Arvind Deshpande — Warehouse Manager
Bhiwandi, Maharashtra
Warehouse manager with eleven years running distribution centres for FMCG and e-commerce. Runs a 2.4 lakh sq ft site of 260 staff where daily dispatch has grown from 38,000 to 61,000 units in the same footprint and shrinkage sits at 0.07% of dispatched value.
Experience
Warehouse Manager, Verdant Rowe Distribution · May 2021 – present
A 2.4 lakh sq ft FMCG distribution centre: 260 staff across three shifts, 61,000 units dispatched a day.
- Lifted daily dispatch from 38,000 to 61,000 units in the same footprint by re-slotting the pick face to velocity and moving to wave picking.
- Brought shrinkage from 0.42% to 0.07% of dispatched value with daily blind cycle counts and a two-person seal check at the dock.
- Cut dock-to-stock from 14 hours to 3.5 by booking inbound appointments and pre-allocating putaway locations before the vehicle arrives.
- Cut agency labour from 38% to 12% of shift hours by building a trained flex pool from local hiring, saving ₹1.1 crore a year.
- Holds 1,040 days without a lost-time injury, on a site that averaged nine reportable incidents a year before the forklift licensing programme.
Assistant Warehouse Manager, Kalindi Supply Services · August 2016 – April 2021
- Commissioned a 90,000 sq ft site from empty shell to first dispatch in 11 weeks, hiring and training 85 staff along the way.
- Raised inventory record accuracy from 93.4% to 99.6% by replacing the annual stock-take with rolling ABC cycle counts.
- Took picking errors from 1,800 to 310 per lakh lines by moving from paper pick lists to handheld scanning.
Shift Supervisor, Marwar Logistics Park · July 2013 – July 2016
- Ran a 40-person night shift dispatching 900 orders a night at 98.1% on-time vehicle departure.
- Cut vehicle detention charges by ₹18 lakh a year by re-sequencing loading against carrier cut-off times.
Education
- MBA Operations Management · Indira Gandhi National Open University · July 2017 – June 2019
- B.E. Mechanical Engineering · Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University · July 2009 – May 2013
Skills
- Warehouse operations: Slotting and pick-face design, Wave picking, Dock scheduling, Cross-docking, Cycle counting, Site commissioning
- People and safety: Shift planning, Flex-pool hiring, Forklift licensing, Toolbox talks, Incident investigation
- Systems: SAP EWM, Manhattan WMS, RF scanning, Power BI, Advanced Excel
- Measures: Units per hour, Shrinkage, Dock-to-stock, Inventory record accuracy, Cost per unit shipped
Certifications
- Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) — ASCM
- International General Certificate in Occupational Health and Safety — NEBOSH