Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)Supply & Demand Planning Metrics & Analytics

Created Next-Gen Yard Management platform; drove $6.5 million in cost savings through improved features & 4X increase in product adoption within 6 months

Spearheaded the product discovery and implementation of V1-SAAS-based "Finished Vehicle Logistics" for a major automotive manufacturer, resulting in a $5M YoY reduction in OpexLaunched a first-of-its-kind digital parts shortage management (PSM) product for a large automaker, resulting in $2 million through reduced part shortagesRolledout B2B order management system for largest automotive OEM, resulting in cost savings of $1M and improved dealer satisfaction.Managed multi-year program to integrate new manufacturing plant into vehicle supply chain impacting 15+ supply chain products/systems across 12 business groups; $4.8M budget & 10+ global cross-functional user(USA/Japan)Implemented Data Excellence process framework ; developed process and policy guidelines for data ingestion, consumption, data quality, and data security; achieved 90% user awareness and 60% user onboarding across 12 different business groups

Managed the end to end consulting engagement of the “Finished Vehicle Logistics-Modernization” for the World’s largest Automotive manufacture resulting in a cost saving of $ 3.5M YoYLed the Consulting engagement for modernizing the Dispatch Operations for Finished Vehicle Logistics; redesigned the dispatch process; improved the overall delivery reliability by 15% & reduced the damage rate by 27%Conceptualized, designed and developed “Part Pipeline Management” system for World’s Largest Auto manufacture; 50% reduction in Plant-floor parts shortages, 30% cycle time reduction; realized savings ~ $2MDeveloped digital transformation roadmap for Vehicle Distribution Centers across North America; Implemented pilots in 2 VDCs and realized cost savings up to $ .75M/Year with a ROI in 1 yearLed a global team (India /USA) of 25 engineers to build the digital dealer app “Explore My Lexus” by developing the product roadmap, gathering requirements and developing features, resulting in 95 % increase in delivery rate and 97% increase in customer satisfactionAnalyzed the End to End Fleet Order management system for World’s largest Auto manufacturer; developed the application rationalization strategy to reduce operations cost by ~30% (estimated)Led and participated in requirements gathering, prototyping, use cases development and functional specifications for Fortune 10 customer’s “Order Management” systemEstablished the Business Analysis-Center of Excellence for Cognizant, and trained 400+ consultantsManaged setting up of 2 Innovation Labs (India /USA) with in-house incubation centers to develop Automotive solutions

Managed overall Business Planning and Long-range strategy formulation and managed the key strategic projects and major initiatives Orchestrated the translation of five-year targets into annual policy plans involving business performance analysis, KRAs for the organization and resource allocationDeveloped a framework for estimating MHCV (class 8) Truck sales for Indian market Established the External environment assessment team (4 members) focusing on tracking macroeconomic indicators, competition bench-marking and monitoring performance of key customers/competitors

Architected the complete quality process for a large technology delivery program and managed the overall Quality process across North America, France, and IndiaEnabled program managers and delivery managers on implementing CMMi (L4 & L5) processes by organizing consulting workshopsAnalyzed the Customer Satisfaction feedback metrics (CSAT) and communicated the findings and improvement plan to the senior leadership team Mentored15 + project teams on CMMi (High maturity) processes across the organizationDeveloped processes to monitor quality goals that would demonstrate continuous reduction (Kaizen) in defect levels & cycle timeAudited Projects on process capabilities & devised quantitative process improvement to support process improvements