Aug 2022 – Mar 2023 · 7 mos

• Owning the First Mile Network Design program charter - involving speed vs cost trade-off for FC, Cross Dock and Return Center launches. Also, responsible for new cluster expansion to drive the 1 Day promise metric.

Apr 2022 – Aug 2022 · 4 mos

• Owning the financial sustainability charter and driving program interventions in order to prevent customer returns abuse & generate financial recovery. Also, strategic planning of initiatives indexing high on Customer Experience.

Jun 2021 – Apr 2022 · 10 mos

• Managing a team of 5 members, responsible for delivering capacity plans of 30+ sites - including Sort Centers, Pickups and Delivery Stations.

Sep 2019 – Jun 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Deliver a short (21 day plan)/long term (13 weeks) capacity planning solution for IN Fulfilment Network by individually leading discussions for managing trade-offs between On-Time delivery, Cost Effectiveness and Employee Experience.
• Weekly Labor Planning cycles to mitigate capacity risks which involves harmonizing viewpoints of various stakeholders (FC General Managers + Finance Controllers + Operations Managers + HR + Supply Chain Execution team).
• Amazon Prime Day and Peak Planning : Drive a consensus based planning cycle for 4 consecutive weeks to create a plan of record pertaining to headcount requirement, bridging capacity risks in the network and setting up a target for productivity assumptions in FCs.
• Ideated and implemented 4 process improvement projects (till date) which required expertise in MySQL and Excel VBA. The projects contributed to an estimated financial benefit of 4530.8 USD/Year.
• Conduct deep-dive analysis and provide data backed solutions to aid decision making for regional leads/directors.

Nov 2018 – Sep 2019 · 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Represent NPI team to drive execution of ops strategy for SD/uSD cards (Retail)
• Managed multiple projects for new Tech/Business transition from 16GB to 400GB cards worth USD ~2 billion.
• Worked on qualifying Market Leadership Products like 512GB SD card and 1TB uSD card.
• Assessed ageing inventory and led disposition programs by deciding to scrap or reclaim components.
• Stakeholder Management by acting as a liaison between cross functional teams including Mfg. units.
• Drive forecast for factory capacity allocations to ensure seamless New Product Builds.
• Received 2 Gold awards for on-time execution of product introduction to market (1TB SD/uSD Cards).

Sep 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Worked on integration of Big Data platform and ERP to develop :
• 1. SAS based Demand Forecasting Tool
• Generated demand at weekly level with major focus on high margin and high runner SKUs.
• Demonstrated an improvement in forecast accuracy by 12.6%.
• 2. MATLAB prototype to decide Captive vs Non Captive mfg. split
• Designed a model by considering cost & site utilization as constraint and max demand fulfilment as output.
• Simulated random demand & computed captive ratio based on per unit cost diff. between Captive & CM units.
• Recommended captive ratio ranging from 75% to 80.5% for next FY18/19.
• Reduced capital investment by 6.2% in retail segment (SD/uSD, USB, external-SSD).

Jun 2017 – Sep 2017 · 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

Apr 2016 – May 2016 · 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• || Designed Inventory Norms to optimize Safety Stock levels (Days of Supply) in Regional Warehouses ||
• Analysed the As-Is planning process by understanding the planning book generated by Demand Planning run in SAP
• Process Mapping the inventory flow in World Wide Network from 11 Mfg. units to major hubs in USA
• Conducted ABC – XYZ analysis to capture the demand variability in 1200 SKUs across 3 RDCs in USA
• Developed a criticality 3X3 matrix for SKU segmentation and to track safety health of Medical Procedural Solutions (MPS) business unit for FY 15-16 sales by analyzing Big 4 metric data
• Deliverables:
• Developed a documented, sustainable and actionable Safety Stock Analysis dashboard for US MPS business unit
• Reduced Slow Moving Inventory
• Suggested Order-Up-To-Level inventory norm with estimated savings of INR 2.91 Crores
• Achievements:
• Received Pre Placement Offer (PPO) from the organization

Dec 2015 – Jan 2016 · 1 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• || Market Entry and Supply Chain Consulting for 3PL Partner ||
• Market sizing and competitive landscape analysis of pharmaceutical logistics service providers in India
• Determination of KPI’s for optimal functioning of warehouses with respect to Industry Standards in cold storage
• Value Stream Mapping to determine the non-value added activities at clients’ Bhiwandi warehouse of durable goods
• Performed GAP Analysis to understand current and expected competencies of the service provider
• Deliverables:
• Determined Trade Lanes and formulated business plan for the clients’ entrant in pharmaceutical segment
• Reduced the changeover time of loading and unloading on 12MT trucks by 58.33% through Standardized Pallets

Aug 2015 – Aug 2015 · 0 mo · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

• || Digitization of Supply Chain for New Product Market with Cost Leadership ||
• Conducted Conjoint Analysis to determine factors influencing buying behavior for kids of 4-10 years age group and accordingly formulated the Pricing Strategy
• Prepared the Bill of Materials (BOM) and suggested Strategic Sourcing avenues for the new product
• Devised the Branding and Positioning strategy for Market Entry
• Conceptualized Supply Chain strategy & unique product offering by brainstorming over 2 consecutive weekends

Aug 2014 – May 2015 · 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• || IT Solutions for a private Banking Group ||
• Analyzed As-Is scenario of the existing workflow to manifest the requirements of the improved model
• Performed the job of Conceptualizing the work flow and formulated the architecture on PEGA tool
• Developed an application for business-automation of standard work flow as Junior Developer
• Identified business requirements by interacting with client and updated the model accordingly