Abhishek Mehta
About
Abhishek Mehta is from Fremont, California, United States. Abhishek works in the following industries: "Automotive". Abhishek is currently Sr Global Trade Compliance Analyst at Tesla, located in United States. In Abhishek's previous role as a Trade Compliance and New Markets, Intern at Tesla, Abhishek worked in Fremont, CA, United States until Dec 2020. Prior to joining Tesla, Abhishek was a Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business and held the position of Graduate Teaching Assistant at Los Angeles. Prior to that, Abhishek was a Senior Manager, Procurement at Decarpo Services, based in Mumbai Area, India from Apr 2016 to Jul 2019. Abhishek started working as Senior Manager, Procurement at Triton Group in Mumbai Area, India in Jul 2013. From Aug 2011 to Jun 2013, Abhishek was Country Manager (South Africa) at Triton Foods Pty Ltd., based in Cape Town Area, South Africa. Prior to that, Abhishek was a Business Development Manager at Triton Group, based in Mumbai Area, India from Apr 2010 to Aug 2011. Abhishek started working as Summer Intern at ITC Ltd. in Bengaluru Area, India in Apr 2009.
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► Negotiation and Deal-Making ► Organizational Behaviour and Leadership
► Generated $12M (FY2019) global trade through strategic procurement from 100 global suppliers across 25 countries. ► Acquired new sales $3M from Tanzania, Mozambique, and Liberia through negotiation, interpersonal skills, and detailed knowledge and insight of the products and the market. ► Redefined the processes and controls to get timely supplier payment, increasing credit-line by 6 weeks on average. ► Co-created and implemented core specie Plan (Ghana’s purchase of 2500MT of Japan’s mackerel each season) as part of continuous improvement process thereby leading to reduced stock-holding and increased working capital and profitability. ► Empowered subordinates by flattening organizational structure and coached colleagues to set role-specific SOPs for better and faster decision making thereby saving 6.25% man-hours. ► Fostered a culture of knowledge sharing across business verticals and ownership driven decision making to break “Silo Mentality” thereby increasing productivity and reducing errors. ► Streamlined Liberian client’s $5M global supply chain (planning, procurement, international logistics, data analysis) in collaboration with downstream functions increasing visibility and product volume by 10%. ► Mentored a 4-member team responsible for end to end global supply chain (origin to importing port) for key account clients in 9 countries
► Implemented procurement and inventory management tools (JIT, planning, reordering, batch size) improving cash flow and increasing bottom-line by $1M annually. ► Generated $86K profits (FY 2015-16) through commission on Procurement. ► Executed a pilot project through a Focus-Team for analyzing and minimizing port costs (demurrage, plug-in) through proper and timely import documentation and cargo release thereby creating a 2% increase in bottom-line for Triton’s Liberian operations. ► Developed and implemented strategic vendor management plan, thus, increasing bottom-line by $5 million annually. ► Introduced new products (palm oil: Romania; french fries: DR Congo, meat cuts: Liberia, Ghana) through product management and supplier development after researching the market, analyzing the consumption pattern, and price sensitivity. ► Developed a strategic business plan (sourcing, quality assurance, international logistics, and import) for starting new product lines (canned seafood, frozen vegetables, and spices) in West Africa to diversify risks and expand portfolio.
► Initiated and implemented business process reengineering (operational restructuring) by redefining the product mix and changing sales strategy and by changing the KPI from bottom line to working capital and C2C resulting in 11% higher profitability. ► Implemented a change in financial process through working capital management and a tighter control on client’s credit increasing annual profits by up to $150,000. ► Formulated and Implemented forward cover foreign exchange rate policy that added $50,000 to topline. ► Conceptualized and implemented new processes and policies reducing cold store and clearing costs by 1%. ► Defended successfully against government’s detention and auction of a cargo ($165,000) in Sessions Court of Cape Town.
► Successfully and profitably launched Johannesburg and Durban as new distribution centers through market research, analysis, value proposition, client acquisition, negotiation, vendor development, by implementing a ‘made to order’ stock holding model
► Scope of project included Competition Wholesale Distributor (WD) profitability analysis ► Understanding definition of ROI - margin calculation, investment rationale & cost of capital. ► Understanding the key cost elements and its treatment for calculation of ROI ► Understanding the practices to improve ROI - by both the WD and the company ► Emphasized the importance of ROI and the components from WD perspective. ► Expanded ITC's horizon as to the possible investment heads. Prepared a format for standardizing cost elements. ► Established a comparison of WD business model to Pepsi, Lays, Marico, HUL, Dabur, Kellogg's WDs. Preparation of P&L statement and the importance of the components. Suggestions to ITC WD for improvement of ROI.
► Included the study of working and the analysis of the plant, also provided professional suggestions and practical solutions to various problems faced by the company in long run. ► Developed adaptability of working simultaneously on Process Validation & Fe-Contamination