Naveen Nandakumar

About Naveen Nandakumar

Supply Chain Professional engaged in Supplier Development, Vendor Management, Order Management and Inventory Planning. Hands on working knowledge in Mechanical engineering design- Product development, Project Management, Product life cycle Management and Manufacturing. Product design and development, New Product Innovation, Research and Development (R&D), Supply Chain, Vendor Management, Project Management. Core Competencies/skills: Supply Chain: Procurement, Project Planning, Project Management, Operations, Supplier and Vendor Development. Mechanical Design: DFM and DFA 3D Modelling: SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and ProE Structural and fluid flow Analysis: ANSYS, ANSYS FLUENT Software : Microsoft office (Word, PowerPoint, Project, Excel and Access) Project Management: Risk Management, Budgeting, Estimation and Costing, Project Planning, Vendor Development, Client Service, Negotiation, BOM creation. Masters degree holder in \"Product Design & Manufacturing\" and started out as a Project Trainee in National Aerospace Laboratories(NAL) where R&D activities of Composites were done which were used for high temperature applications. Project Management - Projects which involve integration and concurrency of various facets of industrial, mechanical and electronic design for Consumer, Medical and other FMCG goods. New product development by devising strategic plans and R&D activities. Product design which involves value engineering, re-engineering and setting up risk management plans for functionality of the products. BOM preparation, risk management plans (RMP), parts procurement, cost estimates and coordination among teams involving industrial design, mechanical design and electronics design.

Experience

1. Supply Planner

   ExxonMobil

   Oct 2019 — Present

   Material Planning and Deployment of FG’S for Local, Imports and 3rd Party purchase for India Market. Develop Stakeholder Management with functional businesses up to 2M USD across PAN INDIA. Constant review of PIPO, Slow moving Dying stock, Elimination list and Article Management to reduce COGS and OPEX. Increasing working capital by ~10% YTD. Resolving customer escalations involving quality, service and other product related issues. Cross Functional member for S & OP meetings and SMR involving Interfaces like Sales, LSP’S and LBP’S. Initiatives for Marketing, Sales and Brand Management for promotions planning. Order Fulfillment. Test Pilot for Planning Systems partnering with JDA and O9. Inventory Management and setting up of Stocking Strategy parameters.

Education

• RV College of Engineering (RVCE)

  Master of Technology - MTech, Product Design and Manufacturing, First Class with Distinction

  2012 — 2014

• Bishop Cotton Boys School

  ICSE, General Studies, First Class

  1994 — 2006