Binny Pavithran
Associate Director - Supply Chain Operations at Olam
- Role
- Associate Director - Supply Chain Management at Olam
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Binny Pavithran
Ability to understand business strategy and work closely with team to ensure delivery of results, besides good understanding of business goals & financial results. I have been managing large teams across countries with stake holders spread across the world. I can easily adapt to different culture having worked in multinational company with offices around the world with people from different nationality and diverse culture.Have good knowledge of end to end shipping process (network design, route management, product pricing & tender management). I have experience in handling global transformation & system implementation projects as well. I am lean six sigma certified and a Prince II project management practitioner.SPECIALITIES Excellent knowledge of supply chain management & end to end shipping cyclePeople management and talent developmentStrategy & business performance managementProduct, Pricing, Uptake & revenue managementProcess improvement & managementProject and change management incl. transformation programme (Prince 2 certified practitioner)Good knowledge of US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) & Chinese Ministry of transportation (MOT) regulations for pricing.
Experience
Associate Director - Supply Chain Management
Jan 2020 — Present · IN
Responsible for providing leadership and direction to the Supply chain operations team of 51 members• Team Management: Setting direction for the team by aligning strategic goals of business unit with team goals• Coaching & identifying training requirements to upskill and develop the team’s capability and ensure a strong leadership pipeline.• Process Management: Managing the E2E Order management process by co-ordinating with offices based in US, Australia, Africa & Indian Sub-continent and also with buyers globally besides, dealing with Shipping lines, warehouses and banks to ensure a seamless execution of orders of agricultural commodities from warehouses, farms etc to buyers. Ensure all process related documents like SOPs, SLAs and other documents are reviewed and maintained by the team.• Project Management: Implementation of projects to drive efficiencies by identifying gaps in process• Technological upgrade: Identifying and keeping abreast with the latest technology in the industry and working closely with market leaders to transform the organisation towards digitalisation by using AI & ML to provide better customer experience• Trade Finance: Working closely with customers for Letter of credits, engaging with banks for better rates and complex trade related issues, documentation / negotiation of bills• Dispute Management: Managing disputes by engaging with various offices i.e buyers, banks & shipping lines.• Improving end to end cycle time by working closely with origins, shipping lines, buyers and banks resulting in improved working capital availability
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