1. Vijay Vasant Sapale
E-Mail: vvsapale@yahoo.co.in ~ Mobile: (65)92303744
Seeking assignments in Supply Chain Management as an Expert of SCM and IT with a growth
oriented organisation of repute
Executive Summary
 A dynamic professional with over 21 years of rich experience in SCM, Logistics operations , IT Project
Management. For last 8 years I am specialized in SCM and Logistics.
 Presently associated with Murata Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd. Singapore, a 1 trillion Yen Japanese MNC
as Assistant General Manager, of Logistics Dept. and my Job scope is Supply chain management
, Business process innovation, Logistics Operations, and Logistics IT project design in ASEAN
region.
 A project planner with expertise in spearheading numerous projects and ensuring delivery of projects
within the time & cost parameters.
 Demonstrated business acumen in leading and managing the operations, effectively discharging functions
and achieving higher rate of organic growth.
 An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills. Strong analytical,
problem solving & organizational abilities. Possess a flexible & detail oriented attitude.
 Possess Technical Expertise in the field of IT (I was IT project manager).
 Expertise in the field of Logistics operations management, Business Process Innovation, Safety
,software development, security and the most important the people management.
 My speciality lies in cutting the cost of operations by re-engineering the entire ecosystem of
supply chain be it people, IT systems, warehousing, procurement, contract management system . I have
proven record in Murata with 22% cost reduction and 32% manpower reduction in 3 years.
 Under Business process Innovation I handled the Contracts and compliance, Sales administration, Order
and Inventory management. This is part of regional resposibility.
 In short my expertise lies in marrying the business knowledge with technology and through the efforts of
trusted team execute the plan.
Core Competencies
General Management
 Setting overall direction for short, Mid and long term
 Budgeting (Capital investment and Expenses)
 KPI and target setting
 Analytics
SCM & Logistics Management - End to End SCM management that includes,
 Inventory management
 Route management
 Inbound and outbound handling
 Strong people management skills (Hiring, Training and Mentoring)
 Vendor and Freight management expertise
 Process planning
 Safety and security
 Internal and external audits
 Documentation

2.  Negotiation and dispute resolution ( forwarders , partners, staff)
 Customer management
 Legal and Compliance (FTA, Customs , Revenue)
Project Management (Mainly Logistics IT Projects)
 Conducting Case / System / Process Study for project planning, scoping, estimation, tracking.
 Implementation of project plans within deadlines.
 Team mentoring, deployment, monitoring and development.
 Defining best practices for project support and documentation.
Application Development
 Defining, designing and implementing complex software applications.
 Designing the system layers to support application development, including user interface, business
functionality, and database access.
 Working with other Team Members for developing innovative solutions that mee t market, functionality and
performance needs.
 Setting and meeting the realistic implementation schedules and thereby developing goals and principles.
 Designing, coding and testing the major features, as well as work jointly with other team members to
deliver complex changes.
 Developing the industry and product technical expertise.
System Implementation
 Reviewing existing processes and systems in the organization, and accordingly devising & implementing
measures for ensuring higher operational efficiency.
 Streamlining processes and systems in the organization for eliminating any bottlenecks.
 Troubleshooting and resolving the complex problems for ensuring the quality transmission service.
Professional Experience
Murata Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore Since May’97
Assistant GM (Logistics Department –Current) Last 18 years
Roles and Responsibilities: My main role is to serve our customer with agreed service level and
quality with minimum cost to my company by using synergy between various resources at my
disposal. Some of the actual work I am directly responsible are stated below
 Inbound and outbound shipments, Packaging improvements , Transportation, Inventory and most
important is Human Capital development for 5 warehouses within ASEAN.
 Making annual policy and preparing budget in accordance with that plan.
 Supplier management – Forwarders and Material
 customer support – Managing service quality, visiting customer for win-win solutions
 Managing the operations, Innovation, Safety & security of 2 warehouses in Singapore (Total 55 staff)
 Human capital development – Recruitment, training and retention
 IT system design consultant Global SCM team – Part of the HQ team of consultant.
 Administering the Internal Quality and Safety Audit.
 Team member of Cross function team to suggest future changes with cross dept cooperation
 To Debrief top management about the SCM status and latest changes in region which will have impact o n
our business.
 Managing the documentation of Current operations Changes & handling the approval & filing of documents.
 Taking care of all the hardware and software requirements with the help of IT dept.
Projects successfully handled in Logistics:
 BPR project : We combined 2 warehouses in Singapore from 2 different management control to 1. The
logistics cost brought down by 22% and manpower down by 35% in 3 years. The average productivity
improved by 20% of the process.
 WMS system : Designed, developed and implemented completely scanner based WMS system to manage
the entire factory warehouse in Singapore. (Oct – 09 to April- 10)
 The New customized WMS in Thailand : This project is to design a customized solution for our Thailand
warehouse. As this is outsource warehouse and not owned by Murata the solution was totally designed
from the scratch including the layout , operations and It system.
 In year 2009 my team implemented a new project with the help of our partner Xerox which has change d
the way used to print and archive the documents. This lead to significant saving in cost and improved the
productivity by almost 80%.

3.  Document and Information Management system (DIMS) – This is to consolidate the information across
different warehouses and make available to different sales users at different location so they can track the
progress of every shipment. This project also consolidated printing at one place and eliminated
unnecessary document movement. This project is being implemented in 4 ASEAN countries
 Paper saving mission – We embark on a project in 2007 to cut the paper saving by at-least 30%. Through
various IT system development we eliminated many documents and labels printing and thereby saved
more than 35% of paper which ultimately also saved cost on ink, electricity and man power. We help our
company in its “Save the earth mission”. (For this my team received MD award in 2007).
 Efficiently implemented the Global Sales System Unification on 1st
January 2007 after working on for more
than 18 months. Basically it was headquarter initiated project but due to our specialized operation lot of
localization was required. The entire common portion is done by head office while the local portion is
designed and coded by our IT staff.
 Efficiently headed the Factory Warehouse Project which bagged the MD Award in 2006. The project
improved the productivity by 100%.
 Proficiently managed the Sales Warehouse Project, which was undertook for managing the warehouse ’s re-
sale operations. Same as factory warehouse this system was changed from outsource to In-house. (Both
warehouse systems are the feather in my cap). They are appreciated wherever they are implemented. The
appreciation is for improving the productivity by almost 100%.
Project handled in IT for Sales dept :
 Y2K Project – Lead the Y2K project in Murata Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand for which I
bagged the MD Award in 2000. Successfully planned, tested and implemented the Y2K Project during year
1998-1999 with an able team of 4 support staff.
 AS/400 and Lotus notes application Integration - This concept went on to become one the biggest
productivity tool to cut the cost and to get the higher productivity from the staff. In this project the 2
different systems were used for the common goal, User entry duplication was eliminated, a proper
workflow process is being established.
Achievements:
 2010 - Murata Singapore has given my team the Managing Director’s award for designing, developing and
successfully implementing the scanner based system in our Singapore factory warehouse. This is first of a
kind project in entire Murata group. It fixed our quality problems and improved the tracking and
accountability. This project is already implemented in Asia region.
 2009 – Murata HQ had given an award for successfully leading the project which was initiated by HQ. My
team has implemented the entire WMS project in Thailand on its own. Our team got an exposure to work
on big international project independently.
 2009 – Murata Singapore has given me the Managing Director’s award for leading the team on successful
project which has help company to save substantial cost and save the carbon footprint. I personally not
only received the award but a lesson in environment saving which will go long way.
 2008 – Murata Singapore has given the Managing Director’s award for successfully leading the DIMS
project. Apart from receiving an award what I learn is information sharing is such a powerful tool which
can save thousands of dollar for company and time for its employee.
 2007 – Murata Singapore has given the Managing Director’s award for successfully implementing the “Save
the Earth mission”. My team’s efforts not only saved company’s thousands of dollars but also created
awareness amongst its employee about environment. We as team also learned that small-small
observation and ideas can change the life.
 2006 – Murata Singapore has given the Managing Director’s award for successfully implementing the
Factory warehouse management system. This project has strengthen our belief that with good
knowledgeable people one can creates its own system and there is no need to rely on external product
which are not suitable, very expensive to implement & maintain. It gave tremendous credibility to my
leadership.
 2000 – Murata Singapore has awarded Managing Director’s award for successfully making our system Y2K
complaint in 4 countries within its scope and time baseline. This project had taught me lesson on time
management as Y2K is time bound project.
Canon Singapore Oct’96-Apr’97
Application Consultant (Information system Dept)
Role:
 Working as an Application Consultant for implementing Rambo (a project built for keeping the track of the
sales and inventory).
 Managing the projects in the designing and the coding phase.
 Managing the progress of the in-house developers through tracking the weekly progress status checkpoint
on the unit testing, functionality testing, installation testing and connectivity testing.

4.  Leading the weekly project status meeting to update the stakeholders and the business users on the
progress of the project.
Achievements:
 RAMBO project (Sales and Inventory ) was successfully Implemented.
Previous Assignment
Bayer India Limited, Mumbai, India System Analyst – Informatics Jan’96-Oct’96
Mahindra & Mahindra Limited, Mumbai Programmer (AS/400) May’94-Dec’95
Academic Credentials
1992 B.Com. (Economics and Accountancy) from Bombay University, Mumbai
1993 Diploma in Business Management from Prof.Wellingkar Management Institute,
Poddar college, Mumbai
Personal Dossier
Date of Birth: 7th May 1972
Address: BLK 816, #08 – 694, Yishun ST.81, Singapore – 760816
Citizenship: Singaporean
Marital Status : Married
Current Salary : $8000pm +AWS + Bonus and other perks
Expected Salary : Will be discussed and decided based on the job expectation.
Notice period: 2 Months
Reason for leaving : Looking for growth oriented organization.
Contact : Mobile(65) 9230 3744, Home (65) 6754 5110
Email : vvsapale@yahoo.co.in