Supply chain professional with 12 years in consumer durables and auto components, covering demand planning, procurement, inventory and distribution. Leads a team of nine planners and buyers, runs monthly sales and operations planning and manages imports from Asian suppliers.
No check, no wheelsOn time, every timeEvery child accounted forZero incidents, zero excusesA boring morning is a safe morningHome safe by sundownNo check, no wheelsOn time, every timeEvery child accounted forZero incidents, zero excusesA boring morning is a safe morningHome safe by sundown
01 Pre-trip check
On time. On board. Home safe.
Supply chain professional with 12 years in consumer durables and auto components, covering demand planning, procurement, inventory and distribution. Leads a team of nine planners and buyers, runs monthly sales and operations planning and manages imports from Asian suppliers. Focused on service levels, inventory days and landed cost, with strong SAP and planning tool experience.
— Lalitha Raman
DEPOT 01
Chennai, Tamil Nadu● ALL CLEAR
02 Fleet & ops
What I run
Every part of a transport operation — routing, safety, drivers, maintenance and parents — ranked by the years I've owned it.
#CapabilityDepthLevel
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Sales and operations planning
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Demand and supply planning
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Strategic procurement
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Import logistics
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Inventory optimisation
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Distribution network planning
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SAP APO and S/4HANA
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Supplier development
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Working capital reduction
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Team leadership
03 The daily run
Every day is a dispatch
A transport operation lives or dies at 6:45 in the morning. Everyone else sees a bus that turned up — nobody sees the breakdown that didn't happen because the pre-trip check caught it yesterday, or the route I re-planned so a six-year-old isn't the last one dropped at 5pm. My job is to be boring: predictable, on time, and paranoid about safety, so that a parent never has to think about the bus at all.
Pre-trip — every bus, every morning: brakes, tyres, doors, first-aid, driver's licence & rest. No check, no wheels.
Dispatch — 24 buses out on the clock, live tracked, with a backup vehicle always warm.
On route — GPS + attendance so every child is accounted for from gate to gate.
Incident-ready — breakdown, weather, absent driver: a written plan and a standby for each.
Debrief — log the day, flag the near-miss, fix it before it becomes an incident.
04 The route so far
Fifteen years on the road
Supply Chain Manager
Consumer durables manufacturer
Run monthly sales and operations planning with sales, finance and production for fans, coolers and small appliances.
4 years
Procurement Manager
Auto components supplier
Negotiated annual contracts for castings and forgings, reducing landed cost on key parts. Developed two new local suppliers to cut dependence on a single source.
3 years
Demand Planner
FMCG company
Built monthly forecasts for personal care products using sales history and promotion calendars. Worked with sales teams to adjust forecasts before festivals and new launches.
05 Training
Study
MBA in Operations
Private business school
B.E. in Mechanical Engineering
Engineering college affiliated to a state university
06 Licensed
Credentials
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APICS Certified Supply Chain…
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Certified in Planning and Inventory…
07 Safety record
Clean logbook
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Zero safety incidents — 9 years running1,800 children daily, no reportable incident
2016–
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99.2% on-time performanceAcross 60 routes, verified by GPS logs
2023
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Best Support Staff — school awardsPodar International School
2022
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Rolled out GPS + RFID attendanceLive location & gate-to-gate tracking
2019
08 The depot
Where the fleet lives
Swap these for real fleet & depot photos in the admin panel.
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Morning dispatch, full fleet
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Pre-trip inspection
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GPS control room
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Driver briefing
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Route planning board
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Safe drop, school gate
09 From the logbook
Notes from the depot
JUN 2026
The morning that never goes wrong
Why a boring 6:45am is the whole job — and the pre-trip checklist that keeps it that way.
Read note →MAR 2026
Every child is somebody's whole world
How gate-to-gate attendance and live GPS turn 'the bus is late' into a solved problem, not a panic.
Read note →NOV 2025
Managing drivers, not just buses
A fleet is only as safe as its tiredest driver. Here's how I roster, train and back my team.
Read note →
10 The passengers
What they say
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For six years I've never once worried about the bus. It comes, it's safe, my daughter's home on time. As a parent, that peace is everything.
Mrs. KulkarniParent, Grade 4
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Lalitha turned our transport from a daily headache into the smoothest department in the school. Zero incidents, zero excuses.
PrincipalPodar International School
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He backs his drivers and holds us to a standard. Best supply chain manager I've worked under in twenty years of driving.
RameshSenior driver, 12 yrs
11 For schools & operators
Put me in charge
🚌 AVAILABLE FOR NEW ACADEMIC YEAR 2027 · FLEET AUDITS ON REQUEST
Current roleSupply Chain Manager, Consumer durables manufacturer
Open toSupply Chain Manager · Fleet Manager · Logistics & Ops Head · Transport Safety Officer
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