Saurabh Lal

Sr Director, Supply Chain Network | Planning | Logistics | Digital SC - APAC/Middle East/ Africa

Kellanova

Oct 2023 - Current (2 years 11 months)

Kellanova (formerly Kellogg Company) is a global snacks-led powerhouse with a legacy stretching back more than 100 years.

Sr Director, Supply Chain Network | Planning | Logistics | Digital SC - APAC/Middle East/ Africa

Kellogg Company

Jan 2022 - Oct 2023 (1 year 10 months)

Working on supply chain strategy and operations for the AMEA region around network design, customer service, logistics, exports and co-manufacturing. CSL&P strategy playbook development and process standardisation. Building digital analytics and dashboard capabilities for supply chain. Long term capacity planning and network optimization across 8 BUs and multiple sourcing units.

Sr. Director, Mfg Excellence & Supply Chain Network APAC/ME/Africa

Kellogg Company

Jul 2021 - Jan 2022 (7 months)

Heading manufacturing excellence, supply chain network optimization, digitalization projects across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa.

Director Supply Chain

Kellogg Company

Apr 2018 - Jun 2021 (3 years 3 months)

Manufacturing & supply chain for ready to eat cereals and snacks- focusing on demand replenishment across India and the South Asian countries. Plant turnaround, efficiency improvement and cost reduction. Executed DDMRP and DBM based automated replenishment system. COGS savings through wastage reduction, reducing fixed & variable costs and network redesign. SAP S4/Hana and SAP-IBP execution for the business

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Chief Executive Officer - Manufacturing & Supply Chain

FUTURE CONSUMER LIMITED

Jan 2016 - Mar 2018 (2 years 3 months)

Managing manufacturing operations and supply chain for Future Consumer Limited. Multiple sites across India and Sri Lanka. Designing and executing new plants and distribution systems. Categories - Processed foods, Staples/commodities, Dairy, Bakery, Ready to Eat Meals, Frozen food, Snacks, Beverages, Personal Care and Home Care. Business development for JV manufacturing plants. Led digital transformation project through end to end SAP S/4 Hana implementation for the enterprise.

Director Operations, India

Avery Dennison

Jan 2014 - Jan 2016 (2 years 1 month)

Heading India operations - Manufacturing (own and outsourced) and Supply Chain at Avery Dennison (Retail Branding & Information Solutions division). Avery Dennison (NYSE: AVY) is a global leader in labeling, packaging materials solutions. Short cycle supply chain from order to production to delivery. Supplying specialty brand embellishments, graphics tags and tickets, RFID tags (inventory accuracy), price management solutions, sustainable packaging and brand protection & security solutions.

Director Manufacturing & Supply Planning

Unilever

Nov 2011 - Dec 2013 (2 years 2 months)

Director – Manufacturing / Supply Planning at Unilever Sri Lanka Ltd (Turnover USD 250 Million). Leading 3 own and 15 contract manufacturing plants. These factories collectively delivered 110000 Tons of products across Food & Beverages, Soaps, Detergents and Personal Care. Also leading quality, safety, projects, capital investments and innovations. Member of the board of directors.

Factory Manager, Personal Care Products

Unilever

May 2010 - Nov 2011 (1 year 7 months)

Directing day-to-day operations for one of the largest factory clusters within the company, consisting of three plants, two contract packing units, and one contract fatty acids distillation plant, with 1,200 people and manufacturing 100,000+ TPA of toilet soaps (~Turnover US$ 300 Mln). Steering Category Operations Leadership Team for Toilet Soaps (team coordinating supply planning and manufacturing across company-owned and third-party facilities). Working with global Unilever sites on benchmarking, improving productivity, and delivering quality / costs.

Head Supply Chain Projects (Optimization & Strategy)

Unilever

Oct 2007 - Jun 2010 (2 years 9 months)

Special projects in supply chain on Network Modelling and Optimisations, Manufacturing Strategy development and SC restructuring. Designing the Long Term Manufacturing Strategy for HUL in India for all product categories. Analysis of pan-India distribution system of HUL and carrying out computer simulations of the same to determine future direction

Factory Manager, Soaps, Detergents and Personal Care factory

Unilever

Feb 2006 - Sep 2007 (1 year 8 months)

1000 people, 125000 Tons p.a., 6 plants, ~ US$ 100 mln turnover. Soaps, Detergent bars, creams, lotions, shampoos, dishwash bars, distiller fatty acids. Handle general operational responsibilities of the factory. Effective production planning and control, statutory and legal compliance, TPM & safety and Health & environment requirements, engineering activities and projects management, quality assurance, human resources and industrial relations, budgets and costs.

Unit Manager, Personal Products factory

Unilever

Jun 2004 - Feb 2006 (1 year 9 months)

300 people, 20000 Tons p.a., ~ US$40 mln, 3 plants + 3Ps. Skin Creams, Shampoos, Talcum powder, Vaseline Jelly

Production, Engineering, QA and EHS

Unilever

Jul 1995 - Jun 2004 (9 years)

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