Experience

Trouw Nutrition Canada
• Canada
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Demand Planner

  • May 2023 - Present


3M

• Germany
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Oct 2020 - Feb 2023

  • Playing a key role in creating an unbiased, accurate demand plan that is critical for planning material flow throughout the supply chain• Applying market intelligence to the demand plan. Market intelligence may come from sales, marketing, key accounts, and other sources• Leveraging forecast performance metric tools to measure accuracy, assess the quality and frequency of overrides, assess forecast bias, and identify and address the largest sources of forecast error• Participating in and possibly facilitating the monthly Integrated Business Planning (IBP) Demand Review meetings by business portfolio. This process focuses on the alignment between the demand plan and the business plan (OP/QOR)• Maximizing the effectiveness of the statistical forecast by adjusting/ cleansing historical demand and determining appropriate levels of aggregation for calculating the statistical forecast Show less

• • Feb 2020 - Feb 2021

  • As a Supply Planner I was responsible for the material availability at assigned locations thereby maintaining correct inventory levels and thus fulfilling customer orders• Ensuring OTIF deliveries to the customers, collaborating with the warehouse team, customer service representatives for best customer service• Ensuring material planning parameters are rightly set up so that new Purchase Orders are correctly released• Follow up with the vendors and the source of supply for backordered material and provide update to the CSRs• Managing phase in phase outs and discontinuations by updating the parameters using SAP ERP tool• Creating new material extensions using MICAW tool Show less



Unilever

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Demand Planner

  • Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

  In my role as a demand planner in HUL, I was responsible for the demand forecasting of the House Hold Care category for General Trade channel. Close coordination with the supply planning, brand planning, sales and marketing teams enable the correct inputs are in place for the right forecast to be loaded in APO. In my role as a demand planner in HUL, I was responsible for the demand forecasting of the House Hold Care category for General Trade channel. Close coordination with the supply planning, brand planning, sales and marketing teams enable the correct inputs are in place for the right forecast to be loaded in APO.



General Mills

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Demand Planner

  • Apr 2016 - Apr 2019

  Demand Planning and Forecasting in my role, I am responsible to maintain the correctness of forecast in SAP APO to help Network planners plan their network basis the demand. Achieve less MAPE or maximum Forecast accuracy and Bias are the primary KPIs that we track. Demand Planning and Forecasting in my role, I am responsible to maintain the correctness of forecast in SAP APO to help Network planners plan their network basis the demand. Achieve less MAPE or maximum Forecast accuracy and Bias are the primary KPIs that we track.



Staples India

• India
• Machinery Manufacturing

• Executive SCM- Replenishment

  • Apr 2015 - Apr 2016

  • Maintain stock at the warehouse by issuing Purchase Orders to the vendors • Forecasting demand depending upon ABC class item and issuing PO to the vendors • PO issuance depending upon the core fill planning and vendor lead time • Raising Transfer Orders from locations where there is non moving stock • Achieving Perfect Order Culture i.e. to make sure the orders are delivered in full (OTIF) • Core fill planning based on the Replenishment Report • Vendor follow ups so that the material is available at the warehouse within the lead time Show less