Talha M.

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Senior Manager - Data Owner: Supply Chain @ L'Oréal
New York, NY, US
Talha M.'s Location
New York City Metropolitan Area, United States
About Talha M.

Innovative and results-driven leader with over a decade of experience in data analytics, supply chain management, program management, and project management across diverse industries including Food/Beverages, OTC drugs, Consumer Goods (CPG. FMCG), Aviation, and Healthcare. Recognized for optimizing end-to-end processes, driving cross-functional leadership throughout Integrated Business Planning (IBP) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP), and enhancing customer satisfaction to achieve organizational success. Key Highlights:IBP Proficiency: Proficient in leading Integrated Business Planning (IBP) initiatives to optimize strategies and enhance operational efficiency. Skilled in facilitating cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder engagement to drive organizational success.Continuous Improvement Champion: Champion of continuous improvement initiatives, leveraging data analytics and lean six sigma principles to drive process improvement and enhance organizational performance.Strategic Thinker: Strategic thinker with a proven track record of developing and implementing strategic initiatives to meet evolving market demands and drive business growth. Experienced in strategic planning, cross-functional leadership, and product cycle management.Collaborative Leader: Collaborative leader with extensive experience in leading cross-functional teams and fostering collaboration to drive successful outcomes. Adept at building strong relationships and driving stakeholder engagement to achieve shared goals.Supply Chain Expertise: Experienced in optimizing supply chain strategies, logistics, procurement, and inventory management to streamline processes, reduce costs, and enhance operational efficiency. Skilled in strategic planning, cross-functional leadership, and product cycle management.Looking Forward:Passionate about driving growth and leading supply chain excellence in any leadership role. Committed to leveraging expertise and proven achievements to deliver innovative and efficient solutions that drive organizational success. Let's connect and explore opportunities to collaborate for mutual success.

Talha M.'s Current Company Details
L'Oréal

L'Oréal

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Senior Manager - Data Owner: Supply Chain
New York, NY, US
Website:
loreal.com
Employees:
88577
Talha M. Work Experience Details
  • L'Oréal
    Senior Manager - Data Owner: Supply Chain
    L'Oréal
    New York, Ny, Us
  • L'Oréal
    Senior Manager – Data Domain & Product Ownership (Dpo): Supply Chain
    L'Oréal Jul 2024 - Present
    New York City Metropolitan Area
  • Pepsico
    Ibp Project Lead - Data Analytics, Governance, And Stewardship
    Pepsico Dec 2023 - Jul 2024
    Purchase, New York, United States
  • Party City
    Senior Manager - Planning And Optimization
    Party City Mar 2022 - Dec 2023
    New Jersey, United States
    • Optimizing product selections, removing 8 loss-leading seasons and boosting profitability by 46% by reducing spending.• Spearheading cross-functional IBP collaborations, aligning Quality, Sourcing, Merchant, Finance, and key supply partners by mitigating risks, and reducing supply chain risks by 15% year over year. Portfolio value: $1.3billion.• Leading 6 direct reports, saving 13 million units in excess inventory by auditing buys for over 200 vendors. Managing a high-performing team, streamlining E2E supply for 2 Distribution centers, reducing excess inventory by 7%.• Providing SAP + Sigma BI coaching, supervising development, raising skillsets, and Planning KPI performance by 18% YoY.• Leading new programs, achieving 2x business growth in Northeast market, improving global supply chain process efficiencies.• Conducting and presenting to executive leadership in MBRs/QBRs, proactively mitigating risks, saving 9 million in costs and improving supplier performance. Implementing process improvements, reducing operational costs by 5% and increasing efficiency by 11%.• Managing vendor relations, and negotiating terms, collaborating with vendors to quickly resolve problems, and make best-in-class decisions to mitigate supply risks. Work with merchants to create buy plans to optimize product exposure, and profitability. Negotiating vendor terms to adjust for Bankruptcy, resulting in 6% cost savings in new contract minimums, and improving profitability.• Owning Full Product Planning Cycle, PCHI IBP calendar, deliverables for planning, milestone tracking at owner and executive level, Monthly/Quarterly reviews, and emergency buys. Ensuring KPIs perform to Plan vs. LY or exceeds targets. Developing cross-functional partnerships, reducing shrink by 310 BPS, and fixing forecast accuracy for Full product Cycle plans.• Performing process engineering, and post-project analysis to identify critical areas of opportunity to streamline the end-to-end process.
  • Rb
    Sr. Planning - Management Of Upper Respiratory Portfolio.
    Rb Apr 2020 - Apr 2022
    United States
    • Designed the Americas supply network: Setup of inventory locations, factories, inventory targets + safety stock levels, global routing, GMP requirements, order frequencies, and testing MOQ feasibility. Achieved $43.8 million in cost savings by optimizing locations, factories, and routing. Reduced lead times by 20%, and achieved cost savings of 12% by performing consistent value chain audits.• Developed and executed supply chain strategies to drive overall profitability, and OTIF adherence, owned the Over-the-Counter drugs portfolio ($510 mil per Quarter) which serviced Walmart, Target, CVS, Walgreens, and drug stores - with a fill rate of 98% during peak Covid market.• Improved production schedule timeliness by 3 months for 11 production sites, leading to a 22% delivery improvement to customers (Walmart, CVS, Walgreens and key drug chains) during peak Covid. Worked with copackers and CMOs to develop optimized Kinaxis based planned productions, supply, and logistic schedules 24-48 months ahead of key product kickoffs.• Introduced a new project management process, reducing lead-time by 4 weeks for network of 6 DCs serving NA market, and enhancing accountability guardrails. Managed communications with 3PLs and Third-Party factories, ensuring efficient transportation.• Communicated operational requirements and costs to executive leadership, ensuring continuity and contingency plans for smooth operations during unpredictable events, and reducing production minimums. Led temperature control, soft gels, tablets, and medical device chain projects, redesigned warehouse KPI metrics nationwide, achieved lean efficiencies and cost savings of $5 million.• Owned strategic cold chain / chill chain drugs projects, drove systems enhancements, lean efficiencies, and cost savings by waste elimination. Led a team of 4 Data Analysts that constantly hunted for improvements in Master-data enhancements, and BI reporting.
  • Delta Air Lines
    Senior Demand Planner / Buyer - Obs & Ifs
    Delta Air Lines Apr 2019 - Mar 2020
    Greater Atlanta Area
    Global In-Flight Supply Services / On Board Planning Services• Oversaw Supply Planning (FMCG) and Vendor management, ensured on-time performance for all domestic/international flight supply, and reduced vendor lead times through re-negotiation by 15%. Maximized resource capacity planning, dealing with supply constraints, reduced total lead times by 6 weeks, and increased on-time delivery performance from 79% to 96% targeting time-based KPIs.• Designed a new E2E planning process for Food supply for 1st class and main cabin customers, enhancing customer satisfaction. Led improvement projects to reduce transport lead-times, and food inventory waste at warehouses - led to reduction in write-offs by 28%.• Created and led cross-organizational product launches (NPI), and sunset plans (EOL), played a key role in the timely and successful worldwide launch of International Main Cabin Redesign (IMCR), that is designed to serve 120 million customers per year.• Implemented a new forecasting system that corrected live food, in-flight materials, inventory, and alcohol forecasts for over 200 flights per day, which in turn revolutionized the system that captured Delta's Sales, vs Actuals data – improving forecast accuracy by 8%.• Managed issues with Out of Stocks, Finished Goods inventory, and factory manpower constraints to meet and exceed targets.
  • The Coca-Cola Company
    Logistics Supply Planning Lead Ii
    The Coca-Cola Company Jan 2017 - Apr 2019
    New York City Metropolitan Area
    • Led projects as Lead Planner for the Just-In-Time program, reduced plan creation time by 30% at production sites by overhauling routes.• Increased on-time delivery performance by 21%, targeting and exceeding goals set for union staff of over 600 workers.• Ensured all Master Data was correct for B2B customers, improved OTIF by 19%, and reduced return rates by 3.7%.• Led Logistics management efforts by working with the WMS system to maintain a sufficient in-stock level, EDI and ASN maintenance, leading to fewer incidents of late deliveries, and shortages in inventory due to improved inventory practices.• Utilized appropriate reporting tools to compare past plans vs. actual, captured opportunities for improvements - leading to improved supply parameters within network optimization, and an efficiency in peak hours of 150% YoY.• Managed and reported (weekly) on-site data to key stakeholders in Coca Cola's leadership team regarding manpower constraints, product availability based around on on-orders/on-hands, and operating fleet equipment at 4 Distribution Centers.• Utilized appropriate reporting tools (Outlet Trend, Telematics, PVA & Verizon Fleet Connect) to compare past plans vs. actual, spend variances, captured opportunities of improvement in: Idle time, spend, route costs, overtime hours, warehouse pick-rates, and geographic sequencing. Leveraged IBM AS400's setup features to effectively improve and update supply parameters throughout Tri-State locations.• Managed SOPs and coached users, improving supply chain efficiency - led to process improvements and raising of standard for user skill baseline. Subject Matter Expertise (SME) in systems such as SAP APO /ECC, SAP HANA BI, DP, SNP, LEO, MerLOT and AS 400.
  • Mdq
    Supply Operations And Logistics Analyst
    Mdq Oct 2015 - Dec 2016
    Bay Shore
    * Conducted regular reviews and updates of logistics schedules: preparing daily operations reports and documents. Tracked resolutions to repetitive issues: reducing incidents by 20% and improving SOPs for continuity.* Overhauled and redeveloped the member donations list within the organization, installing measures to ensure all funds are tracked, and deposits from Non-profit entities would be maximizing the impact on their targeted recipient communities.* Generated reports on the operations of Automated Dispensing Machines including discrepancy reports and forwarded reports to the appropriate manager(s) for appropriate action/follow-up. Led to 9% in cost savings.* Planned the relief drives to help effected displaced refugees in the Kilis Öncüpınar Refugee Camp in Turkey. Transferred medical supplies, emergency aid, and collected funds to the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation with tracked receipts.* Analyzed records of donation invoices and receipts, compiling data into reports detailing the promptness of the payments by donors, aiding the company in assessing the effectiveness of its fundraising and, outreach programs.* Assisted with the quarterly financial statements by recording journal entries, contributing to the timely execution of the required budget goals, identifying and reporting instances of suspicious withdrawals by members of the organization.• Audited vendors and business partners on reported disputes, leading to improved cost calculation tracking, and updating billing charges. Analyzed invoices and receipts, assessing the effectiveness of fundraising programs and improving engagement.• Designed and presented Back-Order Analysis reports, improving data quality and leading to data quality improvements.
  • Kuehne + Nagel
    Airfreight & Aviation Export Co-Op
    Kuehne + Nagel Jun 2015 - Sep 2015
    Greater New York City Area
    • Owned the Key Accounts for Rolls Royce, and Turkish Aerospace Industries - handled internal and external queries, supplying customers with documents such as AESs, RFQs, BOLs, Billing and implementing corrective actions in existing processes on behalf of the JFK Branch. Was recognized for having a successful on-time delivery rate of 100% during my internship.• Implemented Action Plans by liaising with all offices responsible for local and global Key Accounts. Created multiple SOPs that directly implemented process improvements centered around KPIs in general Aviation Key accounts.• Processed Bills of Lading, House Airway Bills, updated / tracked monthly commodity charts, and freight rates for cargo quotes.• Took lead as the point-person on the Warehouse’s implementation of JDS WMS system, putting together detailed SOPs for Tri-State Warehouse Managers to transition their workforce away from the previous AS 400 system.• Obtained documentation from customer representatives, such as SLI, Screening Approvals and Export Licenses daily - while ensuring the MAWB process was fully compliant with DOT standards.• Projected costs for insurance/freight and oversaw timely transportation of cargo into container warehouses. Prepared monthly financial and operations statements through Microsoft Excel – leading to reduction of errors by 40% in reporting.• Implemented process improvements, driving KPI advances. Forecasted monthly weight data for trucking department, improving budget forecasting. Owned all aspects of Airway Bills, SLI tracking, ASN tracking, Component Orders, Screening, and Terminal handling billings.
  • Sears, Roebuck And Co.
    Supply And Warehouse Lead
    Sears, Roebuck And Co. Jun 2012 - Nov 2014
    New York, United States
    • Designed and presented to Branch management - Back-Order Analysis reports regarding billing discrepancies in local ERP System on all trucking invoices within the fiscal year. Presented process mapped improvements to Management on data quality and its maintenance. Scheduled all warehouse pick-ups, and drop-offs for inter-warehouse shipments.• Completed cost analysis on the utility fees of the three main facilities, reducing costs by 16% throughout the territory.• Implemented new WMS system to streamline online sales by direct purchases from our warehouse - promoting 2-day shipping.• Consulted leadership on capacity resolutions, and troubleshooted by collaborating with teams to achieve inventory targets.• Analyzed sales forecasts in relation to supply forecasts for trends. Utilized trend analysis to support supply decisions and improve sales forecast accuracy. Introduced safety stocks buffer to keep 20% added inventory during peak seasons.• Monitored Inventory expiration dates for obsolesce avoidance and provided corrective actions. Led the planning/organization of stock in the warehouse and acted as a liaison to other departments (Systems/Sales/Retail Leadership) to align on targets - reducing obsolescence by 33% through FIFO adherence.• Communicated with Warehouses and Delivery teams to drive site-specific continuous improvement efforts related to breaks, shrinkage, and expiration (obsolescence) in warehouse performance/metrics.

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Talha M. works for L'oréal

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Talha M.'s current role is Senior Manager - Data Owner: Supply Chain.

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Talha M. attended State University Of New York Maritime College, Columbia University.

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