Prabir Sarkar

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About Prabir Sarkar

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Experienced and results-driven SCM, Logistics, and E-Commerce Operations professional with over 15 years of proven expertise in optimizing supply chain performance across both B2B and B2C platforms. Specializes in enhancing P&L, risk mitigation, fraud prevention, customer experience, and process excellence. Recognized for successfully managing large-scale supply chain operations, reducing operational costs, scaling businesses rapidly, and optimizing delivery performance for both last-mile and intercity logistics. Demonstrated ability in strategic planning, team leadership, vendor management, and implementing operational process improvements to drive business growth and KEY COMPETENCIES • Supply Chain Management: Strategic planning, logistics, risk management, 3PL partnerships, first, middle, and last-mile operations. • Cost Optimization: Cost reduction through negotiations, process improvements, and network expansion. • Vendor Development: Developing partnerships with 3PL providers and optimizing logistics solutions. • E-commerce Logistics: Expertise in B2B/B2C ecommerce SCM, warehouse management, and last-mile logistics. • Leadership: Leading teams, implementing SOPs, and scaling operations across multiple cities and territories. • Operational Excellence: Improving performance metrics, scaling operations, and building high-performing teams. • Risk Mitigation & Fraud Prevention: Establishing risk frameworks, reducing product loss, and improving asset security. • Leading SCM operations for a pan-India network, managing warehousing, first-mile, middle-mile, and last-mile logistics for the grocery vertical as well as Intercity SCM operations through major FTL partners and key B2B 3P Logistics partners like Blue Dart, Delhivery, Ekart Logistics • Improved intercity delivery performance by over 40% and reduced delivery costs by 50% through effective partner engagement, negotiations and process design and implementation of vendor selection logics • Increased first-mile pick-up performance by 10% and last-mile delivery performance by 6%. • Expanded self-network delivery by 10X within a year while reducing costs by 30%. • Onboarded key partners and expanded network reliability across multiple verticals. AVP, SCM Operations - Intercity Logistics | Sept 2022 – Jan 2023 • Led intercity operations with a focus on FTL and 3PL partnerships, including Delhivery, Blue Dart, Ekart, etc. • Reduced intercity costs by 50% and improved performance metrics significantly.