End to End supply chain and systems setup and management of NZ Grocery Wholesalers (Part of Woolworths group)

Leading Supply planning for Woolworths NZ with a team of 60+, Delivering on the customer promise by ensuring availability of product on shelf across 240+ retail supermarket stores across NZ with inventory portfolio of $150 Mn

Led a team of 4 promotional analysts in NZ and accountable for baseline forecasts and promotional forecasts for circa 16,000 SKUs with an average of 4000 promotions weekly Set up of demand planning function for WWNZ to shift that dial for supplier collaboration and leading the change of focus on forecasting and importance of its visibility within the business

Functional lead for S&OP demand planning with 5 demand planners for both process & systems development, Driving best practices to achieve class A in Integrated Business Planning and standardize demand planning across categories within the business

Demand planning for sales and marketing forecasts across all sales channels in alignment with IBP cycle with overarching target of IBP class A status

Responsible for the Demand and Supply Planning processes for a group of countries in APAC region, ensuring the timely arrival of products so that they are able to meet their Customer Service Levels, in line with agreed Supply Chain metrics.

Select Client EngagementsUKs largest water utility (Reading, UK) - Analysis of business processes to identify gaps suggesting process improvements enabling smooth integration with IT systems and Business requirements gathering via workshops, interviews and multiple client interactions. The project aimed to stream line various customer touch points during an applicationEuropean electricity management multinational corporation (Paris, France) : Overall process improvement of customer care department by improving process using lean methodology and Using Big Data analytics for improving Agent interaction with customers by providing quick information to agents through widgets on the existing customer care screens Heavy Equipment Manufacturer (Kolkata, India : End to end Supply Chain re-engineering and implementing the interventions for inventory optimization and availability, Applied Principles of TOC with focus was on designing procurement strategies and installing stock buffers for inventory at various stages Other engagements pertaining to supply chain re-engineering, inventory management, strategic procurement, performance measurement setting, process improvement and business risk identification using TOC concepts and lean methodology

Project Scope: To develop a sustainable community based model to scale-up rural tourism in the villages of Sikkim Proposed a Comprehensive Community Model with through rural tourism Strategized and implemented a differential marketing plan targeting Domestic & International segments of tourists Case Study being published amongst the Top 10 cases at the ISB Ivey Case Competition among 220 entries from 75 top B-schools

Preventive, running and breakdown maintenance and overhauling : Total Productive Maintenance of rotary parts of Boiler. Led a team of 4 contractors, 10 supervisors, 3 site controllers and 14 workmen in the capacity of a Site Engineer