Shape the organization for establishing regulatory compliance for 2D barcode, EPIL ,serialization and UDI for 25 countries 250 products, 3 manufacturing facilities and 4 CMO, responsibilities included managing the budget,partnering with IT, supply chain to set roadmap, prioritize requirements and drive change managementand transform business process

I Lead and grow a strong team of product owners and business analysts to build and deploy end-to-end digital solutions • Implemented performance management using cloud and IOT technology for manufacturing sites toprovide real time visibility of OEE &Stoppages, eliminated manual log entry and visualized reports• Established Standards office to own all 15 billion digital assets by partnering with Gs1, R&D, regulatory Supply chain. Initiative helped customer with verified digital information for 20K products, 119 brands, 62 target markets for 5.4Billion population• Waste management visibility system was deployed to sites in Americas region to bring visibility to thewaste generated by capturing early signals on manufacturing performance•

Director Strategic Manufacturer Services (2018-2021)Leading the teams responsible for ICS secure supply chain and serialization. Responsibilities include supporting business development, strategic planning and execution of serialization as service. Implementation efforts include designing supply chains for specialty pharmaceuticals by partnering with manufacturers, packagers, and wholesalers. Was responsible for designing analytics as a service for forecasting, CPFR and S&OP processes. • Execute effective on boarding process for inbound data exchange with data providers as a part of client on boarding. Partner with IT and Operation to ensure process and systems are aligned for perfect inbound receiving in the warehouse. Onboarded 95 manufacturers and the service generated $1.2 million in revenue. • Manage enhanced serialization services business to support serialization capabilities for printing on secondary package, aggregation and data integration. Key responsibilities include solution design with clients, vendor management, pricing, execution and validation. Designed solution for cryogenic serialization for cell and gene therapy• Set Analytics Strategy, execute road map by partnering with functional groups within ICS to develop requirements, prototype, implement and deploy solutions. Solution was designed using Alteryx and Power BI

• DSCSA/Secure Supply Chain: Designed warehouse processes for receiving, container management and shipping for serialized products. Also architected IT design and implemented the Edge warehouse solution for DC in U.S. and France.• B2B Integration: Managed 3rd party vendor to outsource EDI Services to onboard 85 customers, 219 messages. Implementing EDI platform helped drive reduce cost, platform optimization, on board new customers rapidly and establish DSCSA- FDA Compliance. • Transportation Management: Established Freight Auditing and payment process for monitoring $10 million freight spend. Integrated ERP systems with 3rd party transportation freight auditor (CASS) to establish compliance. Integrated Walmart's Freight with Case stack to improve OTIF with a projected savings of $700,000.• Order to Cash: Implemented Order to Cash processes, Warehouse Management services for the 3PL (DHL) distribution center for our East Coast distribution for Consumer goods. Established Order management Capabilities for Direct ship for Costco SKU’s from manufacturing sites I n Canada. • PMO: Created a system and implemented processes for requirements management for the divisions 1st Program Management Office.

• Cost Savings: Delivered logistics cost savings for Xbox and Surface Devices of $440,000 annualized by automating the Direct Ship Sales Order Management process in SAP R/3 and SAP APO.• Compliance: Using multiple 3rd party vendors, upgraded Integration Point trade management solutions that automate and manage import/export processes at the factories in Mexico. Established compliance with the Mexican customs and government agencies. Created real-time visibility through integration with SAP. Current discrepancies down to $1 million from $89 million and liability risk to $400,000 from $11.3 million.• Big Data/Analytics: Implemented Big Data strategy for the Americas for Mobile Devices handling 30 million phone devices per year. Led the team that delivers IT capabilities to the 3 business units, factories, and warehouses in providing data visibility and integrity for the end-to-end supply chain of 7000 SKUs. • Dashboards: Created dashboards using Qlik View that provided visibility of orders, demand plans, and channel data by integrating data from 6 different tools (SAP r/3, SAP APO, i2, Zyme, PRS).• Kaizen/LEAN Methodologies: Reduced Color Attach rate deviation from 10% to 5%. Improved visibility of colors to the supplier and improved correct Color availability. Performed value stream mapping and root cause analysis helped build a Cadence for Color planning for the Product Availability Team.

Sales & Operations (S&OP) Deployment Manager, Americas Region (2012 – 2014) • Implemented and deployed corporate program for transforming sales and operational planning (S&OP). Focused on reducing the Inventory Risks >6B EUR and influencing the cost of Sales 1B EUR. • Managed the supply chain strategy for Sales & Operations Planning for the Americas by partnering with Sales & Marketing, Operations, and F&C. Implemented tools (SAP APO, i2, Statistical tools) and processes for demand forecasting, strategic balance, and product availability.

• Supported project design by reviewing business requirements from Nokia plants in Mexico, Brazil & Canada , Ensured clarity , established goals and expectations for services requested • Performed Current State Analysis of the Production order flow in Mexico plant , modeled the production lines, Tools, operators, production output , in the SAP system• Master data settings were maintained in SAP R/3 for Capacity, Capacity Planner, Capacity Categories, Production version , Work center, Work center classification , Routing, routing group as a part of data preparation and conversion to enable APO- PPDS• Setup Group, Setup Matrix, Shift definition , Planning Calendar, Planner Responsible, Production Location, Time Profile, Propagation Range were maintained in APO –PPDS as a part of system Readiness.• CIF was monitored to ensure successful transformation of master data , PDS from R/3 to APO • Optimization profiles for scheduling Production orders and planned orders where created based on compact scheduling, weightage was set up on make span, setup time and costs, resource and Priority. • Monitored the optimization results and helped the users analyzing the results by checking the log and explaining the optimization logic. • SAP (PP) Demand Planning Parameters, Planning strategy, Strategy group, Requirement type & Class were setup for plants in America and Canada for planning finished goods inventory.• MRP groups, MRP Controllers & Types where modified to enable P2P orders between the plants in America and Canada during the ramp up for new ODM products • As a part of support shop floor control settings were maintained for Production Scheduler, and object list for print control• Created fully integrated test scripts across Cross modules between SAP SD & SAP MM modules completed unit and integration testing; worked closely with end-users, performing regression testing for SAP upgrade to 6.0

• Designed the solution architecture & implemented Nokia Customer Care planning and replenishment for Spare Parts using i2 Demand Planner, i2 Spare parts Planner and SAP R/3. The project enabled spare parts inventory reduction by 15.3 %, and annual scrap reduction of 43%• Created the Non Functional Requirement for the Care planning solutions by agreeing with the Business Stake holders on System Performance, Availability, Maintainability, Response time & Data security.• Estimated Hardware Sizing requirements based on requirements set on Performance and Response time; Created test scenarios based on business workflow and tested the system for Performance• Created interface designs between i2 and SAP by defining the data source, frequency & transfer method• Created statistical forecasting techniques to automate demand planning process & improve Forecast Accuracy; enabled automated forecast generation based on the PLC, making manual planning process exception based reducing forecast errors by 25%Modeled Watch points, Scopes and Sessions using i2 Demand planner• Generated forecast by using the algorithms in i2 Demand planner; developed exception based KPI in i2 SPP to monitor inventory• Global CARE Planning solutions were deployed for Plants globally EMEA, Americas, APAC (Brazil, USA, Finland, China, and Korea)

• Implemented New demand planning process for North America & Latin America Sales Areas, by implementing i2 Demand planner ,project brought global visibility of demand plans by providing one set of numbers and avoiding duplicate works. • Created data measures for PLC management, user specific bookmarks and Region specific reports. Prioritized new requirements for future release, provided go-live support and monitored the system extensively for data integrity and performance • Collaborated with the Business groups to validate existing workflows and evaluated benefits of new system functionalities during upgrade of i2 Demand Planner 5.1 and i2 Master Planner• Served as a liaison with i2 during demand planner V5.1 product development voted on prioritizing new functionalities • Online CPFR solution using i2 Rhythm collaborative planner between Nokia Supply planning team and the suppliers. Project enabled global material visibility, ability to proactively manage material constraints and reduce line stops. Deployment activities included supporting Key users and suppliers, setting up the master data in SAP, Supplier portal and i2 RCP• Maintained the data integrity for the Americas Regions by maintaining proper classifications and mapping Data between SAP and the i2• Monitored issue resolution by i2 by closely measuring performance against their Service Level Agreements. Improved On Time Delivery and FPR resulting in system availability of 99%

• Reengineered Capacity Collaboration solution at Nike, by defining and modeling a new KPI in the i2 RCP tool which enabled dynamic confirmations of the build plans from the factories leading to optimal utilization of capacity and resources.• Responsible for Implementing the RCP enhancements and upgrading Rhythm collaboration – Capacity Collaboration 4.3.1 • Created a new data measure by altering core data files to represent the RCP enhancements, altering the necessary core property files to reflect the changes in the RCPUI• Performed load testing and performance testing during the product development of Demand planner • Developed system test plans, Integration test plans and Scenario testing with other i2 components and tested the end-to-end (SCP 5.1, ADW 5.1, DP5.1 and RL 5.1) solution to ensure user approval of final results.