Sandeep baxla has joined hubergroup as Head of Supply Chain-India, bringing more than three decades of experience across supply chain leadership, procurement, planning, logistics, S&OP, network optimisation and operational transformation.
In his new role, Baxla will focus on strengthening hubergroup’s India supply chain, with an emphasis on agility, resilience, collaboration and sustainability.
Prior to joining hubergroup, Baxla spent ore than eight years with Indofil Industries, where he served as Senior Vice-President-Supply Chain. He was responsible for the company’s end-to-end supply chain, including strategic and transactional procurement, demand and supply planning, domestic and international logistics, and supply chain projects.
Earlier, Baxla spent more than five years with Henkel as Head of Supply Chain – India Sub-Continent. His responsibilities included planning, S&OP, warehousing and logistics, customer service, import and export, and procurement transactions across India and Pakistan. He also contributed to network optimisation, organisational development, people development and supply chain technology initiatives as part of the India Executive Committee.
Baxla previously has also served as Head – Supply Chain Planning, India & Middle East at Castrol India, where he worked on manufacturing network and product sourcing strategy, planning processes, working capital management and S&OP.
His earlier career with BP Lubricants included roles such as Acting Planning Manager – Asia Pacific, Global Supply Chain, and Global Supply Chain Strategic Projects Manager in the UK. His work covered demand planning, S&OP, network optimisation, make-or-buy strategy and organisational design.
Baxla has also held supply chain roles at Castrol, Raychem RPG and Engineers India, gaining experience across India, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and global supply chain programmes.
With his extensive experience across multiple supply chain functions and geographies, Baxla will lead hubergroup’s India supply chain agenda as the company continues to strengthen its operational capabilities.
