About Naveen Ralhan
Practical Procurement Advice You Can Count On
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I’m Naveen Ralhan, the owner and founder of Shinsan. I am of Indian heritage, I was born and raised in Northern Ireland, and have lived in Norfolk for the past 16 years. I have two sons with my partner Louise, who is a New Zealander, and I have worked for British, American and Japanese companies. It’s fair to say I have a varied cultural background!
I am passionate that small and medium sized companies benefit from the same advantages that bigger businesses enjoy, helping them compete and thrive.
My procurement career has spanned a range of blue chip chilled and ambient food manufacturers, from commodity giants such as ADM, to challenger brands such as Kettle Chips, and mature brands such as Branston Pickle. Throughout that time I have been constantly learning, evaluating and experiencing. I’ve got a proven track record of significant cost reduction; extensive experience with new product development and launch; active involvement with coaching and mentoring people and teams; and a real passion for building lasting relationships that deliver ongoing benefits to my clients.
Aside from 20 years of experience saving businesses money, I have a degree in Accountancy, a Post Graduate Diploma in Purchasing and Supply, and I am a Member of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
To contact Naveen Ralhan, go here, and find him on LinkedIn here.
- I provide practical solutions that deliver cost effective, long term results.
- Global packaging, ingredients and co-pack sourcing and risk management experience including BRC compliance.
- Indirects, including 3PL, Energy, and MRO including Engineering Stores Outsourcing.
- Successful track record of significant cost reduction through value engineering.
- Deep experience of new product development and launch– successfully sourcing and approving new raw materials, packaging concepts, and 3rd party producers (co-packers).
- Greenfield creation of Procurement function- people, processes, systems, policies, organisational interdependencies, with governance and commercial effectiveness the key design objectives.
- Developing teams and people through coaching and mentoring.
- Strong relationship building capability, ensuring partnerships with internal and external stakeholders are created and leveraged to improve performance.
- Operated in a variety of business cultures, e.g. private/ family owned, private equity, Japanese, and UK/ US quoted.
Helping Challenger Brands And SMEs To Create Sustained Competitive Advantage.
