Gurudas Khambadkone

Interim Vice President, Corporate Sourcing & Logistics at NewPage Corporation

Role
Strategic Account Manager at Solenis
Location
Dayton, OH, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Gurudas Khambadkone

Results oriented Supply Chain/ Strategic Sourcing executive with strong process orientation to supplier development and supply chain management. US citizen with extensive hands-on experience in domestic and international business, turnaround situations, driving post-merger/acquisition synergies and leading cross-functional teams. Recruit, motivate, mentor and build high performance teams. Consistently commended for leading projects to completion by driving consensus among diverse stakeholders. Specialties: Business Strategy; Strategic Sourcing/Procurement; Logistics/Distribution; Manufacturing Operations; Mergers & Acquisitions; Negotiations; Outsourcing; Continuous Improvement; Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

Experience

  1. Strategic Account Manager

    Solenis

    Jun 2015 — Present

    Responsible for the overall relationship and business development with the key customers in the pulp, paper and packaging industry. This entails maintaining commercial contracts, sales plans, growth strategies, personnel coverage, collaboration opportunities, supply chain, pricing, and \'voice of the customer\' feedback into the Solenis marketing and R&D groups. Solenis is a specialty chemicals company owned by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice. Prior to its spin-off in July 2014 to CD & R, it was a division of Ashland, Inc. Spun out of Ashland, Inc.

Education

  • Miami University

    MS, Paper Science & Engineering

    1986 — 1988

  • Xavier University - Williams College of Business

    Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Administration and Management, General

    1997 — 1999

  • Manipal Academy of Higher Education

    B.E., Chemical Engineering

    1974 — 1980

Skills

  • Polymers
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Packaging
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Papermaking
  • Sourcing
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Manufacturing Operations Management
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Supply Management
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Coatings
  • Paper Industry
  • Production Planning
  • Manufacturing Operations
  • Negotiation
  • Procurement
  • Pulp
  • Purchasing
  • Value Stream Mapping
  • Lean Manufacturing
  • Process Improvement
  • Supply Chain Optimization
  • Dmaic
  • Operational Excellence
  • Leadership
  • Process Engineering
  • Supply Chain
  • 5s
  • Operations Management
  • Strategy
  • Manufacturing
  • Six Sigma
  • Materials Management
  • Business Strategy
  • Integration
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • Business Process Improvement
  • Tqm

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