Shivangni Bahuguna

Director, Operations
: shivangni.bahuguna@gmail.com : +91 858 698 4 6 1 6 : https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivangni-bahuguna

Executive Summary
• Seasoned FMCG Professional with 8+ years of total experience in FMCG Industry
• Exposure in renowned firms across various job functions notably SCM, Manufacturing Operations, Quality
Assurance, Audits, Product Development & Testing
• Functional knowledge of ERP (SAP, ZipERP) for Sourcing and Operations related activities
• Executive MBA from IIFT (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade), Delhi, and Post-Graduate from GB-Pant Agricultural
University
• Consistently awarded and nominated for outstanding contribution in respective organizations.

Core Competencies
Strategic Sourcing Quality Assurance Business Operations

Procurement Planning Process Improvement Operation Excellence

Experience
Director, Operations: NatHabit
• Heading 360-degree Operations for the company specializing in freshly sourced natural beauty and
wellness products
• Responsible for handling SCM and Manufacturing operations, leading a team of 30+ Executives and
Workers
• Managed to reduce order creation to fulfilment turnaround time to T+1 day through operational efficiency
and agile supply-chain
• Scaled operations by 5x to handle order fulfillment in span of 5 months (from 2000 orders to 10000 orders
per month) with <0.5% consumer grievances
• Managed organization’s operational P&L – amplified CM profitability by 30% through internal process
optimization & cost saving initiatives
• Rolled out 8 new products that required sourcing from 100+ national vendors to timely procure 300+
ingredients
• Pioneered new factory setup with ZERO day-downtime and designed SOPs in alignment with Ayush
certification standards
Procurement Manager: Amul India
• Identify potential supplier, lead contract negotiations, drive cost saving initiatives and implement sourcing
best practices
• Closely monitor stock levels, manage efficient flow of goods and re-order using procurement tools
• Responsible for managing key vendor and supplier relationships and conduct quarterly assessment using
supplier scorecard
• Work out procurement and inventory planning based on sales forecast for 100+ SKUs
• Providing on-going oversight of cost reduction based on technical and commercial intelligence and bring
cost savings
• Responsible for the creation and implementation of sourcing strategies on a project level in compliance
with established norms, internal policies and industry best practice
• Effectively manage the challenges associated with sourcing including purchasing, duties and taxes,
logistics, ethical sourcing, quality control and product compliance testing
• Support and Implement continuous improvement activities and process and procedure improvements to
optimize results and improve quality of delivery in line with Company and Customer requirements
 Quality Assurance Manager: Amul India
• Responsible for yield improvement through Rework Processing and Wastage control study
• Managed daily operations of receiving, packing & dispatching of 1.20 million ltrs of market milk
• Leading a team of 50 resources comprising of Chemists, Graders and semi-skilled technicians
• Manage Product Testing across 30 chilling centers
• Extensive exposure in working with CAPA,HACCP,FSSAI & COA standards
• Responsible for Workforce/Inventory management.
• Creating awareness of GMP & GHP among workers in production & ensuring that it is maintained
consistently.
• Successfully handled the internal and external audits.
Plantation Technologist: Manjushree Plantations Ltd. (B. K. Birla Group of Companies)
• End to End responsibility of managing 5191 acres of Plantation crop of Cardamom, Tea and Spices across
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal
• Strategically engaged in long term forecasts and contingency planning
• Involved in monitoring all stock (packet/raw/blended) & reconciliation with books and physical verification
of stocks with the external auditors
• Inventory/Supplier Damage accounting, debiting the supplier and monitoring the deduction while making
payment
• Handled all supply chain related payments including packing charges, rent, fixed charges, and other types
of payments.
• Preparation and review of MIS on a monthly basis for management
• Raw Material Management for the required items while adhering to established process
• Extended effective administrative support across various sites for efficient management of office
administration, communication instruments and housekeeping

Education
Executive MBA MSc, Agriculture BSc, Biotech, HNB
Indian Institute of G. B. Pant University, Garhwal University
Foreign Trade, Delhi Pantnagar Dehradun
2019-20 2010-12 2007-10

Projects
• Business Model Canvas for Big-Boli using Osterwalder model
Projects • Financial Analysis of key chocolate manufacturers and identification of key challenges
• Recent techniques for studying soil microbial diversity.
• In vitro studies and micro propagation of Musa grandnian
Thesis • Effect of Pencillium billai inoculations in wheat & chickpea at different Phosphorus
levels on growth, yields and soil properties.

Certifications and Achievements

• APEC: Logistics Course Antwerp, Belgium.
• Advanced Excel Certification
• Six Sigma: Green Belt
• Successfully completed training for ISO Internal Auditor
• Transformational Leadership training: Amul
• Recipient of Graduate Teaching Assistantship by Department of Soil Science, Pantnagar
• Felicitated with the award for Poster presentation at National Seminar, Pantnagar
• Operational Efficiency and Customer Experience”