Rakesh Kumar

PGDIE 24th Batch

Civil Engineering

Currently

Granules Supply-Chain Leader, Takasaki Plant
Procter & Gamble K.K., Japan
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Consumer Goods industry)

2008 — Present (less than a year)

Logistics Group Manager, Shiga Plant
Procter & Gamble K.K., Japan
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Consumer Goods industry)

May 2005 — January 2008 (2 years 9 months)

Lead a group of Managers and Planners/ Technicians responsible for Distribution Planning, Production Planning, Material Planning, Material Supply Management, and Plant Warehousing for Global Supply-Chain of Skin and Cosmetics business. Collaborate with Category business team, Category Supply Planners, and Market Planners. Accountable for service, inventory, obsolescence, and Logistics costs. Member of Plant Leadership Team, and IWS Leadership Team. Shiga Plant is single sourcing site for Prestige Skin care business (SKII, MaxFactor Gold, & Illume Brand) supplying to 14 countries, and supporting $800 Million business.

Initiative Program Manager, Asia Olay & Global SKII
Procter & Gamble, Kobe, Japan
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Consumer Goods industry)

July 2002 — May 2005 (2 years 11 months)

Product Supply Leader on initiative Team. Single point accountability for effective supply chain design and readiness. Accountable partner with R&D to ensure successful product, package, process design & readiness. Accountable for projects meeting Cost, Quality, Customer Service, and schedule criteria. Provide overall project management and Technical leadership for the multi-functional initiative team comprising of Marketing, R&D, Finance, and Sales etc.

Category Planning Manager, Personal Cleansing, Asia
Procter & Gamble Far East, Kobe, Japan
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Consumer Goods industry)

July 2001 — June 2002 (1 year)

Lead sourcing studies for new initiatives & optimization the current supply-Chains for PCC products (Bar and Body wash) for Asian Markets. Overall Master Planning for product supply at Asia-level.

Regional Project Manager, Asia Beauty Care Engineering
Procter & Gamble Far East, Kobe, Japan
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; PG; Consumer Goods industry)

February 1999 — June 2001 (2 years 5 months)

Ensure supply chain readiness (Manufacturing Site Capability and Supplier’s Capability) for the new initiatives across Asia Beauty Care business. Lead multi-functional Technical teams comprising of Engineering, Technical services, Manufacturing, Purchases, and R&D to deliver the project objectives. Single Point Technical Contact for Global Team(s) on given initiative. Develop program business and technical assumptions, organization structure, success criteria, schedule, work breakdown structure, communication model for the technical team, etc. Identify and resolve issues, and single point of contact for business team on engineering matters.

Distribution Executive
Asian Paints
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

July 1998 — January 1999 (7 months)

Unit head of Regional Distribution Center, Raipur, India. Responsible for inventory control and management, service level management, and process-ownership for demand forecasting for sales offices/ depots located in eastern states of India.

Project Executive
Asian Paints
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Consumer Goods industry)

February 1996 — June 1998 (2 years 5 months)

: Lead team of engineers and contractors to deliver the project objective. Project Management, Contract award and administration, Capital purchases, liasion with Govt Authorities for Project plan approvals, and developing the direct reports

Junior Manager, Project & Modernization, Rourkela Integrated steel Plant
Steel Authority of India Limited
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Mining & Metals industry)

August 1992 — June 1994 (1 year 11 months)

Schedule management for civil works, Drawing management, day-to-day monitoring of civil works, and quality control.


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Rakesh Kumar’s Education
National Institute of Industrial Engineering
PGDIE, Industrial Engineering, 1994 — 1995

Institute of Technology, BHU
B. Tech, Civil Engineering, 1988 — 1992

Patna Science College
Intermediate, Science, 1986 — 1988

Netarhat School
1981 — 1986