Aakash D. Email & Phone Number

Randwick, NSW, AU

Australia

Australia

Transformation, Technology & Digital

Australia

• Managed a portfolio of products with an annual spend of around $40M - $50M and covering between 8000 –10000 active SKU’s.
• Eliminated process discrepancies, directed budget and personnel by establishing supply/inventory control management functions across the entire business.
• Improved profits by streamlining inventory management and delivery procedures.
• Engaging with key operational Retailers like The Good Guys, Harvey Norman, Bing Lee, Bunnings, BBQ Galore & Mitre 10 to understand customer requirements based on their SOH, sell-through data, catalogue commitments and.
• Implemented demand forecasting at warehouse level along with channel strategy forecasting methodology which resulted in improving the operational cost by 1.2M dollars.
• Process lead for the Implementation new ERP (Infor M3) to enhance the accuracy of Operational activities.

Sydney, Australia

• Tools: MS Excel, MS office, Phocas, Pronto, Smoothie (Demand Works), QlikViewHighlights:
• Demand Plan and Forecasting, execute 12 month rolling demand forecast all business divisions through process and modeling by gathering inputs, consolidate information, analysis, and challenge forecast assumptions with.
• Lead monthly S&OP meetings with General Managers and National Sales Managers to refine demand plan and supply chain production planning.
• Efficiently managed inventory portfolios to minimize excess inventory while maintaining high service performance through strategic purchasing and creating inventory plans such as ABC classification, safety stock.
• Reviewed actual monthly sales performance to plans to identify abnormal demand and worked with General Managers and National sales manager to mitigate customer impacts of demand or supply events.
• Developed and maintained demand forecasting models (PSI & Smoothie models) based on historical data, industry trends,and customer input covering a rolling 12 month horizon for all items in the portfolio.

Sydney, Australia

• Key responsibilities:
• Integrating the business model to InTennis software solution (designed by SportLogic).
• Provided trend analysis and graphic representation of business unit success, highlighting key cornerstones to business performance, and driving executive insight and financial planning.
• Working on a mobile App for easy access to coach schedule and client info.
• Developed design specifications and performed quality assurance analysis to translate third-party external data system files into a proprietary software system for clients.
• Conducted and end-to-end analysis including data gathering, analysis, ongoing scaled deliverables and presentations.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Key Resposibilities:Inventory Planning, Customer Relations and Data Analysis.
• Lead the fulfillment service from Flipkart with the focus to improve seller and customer experience in the e-commerce segment
• Inventory health management: Monitoring the health of inventory across different categories and taking actions to improve it
• Involves framing policies to track inventory at SKU level and using analytics to predict the sell through and suggest appropriate actions
• Inventory planning: Answering the questions about what to order and when to order by using factors such as sales trend, inventory health, details about stock coverage etc
• Increase selection from supporting sellers to improve sales and drive the share by addition of pinpointed SKUs

Bengaluru Area, India

• Key Responsibilities:
• Analyzing, Reporting, Competitor Monitoring, Auditing, Mapping and configuring Prices and Rebate for various GL lines, Resolving site training tickets and severity issues.Tools: Excel, SQL, MS Office, Visio, Amazon.
• Serving as Pricing Analyst, worked on projects for setting new GL lines
• Refined pricing rules based on gaps and ongoing trends resulting in Process Improvements
• Analyzing and Preparing Competitor monitoring Reports on Prices and Rebate
• Analyzed PARS (Price, availability, shipping, and rebate) value and provided pricing suggestion for 10000 ASIN's.

Master'S Degree, Information Systems, 6.0/7.0

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics And Instrumentation, 8.5/10

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