Pranav Kumar

About Pranav Kumar

A creative and compassionate end-to-end supply chain professional with 12+ years of hands-on domestic and global experience in supply/demand planning, Logistics, inventory management, Strategic planning, Strategic sourcing, procurement and negotiations. A subject matter expert with a unique blend of analytical, strategic, tactical, simple, and complex acquisition management.

Experience

1. Head Supply Chain-aluminium Business

   Waaree Group

   Dec 2024 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Spearheading end-to-end CAPEX supply chain for a MTPA aluminium extrusion greenfield project, including strategic sourcing, contracting, and vendor development.•Leading evaluation and acquisition of brownfield aluminium extrusion assets to accelerate capacity ramp-up and reduce project payback period.•Successfully driving ₹1500+ crore Capex procurement for extrusion lines, casting units, anodizing & fabrication facilities, ensuring 100% PO finalization within approved budgets and timelines.•Delivered 8–10% procurement cost reduction through vendor negotiations, cost engineering, and localization of imported equipment.•Implementing digital supply chain dashboards for Capex and Opex visibility across project phases, ensuring real-time tracking of vendor performance and spend analytics.•Driving Opex optimization by reducing raw material and component inventory to <8 days and minimizing freight & logistics cost to ≤2% of sales.•Establishing reliable vendor base for new capacities — onboarded and qualified multiple vendors per line item across extrusion, anodizing, and die manufacturing categories.•Ensuring 95%+ OTIF (On-Time In-Full) delivery of raw materials and project supplies through proactive planning and logistics coordination.•Institute strong governance for import Capex LC management and vendor payment cycle adherence, ensuring zero penalty delays.

Education

• C.V.Raman College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech

  2008 — 2012