Devesh Parashar

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 4 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Led transformative initiatives at Amazon driving $5MM+ cost reduction.
  • Gold Medalist and Best All Round Student at NITIE Mumbai.
  • Expert in supply chain management and operations excellence.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain and Operations Management expert with a strong analytical background.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipChange ManagementBusiness PlanningStakeholder ManagementSupply Chain ManagementOperations ManagementData AnalysisProcess OptimizationFleet Management

Other Skills

Long Term Business PlanningSenior Stakeholder ManagementTeam ManagementCollaborative Problem SolvingAccount ManagementProgram ManagementForecastingBusiness AnalysisProduct ManagementMicrosoft ExcelCreative Problem SolvingReporting & AnalysisInventory ManagementM-ANOVApareto analysis

Experience

9 yrs 4 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
5 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Amazon

4 roles

Manager-Planning & Operations Management

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Senior Planning & Operations Manager

Promoted

Dec 2022Jan 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Led first-mile inbound strategy and operational excellence for a high-value premium third-party (P3P) seller portfolio [~$ 10B+ business on Amazon.in]. Spearheading transformative initiatives with a team of 40+ program managers/associates to drive $5 MM+ annualised 'Cost to Serve' reduction, while improving the seller/vendor experience to enable scalable growth and strategic advantage for the business.
Long Term Business PlanningSenior Stakeholder ManagementTeam ManagementLeadershipCollaborative Problem SolvingChange Management

Planning & Operations Manager

Apr 2022Nov 2022 · 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Led Inventory planning, First mile Inbound management, Inventory readiness for key sales events across the year, along with needle moving projects on vendor experience improvement & retail automation for 4 categories (Personal care appliances, Toys, Video games & software categories) summing upto ~$ 140 MM annual business.
Business PlanningStakeholder ManagementAccount ManagementProgram Management

Instock Manager, Toys - Cloudtail

Apr 2020Apr 2022 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Independently managed the In-stock availability for the Toys category (~$ 50 MM annual business) for India achieving BAA (Best At Amazon) out of stock %. In parallel, I was SME for Inventory Planning & Control (IPC) tools and led buying/procurement automation for consumables product line (FMCG business, ~$1 B+ procurement). Also, I acted as central POC between product managers & ISMs for Long Run Plannings (LRPs), new tech developments and launches. I delivered multiple end-to-end projects around ISM workstream automation, vendor experience enhancement, Ops excellence and Peak Inbound management.
ForecastingBusiness AnalysisProduct ManagementMicrosoft ExcelSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management+3

Cloudtail india private limited

Summer Internship

Apr 2019May 2019 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Awarded PPO, Grade 10/10
  • Project Title: Unlocking value in supply chain through reducing long zone shipments in consumables
  • Analysed shipment data using M-ANOVA, pareto analysis & scattered plots to find top long zone brands
  • Identified the long zone root causes and classified in Cloudtail controllable and uncontrollable categories
  • Figured out solutions for vendor constraints like MOQs, MOV for better customer reach & replenishment
  • Automated forecasting split allocation process across all the brands using SQL data dump and VBA codes
  • Performed hierarchical clustering in R-studio for grouping ASINs across all 8 categories in consumables
  • Developed the dynamic VBA based tools for reducing long zone at Brand & ASIN levels in consumables
  • Models development to make action plan by detecting root causes and scope of fill rate improvement using AWS data
  • Negotiated with the top 60 vendors across FMCG business in 6 product categories to replicate according to the developed tool’s solutions
  • Developed SOPs for running tool & error handling and recommended the tool's application to extend in other product groups

Dhl smartrucking

Corporate Project

Dec 2018Jan 2019 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

  • Project Title: Automation and error debugging in fleet planning
  • Understood the FTL Business functioning and the work flow between Order Management, Planning & Pricing Departments
  • Observed business process re-engineering with the implementation of SAP TMS and Telematics Software
  • Ensured maximum fleet utilization by proper status identification through inputs from SAP TMS and T4U
  • Developed the Excel and VBA based model for identifying the route deviation and process streamlining of trucks scheduled for MPOs

National institute of industrial engineering

Vice President, Batch of 2020

Oct 2018Apr 2020 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • VP is the officially elected representative of the batch and acts as the communication bridge between the institute administration and students
  • VP is the official convener of 17 PGP student committees, 11 student interest forums, student bodies & hostel management and chairs the student council meetings
  • VP facilitates the committee selection process, student interest group formation and hostel management committee election
  • VP monitors the performance of each committee, forums, and student bodies so as to improve upon the overall productivity and value addition to the Institute
  • VP administers scheduling and organizing various events conducted around the year like - Avartan(NITIE's Annual Business cum cultural & sports festival), Official freshers & farewell, Abhisanskaran(Induction for a new batch), Guest lectures and interaction sessions for students, etc.
  • VP hold the responsibility to bring in different Initiatives for the Institute and acts as key decision-maker for the betterment of the batch and represents the Institute at various platforms

Reliance industries limited

Reliability Engineer (Mechanical)

Jul 2016Jun 2018 · 1 yr 11 mos · Vadodara Area, India

  • Designation: Mechanical Reliability Engineer, RMC (Rotary Machine Cell), RIL - VMD
  • Role:
  • Responsible for mechanical reliability and maintenance of rotary equipments in Naphtha cracker plant (Mother plant of RIL,VMD)
  • Planning and executing manpower, resources & materials management for efficient and timely job execution
  • Performed procurement & Inventory management for critical equipments, Risk analysis, FMEA, RCA, Preventive & Predictive maintenance.
  • Handled major turnaround shutdowns as Engineer-In-charge for mechanical maintenance in cracker plants in DMD, PMD, HMD, VMD sites.
  • Achievements:
  • Awarded for active participation and deadline achievement in major shutdown HMD RIL 2017
  • Certified with merit in Corporate Behaviour Training “IMPACT”

Oil and natural gas corporation ltd

Internship

Dec 2014Jan 2015 · 1 mo · Surat Area, India

  • Winter Internship:
  • Maintenance strategies & their alignment with RCM
  • Review & optimization of PM frequency

Ntpc limited

Industrial Training

May 2014May 2014 · 0 mo · Surat, India

  • Summer Internship
  • Operation & Maintenance of Combined Cycle Gas Power Plant

Education

Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

MBA - Master of Business Administration — Supply chain management

Jan 2018Jan 2020

National Institute of Technology Surat

Bachelor’s Degree — Mechanical Engineering

Jan 2012Jan 2016

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