Robin Butani

Senior Strategy & Operations Leader
Cisco

Biography

Robin Butani is a seasoned strategy and operations professional with extensive experience in diverse supply chain functions and business operations, including global, start-up, multi-billion dollar and high-growth divisions. He has the proven ability to engage stakeholders across the value-chain to create collaborative solutions and drive operational excellence in high tech and consumer industries. He is a strategic thinker and self motivated individual, possessing strong analytical and presentation skills with a passion for developing teams and challenging status quo.

He implemented an operating plan to support Insieme’s accelerated business growth by enabling $1B in revenue. He has also lead a team of 8+ functional managers and implemented ISO 22000 system at a pilot manufacturing facility, two months ahead of projected schedule. He implemented the supply chain model of “Bulk to Case Program” – the first of its kind in the industry (capital investment $20M) and reduced days of inventory from 100 days to 80 days. He has created an inventory management process that improved Excess & Obsolete (E&O) tracking for x86 servers, and helped reduce E&O as a % of Revenue from 3.4% to 0.1% within 12 months.