RAHUL MANE

B-37, Sahakar Vishwa Co-op Housing Society, Nahur Road, Near Hira Nagar, Mulund (West), Mumbai – 400080

Contact: +91 9819616900 Email: rahul.mane@yahoo.co.in; Date of Birth: 18th March 1976

HEADLINE

LOGISTICS ● STRATEGIC SOURCING/ PROCUREMENT ● PROJECT MANAGEMENT ● SUPPLY

CHAIN MANAGEMENT ● INVENTORY MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL ● AVIATION INDUSTRY

SUMMARY

I am a competent & result oriented professional with distinguished & insightful exposure of 15+ years across Warehouse Management, Engineering Material Management, Logistics, Customer Service (Operation-Aircraft component Service MRO), Team Management, SCM, Redelivery & Single Component Maintenance & Liaison & Coordination. I am significantly contributing in drawing procurement plans, inventory management, securing budgetary allocations, supply chain management & exploring domestic as well as global sources of supply on most competitive techno-commercial terms while developing vendors to build stable supply streams for uninterrupted support to operations.

Armed with strong techno-commercial acumen, I possess a natural flair in completing MRO & Pool Supply along with Wide Body/Narrow body/ATR/CRJ Aircraft Maintenance Component Support Service Contract with Indian customers, Single component Maintenance (SCM)/PBTH Contract, Material Planning & Purchase orders. With reputation of being a quick learner, good listener & an enthusiastic individual, I have developed the ability to handle multiple functions & activities in a high pressure environment. With exceptional crisis management & strategy development capabilities, I have proved myself as an excellent team leader & an asset for the organizations I have worked with.

With outstanding negotiation skills, I have acquired strategic ability in striking perfect coordination with all involved divisions to ensure smooth materials/supply chain management processes. Charged with passion for continuous learning, I have been providing technical leadership to monitor internal business requirements & client priorities & finalize contracts at good value with strong negotiation skills to influence decision makers, both internally & externally. Committed to deliver the best, my objective is to establish a successful career in the field of Supply Chain Management & contribute to accomplishing the goals & objectives of the organization.

SKILLS

Stores / Logistics / Warehouse Management Logistics & Purchase Statutory Compliance Vendor Inventory / Materials Management Supply Chain Management SAP MM Module Strategic Sourcing Budgetary Planning Manpower Management Delivery/Dispatch Management Warehouse Accounts / MIS / Invoicing Documentation Materials Planning Inventory/Store Management Cross Functional Coordination Procurement & Logistics Management Customer Relationship Management Training & Development Negotiation Skills Leadership Skills

EXPERIENCE

Company Name – Lufthansa Technik Services India, Mar 2006 – Till Date

Designation – Customer Service Manager

Description –

Responsible for handling entire gamut of operations of the warehouse. Efficiently handling single component repairs (SCM) customers, closed loop, open loop repair in coordination with the customers & LHT workshop at Hamburg Germany.

Maintaining inbound and outbound, ensuring timely repair of units and delivery to the customers; handling global logistics for Aircraft engineering spares.

Observing the entire statutory consistence time to time. Actively involved in supervising the onsite SCM for the Indian customers like Air India, Indigo, Jet Airways, Jetlite and other Asian cusotmers.

Maintaining inbound and outbound, ensuring timely repair of units and delivery to the customers; handling global logistics for Aircraft engineering spares.

Deft in conveying clients to guarantee that a smooth operation and establishing good working relationships with vendors through personal contact. Actively coordinating with customer and vendor to ensure fulfillment of both party’s interest.

Managing/controlling supplier performances while coordinating with LHT Germany & Bangalore offices for day to day routine activity.

Overseeing Inventory/Spare Management, coordinating and interacting with user departments for analyzing the required material. Accountable for meeting, implementing and monitoring effective procurement schedules and establishing the quantity limits for effective inventory control.

Efficiently generating Repair Order for unserviceable and processing for shipment to vendor for repair/ modifications as per SB/AD note/SIL applicable.

Organizing and attending the engineering components reliability meetings either in Germany or in India to share knowledge between two companies & resolve the technical issues.

Providing technical leadership to the clients/ vendors/ suppliers as well as resolving query related to inbound and outbound materials through discussions.

Involved in putting plans together to improve over all distribution & manage service levels to meet business needs. Collaborating with Dispatch Section for timely delivery of all unserviceable items for repair & ensures all items dispatched and received are with proper tags, TSN, CSN, TSI, CSI and EASA/FAA Release Certificates.

Maintaining records of the daily issue of spares [Rotables, Tools or Consumables/Spog items]. Records of all “ON HOLD” / “UNSERVICEABLE” and “QUARANTINE” units & spares and initiate follow up action.

Assessing the performance of the vendors based on various criterions such as percentage for rejections, quality improvement rate, timely delivery, credit terms, etc.

Entrusted with the responsibility of identifying new sources, contacting, factory visits, vendor auditing and evaluation of the supplier as per the requirements by process and product verification, design verification, sample approvals, price and payment terms negotiation.

Displaying excellent ERP – SAP MM module skills with proven ability to pitch in if any issue occurs in sourcing cycle, identifying the repair order generation for ROTABLES in SAP for smooth functioning and handling invoice and claims.

Developing effective procurement strategies and policies to achieve optimum cost of goods & services and overall procurement functions within the required time, budget and quality standards.

Heading sourcing activities and looking after subcontracting decision, planning/ sourcing of material and analyzing repair quotes obtained from vendors for approval. Ensuring optimum utilization of materials, inventory control & maximum cost saving.

Effectively handling technical queries from customers along with warranty related issues with OEMs and repair shops. Actively coordinating with customer and vendor to ensure fulfillment of both party’s interest.

Handling the whole gamut of warehouse management functions and ensuring achievement of top line & bottom line targets; looking after third party loan, exchange management, spares support contract management as well as inventory (Home Base Stock) management.

Spearheading efforts in managing the special projects like HB return, HB reimport while ensuring Rotables Spare support for total Asian customers fleet. Monitoring & ensuring adequate stocks at various stations throughout so that operation reliability is kept at its highest.

Contributing effectively in generating repair order for unserviceable and process for shipment to vendor for repair/ modifications as per SB applicable. Tasked with driving corrective actions to subsequently follow-up for the quick turnaround of the same.

Playing an instrumental role in planning, managing and coordinating all activities related to repair operations on a day-to-day basis to ensure all spares, orders and issues are in compliance with the contract.

Ensuring inventory control including home base stock, consignment stocks, customers own HB stock & closely monitor the same.

Laisioning with Dispatch Section for timely dispatch of all unserviceable items for repair to concerned repair facilities and is also responsible for dispatching and receiving the same with proper tags, TSN, CSN, TSI, CSI and EASA/FAA Release Certificates.

Ongoing review and development of material planning activity to improve process efficiency and material availability whilst controlling cost. Responsible for NIL Stock and CRT Stock follow up for Rotables and avoid AOG as per circle target. Ensure that any scheduled and ad-hoc report requests/analysis are delivered on time

Establishing metrics to assess factors such as ship units for repairs to respective Repair Station and get it expedited within the designated TAT and collaborating with members of the supply chain to find ways of improving efficiency or reducing the stock to zero.

Handing the whole gamut of functions pertaining to catering all AOG items being prime responsible to avoid any flight delays / cancellation.

Accountable for maintaining stock level in accordance with the Home Base Stock agreed between Indian customers’ as well as replenishment of spares required by LMD, forwarded by Engineering Stores and maintaining the Reorder Level for ‘Consumables/expendables’.

Deftly working on computerized Inventory Control System & able to refer IPC & aware of DGR rules and regulations.

Managing Inventory control by monitoring Home Base Stock, Consignment Stocks, Customer own HB Stock & managed on site operation Supply Chain for Jet Airways & Jetlite.

Providing best level support to maintain proper storage and control of aircraft spares, equipment, supplies and other technical materials as per DGCA requirements.

Efficiently maintaining proper records in system or manually if required of the daily issue of spares [Rotables, Tools or Consumables/Spog items]. Reviewing daily line/main station requirement and coordinating for the same along with various vendors for requirement of spares.

Reviewing repair quotes obtained from vendors for approval. Return performance of components, Payments follow up and statement of accounts.

Well versed in monitoring all shelf life expired Rotables / Consumables & immediate follow up for updating of system along with maintaining records of all “ON HOLD” / “UNSERVICEABLE” and “QUARANTINE” units & spares and initiate follow up action.

Developing effective procurement strategies and policies to achieve optimum cost of goods & services and overall procurement functions within the required time, budget and quality standards.

Company Name – D’Damas Jewellery India Pvt. Ltd. (Gitanjali Group), Sept 2005 – Mar 2006

Designation – Executive - Central Department

Description –

Handled procurement of raw materials like Gold and Diamond as well as day to day dispatch of finished jewelry to the customers on national level.

Company Name – Jewelry Solutions Intl Pvt. Ltd (100% EOU), Apr 2001 – Sept 2005

Designation – Officer – Materials

Description –

Led efforts and supervised Diamond department. Handled inventory control and materials requirement planning of ‘A’ class materials along with accounting of diamond from import to production & export & diamond stock management.

Involved in ‘Efficient Diamonds Purchasing Group’ - purchasing lead-time reduction from 10 days to 7 days for 60 % of the stock-keeping units.

Handled value analysis: reduced the cost of purchased materials. Devised and implemented vendor feedback system that consisted open purchase orders status in terms of WIP & delivery schedule.

Worked in Gold Central Department as Gold Custodian and also was looking after gold & findings requirement planning.

Steered efforts and achieve the inventory turnover ratio to 24 times a year keeping the desired service level for the materials that contributed 60% of the total production cost.

EDUCATION/ CERTIFICATIONS

Bachelor of Arts, 1998 Mumbai University

Diploma in Office Automation and Graphics, 1997

CERTIFICATION/COURSES ATTENDED

SAP–MM Module. (Materials, Logistics, SD) Basic German language course from Mumbai University. LMI course (Leadership management Institute of America). Attended APICS (American Production and Inventory Control Society) lectures in supply

chain management in a manufacturing unit. Trained in Germany with Lufthansa Technik Gmbh Hamburg for Supply chain, Return

performance, General Familiarization (Gen Fem), Logistics, MRO and various Aviation modules.

EXTRA CURICULAR ACCOLADES

Credential of winning the bronze medal in Mayor Cup Boxing Championship event. Actively participated in Inter College Boxing Championship and also in State Level Boxing

Championship.

PERSONAL DOSSEIR

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Marathi and German (Basic) Passport No: N6577103