1. ThendralKumar BalakrishnanThendralKumar Balakrishnan
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Professional Synopsis
 A dynamic professional with 12 years and eight months of rich experience in Supply Chain Management
& Project management - Vendor Management & contracts, Sourcing and Procurement, Product Life Cycle
Management, Inventory, Transport Management, Material Planning and Team management.
 Currently working as an Assistant Manager in Global Procurement and Supply Chain & with Flextronics for the
past three years & two months.
 Lean Green Belt certified.
 Overall performance responsibility for managing the Life Cycle Planning & Inventory teams, project
scope, cost, schedule, and contractual deliverables, which includes applying techniques for planning,
tracking, change control, and risk management.
 Strong analytical and problem solving skills; proven ability to lead projects requiring collaboration with
top management, cross functional and cross-cultural teams. Possess a flexible & detail oriented attitude.
Educational Qualifications
• Certified PG Diploma in Material Management & Logistics 2010-11.
• First Class in Master of Business Administration from Annamalai University 2009-10.
• First Class in PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & Geo Informatic System from Annamalai University
during 2002-03.
• First Class in Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Annamalai
University during 1999-2003.
• First Class in Higher Secondary Examinations from Madras Christian College Higher Secondary
School, Chennai during 1998-99.
• First Class in SSLC Matriculation Examinations from Jaigopal Garodia Vivekananda Vidyalaya
Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai during 1996-97.
Organizational Experience
Flextronics Technologies Pvt Ltd., Chennai, India Since
May’13
As an Assistant Manager for Life Cycle Planning, Inventory and Systems teams
 Onshore Transition - Successfully transitioned the work from Manchester, United Kingdom during May-
June 2013 for the Life Cycle Planning team.
Also transitioned the work from Manchester, United Kingdom & Louisville, United States during July-
August 2013 for the Inventory team.
 Handling the team in providing efficient results
 Examining & laying new strategies to drive momentum
 NPI, LTB & EOSL Planning & Execution.
 Managing disposition of discontinued items.
 Rebalancing the excess inventory across various regions.
 Maintaining the inventory while meeting the customer needs.
 Analyzing the root causes & process regularization.
 Recommend & implement process changes to drive efficiencies
 Vendor Reconciliation & ensuring the timely delivery of goods
 Assessing project Dependency, Issues, Risk & working on mitigation plans of the project.

2.  Analyzing & monitoring the day to day progress & customer satisfaction
 Analyzing slippages and address issues through Root Cause Analysis.
Career Growth
Joined Flextronics as a Team Leader for Life Cycle Planning team in 2013 & taken up addition roles
and responsibilities. Got promoted as an Assistant Manager and have been handling Inventory team
and Systems teams in addition to the existing team.
Rewards & Recognition
• Taken up a Extract Transform and Loading (ETL)-Systems Project to automate the Systems feed
activities with zero manual intervention, data security and Yokoten possibilities. This ETL-Systems
project was awarded as one of the best projects in the company 2015-16.
• Awarded as one of the best practices (Life Cycle Planning team) for the successful completion of the
Lean Project in the Internal Kaizen Workshop held in March 2014 with a Hard core savings of
9,00,000 USD.
• Awarded as the best Project in the Inventory Rebalance Program with a Hard savings of 1.5 Million
USD in 2015-16.
• Have reduced 1 Million USD worth Inventory in Life Cycle Planning through Lean Green Belt Project
in 2015-16.
Hewlett Packard India Pvt Ltd., Chennai, India June’09 to April’13
As Strategic Planner – Planning & Buying
 Handling the entire team in providing efficient results
 Examining & laying new strategies to drive momentum
 NPI, LTB & EOSL Planning & Execution
 Day to day follow up of the activities with respect to dispatch, delivery, installation and commissioning of
materials.
 Analyzing the root causes & process regularization.
 Recommend & implement process changes to drive efficiencies
 Vendor Reconciliation & ensuring the timely delivery of goods
 Assessing project Dependency, Issues, Risk & working on mitigation plans of the project.
 Analyzing & monitoring the day to day progress & customer satisfaction
 Analyzing slippages and address issues through Root Cause Analysis.
Associated with SAP-MM Module, BW & MS-Office, Tools like Click Commerce,Xelus,etc..
Hewlett Packard India Pvt Ltd., Chennai, India July’07-May’09
As Material Planner & Buyer – Global Parts Supply Chain
Maintaining & execution of the following prime responsibilities
• Maintaining the inventory while meeting the customer needs
• Handled over 30 million USD worth HP products.
• Analyzing & monitoring the day to day progress & customer satisfaction
• Provide support to Worldwide Engineers, PLM, Procurement teams for successful New Product
Introduction (NPI and End of Life (EOL))
• Analyzing the business reviews to drive the momentum
• Procurement of promotional needs while minimizing inventory levels.
• Managed disposition of discontinued items

3. • Provide direction to the team for any shipment and receipt issues.
• Providing input to manufacture business reviews
• Analysis & reports required to brighten the project.
• Understanding business process of client business.
• Material forecasting
Career Growth
Joined Hewlett Packard as a Material planner & held a multiple roles of a material planner & buyer.
Got promoted to the role of a Business Operations Analyst for a team.
Rewards & Recognition
• Rewarded for the excellent work during the 2008 & 2009.
• Recognized & received appreciation certificates in the month of November’08 & December’08
• Recognized & got appreciation from the global department head of HP – GPSC for the inventory
clearance of the repair & defectives into refurbished finished goods in 2008.
Sterling Communications Ltd., Chennai, India November’03-June’07
As Deputy Project Manager – Materials & Projects
Primary responsibilities included
• Handled the Supply chain activities well satisfying the customer needs with a team of 40 members.
• Provided the support needed for compliance with all government regulations & ensured timely
deliveries to customers thereby meeting their expectations
• Forecasting & planning the materials in such a way that the inventory maintained below par & also
the materials are delivered in time.
• Dealt with purchase orders, open pos, invoice discrepancy, logistics & all documentation works
• Procurement of promotional needs while minimizing inventory levels.
• Maintaining the inventory while meeting the customer needs
• Analyzing & monitoring the day to day progress & customer satisfaction
• Analyzing the business reviews to drive the momentum
Roles & Responsibilities
Vendor Management & Reconciliation
Assessment of vendor based on their performance and allotting orders to vendors based on the project
requirement.
Associated with major products from Nortel, Ericsson, Motorola, FG Wilson, Honeywell, Kirloskar, Eicher,
Supernova, Blue Star, Voltas, Hitachi, Auro Power, Suvik, Pragathi Electrocom, Carmel Sensors, Manney
Engg, Icomm tele, Aster tele, Laxmi Engineers, etc.
In addition to the listed prime vendors dealt with many small vendors & contractors.
Material Forecasting & Project Execution
Material Planning begins based on the material requirement projection given by TTSL as per their roll out
plan.
Sites will be handed over to SCL with all material specifications for Tower, Shelter, Diesel Generator, Servo
and Fire Alarm & Fire Safety Equipments
RFI target for every month is set based on sites hand over in all 20 states of India.
Material requirement is finalized based on the material availability in the warehouse and the material
requirement as per the target. MRP was run every quarter.
Tracking dispatch, Installation and Commissioning.
The dispatch schedule is obtained from vendors for tracking the dispatch and delivery.

4. Tracking of delivery of material at site or warehouse and coordinating with individual state SCM coordinators
for material delivery.
Coordinating with local vendor team and our representatives for installation and commissioning of material
at site.
Day to day follow up of the activities with respect to dispatch, delivery, installation and commissioning of
materials is done and updated to the corporate in Excel sheet.
Monitoring the progress and ensuring that the activities take place as planned.
Escalating issues to top management & sorting it out whenever work does not happen as scheduled.
Career Growth
I joined the Sterling group as site engineer grew to the positions of Cluster Head and then to a position of
Deputy Project manager – TN Circle.
Rewards & Recognition
• Won award as the best performer of the year 2006 – 07
Personal Details
Father Name : Balakrishnan A
Mother Name : Kalavathy B
Nationality : Indian
Passport : G4199038
Date of Birth : 13.10.1981
Address : AP 389, 1st
Floor, I Block, Anna Nagar, Chennai 600040.
Declaration
I will be happy to clarify any point that may arise from your Perusal of my Curriculum Vitae. I admit that all
the details enclosed here are true to the best of my Knowledge.
THENDRALKUMAR B