Shubham Jain

Supply Chain & Program Management leader with expertise in Strategy, Risk Mitigation, Stakeholder Management & Analytics. Led high-stake initiatives involving sustainability and operational excellence, achieving substantial savings and business continuity

Work Experience

Graduate Engineer Trainee | MSIL | Gurugram                                                                                                                      Jul’18 - Mar’19

Assistant Manager | MSIL | Gurugram                                                                                                                                     Apr’19 - Mar’22

Deputy Manager | Maruti Suzuki India Limited | Gurugram                                                                               Apr’22 – Mar’24 

 

Individual Research Project | IIMA

Pursuing a Climate Tech Project with IIMA Ventures on Business Modelling for conversion of agricultural waste into textile material  

 

Business Continuity Planning | Supply Chain Management

Strategic Procurement & Supply Chain Leadership:

  • Orchestrated the end-to-end procurement of high value automotive components, with an annual buying ~₹1200 crores
  • Managed a dynamic network of 20+ glocal suppliers
  • Achieved zero time defaults for 6 consecutive months and maintained a healthy annual OTIF (On-Time-In-Full)
  • Achieved cost reduction of 3.5% for the assigned component categories

 

Risk Mitigation & Business Continuity:

     Alternate Sourcing

  • Managed the program with an outlay of the annual component buying, in excess of ₹60,000 Crores
  • Formulated a strategy roadmap for scope of alternate sourcing over next 5 years, aligned with the new model launches
  • Pioneered a comprehensive alternate sourcing initiative across 1,000+ high-value projects, generating annual savings of ₹250+ crore
  • Eliminated Supply chain vulnerability and risk for 25.4% of the BOM (Bill of Material - by value) ~ ₹15000 Crores

 

     COVID Exigency Management

  • Developed a comprehensive 314-point checklist for daily SITREPs and MIS Management
  • Formulated an excel analysis model for the monitoring database (4,39,600 datapoints on a daily basis)
  • Covered 100% of the suppliers to ensure manpower preparedness and readiness for steady ramp-up

 

Operational Excellence & Supplier Development:

  • Spearheaded the implementation of the Comprehensive Excellence Framework: A 9-pillar assessment covering the aspects like FinanceQualitySafetyHR/IRSuccession Planning and Risk Management
  • Uplifted the operational standards of 450+ supplier plants
  • Achieved a 46% reduction in defect rates and 100% compliance in fire safety
  • Drove 98% of the supplier base to meet industry-leading benchmarks
  • Instrumental in establishing 80+ new supplier facilities, mitigating operational risks through a robust risk management framework
  • Directed ISO 14001 compliance for the entire Supply Chain, co-ordinating for 2 audits (re-certification + vigilance) in 2 years
  • Oversaw ISO 9001 coordination at the divisional level, managing quality standards across 5 departments

 

Sustainability & Carbon Neutrality Strategy:

  • Architected and deployed a far-reaching Carbon Neutrality Program across 700+ suppliers
  • Developed the framework encompassing Scope 1 and 2 footprint mapping, strategic reduction, and offset planning for supplier partners
  • Conceptualised and initiated Bulk procurement of renewable energy for supplier partners

 

Cybersecurity & Supplier Risk Assessments:

  • Co-designed and led the Cyber-Suraksha Program – Cybersecurity assessment program for supplier partners, based on NIST and JAMA/JAPIA standards
  • Floated RFP for the project implementation support and led the negotiations with knowledge partners
  • Led the program implementation at over 700 suppliers in collaboration with M/s PwC
  • Conducted Financial analysis of 370 companies to kick-off supplier financial prudence program

 

Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement:

  • Led 350+ high impact cross functional projects in collaboration with multiple verticals such as Engineering, Quality, Production as well as supplier partners
  • Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for over 300 supply chain professionals for multiple programs
  • Youngest to lead the Comprehensive Excellence Program, driving the engagement of 340+ internal and external stakeholders
  • Conducted trainings for ~600 suppliers to kick-off the Cybersecurity Assessment program
  • Provided multiple functional trainings to the batch of 200+ budding managers (GETs)

 

Pro-active Initiatives: Ideated and executed strategic initiatives:

  • Led the MIS and Digitization initiatives for the division, saving substantial number of manhours and increasing reporting efficiency and management visibility
  • Deployed CVA-IT: Software Integration for digitizing Audit management for Comprehensive Vendor Assessment
  • Initiated and conducted proactive environmental compliance audits during the high pollution periods, saving 1.5 production days for the company
Accomplishments
  • Secured 2 promotions in a span of 4 years on account of exemplary performance
  • Employee of the Quarter award winner - 8 times in a span of 9 consecutive quarters
  • Acknowledged as Consistent High Performer (3 times in 4 years)
  • Recognized as Star Performer in FY22-23 (Top 10% of the company)
  • Elected as core member of Energy and Mobility club at IIM Ahmedabad
  • Best Performance in the On-Job-Training of the GET Batch of 2018 at Maruti Suzuki India Limited
  • State Rank 1282 - 3rd International Mathematics Olympiad by MQ
  • AIR 5091 - IPU CET 2014
Education

B.Tech, Mechanical and Automation Engineering, G.B. Pant Government Engineering College, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU),  New Delhi

Certificates

1.       Lean Six Sigma | Henry Harvin2024

2.       Agile Project Management | Coursera and Google | 2024

3.       Data Science FoundationsGreat Learning Academy | 2020

4.       Tableau Great Learning Academy | 2022

5.       Data AnalyticsGoogle | 2022

6.       Autocad and SolidworksSTM India | 2018

Co/Extra-curricular
  • Finalist at TVS Ride Strategy Case Competition for ‘Development of Business Intelligence Taskforce’
  • Winner of the Ultimate Frisbee event (1/20 players) at Yalgaar’24 at IIMA (Incoming students vs the rest)
  • Winner of the Fashion show events at T-Nite’24 (Intra IIMA) and Xuberance’24 (Intra-PGPX)
  • Founding Member and Core Committee member - Dance Club (Undergrad college)
  • Reliance Youth Games 2017 – Participation and Qualification achievement for U-23 football tournament at national level
  • Fortius 2k17 - Winner of inter-college Futsal tournament as a captain
  • Intra-company tournaments at Maruti Suzuki – Semi-finalist in Badminton tournament
  • Intra-state Volleyball tournament – Represented DPS RK Puram in the tournament (Delhi state level)

Quick Look

  • Work Experience: 5.8 Years
  • Previous Roles

    Deputy Manager, Maruti Suzuki India Limited

  • Function : General Management
    Operations/Logistics/Supply Chain
    Project/Program Management
    Strategy
  • Industry/Sector: Aerospace/Aviation/Automotive
    Manufacturing & Engineering
Work Experience

Graduate Engineer Trainee | MSIL | Gurugram                                                                                                                      Jul’18 - Mar’19

Assistant Manager | MSIL | Gurugram                                                                                                                                     Apr’19 - Mar’22

Deputy Manager | Maruti Suzuki India Limited | Gurugram                                                                               Apr’22 – Mar’24 

 

Individual Research Project | IIMA

Pursuing a Climate Tech Project with IIMA Ventures on Business Modelling for conversion of agricultural waste into textile material  

 

Business Continuity Planning | Supply Chain Management

Strategic Procurement & Supply Chain Leadership:

  • Orchestrated the end-to-end procurement of high value automotive components, with an annual buying ~₹1200 crores
  • Managed a dynamic network of 20+ glocal suppliers
  • Achieved zero time defaults for 6 consecutive months and maintained a healthy annual OTIF (On-Time-In-Full)
  • Achieved cost reduction of 3.5% for the assigned component categories

 

Risk Mitigation & Business Continuity:

     Alternate Sourcing

  • Managed the program with an outlay of the annual component buying, in excess of ₹60,000 Crores
  • Formulated a strategy roadmap for scope of alternate sourcing over next 5 years, aligned with the new model launches
  • Pioneered a comprehensive alternate sourcing initiative across 1,000+ high-value projects, generating annual savings of ₹250+ crore
  • Eliminated Supply chain vulnerability and risk for 25.4% of the BOM (Bill of Material - by value) ~ ₹15000 Crores

 

     COVID Exigency Management

  • Developed a comprehensive 314-point checklist for daily SITREPs and MIS Management
  • Formulated an excel analysis model for the monitoring database (4,39,600 datapoints on a daily basis)
  • Covered 100% of the suppliers to ensure manpower preparedness and readiness for steady ramp-up

 

Operational Excellence & Supplier Development:

  • Spearheaded the implementation of the Comprehensive Excellence Framework: A 9-pillar assessment covering the aspects like FinanceQualitySafetyHR/IRSuccession Planning and Risk Management
  • Uplifted the operational standards of 450+ supplier plants
  • Achieved a 46% reduction in defect rates and 100% compliance in fire safety
  • Drove 98% of the supplier base to meet industry-leading benchmarks
  • Instrumental in establishing 80+ new supplier facilities, mitigating operational risks through a robust risk management framework
  • Directed ISO 14001 compliance for the entire Supply Chain, co-ordinating for 2 audits (re-certification + vigilance) in 2 years
  • Oversaw ISO 9001 coordination at the divisional level, managing quality standards across 5 departments

 

Sustainability & Carbon Neutrality Strategy:

  • Architected and deployed a far-reaching Carbon Neutrality Program across 700+ suppliers
  • Developed the framework encompassing Scope 1 and 2 footprint mapping, strategic reduction, and offset planning for supplier partners
  • Conceptualised and initiated Bulk procurement of renewable energy for supplier partners

 

Cybersecurity & Supplier Risk Assessments:

  • Co-designed and led the Cyber-Suraksha Program – Cybersecurity assessment program for supplier partners, based on NIST and JAMA/JAPIA standards
  • Floated RFP for the project implementation support and led the negotiations with knowledge partners
  • Led the program implementation at over 700 suppliers in collaboration with M/s PwC
  • Conducted Financial analysis of 370 companies to kick-off supplier financial prudence program

 

Cross-Functional Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement:

  • Led 350+ high impact cross functional projects in collaboration with multiple verticals such as Engineering, Quality, Production as well as supplier partners
  • Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for over 300 supply chain professionals for multiple programs
  • Youngest to lead the Comprehensive Excellence Program, driving the engagement of 340+ internal and external stakeholders
  • Conducted trainings for ~600 suppliers to kick-off the Cybersecurity Assessment program
  • Provided multiple functional trainings to the batch of 200+ budding managers (GETs)

 

Pro-active Initiatives: Ideated and executed strategic initiatives:

  • Led the MIS and Digitization initiatives for the division, saving substantial number of manhours and increasing reporting efficiency and management visibility
  • Deployed CVA-IT: Software Integration for digitizing Audit management for Comprehensive Vendor Assessment
  • Initiated and conducted proactive environmental compliance audits during the high pollution periods, saving 1.5 production days for the company
Accomplishments
  • Secured 2 promotions in a span of 4 years on account of exemplary performance
  • Employee of the Quarter award winner - 8 times in a span of 9 consecutive quarters
  • Acknowledged as Consistent High Performer (3 times in 4 years)
  • Recognized as Star Performer in FY22-23 (Top 10% of the company)
  • Elected as core member of Energy and Mobility club at IIM Ahmedabad
  • Best Performance in the On-Job-Training of the GET Batch of 2018 at Maruti Suzuki India Limited
  • State Rank 1282 - 3rd International Mathematics Olympiad by MQ
  • AIR 5091 - IPU CET 2014
Education

B.Tech, Mechanical and Automation Engineering, G.B. Pant Government Engineering College, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University (GGSIPU),  New Delhi

Certificates

1.       Lean Six Sigma | Henry Harvin2024

2.       Agile Project Management | Coursera and Google | 2024

3.       Data Science FoundationsGreat Learning Academy | 2020

4.       Tableau Great Learning Academy | 2022

5.       Data AnalyticsGoogle | 2022

6.       Autocad and SolidworksSTM India | 2018

Co/Extra-curricular
  • Finalist at TVS Ride Strategy Case Competition for ‘Development of Business Intelligence Taskforce’
  • Winner of the Ultimate Frisbee event (1/20 players) at Yalgaar’24 at IIMA (Incoming students vs the rest)
  • Winner of the Fashion show events at T-Nite’24 (Intra IIMA) and Xuberance’24 (Intra-PGPX)
  • Founding Member and Core Committee member - Dance Club (Undergrad college)
  • Reliance Youth Games 2017 – Participation and Qualification achievement for U-23 football tournament at national level
  • Fortius 2k17 - Winner of inter-college Futsal tournament as a captain
  • Intra-company tournaments at Maruti Suzuki – Semi-finalist in Badminton tournament
  • Intra-state Volleyball tournament – Represented DPS RK Puram in the tournament (Delhi state level)