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
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
Strategic Account Manager
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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