Leading Supplychain practice in area of demand, supply, inventory and network optimization, digital twin and integrated business planning

Responsible to manage E2E supplychain for 500 cr turnover of industrial paints involving key functional deliverables in area of- Demand and Supply Planning- Inventory optimisation- Transportation and warehouse management- Customer service - New systems implementation - JDA

• Mentoring & leading a team of highly effective Managers to deliver optimal inventory levels for dry & temperature controlled distribution centres across North America & Canada Region.• Responsible for balancing cost versus service tradeoffs, along with Load, Mode and repositioning compliance.• Analyze freight cost for differnent lanes and modes (rail and road) and develop optimal distribution stategy.• Cross functional coordination with Product Sales team, Demand planning, transportation and warehousing • Hub and Spoke project management for network optimization for B and C class SKUs.• Worked extensively on SAP-APO for deployment optimization implementing translanes, MIN-LOT size, Min-MAX inventory range, safey stock settings, overflow strategy.• APO power user and a key consultant for system improvement project team (Centerlining Project)• Ongoing Team management – Individual development plan, Appraisals, Campus hiring.Highlights:• Achieved USD. 3.1 million; savings through strong CSF utilization in F17 and by avoiding overflow storage capacity • Initiated process improvement - forward looking distribution planning to create higher visibility for Transportation & Warehousing Teams. Age Management process automation – 3 FTE reduction.• Achieved 85% system accuracy by streamlining APO deployment optimizer for system generated distribution plan.

• Responsible for process, system and inventory reduction strategies by defining standard processes and system usage.• Responsible for system integration of Inventory software (IBM) with SAP-APO.• Implemented in-process health checks to ensure compliance to standard processes• Cordinate with demand and supply planning COE pillar for process heath checks and continuous improvement.Highlights:• Created long range service processes to develop potential service risk scenarios based on Min-Max inventory norms• Developed control towers to ensure accurate production splits in a multi sourcing scenario

• Worked towards attaining the 99% casefill for North America and Canada business category and achieving transportation cost compliance – Load & Mode Factor and Double Touch• Generated service risk analysis & mitigation plans in-coordination with Sales & Marketing, Demand & Supply and Logistics TeamsHighlights:• Transitioned the service lead role from US to India by running the pilot• Single-handedly developed the RCA mechanism for identifying process & customer issues • Worked towards defining the inventory strategy for B & C class SKU’s by MAPE, Cycle and transit time analysis to achieve OTIF targets using Inventory Analyst Software (IBM)

• Managed the production planning for 3 operating units - 8 plants with a team of 12 members - • Capacity planning by maximizing capacity utilization, balanced utilization for multi sourced, solve capacity constrainted scenarious and develop optimum regional sourcing strategy.• Calculate & implement the inventory targets based on forecast error, production cycle and transit time.• Ongoing management of relationships with the business team, cross functional teams, metrics, regular performance updates, risk management, and utilization of resources, team management – Individual deveoplment plan, Apprisals, Hiring.• Part of the consultation team while implementing Terra demand sensing on information flow from DP to SNP.Highlights:• Ensured 99% customer casefill targets were achieved by implementing cost-effective production plans• Achieved 80% system accuracy for APO-SNP

Responsible for demand planning and distribution of products for PAN India.

- Demand and Supply Planning for New Launches- Master scheduling for Hyderabad production unit.