May 2022 – Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Sep 2021 – Apr 2022 · 7 mos

• Part of Leadership team at Dalmia Cement heading Central Logistics Function. Responsible for
• Managing & driving operational KPIs for primary, secondary & direct dispatches and depot operations.
• Ensuring business continuity, compliances & risk mitigation.
• Strengthening vendor relationships & network through strategic vendor development & retention.
• Driving Total Landing Cost reduction, process excellence & productivity improvement.
• Deploying Digital and advanced analytics solutions for operational improvement & decision making.
• Driving sustainability objectives through deployment of EVs and alternate fuel vehicles.
• Driving supply chain AOP, P&L, EBITDA, cost heads & variances.

Oct 2016 – Aug 2021 · 4 yrs 10 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Part of Leadership team at Havells responsible for S&OP planning & distribution of 25 product categories & 20k SKUs Pan India with annual sales turnover of 10,000 cr.+
• Responsibilities:
• Drive demand planning including generating statistical forecasts, baseline demand & consensus forecast.
• Collaborate with sales team to understand demand drivers to track & improve forecast accuracy
• Provide long term & medium term capacity planning input to business for decision making
• Drive consensus meetings between sales & operations teams to generate a constrained operations plan with projected availability & inventory targets for the month
• Drive supply planning including generation of monthly, weekly & daily operations plan for plants & vendors & monitoring their compliance.
• Develop inventory policy & monitor inventory levels for Finished Goods as per policy
• Control & liquidation of aging stock and non-moving inventory
• Directing Primary distribution & logistics operations from plant & central warehouse to vendors including generating & executing distribution requirement plans, warehouse operations & dispatches from warehouse & transportation operations till deliveries.
• Delivering on key kpis including order fill rate, availability, order to dispatch adherence, forecast accuracy, order to delivery adherence, inventory days & ageing.
• Key achievements
• Rolled out a new integrated planning process & fulfillment model leading to 20% improvement in forecast accuracy and 10% reduction in inventory
• Successfully led large scale implementation of post-GST hub & spoke fulfillment model
• Leading development of next generation supply chain by effectively leveraging IT & analytics
• Successful set up of order promise date engine and customer issue resolution workflow across multiple sales offices

Aug 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Gurgaon, India

• Leading Last mile delivery functions, Network & capacity planning, load allocation & serviceability.
• Responsibilities:
• Last mile delivery operations, reduction in RTO, improvement in serviceability, complaint management & exception resolution.
• Capacity planning, network planning & FC design.
• Courier & vendor management & daily and weekly load allocation to couriers.
• Implement cross-functional initiatives for cost reduction & service level improvement.

May 2011 – Aug 2015 · 4 yrs 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Deliver solutions to complex business & supply chain issues of client businesses and support business development
• Responsibilties:
• Designing & delivering solutions in the areas of Supply Chain planning & fulfillment - demand planning, supply planning & distribution planning, inventory management, freight & warehousing
• Accountable for business metrics such as forecast accuracy, MAPE, adherence to supply plans, lost sales, fill-rate, material availability, order to delivery lead times, freight cost etc.
• Supporting sales & business development for existing accounts & new business

Aug 2008 – Feb 2010 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Lead delivery engagements on supply chain implementations, build strategic partnerships in the ecosystem and support in the development of new accounts to deliver for the firm
• Responsibilities:
• Designing demand planning cycle & Implemented statistical & consensus forecasting processes for the client
• Developing synergies between manufacturing, supply chain & sales teams by setting up S&OP process for the client
• Setting up inventory & replenishment policies, defined supply planning cycle & designed NRP, MRP & RCCP plans

Mar 2007 – Aug 2008 · 1 yr 5 mos

Jan 2006 – Mar 2007 · 1 yr 2 mos

Jul 2004 – Dec 2005 · 1 yr 5 mos