PROFILE

Supply Chain Management Professional with core competency in S&OP, Demand and Supply Planning. Also managed Logistics and Procurement. Conversant with Business Intelligence and data analytics (MS Excel,Power BI and SCM Planning Tools)

Executive Synopsis:

 With over 20 years of experience in S&OP, Demand & Supply Planning, Logistics, and Procurement. I specialize in Demand Planning processes, SCM Planning tool implementation, and Supply Chain Digital projects. Proficient in ERP tools and Business Intelligence (SAP HANA, O9 Solutions, Arkieva, Anaplan, SAP APO, Excel, and Power BI) to deliver critical insights and sustainable business solutions. 

I hold a PG (Executive MBA), CSCP (APICS), and multiple Supply Chain certifications. My career spans global and Indian businesses, managing operations for organizations with revenues from ₹1,000 crores ($150 million) to ₹25,000 crores ($3 billion).

An occasional blog writer on Supply Chain Management and Business Data Analytics. I actively share insights through LinkedIn posts and Medium blogs, while networking with industry experts to stay updated and exchange knowledge.

Key Accomplishments:

Demand & Supply Planning (Sales & Operations Planning)

• Led Global Demand Planning Excellence focusing on People, Processes, and Tools for continuous improvement.

• Designed and Implemented Demand Planning Processes in 3 organizations within S&OP frameworks

• Spearheaded more than 6 Demand planning and 2 Supply planning tool projects (APO, Arkieva, O9 Solutions, Anaplan, Python, Excel)

• Achieved Service levels of 95% (up from 85%) across 650 SKUs and 30 network locations through regular inventory optimization and forecast accuracy improvements.

• Trained up to 15 team members for Demand Planning and Business analytics learning

• Received Global Excellence award in the Commercial area, contributing to a 20% margin improvement 

• Initiated Business Analytics with the development of Dashboards and reports using Excel, SAP, SAS, O9 Solutions, and Power BI, optimizing resource time and data reliability

Procurement:

• Streamlined the Procurement Process for Engineering MRO items resulting in 6 hours of time savings per month

• Active team member of CAPEX project at mfg. Unit. Cost avoidance/savings of around 7 Crores ($1 million)

• Developed and demonstrated team management skills during the CAPEX project

Logistics Management:

• Established Transportation performance evaluation frameworks with the Excel platform for 10 transporters

• Implemented a real-time shipment monitoring system bringing transparency

• Coordinated the Secondary Distribution project to have Load Optimization, Freight Cost Reduction of up to 15 %

• Awarded for Data analytics (Excel automation). Activity Time Savings of around 20 hours per month

Inventory Management:

• Improved Safety Stocks norms to balance Service Cost Model. Service level increased up to 10 %

• Attained SLOB inventory reduction of up to 20 % through the Six Sigma Project

• Achieved Inventory reduction of around 12 % by improvement of around 20 % forecast Accuracy

Education:

• CSCP (Certified Supply Chain Professional), APICS

• Executive MBA – (PG), Welingkar Institute of Management, Mumbai, 2010

• Executive Program - Supply Chain Management, Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak, 2018

• Bachelor of Commerce (B. Com), Mumbai University,2001

ERP, Planning and BI Tools exposure :

• Supply Chain ERP and Planning tools: SAP HANA, O9 Solutions, Arkieva, Forecast Pro, Anaplan

• Microsoft Excel

• Power BI

• PowerPoint

• SQL (learning phase)

• Future milestones: ML, Python (specifically for Forecasting and Supply Chain Optimization)

Articles and Blogs : 

• My articles were published on the recognized platform of IBF (Institute of Business Forecasting & Planning).

  • • Segmentation framework for analyzing causal demand factors  (Demand Planning and Forecasting)

    • Forecast Performance Tracker with RCA classification (Demand Planning and Business Analytics)

    • Forecast Performance Tracker with RCA classification (same as above with LinkedIn post link)

• Articles _ Blogs on Medium

Business Intelligence and Data Analytics (Tools - MS Excel and Power BI ): 

Data Analytics have 4 distinctive categories: descriptive, diagnostics, predictive and prescriptive. Business intelligence is key to understanding and extracting insights from the data to facilitate informed business decisions.

 Few Business Intelligence and Data Analytics Projects  (Tools - MS Excel and Power BI) :

• Supply Chain: Inventory Report in Power BI : Inventory Report giving details of shelf life with various segmentations

• RFM Analysis : RFM analysis. 𝐑𝐅𝐌 (𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲, 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲) analysis is a proven Marketing model for behavior-based Customer segmentation. 

• Onyx Data Challenge: Pie Bakery Sales Analysis  (Sales, Cost, and Forecasting analysis)

• Kaggle:  US Superstore (Profit and Logistics KPI)

• IBF: Forecasting Performance Tracker (published article - Demand Planning and Business analytics)

• Onyx Data Challenge: Nobel Prizes Dataset

• Maven Airlines data challenge

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