Operations Manager · Mid-level · ~5 yrs
Faisal Qureshi
Senior Operations Manager
Professional summary
Operations manager with 5 years optimizing supply-chain and service operations across e-commerce and 3PL logistics. Owns end-to-end process improvement — from value-stream mapping to KPI governance to SLA recovery — and consistently converts inefficiency into cost, time and quality gains. Leads cross-functional teams of 10–15, manages a vendor base worth crores, and applies Lean/Six Sigma to make wins stick.
97%
On-time dispatch (from 88%)
₹2.3Cr
Annual vendor spend cut
18k+
Orders shipped per day
Skills
Operations
Lean / Six Sigma
Vendor & cost
Tools & leadership
Work experience
Operations Manager · Cartelo (D2C e-commerce)
Aug 2022 – PresentGurugram
- Lead fulfilment operations for 4 warehouses shipping 18,000+ orders/day, owning the KPI scorecard for fill rate, on-time dispatch and cost-per-order across a 14-person team.
- Re-engineered the pick-pack-ship process using value-stream mapping and 5S, lifting on-time dispatch from 88% to 97% and cutting cost-per-order 19%.
- Renegotiated contracts with 12 logistics and packaging vendors, reducing annual spend ₹2.3 crore while tightening delivery SLAs to 48 hours.
- Introduced a demand-forecasting model that cut excess inventory 27% and reduced stockouts 31% across top SKUs.
- Mentored 3 team leads and ran weekly Kaizen huddles, building a continuous-improvement culture that closed 40+ floor-level improvements in a year.
Assistant Operations Manager · Meridian Logistics (3PL)
Jun 2020 – Jul 2022Mumbai
- Managed inbound and outbound operations for a 90,000 sq ft distribution center handling 30+ enterprise clients under contractual SLAs.
- Led a Six Sigma DMAIC project on order accuracy, raising it from 94.2% to 99.1% and avoiding ₹40L/year in returns and re-shipments.
- Built KPI dashboards in Power BI that gave leadership daily visibility into productivity, dwell time and SLA breaches.
Featured projects
A route-optimization and carrier-mix initiative across 4 metros.
- Drove a carrier-rationalization and zone-skipping program that cut last-mile cost 16% without hurting delivery SLAs.
Education
MBA — Operations Management
2020Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune
Specialization in Supply Chain & Operations · First Class
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
ASQ (American Society for Quality) · 2022
APICS CSCP — Certified Supply Chain Professional (in progress)
ASCM · 2026
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