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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Led production & capacity planning, forecasting, and WIP management to align production with demand, successfully aligned production and forecasting, achieving on-time deliveries and driving continuous improvement in a lean manufacturing environment• Managing warehouse and logistics operations to ensure timely raw material availability and efficient distribution of finished goods, maintaining accurate inventory in D365 system.• Oversee procurement to ensure timely material availability, working with direct suppliers for smooth material flow.• Collaborated with teams from pre-production to post-shipment, resolve production & logistics related issues and improve processes.• Managing raw material issuance, inventory levels, and DOWN operations, ensuring the budgeted production demands targets are met. • Prepare weekly reports from PO to Delivery using LeadTech, D365, and Power-Bi & generate ad-hoc reports for senior management to support decision-making.

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

• Analyzed project costs to estimate revenues for the VAS-Value Added Services by using industry-standard labor and material rates, ensuring financial accuracy and feasibility & collaborated with customers to ensure timely approvals. • Managed and prioritized special project tasks, allocating resources to meet customer demands and ensure on-time project completion while managing the staging, preparation, and distribution of products needed for the project.• Collaborated with customer service and logistics teams to arrange the transportation of completed projects.• Maintained accurate administrative tracking of project revenues, margins, and invoices to ensure financial integrity.• Utilized EDI systems to streamline communication with suppliers, customers, and logistics teams, ensuring accurate and timely exchange of order data and status updates.• Provided comprehensive monthly reports to finance and senior management on project revenues, margins, and vendor performance, offering actionable insights for strategic decision-making.

Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka

• Managed Front-End Operations and achieved over 98% on-time delivery for 75 million apparel units in Nike’s Delivery Pillar, utilizing SAP, Fast React, NIKE Connect, DPOM, Power BI, and Bot systems to optimize operations.• Partnered with NIKE (DEC) Delivery Excellence Team, internal business, and planning teams to align demand and supply forecasts based on Nike’s LRP and Supply Plan, driving capacity optimization and addressing bottlenecks to ensure seamless production flow.• Led the achievement of budgeted sales targets, collaborating with cross-functional teams to align customer purchase order movements with production capabilities, ensuring timely delivery to meet Nike’s strategic goals.• Enhanced material stability within the division to 95%, addressing production plan deviations and resolving supply chain challenges such as over-forecasting, MOQ issues, and quality inconsistencies.• Worked with logistics service providers (LSPs) to ensure timely CUSDEC preparation and Bookings for on-time shipments, integrating EDI systems for real-time data exchange and seamless shipment tracking to customers' distribution centers.• Delivered operational excellence for major global events (Olympics, NFL, GFA, NBA, FIFA World Cup) by driving cross-functional collaboration and meeting tight deadlines without compromising quality standards.• Managed the Debit-Note process with Nike and Haddad brands, ensuring financial compliance by closely monitoring payments and resolving discrepancies in PO data (FOBs) to maintain both operational and financial integrity.• Utilized Power-BI, SAP, NIKE Connect, and DPOM to analyze data, optimize operations, and provide actionable insights to leadership to drive continuous improvements and maximize operational efficiency

Sri Lanka

• Responsible for operational excellence in front-end operations while also monitoring NIKE’s demand/capacity and delivery performance of the manufacturing facilities. • Performed with the responsibility for all customer communications of the Supply Chain & Operations from PO to Delivery as the main point of contact with NIKE's Delivery Excellence teams in India & Vietnam.• Improved On-Time performance from Silver to Gold rating with an OTP above 97% while engaging with the supply chain & monitoring manufacturing efficiencies from pre-production to post-shipments.• Forecasting and monitoring the smooth operation of the finished goods (FG) warehouses to maintain the efficiency of the customer demand on POs and on-time deliveries.

Colombo 03,Sri Lanka

• Customer communications with NIKE's Delivery Excellence teams in India whilst monitoring the assigned manufacturing facilities to drive operational excellence as well as meet the given set of KPIs. (OTP-On-time Performance/GAC Accuracy & Operational issues from PO to Delivery).

• Customer communications with NIKE's Delivery Excellence teams in India whilst monitoring the assigned manufacturing facilities to drive operational excellence as well as meet the given set of KPIs. (OTP-On-time Performance/GAC Accuracy & Operational issues from PO to Delivery).

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Scm2 - Supply Chain Management - Logistics (Co-Op)

Bachelor Of Science - Business Management

Advanced Diploma In Business Management

Diploma In Textile & Apparel Technology

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Education record