Assistant Manager Demand Planning
General Mills India Pvt Ltd
Total years of experience :17 years, 10 Months
• Leading Demand planning team responsible for short range and long range forecasting for North American Market
• Spearheading the S&OP and Consensus Process.
• Administering monthly consensus processes (MFR) with marketing, production planning, finance and logistics
• Handling demand planning/Sales forecasting of Canada and US Business.
• Providing analytical solutions to top management for key decision making by using big data- AC Nelson, POS.
• Aligning with supply planner on production plan, creating & monitoring the deployment plan to ensure meeting of targeted fill rates with agreed inventory levels
• Keeping liaison with the senior leaders to achieve optimal balance of customer responsiveness and for the production stability.
• Extensive use of Statistical Modeling.
• Implementing new ideas regarding new ways to improve the system performance and SAP APO and DP system
• Maintaining forecast accuracy levels (MAPE) and service levels within target / goals (case fill) OTIF
• Deriving the final forecast basis inputs from MKTG forecast, spring plans, customer promotions, product offers, past sales trend, current inventory levels, product lead time, class of the product, lot size
• Interacting with sales, marketing, finance and logistics teams to develop a no biased future forecast for global business
• Engagement in discussion and key decision making on Pre building (capacity planning), Inventory optimization.
• Part of interview panel for Demand planning recruitment with in General Mills.
Tech Mahindra Satyam: -- (June 2011 to May 2012) India's one of the leading organization in SAP Consulting, Practices and solutions.
Current Designation: - SAP Functional consultant-Demand planning & forecasting.
Project: - Nestle.
Job Profile:-
1) Providing L2 support for Nestle in Demand planning module of SAP APO.
2) Ensuring smooth running of business by resolving different tickets raised by Demand Planners across globe.
3) Consultation to the nestle team for new demand planning system enhancements.
4) Batch job Monitoring and trouble shooting.
5) Providing statistical Modeling solutions to Demand planners across the globe if reqd.
6) System maintenance by Network change, Realignments. History movements.
7) Monitoring of accurate data transfers from different nestle servers (APO-BW-CRM-R/3)
Past Organization:-
4004 Incorporated:-- American MNC, Unisource Group Company operating in Retail Sector.
General Mills India Pvt Ltd -- (August 2008 to May 2011) & (May 2012 to present)
23 billion $ US MNC having operations across the globe, is a Pioneer in FMCG sector.
Designation: - Senior Demand Planner Role/Function:-Demand Planning & Forecasting.
Department: - Supply chain Management.
Job Profile:-
1) Managing Demand Planning & Forecasting of Foods Service division for North American Business.
2) SAP APO Power user- Lead system related Technical projects, CSF Realignments, customer mapping. System upgrations and new Enhancements.
3) Leading consensus process/meetings to derive the monthly and short term forecast.
4) Leading Food Service division (Interim Team Lead)
5) Deriving demand from MKTG forecast, spring plans, customer promotions, product offers, past sales trend, current inventory levels, product lead time, class of the product, Lot size.
6) Using statistical expertise to create models which drives forecast error (MAPE) improvements on National and Location level.
7) Implemented new ideas regarding new ways to improve the system performance and system (SAP) hygiene.
8) Robust analysis on long range planning (LRP) for the division during fiscal year beginning.
9) System maintenance by change/update of selection profiles, Network change, updating models, tracking seasonality's and pricing/promotions, DPS analysis, Like modeling, in/Outs.
10) Active participation in S & OP Meetings/procedures.
11) Resolving issues log by schedulers and plant/Logistics team and ensuring that these are resolved on a timely basis.
12) Extensive use of SAP Business explorer (BEX) reporting tool & Business Objects (BO) for business analysis.
(May 2007 to May 2008)
Designation: - Business System Analyst Department: - IT Applications (SAP Implementation)
Project Execution: - (A) SAP Implementation for Retail Industry (Rapid Retail standard
SAP Package)
Job Profile: - 1) SAP Implementation-MM Module.
2) Business System Analysis.
3) Business Requirement Analysis for SAP Rapid retail Version.
4) Business Process Mapping. (As is Vs To be)
5) BRD & Blue-Print preparation.
6) Testing of scenario prepared from ABAP Team.
7) User manual and Training documents preparation.
8) Automation of existing processes.
9) Monitoring of entire SDLC for new project/Requirement from internal clients.
Project Handled:-
(A) SCMS Software (PLM/SCM software for Retail Chain): -
• Functional consultation for Supply chain Management System-an internal software development for Product development/PLM of American Retail chain - Steveandbarrys.
• Entire Product Development Planning/calendar for different product lines.
• Covered all processes of new style generation, Product development, PO generation, SCM process, Order Management, QA process, Logistics process.
• Integration with Supplier, Manufacturers, Shippers.
Past Designation: - Senior Executive-Supply Chain Department: - Supply Chain Management
Job Profile:-
1) Supply chain Management for Steve and Barry's retail chain.
2) Defining KRA and following KPI's for each department for Responsive
Supply chain.
3) Functional consultation for new internal software development (SCMS)
4) Co-ordination with different department for streamlining of Supply chain.
5) Monitoring of International Logistics (Imports) -Vendor to DC.
6) MIS Report generation for Top Management.
Reliance Logistics limited:-
March 2006 to March 2007 Reliance Logistics Limited - Relogistics
(Distribution Dept) Reliance Logistics Limited, a part of the Reliance Group of
Companies, is a "One Stop Logistics Shop" for customers looking at outsourcing their logistics needs to suit their specific
requirements. The leaders in introducing new concepts of
Integrated Logistics in India offering a wide range of services.
Job Profile:-
• Key Account Management -Reliance Petro-Marketing Business
• Managing 16 Distribution center all over India.
• Business Analysis.
• Designing & Monitoring KPI's for Business.
• Responsible for maintaining appropriate Inventory levels.
• MIS Reports generation for Top Management.
• Co-ordination with Business group.
• Responsible for Planning Distribution center activities.
University of Pune
B.E. Mechanical V.I.T. Pune University 2004 60% First Class