1. Job application for Warehouse-Logistic/Inventory Management
~ Warehouse/ Logistics-Supply Chain Management ~ Inventory Management ~
Industry Preference: Retail/Warehouse/Logistics/Distribution/Supply chain
Location Preference: Mena & India
Enterprising leader & planner with a strong record of contributions in streamlining operations, invigorating businesses,
heightening productivity and improving systems & procedures
Profile Summary
• Result-oriented professional with 20 years of experience in:
~ Warehouse Management
~ Resource Management
~ Liaison & Coordination
~ Logistics
~ Supply Chain Management
~Distribution/Fleet Mgmnt
~ Inventory Management
~ Purchase Operations
~ Team Management
• Expertise in devising & implementing various innovative supply chain processes / procedures; creating vision for
objective and translating ideas into clear & actionable business requirements & recommendations
• Skilled in investigating, analyzing & correcting problems in quality at a vendor location and implementing effective
measures to manage minimum & maximum stock level without hampering production
• Contributed in managing various departments like logistics, material management, procurement dept. and
implementing operating procedures to ensure smooth operations
• Hands-on experience in managing functions like monitoring shortage/excess in SKU level, tracking warehouse goods,
maintaining inventory records, managing store returns, ensuring distribution management, so on
• Out-of-box thinker with proven track record of establishing processes, streamlining workflow and creating work
environment to enhance productivity
• An enterprising leader with skills in leading personnel towards accomplishment of common goals
Work Experience
Since Feb’95: The Baby Shop LLC -Division of Landmark Retail Ltd., UAE
KRISHNAKUMAR PONNATH
Phone: 00971-50-7871186
E-Mail: krishnapkumar15@yahoo.com

2. Growth Path/ Assignments Handled:
Feb'95- Jun'99: As Administration/Sales Coordinator
Jul'99- Jun'03: As Warehouse Supervisor
Jul'03- Jul'05: As Local Purchase Coordinator
Jan'05- Jul'07: As Asst. Manager – Warehouse & Logistics
Aug'07-Jun'11: As Asst. Manager (Inventory /Stock)
Jul'11- till date: As Manager –eDP Warehouse/Logistics
Key Responsibilities:
Manage all Inbound/Outbound/Reverse logistics activities.
Do all necessary inventory adjustments and processes monitoring as and when required in ORWMS
Monitor Cycle count and Perpetual inventory count daily basis, do corrections if needed
Conduct Half yearly and Annual Stocktakes and arrive stock variances and its corrective measures.
Do all necessary documentations for Internal Audit/Statutory Audit.
MIS: Responsible for all levels of stock&inventory analysis such as Stock in,out,processed,ready-goods, seasonal goods,
Store returns, Review and regroup, replenishments/fill rate on sold qty, Damage goods and its disposal etc.
Key Result Areas:
• Monitoring any shortages/excess as per invoices/packing list, retail fix from buyers, quantity of put away/put to
store /staging and so on
• Administering shortage/excess in SKU level and closures of ASN’s, distribution of containers load to stores as per
their requirement
• Tracking the return to warehouse goods (seasonal & damage), cycle counts & perpetual count
• Preparing and maintaining inventory records and serving as a database for decision making
• Keeping a check on the inventory movement and providing safety stock to meet unexpected demand or delays in
inventory replenishment
• Analyzing root cause and alerting respective teams and monitoring the subsequent actions
• Managing store returns –seasonal returns and damages, analyzing space management and updating operations teams
of capacity utilization and plan for 3PL booking and its cost analysis
• Updating the merchandising team before receiving the consignment for allocation
• Supervising replenishments department-wise and informing the supervisors for the same
Highlights:
• Delivered cost savings through supply base rationalization and strategic sourcing efforts within targeted categories –
thru proper utilization of man-management system/time study/mobility study/mechanical equipment
implementation in warehouse/logistics, controlled overtime reduction by 40% through space management
study/analysis and inward goods advance plan scheduling from port saved space congestions in warehouse, in turn it
helped mobility of staff and goods
• Thru accurate (more than 99.5%) stock/management analysis and its connectivity to sell thru & intake capacity of
stores , saved lost-opportunity of SKU’s wise in stores and it contributed at least 0.5% of gross sale figures
• Ensured smooth movement of stock/ raw material to & from the Distribution centre(DC) & store by taking sell thru &
intake capacity of stores plus sq feet/zone sale figures shared by Merchandise/Retail Team, by keeping Customer
requirement always on top priority
• Successfully partnered with IT dept to develop & implement Sell One Get One process and its accurate replenishments
in next day /Daily basis stock shrinkage analysis/negative qty monitor and controlling initiatives to streamline the
inventory function
• Designed inventory reconciliation process which increased inventory accuracy to more than 99%
• Experienced in fleet management and its cost analysis.
• Experienced in Goods in Port to Distribution Centre Vs Warehouse or Store Capacity analysis
• Experienced in Ecommerce –Web store replenishments on demand/sale.
Previous Experience
MM’92- MM’95: Mercury Shipping Ltd., Mumbai as Shipping Executive
MM’89- MM’92: Inmartech Insurance Surveyors, Mumbai as Asst. Insurance/Marine
Surveyor
Education
• FYBA (Economics/Statistics) from Calicut University, Calicut, Kerala in 1986

3. IT Skills
• Proficient with the usage of MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint along with:
ORWMS: Oracle Warehouse Management System
ORMS: Oracle Retail Merchandise System
SCP: Supply Chain Portal
OBI: Oracle Business Intelligence Report
ER Enterprise Reporting
Brio: Database Reporting Software
Personal Details
Date of Birth: 20th
December 1966
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Malayalam and Tamil
Address: Karama, Dubai, UAE