Parul Thakur

Business Development Executive

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India9 yrs 9 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in cost savings and demand forecasting.
Led cross-functional teams across FMCG and manufacturing sectors.
Achieved 100% order compliance for three consecutive months.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain Management expert with a strong background in FMCG and manufacturing.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementBusiness StrategyDemand Supply PlanningStakeholder ManagementSupply Chain ManagementSupply Planning

Other Skills

Ada programmingAnalytical SkillsBlack Box TestingCC++Capacity PlanningChange ManagementCommunicationDigital Supply ChainFPGAFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)Initiative managementIntegrated Supply Chain ManagementInternational Business DevelopmentKey Performance Indicators

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7+ years of global experience in supply chain optimization, strategic operations, and project management. Proven track record in cost savings, demand forecasting, and cross-functional leadership across FMCG and manufacturing sectors.

Experience

General mills

3 roles

Business Development Operations Manager

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos

Key Performance IndicatorsProject ManagementFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)CommunicationInternational Business DevelopmentInitiative management+4

S&OP and Demand Planning lead

Jan 2023 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos

Led order working with sales/distributors, achieved 100% order compliance for 3 successive months.
Co-ordinated with cross functional teams in Middle East Asia to finalise the in-market demand plans.
Analysed data sets to review demand replenishment planning for Lower Gulf regions.
Initiated process setup to streamline tracking future demand for Central Eastern Europe, Launched KPI tracker for entire Europe & Middle East
Launched tool to track forecast accuracy for Lower Gulf, improved FA by 10pp for 4 consecutive months.

SAP ERPDigital Supply ChainKey Performance IndicatorsFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)Problem SolvingStakeholder Management+8

Assistant Manager Supply Planning

Apr 2021 – May 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Standardised Supply Planning outlook for Latin America & Mexico, providing visibility on SKU readiness, logistics and demand to identify opportunities and risk for future orders, & supply sufficiency.
Led Supply and Production planning for non atta segment for Pan-India.
Identified solutions for supply availability gap at brand level, to cover demand & improve case-fill
Led brainstorming sessions with cross functional teams to reduce Ageing inventory.
Developed Dashboard tracker for YoY volume trend to identify key focus SKUs.
Piloted the aggregator model for secondary transport in Delhi, reducing monthly cost saving by 39%
Enhanced customer engagement for distribution planning with monthly Reco connects with customers.
Implemented collaborative planning with E-com customers, improved fill-rate gap from 29% to 4%.
Mentored new hires to facilitate transition into leadership roles increasing the team size from 2 to 6 in a year.
Led CSR from supply end to deliver stocks and coordinated with external stakeholder for on time delivery.

SAP ERPKey Performance IndicatorsFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)Supply Chain ManagementProblem SolvingSupply Planning+7

General mills

Supply Chain Intern

Sep 2020 – Nov 2020 · 2 mos

Studied existing ecommerce service mechanism, benchmarked with peer industries to identify opportunity areas
Assessed start-ups and technology partners for order management and distribution optimisation
Developed templates to measure fill rate as align with customer | One of it reduced the gap by 20%
Proposed engaging with a start-up for distribution optimisation which drove 40% cost reduction
Recommended areas to strengthen on order and returns management and distribution partnering

Key Performance IndicatorsFast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)PresentationsWritten Communication

Alstom (formally signalling solutions limited)

3 roles

Design Application Engineer

Promoted

May 2017 – May 2019 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Responsible for designing, running, and upgrading of U400 solutions for Amsterdam and Kochi Metro
Led a team for design of phase 2 of Kochi metro, the metro line had 5 stations, collaborating between cross functional sub-systems like Interlocking(IXL), Automatic Train Control (ATC) to name a few
Managed cross-functional teams at various geographical locations-Bangalore, Kochi, Paris, Amsterdam
Resolved automation issues during maintaining excel sheets by developing pseudo codes for macros

Presentations

V&V Designer

Nov 2016 – Apr 2017 · 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Responsible for Verification and Validation of ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) Mainline Rail for Charleroi, Belgium
Involved in White box, Black box Testing and Code Review of Radio Block Center (RBC) modules using ADA
Trained in ADA and C programming languages used for Safety integrity Level (SIL)-4 code review

Presentations

Graduate Engineering Trainee

Jul 2016 – Nov 2016 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Learnt about the Urbalis(U-200,U-400) solutions for the metro and the ERTMS concept for the Mainline along with the basic signalling concepts .
Trained in basics of ADA, C++, C and Python languages that will be used for the scripting in testing domain.

Cdac

Summer Trainee

Jun 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 1 mo · Chandigarh Area, India

Detailed study of VLSI and FPGA Implementation on Spartan 6 and Spartan 3E and fabricated aVGA Controller using FPGA to generate a countdown and STOPWATCH using FPGA and VHDL.

Advance technology (atech labs) india pvt ltd.

Summer Intern

Jun 2013 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo · Chandigarh Area, India

Detailed study of EMBEDDED SYSTEMS: 8051 microprocessor along with basic idea of PIC micro controller and fabricated a Security System using RFID with 8051 micro-controller.