SHASHANK LAL — Operations Associate

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Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain and Financial Analyst with a focus on cost optimization and project management.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 3 yrs 7 mos

Skills

Supply Chain Management
Procurement
Change Management
Project Management
Financial Analysis

Career Highlights

Achieved significant cost savings through innovative procurement strategies.
Enhanced project forecasting accuracy to 80% using analytics.
Successfully managed diverse teams and complex projects.

Work Experience

Tata Projects

Supply Chain Manager (2 yrs 8 mos)

Executive Trainee (11 mos)

Bajaj Auto Ltd

Supply Chain Analyst (2 mos)

Tata Steel

Strategic Intern (2 mos)

Education

Bachelor's degree at Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi

12th at Sacred Heart Senior Secondary School - India

10th at Kullu Valley School

SHASHANK LAL

Operations Associate

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India3 yrs 7 mos experience

Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

Achieved significant cost savings through innovative procurement strategies.
Enhanced project forecasting accuracy to 80% using analytics.
Successfully managed diverse teams and complex projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain and Financial Analyst with a focus on cost optimization and project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Supply Chain ManagementProcurementChange ManagementProject ManagementFinancial Analysis

Other Skills

Cost ReductionAI AnalyticsInventory ManagementPerformance DashboardsCommunicationBudget ManagementTime Impact AnalysisCritical Path AnalysisContinuous ImprovementProblem SolvingStrategic ThinkingProject FinanceBusiness DevelopmentFinancial ModelingEvent Management

About

Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Tata projects

2 roles

Supply Chain Manager

Promoted

Aug 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · On-site

> Orchestrated 4-category procurement strategy saving INR 42Cr (12%) because who doesn't love finding money in unexpected places?
> Dismantled electrical packages into components, cutting 15% costs - like finding the wholesale dealer behind the fancy storefront
> Engineered framework agreements slashing procurement time 65% with 8-10% better pricing - speed dating, but make it profitable
> Generated INR 16Cr savings by consolidating requirements across 9 projects - turns out bulk buying works for more than just toilet paper
> Deployed AI analytics uncovering INR 24Cr in savings - taught robots to find money, what could go wrong?
> Revolutionized inventory management, reducing stock 22% while improving availability 15% - defying supply chain physics since 2023
> Built performance dashboards cutting reporting time 75% - because nobody ever said "I wish this took longer"

Supply Chain ManagementProcurementCost ReductionAI AnalyticsInventory ManagementPerformance Dashboards

Executive Trainee

Aug 2022 – Jul 2023 · 11 mos · On-site

🚀 Fast-track Odyssey: From construction sites to boardroom insights, swiftly rose to Manager status by diving into a myriad of roles across the behemoth. Fancy words aside? I wore a lot of hard hats!
🔥 Stints & Stages:
Power Plant, Jamshedpur & International Airport, Noida
Played musical chairs through Planning, Supply Chain Management, Execution, Controls, Contracts, and more.
The aim? Grasping the ABCs to XYZs of how mammoth projects breathe and thrive.
📊 Rockstar Moments:
1. Channelled my inner Sherlock to revamp infrastructure project forecasts; nailed an 80% accuracy rate. Thank you, analytics!
2. Coordinated weekly agenda overhauls, played detective with Time Impact Analysis, and made a cool 50 Lac delay claim. Score!
3. Managed budgets like a Wall Street pro, crunching numbers and cutting resource costs by 8%. All while making S-curves look like modern art.
4. Raked in a sweet profit of 1 crore through change order requests. How? By spotting opportunities in design and construction shifts and bundling it with risk wizardry.
5. Revolutionized delivery schedules, cutting variance by a fifth, all thanks to my magic trick: Back Calculation from constraint dates.
6. Navigated project pathways using Critical Path Analysis. Boosted project SPI by a whopping 25%!
7. Oversaw our Integrated Test Facility, fine-tuning processes to strike that Goldilocks balance: just right.
8. Crafted action plans by questioning "What if?" – chopped delays by 15% by parallel linking project activities.
9. Tested scheduling techniques – retained logic and progressive override – like a chef tests recipes. Result? Shaved 15% off project time.
10. Became the Picasso of data, painting vivid futures with graphs and charts that spoke volumes about cost status and forecasts.

Change ManagementCommunicationBudget ManagementTime Impact AnalysisCritical Path AnalysisProject Management

Bajaj auto ltd

Supply Chain Analyst

May 2021 – Jul 2021 · 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

SCM Analyst & Supply Chain Sorcerer 🎩
Dived deep into the supply chain world and came out with some magical feats. No wands, just wicked skills! Here's what this alchemist achieved:
🚀 Cost-Cut Crusader:
Initiated some sneaky tweaks and BOOM - a 5% cost reduction in Bearings. How? With a sprinkle of metric magic and some Lean Six Sigma mastery. Efficiency is my middle name (not really, but you get the idea).
📊 Supply-Demand Dance:
Jazzed up the supply and demand planning show. Stayed one step ahead of the unpredictable market tango, and made sure our dance card (read: operational plan) was always in tune. Forecast meetings? More like supply-demand disco parties.
💰 Profit Power-Up:
Married supply chain ops with big biz goals and voilà - a stellar 6% profit boost. I don’t just hit targets; I dance on them.

Continuous ImprovementProblem SolvingStrategic ThinkingSupply Chain Management

Tata steel

Strategic Intern

Oct 2019 – Dec 2019 · 2 mos · Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India · On-site

Stepped into the steel behemoth and made numbers dance to my tune. When finance meets strategy, you get a symphony. Here's my performance:
🚀 Project Power Player:
Joined forces with project champs to shine a spotlight on budgets in real-time. Focused my eagle-eye on launching new Heat Exchangers in the BAF and CRM gigs. It wasn't just about money; it was about making steel smarter.
📊 Report Rockstar:
Whipped up detailed breakdowns of income vs. expenses. But wait, there's more! Predicted future financial tunes like a psychic... but with spreadsheets.
💰 Cost-Cutting Conductor:
With a mix of skill and sorcery, dropped the cost of Heat Exchangers by a banging 15%! And the secret sauce? Top-tier budgetary control tricks.

Financial AnalysisCommunication