Ramakrishnan Kasinathan - Procurement, Logistics, Sourcing, Supply & Demand Chain (Global)
Ramki is a seasoned Supply chain and Purchasing professional, with a rich work experience of close to 3 decades. His experience spans industries like Medical Devices, Auto components, Metals and Mining, Engineering, Logistics and Consulting.
He has been part of Global Management teams and has championed several Business transformations in the area of cost reduction, service improvements, Digital, Quality improvements, Green field projects, Supplier Development, Leadership step up and customer service. He is a well networked professional and has the ability to understand the business drivers and prioritize actions to overcome short term pain areas while building the processes for long term resilience.
EDUCATION
BE, MBA,
Master's in management (Asian Institute of Management),
Six Sigma Black Belt
CAREER
1989 - 1992 DGM Logistics Operations Best & Crompton
1993 - 1998 SICAL, GM Supply Chain
1999-2004 Johnson & Johnson (India), Global Director -Purchasing
2005-09 SKF Ltd, VP-Demand Chain leading Corporate Purchase, Supply chain and IT. His transformation projects in the area of customer service, supplier development were noticed by SKF Global and he rose to become Global Automotive Demand Chain Director managing 55 factories and 82 countries.
2010-12 SKF Ltd Director Demand Chain - Asian Management organization driving Asia transformation in supply chain, purchasing and Logistics.
2013-14 SKF Ltd Global Director Purchasing
2015-2019 Hindustan Zinc-Vedanta Group Chief Commercial Officer (4 years) Overseeing spend of 1.5 Billion USD. His work in transforming the purchasing function in Hindustan Zinc and strengthening the Digital in supplier interface areas stepped up cost and process efficiencies.
Ramki mentors supply chain practice of Nexdigm and works with US and European customers. He has experience in managing start ups especially in the area of Medical Devices and Low cost housing.
Ramki has special interest in SME’s and strongly believes in their potential to build India.He was instrumental in developing a program for SME leaders who were suppliers of SKF and understands the challenges faced by the entrepreneurs. His commitment to drive sustainable improvements with a structured diagnostic approach and strong execution steps will surely step up SME performance.
