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 Supply / Production PlanningWeekly Publishing newsletter for supply chain & other business activity to managementAnchor S&OP meetings for collaborative and consensus building among cross functional teams - Sales, Marketing & category for Sales PlanPreparation of Supply and distribution Plan with FDS for online Partners.Coordinating with HQ production planning team for production & dispatch schedule of import material.Prepare supply plan and adhere time line for all supplies before 1st sales date of NPI.Weekly rolling allocation plan for flash & non-Flash sale for online & offline partners at sku, warehouse & date level along with virtual sales commitment.Review demand plan and update category accordingly basis on sell-in, sell-out & partners inventory.Planned / unplanned inter branch stocks transfers with the help of logistics teamEnsuring right & timely stock availability at warehouse for online & offline channelsWork closely with HQ & India production team to align production in line with the market requirementCoordinate with Factory production team for productivity, material shortage & excess requirements.Weekly production plan vs Actual packing accuracy, service level tracker report.Closure of liquidation plans for obsolete/ ageing/ discontinued SKUs with sales team.Ensuring necessary stock movement from B2B to B2C depots & vice versa on business requirement. Weekly update on overselling, underselling inventory statusInnovation and Process Improvements in supply Planning.Damage inventory Re-work and LiquidationAchievements: Successfully implemented supply planning template Maintained Supply Accuracy in excess of 90% Managed Multiple Stakeholder and addressed numerous business critical request Awarded by Certificate of Excellence Awarded for business support to help offline to achieve one million sell-in in one day

 Predictive Analytics: Demand Forecasting Acted as a consultant between the client and development team, to get the required data from the client and give business knowledge & insights to the development teamConceptualized and deployed “Demand Forecasting” program for multiple clients like Philips, ITC. spread across the globe using Machine Learning Designed and implemented a procedure to understand market behavior systematically using data by clustering, it based on sparsity, seasonality, Trend and MaturationForecasting at various levels as per Business need – Short Term (Dispatch Planning), Mid Term (Production Planning), Long Term (Capacity Planning)Devised and implemented a process to understand the root causes for the high error and giving them as input to product development team to enhance the accuracy Achievements: Delivered the proposed accuracy (i.e. 5% above APO process) in short span Prescriptive Analytics: Single EchelonDeveloped a tool to cater optimal inventory at any node (Warehouse, RDC, CFA, CDC) with single echelon module to minimize backorder and stock-out situations using demand, lead time and customer service level as variables Network Optimization, Designed & developed Dispatch Planning Tool for Crompton Greaves that led to an increase in Customer Service Level by 11% while reducing transportation cost by 9%

 Demand ForecastingHandled Consumer health care division having 500+ SKUsPrepared demand planning at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple stakeholdersDevised a process to Monitor, manage and execute all aspects of Excess, Obsolete and discontinued SKUs with brand & marketing team.Standardized the processes to maintained data hygieneRevised the existing process which improved category wise forecast accuracy of B & C SKU’s Improved the sales planning accuracy by 7% by adding features like incremental forecast & Supply chain constraintsEnd to End execution of New Product Launches & exclusive Customer Offers by collaboratingWith Sales, Marketing and FinanceEstablished a weekly critical stock out communication process to Marketing, regional logistics team32% reduction in write-offs by introducing SKU life cycle funnel metric Supply Planning / Distribution ManagementDaily SMF, production & dispatch report,Weekly Rolling Production Plan vs. Actual production, service level tracker report.Planning and monitoring for stocks deployment at 30 CFA as per norms and forecast.Ensure planned / unplanned inter branch transfers with the help of regional logistics teamWork closely with plant / 3P production team to align production in line with the market requirementMonitor and arrange liquidation plan for ageing / slow moving FG at the Production warehouses & CFA with the help of marketing, sales & regional logistics team.STO management, SAP operation, Maintain Safety Stocks, Define Norms.Coordination and manage warehouse team for over stocks level, dispatch plan execution, prioritization and necessary manual interventions.Ensuring necessary stock movement from TT to MT depots & vice versa. Coordinate with manufacturing plant for productivity & material shortage reports.Ensuring right & timely stock availability at C&FAs for CSD & EC through co-ordination with Regional logistics team, MWH and plant supply chain team.

Daily AVL report and manage daily distribution planning and ensure priorities movement.Make necessary corrections in the dispatch plans to ensure reduction in detentions at the depots.Festive pack Material planning and tracking, Production, distribution, ensures availability in time, Status update to all the supply chain stakeholders.Ensuring necessary stock movement from GT to MT / CSD at depots & vice versaPrepare 3 days rolling production plan of UC, Kurkure & QuakerCoordination with manufacturing unit for productivity & material storage reportTracking weekly production & dispatch report from manufacturing unit.Coordination with the plant team & co-packers for timely production updatePrepare weekly MIS report like Production vs. Actual, Inventory Levels, GIT Tracking, FG Freshness reportTracking Goods in Transit, Coordination with Transporter