Nitin Kakde

About Nitin Kakde

Nitin is a global supply chain leader with deep \"strategy to execution\" experience engaging with CXOs & delivering real impacts - led multiple large-scale business transformations driving savings of $250M+ across revenue, cost and working capital.In addition, he plays the role of \"Chief of Staff\" where he led the planning, execution & GTM (go-to-market) for several key initiatives to scale up the digital supply chain practice at Deloitte.He also loves building technology products - he has been a seasoned Product Manager where he successfully led the build & go-to-market for a 1st-of-its-kind \"real-time vehicle safety prediction\" solution for the Automotive industry driving safety recall reduction of 30%.Core Capabilities: Storytelling, First-Principle Thinking, People Management, Strategy FormulationSupply chain areas of expertise: Supply Planning, Manufacturing, LogisticsIndustry expertise: Retail, Automotive, Industrial Products, Paints

Experience

1. Senior Consultant

   Deloitte

   Jun 2021 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Leads multiple business transformation programs across Automotive & Retail and has been instrumental in applying first-principle thinking, leading maturity assessments, developing roadmaps, business cases & recommending business + tech use case solutions to tackle critical metrics like schedule adherence, OTIF, energy, asset utilization, landed cost & compliance violationsExperienced storyteller with expertise in conducting primary & secondary market research, benchmarking & building assets such as white papersChief of StaffLed 4 internal programs responsible to reorganize the digital supply chain practice at Deloitte and generate new sales – successfully setup the new practice, led upskilling programs, asset building, generated 50+ leads & sold several multi-year new engagements over 24 monthsRetail Sector1. Multinational client was challenged with low fill-rates & sub-optimal on-time performance although carrying higher days of supply compared to its peers2. Led a global transformation program identifying business opportunity of $500M+ & deployed 10 AI / ML / GenAI solutions across 15 factories driving EBITDA $50M+ and core KPIs such as OEE by 8%, fill rate by 12% and total landed cost by 10%Auto Sector1. Global OEM was challenged with having high days of supply on-the-ground at dealer sites compared to the market while resulting in a poor dealer experience and lost sales2. Led a customer survey to determine & benchmark reason for walkaways and lost sales from dealerships compared to the market - statistical models identified opportunity of $150M+3. Led an assessment across order-to-delivery vehicle processes & deployed a dealer allocation optimization model improving acceptance by 40% and revenue by 20%Industrial Products SectorLed vision & ambition setting, maturity assessment & quantified “size of prize” as $50M+ and led deployment of computer vision & ML based process control solutions driving RIR by 10%, DAFW by 8% & labor productivity by 12%

Education

• PSG College of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2010 — 2014

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business

  2017 — 2019

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Matlab
• C
• Testing
• Microsoft Word
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel