Pravesh Bhartu

Highly skilled industrious results driven supply chain and logistics professional with solid hands-on experience pre-dominantly in the FMCG, pharmaceutical and retail manufacturing industry. Strong administration skills. Excellent track record. Academically inclined and always enthusiastic about transformation, development, and success. Excellent references.

Professional experience 

DSV 

Inventory/operations manager
Key responsibilities:
• Management to effectively lead, train, performance measure and performance manage all subordinates to ensure high morale, productivity, and retention. 
• Intermediate knowledge of industrial relations and processes. 
• Oversee warehousing functions inclusive inbound, outbound order fulfilment, stock management, packaging and return functions. 
• Ensuring adherence to best warehousing practices, 5s, impeccable batch and expiry controls, SKU, and bin location integrity maintenance inclusive master data, first expiry first out.
• Management of inventory storage and storage location zones inclusive hazardous, flammable, oxidant, and poisonous storage zones in relation to integrity, compliance within internal standards and external local authority standards. 
• Management of inventory storage and storage location zones in relation cold chain -70 degrees, -20 degrees, 2-8 degrees and 15-25 degrees. Inclusive temperature monitoring systems, equipment maintenance and effectively and speedily troubleshooting early warning signals indicating risk of cold chain compromise. 
• Effective SKU slotting within the warehouse layout in relation to ABC analysis, volumetric and product categorization to achieve highest productivity within maintaining high quality standards.
• Effective root cause analysis, problem solving and implementation of corrective and preventative measures. 
• Ensuring and enforcing full site compliance inclusive DSV policies, regulations, work instructions, maintenance schedule and local authority requirements. 
• Internal measurement and auditing of all site processes to ensure stability and improvement in areas of health and safety, environment, and facility compliance/risk mitigation. 
• Basic knowledge and experience of QMS such as ISO 9001, 14001 and 18001
• Effective communication to manage and meet both internal and external customer expectations. 
• Management of client and supplier contracts, service level agreements and risk related. 
• Daily warehouse performance discussion with client, monthly presentation of holistic SLA targets in relation to inbound, outbound targets, quality, environmental health and safety and inventory aspects. 
• Resources planning in accordance with volumes.
• Populating budgets and exercising tight cost control and ensuring consistent on time revenue collection to meet or exceed budgeted objectives.

Dsv

Site Inventory manager

Key responsibilities:
• All aspects of effective inventory management to ensure accurate cost-efficient storage, lowest risk to inventory and highest availability for on time and in full order fulfillment. 
• Ensure that key product attributes are reflected within master data and matches bin master.
• Implement and oversee ongoing cycle count program and weekly reporting.
• Wall to wall stock takes: Managing the preparation, execution, investigations, reporting, sign-off and closure of all wall to wall stock takes.
• Daily system to system alignment, comparing DSV wms SOH to client system, variances to be investigated and resolved.
• Manage process to take new products onto WMS, and removal of obsolete inventory as per customer requirements.
• Introduce and maintain effective pick-face replenishment strategies.
• SKU consolidation and batch management.
• Ensure all bin locations are labelled and match physically versus systematically. 
• Ensure integrity with stock transfers. Virtual locations cleared within 48hrs, Quarantine stock and quarantine locations are aligned. 
• Slotting in relation to ABC analysis considering velocity and value of inventory.
• Inventory discrepancy resolution, DSV WMS and client system.
• Raising CAPA for inventory discrepancies, incidents, inconsistencies. 
• Understanding inventory related contractual requirements and liability for each client.
• Exercising batch and expiry control.
• Space, utilization and density measurement and control. 
• Effective root cause analysis.

Pick n pay

Inventory manager

Key responsibilities:
• Data analysis in relation to short dated, discontinued, aged stock, master data, stock in transit, obsolete stock, excessive damages/claims, and effectiveness of SOPs
• Develop cycle counting plan and initiate to achieve maximum stock accuracy.
• Ensure minimum DC shrinkage and claims through guidance and engagement with departmental heads.
• Tracking of inventory variances. Perform route cause analyses and initiate remediation.
• Manage a reclamation process to achieve maximum benefit of salvaging damaged, expired, and non-conforming stock.
• Adherence and data analysis in relation to warehouse layout, pick path, heavy on light, put-away and replenishment logic.
• Slotting of products in fixed and reserve bin locations. Maintenance of interim/virtual locations
• Ensure availability of stock in fixed bin locations and ensure stock bin location integrity.
• Planning, organizing, and initiating inventory related work activities and processes in accordance with standard operating procedures (best practices).
• Weekly reporting on productivity, shrinkage in the DC and claims. Advising action plans.
• Accountable for total stock in the groceries and perishables distribution centers.

• Reason for leaving: Job stability. Distribution/operations outsourced                                    

Gunnebo south africa      

   Warehouse manager/supply chain coordinator

Supply chain:                                                                  
• Directing, optimizing and coordinating full order cycle.
• Liaison with vendors regarding material purchasing, delivery and developing schedules for finish goods and raw materials.
• Evaluate supplier and contract manufacturer performance with the purchasing team.
• Controlling raw material minimum and maximum levels to fulfill production and avoid over-stocking.
• Production scheduling and coordination with contract manufactures, suppliers and 3PLs to meet deadlines.
• Determining, planning and allocation of manpower, material and workflow related to delivery on-time and in full.
• Raw material and finish goods controll as per production requirements and sales forecast.
• Develop optimum inventory target levels to fulfill customer requirements and to avoid stock surplus on finish goods and raw materials. 
• Setting up inventory minimum order quantities to achieve optimum cost trade-offs against bulk purchase, transportation cost, storage cost whilst achieving demand needs.
• Disposition of obsolete stock strategically with relevant departments
• Maintain the integrity of the ERP system e.g., bill of materials, item code changes, item code discontinuation, inventory, and operational accuracy.
• Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes related to the external environment and determine the effect on supply chain activities.
• Establish, streamline, and suggest operational procedures and control measure.
• Monitor the supply chain and implement/suggest corrective actions for peak value.      
• Assess volume requirements against planning assumptions. 
 

Warehouse management key responsibilities:                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
• Manage the recruitment, training, performance appraisal and disciplinary of subordinates.
• Foster a high degree of morale, Scheduling and assigning operational task and monitoring performance following adherence to company policies and operational standards. 
• Manage all warehouse activities; inbound (domestic and import), put away, storage, outbound (domestic and export), picking, directing, and optimizing full order cycle.
• Setting warehouse layout, adjusting storage areas accordingly and updating location database in relation to picking sequence. Shorten travelling distance and efficiency
• Analyze process workflow. Improve/implement operational systems accordingly.
• Promote and maintain standards of health and safety and embrace continuous improvement. 
• Managing quartily stocktakes and cycle counting.
• Managing key 3PL relationships, negotiating carrier rates and service levels. Planning routes, carrier selection, implement ideal cost saving shipping methods.
• Containerization planning and executing.
• Participate in carrier management selection and evaluation.

Reason for leaving: Retrenched due to an operational restructure.                                                                                                                                                        Reckitt Benckiser

Warehouse operations supervisor

 Key responsibilities:                                                                                  
• Foster a high degree of morale, communicate expectations, and ensure adherence to company policies and warehouse operational standards.
• Scheduling and assigning operational task and monitoring performance.
• Manage all warehouse activities; receiving, put away, storage, outbound, replenishments, picking (bulk and fine).
• Cycle counting.
• Participation in monthly stocktake inclusive counting, capturing, assisting to investigate and verify variances.
• Setting warehouse layout.  Adjusting storage areas according to dispatching and shipping requirements. Updating location database.
• General inspection and arrangement of maintenance of plant and equipment.
• Safeguard warehouse operations and contents by establishing security protocols.
• Promote and maintain standards of health and safety and embrace continuous improvement. Substantial engagement with subordinates on these aspects.
• Ensure accuracy and intergrity of the warehouse management system. (scanner and barcode interface).
• Analyze process workflow. Improve/implement operational systems accordingly.

Reason for leaving: Job stability as the distribution function was in process of being outsourced                   
Key responsibilities:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
• Scheduling cycle counts whereby an array of SKUs is cycle counted once monthly.
• Storage rack auditing ensuring physical stock reflects bin location as per ERP system.
• Physical cycle counting daily.
• Identify SKUs with frequent variances and implement schedule to perform additional cycle counts monthly.
• Assist the senior stock controller in investigating variances and resolving variances timeously.

Reason for leaving: Promoted to warehouse supervisor

Bachelor of commerce supply chain management