Prof. Ramesh C. Manghirmalani's Profile
Prof. Ramesh C. Manghirmalani's Experience
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Partner/Principal/VP, - |
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| Management & Strategy Consulting | ||
Working from 2008 | ||
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Consultant, Medical Practice , |
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| Singapore | ||
Worked from 2002 to 2011 | ||
Brief summary :
May 2002 - Present McKINSEY CONSULTING (Pharmaceutical and Medical Practice), Singapore Consultant - Supply Chain Practice Best practices for supplier selection: Identifying sources of supply which combine greatest value, lowest total cost of owner ship with highest level of service. Ensuring that new strategic sourcing practices focus on total cost of ownership. What technology infrastructure do you need to support your new strategic sourcing program - What new technologies do you require and what can be done with your existing technology infrastructure in China. Outlining techniques for creating and maintaining the right behavior in suppliers establishing win-win situations. Ensuring that your sourced relationships are delivering maximum value in China and Korea. Ensuring that your strategy has sufficient flexibility to be redefined as a result of unexpected challenges faced. Ensuring a Global strategy perspective within your procurement organization where strong regional sourcing bias has historically existed in South Asian Markets. Using limited resources efficiently to establish low cost country supply bases in Asian Region. mostly in China. Gaining buy-in from regional manufacturing operations to support global, centralized decision making and extended supply chains in China. Developing global sourcing strategies that are supported by decentralized design engineering operations that represent different product lines. Vietnam and China. In China I did,Continuing industry consolidation, Research productivity concerns, Clinical and regulatory issues, Increasing intense and high-risk competition in licensing, Growing biotech pipeline, but with risks, Evolving sales force model, Rising controversy over pricing and reimbursement, Scale in medical devices and In direct Government Sales in China. | ||
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Consultant, Medical Practice , |
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| Singapore | ||
Worked from 2002 to 2011 | ||
Brief summary :
May 2002 - Present McKINSEY CONSULTING (Pharmaceutical and Medical Practice), Singapore Consultant - Supply Chain Practice Best practices for supplier selection: Identifying sources of supply which combine greatest value, lowest total cost of owner ship with highest level of service. Ensuring that new strategic sourcing practices focus on total cost of ownership. What technology infrastructure do you need to support your new strategic sourcing program - What new technologies do you require and what can be done with your existing technology infrastructure in China. Outlining techniques for creating and maintaining the right behavior in suppliers establishing win-win situations. Ensuring that your sourced relationships are delivering maximum value in China and Korea. Ensuring that your strategy has sufficient flexibility to be redefined as a result of unexpected challenges faced. Ensuring a Global strategy perspective within your procurement organization where strong regional sourcing bias has historically existed in South Asian Markets. Using limited resources efficiently to establish low cost country supply bases in Asian Region. mostly in China. Gaining buy-in from regional manufacturing operations to support global, centralized decision making and extended supply chains in China. Developing global sourcing strategies that are supported by decentralized design engineering operations that represent different product lines. Vietnam and China. In China I did,Continuing industry consolidation, Research productivity concerns, Clinical and regulatory issues, Increasing intense and high-risk competition in licensing, Growing biotech pipeline, but with risks, Evolving sales force model, Rising controversy over pricing and reimbursement, Scale in medical devices and In direct Government Sales in China. | ||
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Director, VITRIA TECHNOLOGY INC |
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| Sunnyvale | ||
Worked from 2000 to 2002 | ||
Brief summary :
Nov 2000 - April 2002 VITRIA TECHNOLOGY, INC, Sunnyvale, CA Director, Business Development (Supply Chain) Leading the product management effort, product requirements, define strategic direction - Inform concept, Supply Chain Manufacturing demo to release. Communication planning marketing team, product pricing and packaging related activities geared towards external customers and Field Sales personnel. Extensive executive and professional sales presentations and analyst interactions. Recruiting, maintaining and coordinating all Beta customers and other customer relationships. Develop Beta sites enabling a successful launch and release of each product, including product commitments prior to the actual release. Developed alliances with system integrators, identifying and engaging with the practice leaders and solutions centers of our Systems Integrator partners, and delivering solution sets and demos that address critical business problem. Worked with clients in France, UK, Germany, Taiwan, Korea and Brazil. Debrief, assess and collaborate with senior client executives in refining, renewing the supply chain and value chain strategies. Identify partnership, sourcing, alliance opportunities. | ||
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Director, VITRIA TECHNOLOGY INC |
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| Sunnyvale | ||
Worked from 2000 to 2002 | ||
Brief summary :
Nov 2000 - April 2002 VITRIA TECHNOLOGY, INC, Sunnyvale, CA Director, Business Development (Supply Chain) Leading the product management effort, product requirements, define strategic direction - Inform concept, Supply Chain Manufacturing demo to release. Communication planning marketing team, product pricing and packaging related activities geared towards external customers and Field Sales personnel. Extensive executive and professional sales presentations and analyst interactions. Recruiting, maintaining and coordinating all Beta customers and other customer relationships. Develop Beta sites enabling a successful launch and release of each product, including product commitments prior to the actual release. Developed alliances with system integrators, identifying and engaging with the practice leaders and solutions centers of our Systems Integrator partners, and delivering solution sets and demos that address critical business problem. Worked with clients in France, UK, Germany, Taiwan, Korea and Brazil. Debrief, assess and collaborate with senior client executives in refining, renewing the supply chain and value chain strategies. Identify partnership, sourcing, alliance opportunities. | ||
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Director, RYDER SYSTEMS INC. |
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| Miami | ||
Worked from 1996 to 2000 | ||
Brief summary :
Aug. 1996 - Oct 2000 RYDER SYSTEMS INC., Miami Director, Business Development Assisted major factoring, supply chain and distribution companies in analyzing and assessing global opportunities with Accenture, and KPMG. Reduced international transportation cost and study, the flow of vital parts for production, transportation cost, production planning, analyzed supply chain management, studied the integrated approach to managing supply chain, how to gain maximum competitive advantage, long range planning, distribution, stock control, material scheduling, legal and fraud issues involving global supply chain management, distribution, electronic commerce, international purchasing agreements, negotiating and re-engineering projects. Assisted Nike Business Units, General Motors, Nabisco, Kaiser, Hayworth Furniture, Volvo and Glaxo to expand awareness in Electronic Commerce, Supply Chain Management, EDI, legal issues, study and implement competitive advantage, projected average order fulfillment and cycle times. Assisted in implementing new strategies in supply, vendor, and manufacturing schedules, transportation management, supply chain performance, new competitive forces and concentration with valve chain solutions, and role of third and fourth party logistics. Collaborated with industry visionaries and supply chain innovators and pace setters, in communicating emerging supply chain industry trends, strategies and business model impacts and risks, critical success factors and critical skills and competencies required. | ||
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Director, RYDER SYSTEMS INC. |
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| Miami | ||
Worked from 1996 to 2000 | ||
Brief summary :
Aug. 1996 - Oct 2000 RYDER SYSTEMS INC., Miami Director, Business Development Assisted major factoring, supply chain and distribution companies in analyzing and assessing global opportunities with Accenture, and KPMG. Reduced international transportation cost and study, the flow of vital parts for production, transportation cost, production planning, analyzed supply chain management, studied the integrated approach to managing supply chain, how to gain maximum competitive advantage, long range planning, distribution, stock control, material scheduling, legal and fraud issues involving global supply chain management, distribution, electronic commerce, international purchasing agreements, negotiating and re-engineering projects. Assisted Nike Business Units, General Motors, Nabisco, Kaiser, Hayworth Furniture, Volvo and Glaxo to expand awareness in Electronic Commerce, Supply Chain Management, EDI, legal issues, study and implement competitive advantage, projected average order fulfillment and cycle times. Assisted in implementing new strategies in supply, vendor, and manufacturing schedules, transportation management, supply chain performance, new competitive forces and concentration with valve chain solutions, and role of third and fourth party logistics. Collaborated with industry visionaries and supply chain innovators and pace setters, in communicating emerging supply chain industry trends, strategies and business model impacts and risks, critical success factors and critical skills and competencies required. | ||
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Executive Vice President, Circle Trade Services Limited |
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| San Francisco | ||
Worked from 1993 to 1996 | ||
Brief summary :
Jan. 1993 - Aug. 1996 THE HARPER GROUP, San Francisco, CA Executive Vice President Circle Trade Services Limited was established by me and managed as wholly owned subsidiary of The Harper Group Inc. Since inception, we transacted orders over U.S. $100 million as exports from the United States. During the course of my work, I over saw and managed 36 offices in the Middle East, and Asia. The rationale behind existence and operation of Circle Trade Services Limited is An extension of Harpers core business of international forwarding, and the simple fact that all goods which we arrange international transportation have to be purchased and financed. Since inception we became procurement agents for British Aerospace Australia, Leasing Adino S.A. Chile, Avon Products Inc., New York, Home Base United Kingdom, British Aerospace and GCM (United Kingdom), Motorola. | ||
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Executive Vice President, Circle Trade Services Limited |
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| San Francisco | ||
Worked from 1993 to 1996 | ||
Brief summary :
Jan. 1993 - Aug. 1996 THE HARPER GROUP, San Francisco, CA Executive Vice President Circle Trade Services Limited was established by me and managed as wholly owned subsidiary of The Harper Group Inc. Since inception, we transacted orders over U.S. $100 million as exports from the United States. During the course of my work, I over saw and managed 36 offices in the Middle East, and Asia. The rationale behind existence and operation of Circle Trade Services Limited is An extension of Harpers core business of international forwarding, and the simple fact that all goods which we arrange international transportation have to be purchased and financed. Since inception we became procurement agents for British Aerospace Australia, Leasing Adino S.A. Chile, Avon Products Inc., New York, Home Base United Kingdom, British Aerospace and GCM (United Kingdom), Motorola. | ||
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HOOVER INSTITUTION STANFORD UNIVERSITY Stanford CA Special Advisor |
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Worked from 1991 to 1992 | ||
Brief summary :
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 HOOVER INSTITUTION, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA Special Advisor A research program on Asia that included advanced studies on economic development, social and of economic changes, disarmament, politics, law, science and philosophy. The program focused on maintaining national unity in a nation of linguistic and ethnic diversity and on providing global stability in domestic and international affairs. Lectured senior executives, grad students on the Study of Privatization. | ||
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HOOVER INSTITUTION STANFORD UNIVERSITY Stanford CA Special Advisor |
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Worked from 1991 to 1992 | ||
Brief summary :
Jan. 1991 - Dec. 1992 HOOVER INSTITUTION, STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Stanford, CA Special Advisor A research program on Asia that included advanced studies on economic development, social and of economic changes, disarmament, politics, law, science and philosophy. The program focused on maintaining national unity in a nation of linguistic and ethnic diversity and on providing global stability in domestic and international affairs. Lectured senior executives, grad students on the Study of Privatization. | ||
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Chief Corporate Strategist, GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED |
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Worked from 1980 to 1990 | ||
Brief summary :
June 1980 - Dec. 1990 GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED, Danville, CA Chief Corporate Strategist and Managing Partner Responsible for international trade between the United States and Asian Countries. Negotiated lines of credit with major banks, assisted the corporation with profit/loss statements, the accountant, the CPA, customs formalities and dealt with the Department of Commerce. Marketed American products abroad through manufacturers, distributors, direct mail programs, and catalogue distribution companies. Managed offices in Asia. Worked in marketing consumer and durable goods, and created new distribution channels. | ||
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Chief Corporate Strategist, GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED |
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Worked from 1980 to 1990 | ||
Brief summary :
June 1980 - Dec. 1990 GLOBAL MARKETS LIMITED, Danville, CA Chief Corporate Strategist and Managing Partner Responsible for international trade between the United States and Asian Countries. Negotiated lines of credit with major banks, assisted the corporation with profit/loss statements, the accountant, the CPA, customs formalities and dealt with the Department of Commerce. Marketed American products abroad through manufacturers, distributors, direct mail programs, and catalogue distribution companies. Managed offices in Asia. Worked in marketing consumer and durable goods, and created new distribution channels. | ||
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