Prasad Ladkar

I'm a dedicated, hardworking and confident individual looking for part-time job opportunity while I continue my academic pursuits. I’ve strong work ethic, excellent communication, and a variety of honed skills learnt during 10 years of professional experience as mentioned below.

PROCUREMENT MANAGER, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Reliance Retail Limited- May 2022-May 2023

• Identifying, validating & enrolling right and compatible vendors
• Vendor on-boarding and process familiarization
• Directing and implementation of key procurement strategies/ contingency plans and ensuring that strategies and plans are aligned with organizational objectives
• Working with business leaders who have identified a business need or requirement to identify, source, contract, and procure the needed goods/ services from qualified suppliers
• Implementing processes, policies, and procedures to support the purchasing process
• Contracting & vendor Life cycle management
• Analyzing contracts for effectiveness, identifying areas of weakness and implementing improvements to increase margins

• Performance management through defined KPI, SLAs and structured review
• Structured Governance including closure of open issues of vendor and company
• Analysis, Dashboards and reports submission to internal team
• Standardization & streamlining of all business activities

SENIOR EXECUTIVE - COMMERCIAL, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Asian Paints Limited - September 2014-April 2022

• Preparing inquiry documents (technical & commercial) & floating inquiries to the suitable vendors; following up to get quotations on-time to avoid delay
• Compiling bid packages and issuing Request for Quotation (RFQ); receiving bids and preparing commercial bid summary to arrive at a purchasing strategy
• Receiving & reviewing technical specifications, bill of quantity, drawings provided by project; checking & discussing with stakeholders to determine suitable vendors
• Performing negotiations of contracts/rates for goods & services; engaging with prospective vendors to determine terms and availability
• Mediating between vendors, markets, and the accounts payable manager to quickly resolve incorrect invoicing
• Receiving & reviewing technical specifications, bill of quantity, drawings provided by project; checking & discussing with stakeholders to determine suitable vendors
• Formulating & issuing Purchase Orders (PO) in accordance with the selected vendors, price & technical specifications
• Devising strategies, policies & forecast to meet procurement needs
• Heading Brand Team for activities such as launches, activation, events & so on
• Monitoring costs, highlighting exceptions & initiating plans for cost savings
• Mapping the periodic business plans & strategies, in coordination with macro plans of organization; planning & scheduling individual / team assignments to achieve preset goals
• Working on timely purchase order raising and vendors invoice processing; ensuring that there are no open items in vendor account
• Administering the efficient receipt, storage & dispatch of a wide range of goods from the warehouse & vendors
• Optimizing space usage within the warehouse & regularly analyzing process flow and space requirement; devising & executing SOPs for the warehouse

• Supervising the transportation of goods into and out of the warehouse, and keeping a track of transportation rates on all shipments
• Collaborating with supervisors to improve staff performance
• Working with all stakeholders for on time dispatches and formulation of MIS
• Ensuring compliance to all Health, Safety and Environmental standards
• Consistently assessing processes to identify areas of improvement
• Drafting regular reports and statistics for Senior Management
• Scheduling the repair/maintenance of all warehouse equipment; managing accurate execution of delivery procedures, and closely supervising all warehouse activities
• Communicating relevant data to stakeholders regarding center/ facility updates, costing, savings & relevant lead data with to respect to the customers
• Assisting Sales/ Field Team by preparing proposals on sales and inventory, and rendering administrative/ back-end support to Field Team for the achievement of the set targets
• Formulating strategies for establishing greater awareness about the warehouse/centers and its products

EXECUTIVE, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Himalaya Drug Company- November 2011-August 2014
• Sales Reports Preparation
• Client Accounting & reconciliation
• Vendor Payment
• Administrative Tasks
• Inventory management
• Purchase/ work order creation

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT CANDIDATE,
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Conestoga College, Expected graduation September 2024

BACHELOR OF COMMERCE IN COMMERCE, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
University of Mumbai, June 2014