May 2023 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 10 mos

• 1.Work with procurement and business partners to assess their business needs and contribute meaningfully to the development of procurement and category management strategies.
• 2.Support Digitalization strategy with execution of various automation & digitalization projects
• 3.Develop & maintain various e-Tools / digital tools to manage Procurement data. Implementation of SLIM4 for Purchase Planning ,Qliksense/Qlikview/Power BI dashboards for reporting,Planvisage for Demand forecasting
• 4.Populate and maintain complex databases and apply analytical tools, techniques and systems to analyze and interpret a wide range of supplier and organizational information and options to support procurement planning and decision making.
• 5.Perform cost analysis and set appropriate benchmarks.
• 6.Conduct spend analysis in relevant procurement categories with the aim to support defining the category strategy, as well as the most effective supplier relationship model
• 7.Reporting and Dashboards: Develop and maintain procurement reports and dashboards to monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) such as spend analysis, supplier performance, and procurement cycle times.
• Support delivery of key reports to procurement and business stakeholders
• 8.Process Improvement: Identify areas for process improvement within the procurement function and work with stakeholders to implement changes.

Jun 2018 – May 2023 · 4 yrs 11 mos

• Demand Planning & Forecasting
• 1.Ensure the statistical forecast is derived every month on SKU level ( 9000+ active SKU's)using the planning system
• 2.Collaborate with the sales heads & product managers of different verticals to make appropriate adjustments to accommodate schemes, promotion plans,performance of new launches , festive season sales etc
• 3.Ensure reasonability of forecast across affiliates based on final operational forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for next 6 months
• 4.Drive & conduct the monthly Sales & Operations meetings- Discuss sales vs forecast performance, stock turns , inventory holding (months) at category level,demand trends insights & opportunity assessment at the aggregate level ( Product family,product categories)
• 5.Send minutes & track points (issues) discussed in the monthly S&OP meeting & drive closure
• 6.Ensure best practices across affiliates to maintain the Demand Planning Attributes & Masterdata
• Digitization Projects
• 1.Build Logics & implement Planvisage for Demand forecasting
• 2.Lead development of Qlikview dashboards for supply chain function
• Reports & Dashboards
• 1.Monthly inventory analysis -insights on areas of excess stock, reasons for excess stock, follow up with concerned stakeholders for actions
• 2.Forecast vs Sales-Analyse deviations,report to the various sales verticals,identify gaps,collaborate with sales & product teams to bridge the gaps
• 3.Supply chain dashboards-KPI's,best practices,cost savings ,gap identification to be reported to the management
• 4.Inbound Logistics data monitoring-Tap cost saving opportunities, monitor forwarder rates , monthly freight & clearance ratios

Jul 2015 – Jun 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Data collection, Data analysis, Maintenance of SharePoint Database, Green Power Tracking.
• Creating and Publishing reports using Tableau & Microsoft Excel on weekly, monthly, quarterly and
• yearly basis.
• Managing new teams, setting up processes. Currently handling a team size 5-7 members.
• Complete global spend tracking
• Research on sustainability initiatives and maintaining database for the same.
• Continuous process improvement for more efficient working

Jan 2014 – Jul 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos · Kolkata Area, India

• End to end process owner of sourcing back-end team. Leading team of 10 people.
• Handling complete monitoring of all sourcing operations such as purchase orders, receiving of goods, replenishment, factory production co-ordination, cataloging, MIS and reports, supplier payments and performance etc.
• Complete owner of framing and implementing the standard operating procedures for sourcing department in co-ordination with external consultancy.
• Setting up processes and job responsibilities for all back-end operations. Responsible for reduction in cycle time of process to increase productivity and efficiency.
• Forecasting monthly supplies and updating production and logistics.
• Monitoring that all documentation activities are as per SOP and are readily available for reference.

Aug 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

• Buyer for Capex materials & services. Monitoring time and quality of supplies.
• New vendor development & continual assessment of present vendors for improved
• vendor performance.
• Functioned as an expeditor to resolve delivery based issues.
• Internal auditor for ISO 9001:2008 related documents & processes, external auditor for other circles.
• Arranging for import licenses and co-coordinating with third party logistics for clearance and delivery.
• Implementation of improvement projects such as yellow belt projects.
• Department co-coordinator for Kaizen and 5S in both office and warehouses.

Aug 2010 – Aug 2012 · 2 yrs · Mumbai

• Handled procurement of items for Residential & commercial projects as well as maintenance activities. Also handled procurement of Materials for RMC plants.
• In charge of developing new vendors, scouting the market for alternate materials and saving on costs and time.
• Efficient planning and dealings with vendors to ensure on time delivery. Communicating effectively with project team to understand expectations and deliver quality materials and services.
• Supervised inventory Management in construction Stores. Used tools such as ABC
• analysis to define margins of safety and stock outs and subsequent reordering.
• Drove Kaizen and 5S activities in the department.
• Safety and IMS Representative of my division.
• Part of Green building team from purchase in order to ensure that materials procured are in line with green building certification criteria.