Nov 2023 – Apr 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

May 2021 – Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Jan 2020 – Dec 2022 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Oct 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · Gurgaon, India

• ➢Demand Planning & Sales forecasting for all the categories of Nestle – Foods, Beverages, Chocolates, Nutrition & Dairy for E-Commerce & Organized Trade Businesses including Short & Long-term forecasts
• ➢ Within a short span of 5 months, I have set-up E2E Process Including Data bases, Data structure, Process flow, Planning Schedules etc to help with Seamless Integration into existing Nestle’s S&OP process
• ➢ Sales Planning for a turnover of ~1600 Cr, with YoY growth trend of 70% in E-Com, 12% in MT; I focus on dynamic and market relevant outlook, by understanding Market trends, using Reports, Sales Teams & Customers inputs.
• ➢ Forecast Optimization tailored to Customer & Product Category strategy, to ensure better accuracy.
• ➢ Creating Business impact through Close coordination with Brand, Trade Marketing & Customer Key Account teams in Curating “Product Promotions” through historic data driven inputs

Jul 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

• ➢With GCPL’s increase in focus on E-commerce & Modern Trade, I was responsible for carving out a new role of Supply Chain Manager to handle both the channels. I had setup the end to end process in 6 months with an SOP & guidelines
• ➢ Curated & Led E2E process implementation for handling OT & E-Com Business Channels with direct responsibility of Customer-service, Fulfilment, JBP & tailored processes for customers, Distribution Strategy & IT integration(EDI,Datakart)
• ➢ GCPL’s ranking among customers has increased drastically featuring in the Top 3 suppliers list for multiple customers & won awards for being the best supplier & for fulfilment efficiencies
• ➢ Actively worked on Ageing inventory (>75% Shelf life) and reduced bad goods by 60% by driving this in multiple forums & working with Supply planning team on batch sizes, norms etc.,
• ➢ Led a direct team of four & indirect team of four regional executives to drive the processes & Operations
• ➢ Led knowledge sharing program to drive Customer-wise SOPs & Processes for CFAs & Branch Executives and conducted both online and F2F workshops, quizzes to improve awareness
• Manages Modern Trade and E-commerce Supply chain for GCPL – MT Retail, C&C, E-com, Insti and CSD
• ➢Increased the External Customer fill rate of E-Com from an average of 65% to 85% & OT from 80% to 90+% with internal stock outs as low as ~2%
• ➢ Analytics dashboard creation – Automated model to reconcile Fill-rate and highlight losses, across chains
• ➢ E2E OTC process re-mapping for Modern Trade and E-Commerce, addressing identified fill-rates gap
• ➢ Driving Supply chain network redesign project for GCPL, using ILOG (IBM Tool)
• ➢ Developed an inventory space prediction model using Medium term rolling plan and worked on improving space utilization and audit automation in warehousing domain

Apr 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos

• ➢Collaborated with Sales, Finance, Field execution teams on supporting 1500 Cr business
• ➢ Branch’s SPOC for Supply chain & Responsible for Branch’s O2C, Customer service, CFA management, Logistics Operations, Warehousing & Distribution
• ➢ Led a Direct team of four & an Extended team of 50 (Warehouse staff) to manage the Operations
• ➢ Handled an Annual Budget of INR 50 Cr, which included Warehousing and Distribution costs, while being responsible for End-to-End Execution of Source to Contract to Pay
• Managed distribution for South, with lowest stock-out among 4 regions in India at 1.8% for FY ‘18-19
• ➢ 7% Reduction in freight cost through reverse auction, introduction of new vendors, improved process adherence
• ➢ Delivered 1.2 Cr savings through Warehouse - Distributor cluster remapping post GST implementation
• ➢ 15% Reduction in Overall lead time of servicing through Network & Process optimization
• ➢ Revamp of CFA evaluation & started merit-based compensation & incentive

Jun 2016 – Apr 2017 · 10 mos

• As a Part of International Supply Chain Team, I worked on various Process Improvement Projects for GCPL acquired businesses across multiple countries which contribute to about 50% of global revenue
• ➢Created an end to end supply & demand planning process for GCPL, South Africa.
• Increased the OTIF from 30% to 65% in a span of 2.5 months
• ➢Reduced raw material Inventory storage across African Countries by creating norms, tool for norm calculations & ordering cycle

Apr 2015 – Jun 2015 · 2 mos · Johannesburg Area, South Africa

• ★Achievements
• ►Adjudged as one of the Best Summer Projects in Gurukul 2015
• ►Offered a Pre Placement Offer (PPO) in Godrej Consumers International

Dec 2014 – Dec 2014 · 0 mo · International

• Title: Forecasting and Capacity planning
• ►Long Range Forecasting for various categories using statistical models.
• ► Understand cannibalization effect among categories & developed Capacity Plan.

Jun 2015 – Aug 2015 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Title: Optimization of SanPro manufacturing process - Johnson and Johnson, Mumbai
• ►Quantified & prioritized various types of waste, performed root cause analysis & identified sources of loss
• ►Benchmarked in-house production processes, and gave recommendations to reduce material waste by 85lac

Oct 2013 – May 2014 · 7 mos · Hyderabad Area, India

• ★Achievements
• ►Achieved a rating 4 / 5 on completion of ILP
• ►Received Appreciation from the Business Skill Lead for exceptionally good performance during training
• ★Responsibilities
• Trained in Soft Skills, Project Management and Java as a part of the Initial Learning Program (ILP)
• Developed an application for Telecom Store Inventory management as a part of ILP
• Coordinated and Delegated tasks to a team of 15 members of the module
• Responsible for maintaining standardized processes as a part of Quality Management System (QMS)

Dec 2012 – May 2013 · 5 mos · Ramagundam

• ★Achievements
• ► Awarded a GPA of 10/10 for the project on Electrical Maintenance and Practices in Thermal Power Station
• ►Appreciated for the recommendations made on Optimizing the maintenance practices by DGM, NTPC
• ★Recommendations
• ►Recommended changes in the Scheduling of preventive maintenance Practices to avoid failures
• ► Suggested Time-tracking sheet to get Objective Evaluation of the progress of overhauling