Rahul Dharankar

About Rahul Dharankar

Passionate International Supply Chain Leader backed by a 23 year track-record of enabling Manufacturing & Services business growth via strong End to End Int’l Supply Chain Leadership, Analytics Digital Transformation and strong supply chain cost reduction for key Indian and Global firms such as Orange Business, Linde, RCom & TCI.Strong industry agnostic Supply Chain leadership experience in industry sectors across Manufacturing and Services-3PL Logistics Services industry, Automotive Spares, Industrial Gases well as Electronic Devices, equipment & mobile phones involving SIM Cards and complex global supply chains and vendor management. Demonstrated strong supply chain leadership and resilience during global crisis such as maintaining business continuity post Covid, ensuring seamless transition and zero disruption to customers following Brexit as well as navigating disruption following the global semiconductor chipset shortage challenge. Spearheaded a future ready digital global supply chain for the French MNC Orange Business. Scaled transformative projects at a global level including digital and data. Ensured an impressive on time global delivery performance across 200+ countries despite pandemic, Brexit and chipset shortage led global supply chain disruptions.Global Supply Chain Leadership at Orange Business -200+Countries Delivery Management • 95% On-Time Delivery • ~$200M Procurement spend • Reducing Inefficiencies for Sustainable Supply ChainSet up pan India distribution models for GSM SIM, 3G SIM, Handsets, Tablet, DTH at RCom AGM Supply Chain Management at RCom- 50+ Cr PA Budget Owner• 18 No’s - Large, Medium Warehouses Management. • 300Cr+, 500+ SKUs Inventory • Supply Chain Model Set Up - DTH, GSM, 3G• 76 to 34 No’s - Warehouse Rationalization / ConsolidationCOO - Executive Course from IIM Lucknow, Certified PMP, Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) from ISM-USA with MBA in Materials & Logistics Management and Engineering Graduate.

Experience

1. Head Analytics, Ci & Digital Programs, Supply Chain & Trade Compliance

   Orange Business

   Apr 2025 — Present

Education

• Department of Management Sciences (PUMBA), Savitribai Phule Pune University

  MBA, Materials & Logistics Management

  1998 — 2000

• Sanjivani College of Engineering kopargaon

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical

  1993 — 1997

• Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  Chief Operations Officer (COO) Program - Management Development Program (MDP)

• Institute of Supply Management,USA

  CPSM(Certified Professional in Supply Management), Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management

• Indian Institute of Materials Management

  Diplom In Import and Export, Import and Export Management

Skills

• Project Management
• Mis
• 3pl
• Procurement
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Optimization
• Logistics
• Relationship Management
• Outsourcing
• Operations Management
• Warehouse Management
• Materials Management
• Distributed Team Management
• Warehousing
• Supply Chain Management
• Strategic Sourcing
• Vendor Management
• Strategy
• Logistics Management
• Management