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Austin, TX, US

Austin, Texas, United States

• Developed Merchandise Financial Planning solution for global brand using o9 platform capabilities, resulting in pre-season availability of budget plan, assortment optimization, higher fill rate, and more stable.
• Reconciled various levels of Business plans through top-down and bottoms-up approaches, leading to availability of what-if analysis, scenario comparison, improved collaboration, increased visibility on the entire.
• Reconciled various levels of Business plans through top-down and bottoms-up approaches, leading to availability of what-if analysis, scenario comparison, improved collaboration, increased visibility on the entire.
• Implemented Demand Planning process for the customer by using proper segmentation and forecasting technique.Resulted Output: Low channel inventory, Low inventory cost,Low COGS, High Gross margin and higher GMROI
• Innovated new mechanism including DDL & Mass Config by collaborating with marketing and product management to build merchandise planning solutions with speed, achieving a 30% reduction in program delivery cost and time
• Benchmarked UI performance for all plans using performance monitor by analyzing data using SQL, enhancing customer engagement, making UI ready for leadership as per business needs and reducing defects significantly.

San Francisco Bay Area

• Defined Clear To Build (CTB)startegies.Improved CTB enhanced visibility amongst GSM,PM,Contacrt manufacturer,Distributor,sand Suppliers. This optimized invetory level and weeks of supply.
• Revamped supplier allocation for strategic components by influencing, GSM, CMs and distributors using multi sourcing and on shore procurement strategies.
• Implemented and managed PCBA ordering compliance tracker to ensure effectiveness of Long-term sales agreement.
• Conucted reserach to create… Show more
• Conucted reserach to create Digi key for more than 500 semiconductor components.Result:-Enabled multi sourcing,reduction in the sourcing lead time of component
• Developed new PCBA component vendor by leveraging Supply chain strategies, should cost model, LTSA

Dallas, Texas, United States

• Implemented Supply planning solution to the global apparel retailer using agile methodologies
• Expanded retailer's visibility scope till tier-2,tier-3 level of Supply /procurment
• Streamlined information flow between nodes (IDC, DC, PU, and stores) by implementing an integrated global supply chain network design model.This led to operational improvement of networks and reduced logistics costs
• Generated consensus forecast by using exploratory data extraction analysis for product… Show more
• Generated consensus forecast by using exploratory data extraction analysis for product segmentation and data cleansing, minimizing bullwhip effect, enhancing customer experience and improving customer fulfillment Show.

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Launched and established Home and Kitchen category into the Category mix.
• Introduced dynamic pricing model in the General merchandise category based on competition benchmarking, resulting in improved conversion by 13%
• Identified gap in assortment by doing consumer insights. This scaled up assortment by 70% which resulted in 18% user penetration into the category
• Forecasted inventory based on historical trends and topicality. This helped accomplish 98% fill rate in inventory… Show more
• Forecasted inventory based on historical trends and topicality. This helped accomplish 98% fill rate in inventory and resulted in higher sale during high impact periods
• Created a drop-ship model to solve warehouse space crunch using just in time inventory optimization model, improving CSL and driving growth by uplifting GMV for category

Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Managed production merchandising operations for fashion Brand J crew and Gap worth $50 million. Both are prominent woman wear brand of USA
• Took P & L responsibility for a $10 MM business for fashion brand J Crew by using vendor negotiations and establishing strategic objectives to align with business goals, developing $25 MM annual recurring business
• Mentored a team of 10+ people by using key principle of team management, creating an inclusive team culture, and defining projected… Show more
• Mentored a team of 10+ people by using key principle of team management, creating an inclusive team culture, and defining projected career growth to build centre of excellence. This team is managing a $200 MM revenue.
• Expanded product selection from vendors to ensure maximum product availability to customers using VMI,3PL, and postponement inventory sourcing strategies, improving cost-to-serve by 1 MM USD monthly
• Collaborated and influenced key cross-functional stakeholders to institute 10-points KPI system for vendor management, strengthening strategic ties and resulting in addition of 5 vendors from tier 2 to tier1

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• Developed and onboarded 20 new vendors in a sustainable sourcing. Managed relationships with suppliers of goods & services to meet the established cost, quality, and delivery targets.
• Formulated the entire operations value chain
• Monitored online operations of Post fold including close monitoring of financial targets
• Conducted market research with marketing prior to launch of product to ensure presence of potential consumer

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• Spearheaded and installed Jet Line concept into production system resulting in increase in flow rate by more than 250 % and saving of 60% operations capacity
• Created production file audit system and ensured 95% of raw material kit to be completed prior to start of bulk, this enhanced operational efficiency by 75%
• Introduced a concept of tailor-made/customized TNA across organization for fast-track styles, resulted in Increased revenues and saved $5 Million USD
• Headed a team… Show more
• Headed a team of 5 people under direct supervision and managed strong communication with 400+ multi-disciplinary people. Monitored 15 Shop floors with 4500+ machines
• Achieved minimum (approximately 3-4%) garment manufacturing rejection rate by allocating products to right vendors and shop floors Show less

Gurgaon, India

• Increased revenue of worth 1.5 million USD by utilizing dead stocks for test runs of bulk stitching, embroidery & printing
• Devised and implemented Trim-auditing tool. This implementation reduced shortages and overages and saved 6 million USD
• Collaborated with multi-disciplinary Supply Chain Departments to ensure a smooth entry & exit of product from factory premises to logistic partner
• Implemented Weak-Link Analysis tool which in turn ensured 100% on-time delivery of 500+… Show more
• Implemented Weak-Link Analysis tool which in turn ensured 100% on-time delivery of 500+ styles Show less

Noida

1.Trained 200+ people quality workers across various functions and built great working relations that ensured on-time deliverance and approvals of product prototype. 2. Bagged a “Two-for-$6.89” Tee program of annual worth of 4 Million USD and 12000 K annual units in terms of volume by applying backward costing and substitution of raw material.

Master Of Science - Ms, Operations And Supply Chain Management

Activities and Societies: President of Informs at UTDallas (Institute for Operation Research and Management Science).Led informs for 2.

B.Tech, Textile Technology, First Division

Activities and Societies: 1. Chief Event Organizer-National level technical fest ‘MYSTICA’. 2. Chief Captain- Sports Wing