Subhra Sankha Nandi

Biography

17+ years of experience in Packaging Development & Innovation , Driving Sustainability, Commercialisation & Sourcing , Packaging Machine Buying and deployment, Leading Packaging R&D Centre , Strategic Sourcing, Vendor Development , 3P / Bottling Plants / Co-Packer Management, Leading Packaging Team.

Quick Snap shot on Journey so far :

• Lead Design & Packaging Development of Products and Features right from customer requirements. Driving sustainability.
• Sourcing and Strategic buying of packaging materials including vendor development.
• Automatic & Semi-automatic machine-ability enhancement & Purchase / Install as per correct product profile. Trouble shooting as & when needed.
• Co-Packer / Manufacturing 3P/ Bottling Plant management for Entire Packaging Material Portfolio – PAN INDIA (30+ Plants)
• Make Design Detailing; Art work development , Analyse Designs & Identify Risks. Leading Central Packaging R&D Centre .
• Development for brand renovation or new promotional packs, special edition packs and new product launches as a part of an aggressive business plan.
• Interaction with domestic & international customers to get their feedback & implement as per need basis.
• Manages supplier risk assessments including liability management.
• To maintain & Drive strategic cost management. Leading packaging team.
• Allocates product portfolio for the relevant assigned commodity portfolio.
• Managing & define critical components for the relevant assigned project.
• Vendor selection/development, allocation, standardization, negotiation and contracting management.
• Engagement with team & doing technical training to enhance technical know how.
• Preparing product specification & upgrade specifications with time as per technical revised parameters.
• Co-ordination with Marketing and planning team w.r.t. get job done with in the decided time frame.
• Exploring market intelligence and benchmarking for the relevant assigned commodity portfolio.
• Vendor Management & potential evaluation (technologies and capabilities, strategic segmentation) for the relevant assigned projects.

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