Gagan Parakh

About Gagan Parakh

Experienced Supply Chain Professional with over 17 years of in-depth experience in manufacturing, procurement, supply planning, quality assurance, and new product development. Have managed cross-cultural virtual teams across the globe as well as large factory teamsSupply Chain Management | Capacity Planning | Manufacturing Operations | Procurement | Cost Optimization | Project Management | Stakeholder Management | Performance Management | Product Innovation | Quality Assurance | Data Analytics

Experience

1. Head of Global Supply Chain - Unilever Professional

   Unilever

   Jul 2022 — Present · Mumbai, NL

   Leading the supply chain for Unilever Professional, a standalone division within Home Care across the globe• Responsible for the end-to-end operations – Quality, Procurement, Planning, Innovations, Logistics• Crafting business strategy & long-term plans as member of the leadership team• Building differentiated sourcing strategy for UPro portfolio especially experimental ranges• Collaborating with Regional SC leads to land capability & capacity expansions to meet exponential growth

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Executive General Management Program

  2008 — 2008

• Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Mechanical Engineering

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Distributed Team Management
• Product Development
• Tpm
• Operational Excellence
• Team Management
• Strategy
• Supply Chain Management
• Process Engineering
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Strategy
• Manufacturing
• Fmcg
• Operations Management
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
• Total Productive Maintenance (Tpm)
• Production Planning
• Demand Planning
• Six Sigma