WBS Full-time MBA Talent Profiles 2023

Abhishek Pathak linkedin.com/in/abhisheknpathak

■ Career history: Deputy Manager - New Model Development Safety Restraints, Honda Cars India Ltd, India Assistant Manager - New Model Development Safety Restraints, Honda Cars India Ltd, India Assistant Manager - Procurement/Supply Chain, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, India ■ Education highlights: MBA, Warwick Business School, UK BTech, Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering Roorkee, India

■ Nationality: Indian

■ Languages: Hindi (native) English (fluent)

■ Career achievements: Led a cross-functional team, developing local capabilities for the development of four product categories for different car models. Optimised the overall planning schedule and project spend by localisation, achieving 20% reduction in the overall development timeline and a total cost reduction of 200 million Indian rupees across the model life. Restructured the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system for production planning and developed a roadmap for a flexible production system by benchmarking, streamlining forecast management, analysing existing situations, and stakeholder discussion. Reduced order turnaround time by 10%, supplier delivery problems by 33%, and upskilled the existing practice. Implemented a fettle quality assurance system through improvement in logistics and material handling. This led to a 95% reduction in the rejection of class A parts. Later analysed and re-designed the inventory replenishment strategy, reducing the turnaround time of fleets by 33%, and achieving an overall reduction in closing inventory by 30 million Indian rupees.

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