Supply Chain Management Professionals Gazette

SCM Success Architect Framework is a 10-step coaching system empowering supply chain professionals with assessments, expert guidance, personalized coaching, and strategic career success.

About Career Coach

Venkadesh Narayanan is the Principal Consultant at Fhyzics Business Consultants Pvt. Ltd. and a former Indian Civil Servant (IRAS 2000). With over 37 years of distinguished experience in supply chain management, procurement, business analysis, and new product development, he is widely respected for his industry expertise and leadership.

He is an accredited trainer for globally recognized professional bodies including ASCM (USA), CIPS (UK), IREB (Germany), BCS (UK), and the Logistics Sector Skill Council, Government of India. Over the past 15 years, he has successfully trained and mentored more than 1,000 supply chain and procurement professionals, empowering them to accelerate their careers and achieve professional excellence.

Professional Overview

A CPIM-certified Supply Chain Professional with 9+ years of experience across aerospace tooling, automotive, and manufacturing industries. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and has built strong expertise across supply chain planning, procurement, supplier management, inventory control, manufacturing support, and logistics operations.

Professional Experience

Over the course of his 9+ year career, he has progressed through roles in procurement, new part development, incoming quality, planning, and supply chain operations. His experience includes managing material requirements planning, procurement of raw materials, bought-out parts and consumables, supplier coordination, purchase order management, inventory monitoring, and delivery planning.

He has handled end-to-end procurement activities including RFQs, quotation evaluation, commercial negotiations, supplier selection, purchase order release, delivery follow-ups, and supplier performance monitoring. He has also supported import and export coordination, logistics documentation, and communication with logistics partners.

His experience in new part development includes BOM preparation, engineering documentation, control plans, process flow charts, PPAP documentation, APQP follow-ups, feasibility reviews, tooling, fixtures, and capacity expansion activities. He has also gained practical exposure to incoming quality, supplier quality assurance, corrective actions, TPM, TQM, QC tools, and Kaizen initiatives.

Supply Chain Expertise

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
Strategic Procurement and Sourcing
Supplier Development and Management
Inventory Planning and Optimisation
RFQ, Quotation Evaluation and Negotiation
Purchase Order and Delivery Management
Import and Export Operations
New Part Development (NPD)
Supplier Quality and Compliance
Cost Reduction and Budget Control
Cross-functional Coordination
ERP-based Planning and Procurement

Technology & Tools

He is experienced in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and ERP systems for planning, procurement, inventory control, and reporting. He also has strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and engineering tools including SolidWorks, AutoCAD, NX-CAD, Pro-E, and ANSYS.

Education & Certification

He holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and is a Certified in Planning and Inventory Management (CPIM) professional through the Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM).

Key Capabilities

He combines practical supply chain experience with strong analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, supplier management, and stakeholder coordination capabilities. His ability to work across planning, procurement, engineering, production, quality, logistics, and suppliers enables him to manage supply chain activities from material planning and sourcing through delivery and inventory control.

Professional Contributions

Throughout his career, he has contributed to ensuring material availability, reducing supply and lead-time risks, optimising inventory levels, supporting cost-reduction initiatives, improving supplier performance, and strengthening procurement and planning processes. His experience across engineering, quality, procurement, and planning provides him with a broad understanding of end-to-end manufacturing supply chain operations.