Mr. Rahul Gharte
Founder and CEO
Rahul, a Production Engineer with MBA has over 25 years of experience in Supply chain in different industry verticals.
Having worked on many supply-chain design and execution projects in Automobile and Manufacturing industries over the years, he has gained mastery in the areas of Strategic sourcing, Category management, Tail spend management and Global sourcing. Renewable energy strategy and sourcing interests him a lot.
He has successfully lead categories like Indirect Purchase, Packaging, Logistics, Non-Product Purchasing, Consumables, IT, Capital Equipment, Professional Services, Administration Services and Scrap Sales.
Rahul is strong advocate of Digitization and technology adaptation in SCM domain and have developed keen interest in waste elimination across elements of supply chain.
He was instrumental in successful implementation ofSupply chain digitization projects including, but not limited to, e-Auction tool, internal e-approval workflows, RFQ automation, business intelligence tool etc.
Mrs. Archana Gharte
Co Founder and CPO
Archana's journey is quite intriguing! With a master's degree in Computer Management, she's equipped with technical prowess, but what truly sets her apart is her adeptness in business management and her role as the Chief People Officer. It's fascinating how she seamlessly blends her technical expertise with her people skills to drive organizational success. Her ability to understand both the intricacies of technology and the dynamics of human behavior positions her as a valuable asset. In her capacity, she likely plays a vital role in shaping company culture, fostering innovation, and ensuring the organization's human capital is aligned with its strategic goals. Her multifaceted skill set undoubtedly makes her indispensable to her organization's growth and success.
Dr. Dinesh Patil (Phd)
Chief Revenue Officer
Dr. Dinesh Patil, a Mechanical Engineer with MBA and PhD in Marketing Management, has over 23+ years of experience in Industrial Marketing, Product Management, Sales/Business Development, Dealer Development and Key Account Management in B2B segment.
Dr. Patil is a keen planner, strategist & implementer devising marketing activities and accelerating the business growth. A result oriented personality having excellent inter-personal skills, strong proven commercial acumen, and expertiseon aligning teams across the width of the business towards a common objective.
Being a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, he has demonstrated strong ability to drive structure and process and change management in large established operations.
Mr. Rajesh Rane
Head - Operations
Rajesh, an Industry agnostic Supply Chain Leader, having over 24 years of diverse experience spanning across Manufacturing, Telecom and Service space.
His areas of expertise include Global Sourcing, Procurement, Vendor Development and Contract Management.
He has demonstrated competence in driving continuous improvement and transformation initiatives constantly identifying inefficiencies and cost optimization opportunities using the right mix of people, processes, tools, and technologies.
Dexterous at handling Capital Equipment, IT hardware/software procurement, Service Procurement, engineering items & spares, Warehousing & logistics along with a large gamut of services.
Mr. Laxmikant Dashpute
Advisor
Mr. Dashpute, a Mechanical Engineer with Post Graduate Diploma in Materials Management & Finance Management. A Chartered Engineer (India) from Institution of Engineers India.
Having 30 years' experience, with global business leaders, across diversified business cultures including 3 years of overseas assignment and more than 20 years’ in leadership role with various global companies.
Mr. Dashpute is a result oriented, Techno Commercial Professional with expertise in Strategic Sourcing, Operational Procurement, Vendor Management, Capital Procurement, Contracts Management, Services Procurement, Stores & Inventory Management, Working Capital Management.
Led process transformation projects across different organizations using digitization tools like SAP, e-auction, vendor portals etc., to improve operational efficiencies.
Past Branch Chairman and National Councilor of Indian Institute of Materials Management.
Mr. Yogesh Dandgavhal
Head
Data Strategy and Analytics
Yogesh, a Mechanical Engineer is aCertified supply chain professional having 20+ years of experience within Automobile, Diversified manufacturing and Non-ferrous metal industries.
As a procurement professional, he has handled Direct materials including product development, Indirect materials & Services, and logistics Contracts sourcing with leading local and overseas supply partners.
He completed end-to-end change management projects like ERP system transitions, GST implementation in close coordination with Senior leadership and cross-functional teams. He has a knack of working equally well with younger associates by extending mentoring as and when necessary.
Yogesh, a curious analyst with an in-depth grasp of supply chain dynamics at strategic as well as tactical levels and has implemented various technology enablement projects for improving performance of supply chain functions ranging from data analytics through procure-to-pay processes to statutory and policy compliance.
He has invested good amount of time studying the core drivers of a supply chain andongoing advances in the fields such as A.I., Block chains, and Data Analytics that can be leveraged for sustaining businesses in the face of future disruptions.
An avid reader of multiple subjects including philosophy, he agrees with Aristotle – the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.