Merwyn Dsilva, Manager Global Material Planning

Merwyn Dsilva

Manager Global Material Planning

unilever

Location
India - Bengaluru
Education
Bachelor's degree, B.E (Mechanical) course
Experience
15 years, 11 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :15 years, 11 Months

Manager Global Material Planning at unilever
  • India - Bengaluru
  • My current job since November 2022

(MRP) with Unilever

o Design & define RPM Availability to ensure quality service level & minimal shortages for productions of FG. o Driving 70 Mne worth of Unhealthy RPM Inventory Reduction with key markets like EU, North America, LATAM o Drive Eficiency by driving the No Touch Material Planning in EU (around 50%) & LATAM (around 40%). o Defining a Forward Looking Material Business Waste Analytics to help improve Cost in LATAM & EU.

Manager Global Material Planning at unilever
  • India
  • November 2022 to June 2024
Asia lead & Cross-Border at Unilever Global Plan
  • India - Bengaluru
  • October 2020 to November 2022

o Designed & driven Service measurement in Inter-company Cross Border Tool in Unilever
o Driving Inventory Optimization with focus on Unhealthy Inventory Reduction in 3 ASIA clusters (South Asia, North Asia & SEAA).
o Driving Service Improvement by tracking a leading indicator of MSTN within Asia Clusters.

Supply Planner for Foods at Unilever Gulf
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • October 2016 to September 2020

o Reducing Business risk from 12% of Forecast in 2016 to 9% in 2017
o Thereby increasing Service from 91% from 2016 to 94% in 2017.
o No service gaps in Ramadan 2019 & 2020. Also, during peak Covid period in 2020.

Demand & Supply Planner at AL SEER TRADING AGENCIES
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • June 2015 to October 2016

o High performance service recognized by 3M Stationery & Marico Gulf by supplying on time.
o Joint forecasting & managing huge promotions/events with all customers like Ceres Juices, Diamond foils etc.

Assistant Manager Demand Planning at Cavin Kare PVT LTD
  • India - Mumbai
  • August 2014 to June 2015

o Implementation of high Forecast accuracy at a region level provided to logistics team. o Improved forecast Bias in Personal Care Segment with new forecasting techniques o Strong adherence to Stock norms to enable replenishment order management.

Demand Planning Executive at Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
  • India - Mumbai
  • April 2010 to August 2014

o F&B Modern Trade Demand Planning- Introduction of Time Series forecasting model & exponential smoothening to validate baseline generation.
o Foods General trade-improvement in Forecast bias with Innovations.

Supply Chain Executive at Future Supply Chains Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • August 2008 to April 2010

o In transit goods tracking during Big D (15th August & 26th January)
o NSM planning during major events avoiding no NSM shortages.

Education

Bachelor's degree, B.E (Mechanical) course
  • at Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engg. Navi Mumbai (Mumbai University)
  • August 2007
Diploma, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
  • at Government Polytechnic Thane
  • June 2004
High school or equivalent, S.S.C-
  • at St.John The Evangel ist High School
  • March 2001

Specialties & Skills

Problem Solving
Stock Management
Inventory Management
Demand Forecasting
Analytics
FORECASTING
PLANNING
REDUCTION (COMPLEXITY)
SUPPLY CHAIN
TIME SERIES
MANAGEMENT
PERSONAL CARE
ANALYTICS
BUSINESS PROCESS

Languages

English
Native Speaker