Sandeep Mathur

Background

About Sandeep Mathur

28 years experience in Supply Chain in Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) across the Tea based beverages business comprising of brands- Taj Mahal, Red Label, Taaza, 3 Roses and Lipton. Held leadership positions across Procurement, Production, Quality, Innovation, Exports & Sales. Experience. Creation and execution of Tea Sommelier programs. The Science of Tea and Food pairing. Execution of Tea and Food pairing workshops. •Talent Acquisition, Training & Development of Tea Personnel across Unilever South Asia •Led Organisational Transformations within Tea Expertise Group during company restructuring process •Extensive External engagement with Tea Industry to drive strategic initiatives. •Drive Procurement processes through various channels. •Established & executed loose Tea Export & domestic sale business models & achieved top/bottom lines Achievements Created unique Tea Sommelier and Tea & Food Pairing workshops at Taj Mahal Tea House. Sustained High Performer (SHP) Listing in HUL. Elevated to Lead Tea Quality Assessor (Tea Taster) for Unilever across South Asia Restructured the Beverages Excellence Centre in 2014 to rationalise roles of personnel for better operating efficiency. Final structure established as a best practice and rolled across Unilever globally.Won Global award “Thomas J Lipton award for innovation & timely launch of Taj Mahal and Taaza Brands in 2013 Project Merlion that evolved a new Tea Quality Evaluation system in HUL in 2012. Rolled out globally 2015-16 Established HUL’s first strategic alliances for RM (tea) supplies for leveraging higher buying efficiency in Successfully negotiated with Assam Govt for concessional sales tax rates on strategic alliance sales saving a potential on cost of Rs 20 M PA ( 2002 rates) Formulated Tea stocking norms (building in tea seasonality) across HUL Supply Chain for the first time in 2002. Developed Least cost buying optimization model in 2002 with external IT support