Shyamji Agrawal
Head SCM(Vodafone Idea Ltd.)
An Introduction
Mr. Agrawal have overall +25 Years experiences in leading Supply Chain Management of Textile, Petrochemical, Telecom, Cement manufacturing Industry in India and overseas-
- Gained diversified experience in different businesses (+25 Years) Textile (7 ), Petrochemical (5 Yrs.), Manufacturing (4 Yrs.) & Telecom business (9 Yrs.) – handled wide responsibilities in SCM
- Procurement, Contracting, Supply Chain Operations, Warehousing, SCM Excellence, Compliance
- Well versed with import/export dealt from/to >50 countries across the globe (Value>1.5 Bn USD), visited all major ports of India, Egypt, Spain and refineries
- Handled Logistics and Distribution (Domestics and International – Inland, Sea, Air), Port operations Created automation supported by AI to optimize vehicle route planning to control cost and time Successfully analyzed cargo pilferage & losses and ran an optimization program
- Exposure to working in different countries (India and Overseas), Cultures, and teams
- Strong exposure to sourcing & Logistics of a wide array of Engineering & Non-engineering materials (viz. Textile, Petrochemical, Power Plant, Telecom), Commodities, Raw Materials (Dry & Wet Bulk, Bundled, Package Material), Chemicals, Fuel (Coal, Petroleum Coke, Furnace Oil, Alternate Fuel) from global vendors
- Well versed with Commodity hedging, paper trading wrt leading commodity indexes to hedge physical positions Cross-functional explore in handling – Maintenance, Production
- Leading, coaching & motivating cross-functional teams and developing their competencies to meet Organizational goals – handled team size of 10-80 team members.
- Leading techno-commercial operations such as tendering, bidding, estimation, contract negotiations,
- Strong exposure to improving the effectiveness of Supply Chain processes through continuous improvement projects Worked well with meeting SCM requirements of widespread manufacturing locations across countries
- Track record of formulating, implementing corporate planning, and business strategy to achieve growth; excels at providing insight into the decision-making process through analysis & reporting
- Exposure in handling Digital SCM, ERPs (Oracle, SAP, PoS systems, ERP Migrations), and varieties of SCM
- Genetic algorithm, TSP, AI, ML-based tools
