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Supply Chain & Logistics Transformation
Country-level SCM leadership. Warehouse optimization. Import/export control. Vendor management. Customs coordination. SLA performance. Cost reduction at scale.
Dakar · Senegal
Venkatakrishnan Sankar
Supply Chain & Digital Transformation Leader — Emerging Markets
Open to Country Manager · Head of Operations · Senior SCM leadership · Senegal · GCC · India · Remote
I turn operational complexity into measurable control — through supply chain discipline, automation, data visibility, and digital transformation that holds up in real markets.
15+
Years in operations & transformation
$2M+
Efficiency gains delivered
9
Global OEM brands supported
70%
Turnaround improvement via automation
Brands & partners I've worked with
Who I am / 01
An operator before a technologist. A builder before a consultant.
My career started where execution is non-negotiable — warehouses, customs lanes, vendor floors, distribution chains across India, the Middle East, and West Africa. From there I moved into redesign: dashboards, ERP workflows, automation, WMS/TMS, AI-enabled controls.
Technology does not fix broken operations. It scales the discipline already built into them.
What I do / 02
Four practice areas. One operating logic.
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Digital Transformation & Automation
Workflow automation. Power BI dashboards. Power Automate / RPA. ERP process redesign. WMS/TMS deployment. Operational visibility.
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Business Systems & Compliance
Process governance. Data protection. Documentation control. Tax/VAT logic. Audit readiness. Risk reduction.
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Venture Building
Building practical digital products for West African markets — AfriqueRealty (diaspora real estate, Senegal/WAEMU) and NdaaliDirect (PropTech rental management with local payment rails). Operating and advisory roles in early-stage Dakar ventures.
Selected impact / 03
Numbers that hold up in audit.
- 0146% reduction in import clearance cost across 150+ annual shipments
- 0262% freight cost reduction via strategic sourcing redesign
- 0370% turnaround improvement through automation-first workflows
- 04$2M+ in measurable efficiency gains delivered
- 05100% inventory accuracy maintained for 22 consecutive months
- 069 global OEM brands supported under a single SCM mandate
AI fluency · operational proof / 05
AI usage — daily activity
Operator-level AI adoption
A visual record of AI as working infrastructure across research, writing, product thinking, strategy, and execution.
Claude usage
Deep reasoning & workflow design
364
Conversations
184
Active days
184
Longest streak
100%
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Claude activity reflects strategic reasoning, structured writing, product ideation, and operational decision support.
ChatGPT usage
Daily AI execution layer
418
Conversations
184
Active days
184
Longest streak
100%
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ChatGPT activity is the daily AI co-pilot for business thinking, public communication, code, research, and creative execution.
Claude Code usage
AI-native engineering surface
592
Conversations
182
Active days
182
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100%
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Claude Code activity measured from local session telemetry — automation, internal tools, RPA, dashboards, and SCM systems built directly with an agentic IDE.
The bridge / 04
I build the bridge between boardroom strategy and ground-level execution.
I speak C-suite language. I also know the warehouse, the customs broker, the driver, the invoice, the ERP screen, the dashboard, and the team that runs them.
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