-Handling Demand & Supply planning function along with Customer Service Management-Executing Strategic Business Initiatives along with Cost Reduction & Process Improvement Projects in the Manufacturing/Supply Chain Vertical-Experienced in Supply Chain Excellence - with extensive experience in all areas of Supply Chain Management like Forecasting, Demand planning & Order management, Sourcing & Procurement , Material Planning & Management ,Production Planning and Scheduling, Inbound Logistics, Outbound Logistics & Distribution, International Supplies Management, Managing Customs Processes & Systems in an ERP environment.

•Establish the S&Op (Sales and Operations Planning) process for the entire company for various time horizons & ensured that this is percolated down to demand, supply & other functions.•Develop S&Op framework which looks at the value at risk for the company along with three key dimensions of demand, supply & service.•Prepare multiple what if scenarios & simulations in case of demand & supply mismatch/optimization.•Drive the decision made on Supply, Demand & Service dimensions ensuring that the value at risk is minimized for the organization. Led the system integration for S&Op.•Integration of demand from various geographies & consolidation of demand based on batch sizes, capacity & formulation filled with objective to minimize the generation of excess WIP at plants.•Created “Finished Good Inventory” model for balancing the finished good inventory, logistic cost and plant capacity to maintain the desired service level of different SKU’s. •Created web based excel system for enhancing the supply chain visibility which leads to inventory optimization & enhanced supply chain planning.•Measured the demand variation & forecast accuracy for the commercial order tracker released from Sales Coordination team.•Created “Dynamo”: Plant capacity modeling tool in excel, for strategic planning of various product mixes.•Spend Analysis done for formulation business which led to optimization on purchase of excipients (raw materials) generating savings to the tune of INR1 Crore.•Conceptualized, Created & Implemented templates for Supply Chain function to facilitate Stage Gate Process of New Product Development•Facilitating plant purchase to develop alternate vendors for Raw/ Packaging material by preparing annual operating plan and generate savings to the tune of INR 50 million.•Identifying improvement opportunities in processes by conducting end to end Value Stream mapping on selected products and finalizing the projects after approval

Business Strategy: •Corporate Strategic Planning: Conceptualize & enable to roll out of strategic initiatives by conducting relevant analysis & business modeling.•Organization wide transformation program & corporate initiatives: Support in conceptualize of transformation & improvement programs & development of corporate initiatives.Supply Chain Excellence: •Initiated & led integrated business process of Sales & Operation planning leading to enhanced synchronization between plants, R&D & sales for formulation business.•Established demand & supply planning process for formulation business of Jubilant.•Created web based excel system for enhancing the supply chain visibility which leads to inventory optimization & enhanced supply chain planning.•Created “Dynamo”: Plant capacity modeling tool in excel, for strategic planning of various product mixes.•Spend Analysis done for formulation business which led to optimization on purchase of excipients(raw materials) generating savings to the tune of INR1 Crore.•Analyzed business process of order management and reduce the delivery time of artwork purchase from 60 to 30 days.•Developed an In-house low cost excel based scheduler for creating an optimized schedule for production.•Facilitating plant purchase to develop alternate vendors for Raw/ Packaging material by preparing annual operating plan and generate savings to the tune of INR 50 million.•Identifying improvement opportunities in processes by conducting end to end Value Stream mapping on selected products and finalising the projects after approval Lean & Six Sigma•Identification of Project Team with agreed project charter & timelines•Optimization of the product & process based on DoE(Design of Experiments)•Develop DFSS/QbD Scorecards, citing the ANOVA, Cp & Cpk, which is sent for regulatory submissions.•Assisting Vice President Operations in formulating the manufacturing strategy to meet five year rolling volume projections of various product-mixes.

6.5 years of experience in manufacturing operations including material resource planning, production management and project management with leading FMCG organization.