RAJESH PEDNEKAR, Head - Supply Chain, Operations and Strategy, Healthcare SF

Short Biography:

Mr. Rajesh Pednekar is an award winning International Expert in Pharmaceutical Supply Chain and Keynote speaker at various Global Supply Chain & Cold Chain conferences in Europe, AsiaPacific, Chinaand Korea with more than 22 years experience in Supply Chain, Logistics & Procurement with leading companies like Cipla, Novartis, Pfizer, Nicholas Piramal (now Abbott),Goldshield Pharmaceuticals, Nutricia ( now Danone), ICIPaints (now Akzo Nobel)and Balsara (now Dabur) in Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals, Food and Consumer Goods, across various geographies from Domestic &Sub-Continent Operations to Global Supply Chains.

In his recent stint as Senior Director Cipla, he was responsible for Logistics and Distribution for all entities of Cipla in India and launched initiatives to optimise costs, improve service and make medicines more accessible in the country.

Adjudged among the Top 50 Influencers in Logistics and Supply Chain in Asia Pacific by Terrapin, Singapore, he has a passion for Supply Chain and has conducted Workshops for International Delegates on Supply Chain / Cold Chain Design for Asia Pacific and Europe Regions.

Recognition & Awards:

•   He is the winner of Chief Distribution Officer of the Year Award for 2018.

•   For his tenure as Head Supply Chain for Novartis Pharma, Novartis - India achieved the Excellence in Supply Chain Award for Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and GreaterChina Region for two consecutive years of 2008 and 2009.

•   As Head – Distribution for All Entities of Pfizer Group in India, he achieved 70% reduction in Pfizer's Outbound Supply Chain costs (adjusted for inflation) and was awarded Rewards and Recognition Award in 2012 by Pfizer.

Speaking Engagements :

He has been a regular speaker at LogiPharma-Singapore (2009,2010), Bio-Pharma Asia-Singapore (2010,2012), CPhI Conferences-SCM China(2011) , Pharma Procurement and Outsourcing Conference, Berlin, Germany(2013) , World Drug Manufacturing Conference, Dusseldorf, Germany ( 2013), Next Generation Supply Chain Conference, Pharma Supply Chain Forum ,SCM Pharma Confex , Mumbai ( 2014 ), Cool Chain Europe, Frankfurt, Germany ( 2015), Bio-Pharma Asia Singapore (2015) , Cold Chain Conference, Brussels (2015) and Serialisation, Track & Trace Conference , Berlin (2015) and Bio-Logistics World Korea (2017).

Academic Profile:

•   He topped SSC Merit in Science of Maharashtra State, India.
•   He is a B. Tech in Petro – Chemical Engineering and did research in Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT),Bombay, India.
•   He has a MBA in Operations Management from National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai, India.
•   He completed his Masters in Leadership Sciences from the University of Mumbai.