Develop and own the overall S&OP process of demand and supply management. Drive consensus meetings with Commercial, Merchandising and Finance teams to ensure forecast and budget goals are achieved and aligned.Develop demand and supply plan for different distribution channels including d2c, retail and e-commerce. Ensure inventory goals are met while mitigating risks to meet required service levels across channels and network. Develop production plan to optimize inventory turnover and runs based on raw material, line capacity and inventory requirements.Significantly reduce inbound transportation cost and streamline processes.Effectively improve communication and process flow with 3PL partners, thereby reducing warehouse inventory variance, errors and holding costs at 3PLs. Determine cost optimal and brand-centric pack-out strategy to include frozen food and hard goods. Develop relationships with co-manufacturers, suppliers and logistics partners.Streamline inventory management processes both internally and with 3PL partners.Build integrated inventory management system.Develop budget plans and track against inventory, warehouse and transportation spend.

Design and develop vision plan for inventory health management and spearhead the charter across cross-functional partners.Identify and streamline process gaps in supply planning to improve upon inventory health.Identify the gaps and challenges in the current state- system, process and people.Provide recommendations and successfully build tools and mechanisms to overcome defects.

- Establish processes and develop analytical models and tools to assess item and SKU assortment for new product launches based on demand forecast - Evaluate and assess the demand forecasts for new item at the conception of a launch.- Develop and establish analytical models for demand forecast of major seasonal launches- Partner with suppliers, sourcing and merch teams to evaluate the production capacity by vendor and by SKU - identify the gaps and establish a process to mitigate inventory risks. - Audit and validate the final monthly demand forecast of new items submitted by the demand planners

- Effect the right supply by demand allocation across multiple country-channel for premium line of Echo devices and the newly launched Fire-TV screens.- Recommend the build and investment decisions on a new device launch to the executive/ leadership team.

Ecommerce platform and distributor for promotional items. Oversaw the entire operations from strategic partnerships with customers, alignment of processes and development of product portfolio thereby improving the topline for the company and minimizing the costs

E-Commerce, online and backend operations for apparel companies. Website design and developmentCompany with a total staff of 25 members• Business capabilities include analysis and business strategy, problem solving, hands-on co-ordination and communication of the deliverables and continuous improvement of the infrastructure to maximize performance.• Demonstrated business acumen with strong expertise in data analysis and problem solving• Recognition as an industry leader with ability to deliver in a challenging environment with focus on execution, accountability and delivery• Introduced an in-house design label for an accessories product line• Championed the SKU count growth to 5000+ in 3 years and added 17 strategic hosting accounts in the first year alone• Introduced Web design and development services to our hosting clients

Responsible for the following areas - corporate planning and budgeting, inventory, import/logistics, and quality control. Corporate Planning: Responsible for the annual and semi-annual corporate budget sessions. Inventory Planning/ Inventory Control/ Quality Control: Responsible for continuous improvement of inventory management and monthly/annual purchasing spend. Management of quality team and responsible for reducing the defect rate, close-outs and distressed inventory. Helped streamline some of warehouse processes.Import and Logistics/ Sourcing: Responsible for and worked with freight carriers, vendors overseas to optimize cost benefits vs. efficiency.

Direct and manage primarily three functional areas within the group – corporate and financial planning, budget planning and managing the annual budget sessions, strategy and inventory planning.