Nishant Girdhar

Experience

1. Associate Manager

   Jindal Stainless

   Jun 2019 — Present · Hisar, IN

   SCM/Logistics Operations • Managing Outbound Logistics for various product mix of around MT/month for Pan India network with 15+ service providers • Handling freight spend of INR 90+ Crore/Annum for Outbound Logistics • Responsible for managing logistics details of customer’s order and formulating delivery/dispatch schedule at store/warehouse/customer level depending upon various parameters like lead time, order period, vehicle type used, short lots & category of supplies. • OTIF improvement, Customer service level enhancement • Freight spend analysis, Budgeting, COPQ reduction, MIS preparation • Setting departmental objectives, Compliances for Internal and External Audits, CAPA closure • Awarded with Dextrous category award for Problem Solving and Decision making.Vendor Management/ Client Relationship • Maintained strong vendor relationships by regular interactions, ensuring timely payments • Regular engagement with critical vendors for discussions on supply planning, future development activities • Ensuring continuous supply security & assurance throughout Covid-19 crisis • Manage share of business & maintain long term relationships with vendors • Vendor performance evaluation based on different KPIs and regular meetings to improve service levels Contracting, Pricing & Negotiations • Timely Contract closure, negotiations for new contracts & re-negotiation of existing contracts • Float RFQs & obtain quotes, conduct reverse auctions, conduct commercial negotiations • Led various cost saving & process improvement projects to bring in recipe optimization driven savings • Monitor freight trends to negotiate better prices with service providers • Price negotiations & timely contracting generated annual freight savings of > INR 10 Crores for Outbound Logistics

Education

• Delhi University

  Post Graduate Program in Global Business Operations

  2010 — 2012

• Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)

  PGP - Global Business Operations, International Business

  2010 — 2012

• Bharti Vidyapeeth

  Bachelor's Degree, Electronics Engineering

  2005 — 2009

Skills

• Mis
• Budgets
• Business Development
• Supply Chain Management
• Management
• Business Strategy
• Competitive Analysis
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Market Research
• Business Planning
• Operations Management
• Business Analysis
• Team Management
• Crm