Feb 2021 – Dec 2021 · 10 mos

• Demand planning for assigned Business unit; Lead collaborative sales forecasting (CSF) process with the Business Unit Offer leaders and arrived at agreed demand plan for rolling 6 months; Collaborate and lead agreement on Demand plan vs RF at product activity level for the Business Unit.
• Statistical demand plan generation, enrichment of demand plan with pricing, promotion, and specific project inputs from CSF discussions. Update and commit Demand plan aligned with CSF in planning tool to drive the S&OP process
• Distribution requirement planning: Decide Stocking strategy safety stock for each distribution center in line with analytics proposal and aligned with Business Offer leader. Ensure that replenishment plan is accurately propagated in the supply chain. Identify supply risks for revenue realization and propose mitigation actions / alternatives.
• Ageing stock monitoring, work with Business for liquidation and reduction of inventory and impact on provision.
• Key member in S&OP discussion with Business team to drive alignment on Demand, supply, and solutions for risk mitigation. Pro-actively identify, escalate, and resolve issues related to Demand and supply
• Collaborating with a team of consultants in implementing and delivering Supply Chain-Demand Planning product.
• Participated in requirement elicitation and design discussion with customer and other stakeholders.
• Designed, developed, and documented technical & functional solutions - forecasting models, scripts, workflows.
• Understood 3SC platform’s data model (linkages, table structures) for designing various planning use cases.
• Created and executed test plans, document issues and track progress at resolving issues.
• Supported pre-sales and delivery teams to achieve higher forecast accuracy.
• Worked on Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Forecasting Accuracy, Forecasting models, S&OP, and Stock drops

Dec 2020 – Sep 2021 · 9 mos

• Handling a team of consultants in implementing and delivering Supply Chain-Demand Planning product.
• Participated in requirement elicitation and design discussion with customer and other stakeholders.
• Designed, developed, and documented technical & functional solutions - forecasting models, scripts, workflows.
• Understood 3SC platform’s data model (linkages, table structures) for designing various planning use cases.
• Created and executed test plans, document issues and track progress at resolving issues.
• Supported pre-sales and delivery teams to achieve higher forecast accuracy.
• Worked on Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Forecasting Accuracy, Forecasting models, S&OP, and Stock drops

May 2019 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Handled end to end Demand Planning Cycle for entire foods portfolio, coordinating monthly S&OP process.
• Ensured stock movement to maintain stock opt & fill rate, reducing warehouse D&D and Inventory management.
• Analyzed and automating processes to reduce Aging & warehouse D&D, predicting vehicle delivery for lean orders.
• Built forecasting model in R using multiple statistical forecasting methods (Regression, Exp smoothing, ARIMA, WMA) in single code to select the best possible estimation for next month sales for foods division.
• Executed different forecasting models in R to suggest for improvements on existing system to SAP team.
• Analyzed and automated business requirements and using R. Built 6 process improvement modules.
• Analyzed the demand patterns and create a demand construct at SKU Level, managing complexities of channel behavior, seasonality. Unbiased decision making on up lifts/down lifts basis input from Brand, CDM teams.
• Liaised with Brand, CDM, Supply Planning teams and drive S&OP process for complete Foods division.
• Analyzed forecast accuracy with MAPE, Fidelity and Bias for internal and third party provided forecast.
• Took decision on system uploads to avoid stock drop for last moment change in estimates.
• Identified demand drivers with the changing economic landscape and evolve the process of forecasting
• Handled a team of consultants in delivering Supply Chain projects using Agile and Hybrid methodology.
• Worked with project team to ensure smooth and efficient implementation and integration between technical and functional system requirements.
• Initiated, defined, planned and managed the roll out of the product features and initiatives.
• Liaised with the various departments to resolve project issues including budget, timeline, and scope.
• Provided regular project communication and status reporting (internal and external) as per the cadence .

May 2014 – May 2017 · 3 yrs

• Worked for client Axway as a Solution Architect by doing requirement elicitation and then customizing Axway products such as B2Bi, CSOS and other file transfer Axway tools for customer implementation.
• Worked as a SPOC for technical team to communicate with the onshore management and customers
• Was part of the internal escalation matrix in case of Sev-1 and other high priority issues
• Migrated end to end existing jobs from Axway Integrator to Talend DI and automating the testing of Talend jobs

Oct 2013 – May 2014 · 7 mos

• Worked as a developer and support analyst
• Responsible for enhancement of existing scripts and development of new jobs using Shell Scripting
• Responsible for providing production, application, and user Support in SUMS (Securities Universe Management System) to maintain Reference Data - Asset Master, Pricing, Index Levels and Constituents, SO, FX Rates

Jun 2009 – Jul 2013 · 4 yrs 1 mo

• Worked for client Goldman Sachs as a developer and support analyst for production, application, and user support
• Responsible for diagnosing and resolving complex customer and day-to-day pricing issues
• Responsible for enhancement of existing jobs and development of new feeds using Shell Scripting, Java, Sybase
• Worked on migration of Sybase servers and app servers from Solaris to Linux.