Experience

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  Livpure India

  • Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Assistant General Manager

    • Oct 2023 - Present
    • Gurugram, Haryana, India

    • Leads and manages the overall S&OP process to ensure alignment across functions and senior management to deliver business goals for short and medium to long term.• Manages the calendar of events that lead up to the final monthly demand plan through the ownership of the overall S&OP and demand planning process as well as proactively identifies supply chain risks issues and proposes solutions during the S&OP through relevant analysis.• Develops processes to enhance the effectiveness of demand Planning & forecasting. Coordinates with relevant departments to Plan. Discuss and build consensus with all stake holders based on historical trend,seasonality & Budget. Ensures timely collaboration & sign-offs from respective stakeholders• Drive alignment of plans and corrective actions in forecasting to improve our supply chain metrics in cost and services.• Report on forecasting performance through standard KPIs and reporting Analyze forecasts vs actual sales with respect to availabilty of stocks to provide recommendations for improving forecasts.• Study of own Factory & suppliers’ capacity, lead time for production, change over time, stocking capacity for raw material and finished goods, lead time for arrangement of major raw material and components• Manage all capacity and production planning and recommend adjustments to inventory management strategies based on market dynamics, seasonal trends, and promotional activities.• Continuously focus to improve the overall S&OP process and develops actionable plans to improve it's maturity across all aspects capability, process improvements and automation. • Participate in the daily/weekly/monthly Sales - Supply planning meetings along with Sales, Mfg. and Procurement functions and give triggers on specific production & purchasing inputs in order to product availability across channels

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  Usha International

  • India
  • Manufacturing
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Deputy Department Manager

    • Feb 2018 - Oct 2023

    • Work on Demand planning for short, mid and long-term horizons. Ensure the collaboration of all necessary functions to the consensus building.• Review historical sales trends,seasonality,prepare forecast data and evaluate forecast results.• Utilize a collaborative and consensus approach by working with Sales, Marketing to obtain accurate information for demand forecast• Provide input for effective planning in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products and product phase outs.• Analyze forecasts vs actual sales with respect to availabilty of stocks to provide recommendations for improving forecasts.• Provide Supply Visibility from the available capacities and share the final plan with Sales/Commercial/Brand etc• Manage inventory levels of Finished Goods and coordinate on Raw/Finished material with sourcing team.• Driving Actions for Production Plan adherence, coordinate with Procurement/Deployment Manager for Finished Goods supplies (own plants & co-manufacturing)• Carrying out, Non Moving & Slow Moving analysis on all SKUs.Manage and monitor Ageing stock, timely liquidation of Ageing stocks.• Work closely on Cost reduction targets by effective truck utilization and direct dispatches.• Ensure continuous monitoring and issue resolution and implement improvements in APO on an ongoing basis.• Analyse the output(SNP Result) and identify the issues and work with IT to resolve.• Ensure timely execution of supply planning and distribution planning on an ongoing basis.• Monitor the implementation of the Continuous Replenishment Process from Plants to Depots. Stocks Norm adherence,SKU classification, Improving Case Fill Rate.• Changes in SAP-APO masters as per the revised agreed norms for replenishments.• Metrics analysis, calculating the relevant metrics such as Loss of sales, forecast accuracy, sales skew,Purchase/Production Adherence etc. at depot and national level

  • Sr. manager Sales & Operational Planning

    • Feb 2018 - Mar 2019

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  MBD Group - Delhi

  • Central Delhi

  • Supply Chain Management

    • May 2014 - Jan 2018
    • Central Delhi

    Part of Supply Chain Excellence group responsible for managing overall operations which include Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory management, Distribution Planning and end to end order management at PAN India level Following are the key roles and responsibilities:• Coordinate with Sales and marketing team to understand market requirements, understand priorities and forecast demand.• Own the complete sales forecasting process based on performance /seasonality /organization focus on product /targets in coordination with sales team.• Collect Market Intelligence, analyse sales trends for more than 1000 SKUs & prepare final forecast to drive monthly S&OP meetings with sales team• Conduct CFR (Consensus Forecasting & Review) meeting with all Zones, challenge forecast volume and review forecast accuracy and other performance metrics at regional S&OP meetings.• Rolling out AOP plans with PPC for raw material planning for long- term procurement.• Inventory Management- ABC Classification, safety stock, ROP, analysing movement patterns/consumption. • Inventory audit and ensure regular inventory checks(Perpetual Inventory) for high accuracy• Review and analyse reconciliation variances on month-end inventory reports. Prepare and distribute monthly summary and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to key stakeholders.• Coordination with production & other stakeholders to ensure the plan adherence/• Minimize obsolete (NMI) inventory and reduce inter-depot freight cost by regularly improving demand forecasting process and coordination with stakeholders.• Ensuring availability of SKUs as per sales forecast/orders at right time, at right location and in right quantity

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  HFCL Group

  • Solan(HP)

  • Deputy Manager-PPC

    • Dec 1998 - May 2014
    • Solan(HP)

    • Coordinate with Sales and marketing team to understand market requirements, understand priorities and forecast demand.• Review forecast of demand with historical data & calibrate for material requirement planning.• Coordinate and lead Sales and Operations Planning meeting for common communication• MIS reporting through project status reports, in daily morning meetings or as and when required.• Maintaining the Recommended Stock Level (RSL) in store by monitoring the re-ordering level and timely issue of PO for the same • Remain in constant touch with design, Store & Production for any clarification related to procurement.• Supervise material planning in SAP, timely availability and approval of Purchase Requisitions for procurement.• Production planning and production scheduling: Ensure 95% production compliance.• Packing material planning: ensuring 98% availability keeping not more than 3 days of inventory.• Daily inventory tracking system• Customer Support demand planning on the basis of fault history & integration with Circle Inventory• Priorities customer service as per agreed timelines.• Maintain BOM accuracy in SAP and BOM creation process.• Strong operational skills in the areas of SAP Production Planning, Production Execution, Shop Floor Execution, BOM, Routing, Work Centre.• Exposure to multiple production environments such as make to order, make to stock.• Handle multi-location inventory across the country. Stock Review, Safety Stock, Re-order Point, InterUnit Transfer & Liquidation Plan• Handle multi-location inventory across the country. Stock Review, Safety Stock, Re-order Point, InterUnit Transfer & Liquidation Plan• Designing, documenting, implementing & attaining continual improvement of QMS.Resolving day to day ERP (SAP) transaction related problems in PP, MM Module.