the purchasing team to provide insights on opportunities on transportation lanes basis daily vehicle availability.
• Collaborated with 3PL for daily shipments ensuring on-time customer delivery.
• Led and managed transportation capacity planning, optimum supply network design, BCP planning and delivered cost savings through optimized network choices.
• Acted as overall transportation and warehousing savings leader - implementing new initiatives to improve warehousing efficiency, optimization of space through packaging design changes, etc.
• Procter & Gamble India

Business Unit/ Region: Haircare India, Middle East & Africa

• Initiative leader for new product development and delivery across the IMEA markets for hair-care brands (H&S, Pantene, Herbal Essences) from initiative design to delivery - Lead and delivered 10 initiatives.
• Lead saving projects to deliver about $1.5MM of savings though packaging and formulation intervention.
• Lead and delivered launch of white space expansion in Africa with a business potential of 80 million USD per year.
• Lead the set-up of complex supply chain with sourcing from 5 different plants to Africa including start-up and qualification of new to P&G contract manufacturing site.
• Haircare India, Middle East & Africa - Procter & Gamble

Business Unit/ Region : Procter & Gamble India

• Managed end to end supply chain from order to delivery for key customers like Big Bazaar, Amazon, Reliance & Army Channels.
• Delivered 99% plus CFR for all the army channels and reduced order to delivery lead-time by 3 days.
• Improved CFR for Modern Retail Customers by 4% in 2 years through joint forecasting with customers.
• Designed supply chain for new e-commerce customers and optimized supply chain of existing customers to deliver cash and cost savings and improve order to delivery lead-time.
• Procter & Gamble India

Business Unit/ Region Procter - Baddi Manufacturing Facility, India

• Lead successful start-up for Greenfield manufacturing site with multiple making and packing systems with a total investment of USD 6 million with 80% new recruits through technology transfer and trainings programs.
• Generated 8% operational savings YoY and improved production reliability by 15% by implementing IWS processes like RTT, OPM (Organization Planning Modelling).
• Lead a team of 40 people to deliver production, supply chain, cost, quality and safety targets for Skincare India operation.
• Procter & Gamble India - Baddi Manufacturing Facility