MANAGER - DEMAND PLANNING
3M India Limited
Total years of experience :14 years, 1 Months
• Demand Planning Lead for the Safety & Industrial Business Group comprising of 5 divisions.
• Took up additional responsibility of Healthcare Business Group comprising of 4 divisions for 8 months.
• Managed a portfolio of 1000+ Make to Stock SKU's & annual sales turnover of Rs. 960 Cr ($147 m).
• Spearhead multiple monthly S&OP meetings for the said divisions.
• Developed 'Product Expiry Dashboard' - a tool that attempts to statistically identify root causes.
• Developed 'Order Flow Vs Product Availability' dashboard.
• Developed an Offline Forecasting Tool based on 3 models to vet/challenge system statistical forecasts.
• Highest ever forecast accuracy - ASD (72%), PSD (75%), IATD (75%) & C3SD (80%) between 2017-19.
• Developed 'SKU Cockpit' - an SKU performance analysis tool with inbuilt forecast models.
• Recipient of 3M Param Individual Award for Supply Chain Excellence in 2018.
• Attained a performance rating of 5/5 for 2018 and was elevated to "High-Potential" cadre in 2019.
• Worked as a Supply & Demand Planner for the retail arm of Eureka Forbes.
• Handled planning for all product categories - Water Purifiers, Vacuum Cleaners & Air Purifiers.
• Managed a portfolio of 100+ finished goods SKUs and sales turnover of Rs 500 Cr ($75m).
• Set up the S&OP Process at Eureka Forbes & established the monthly rhythm.
• Entrusted with additional planning responsibilities for FMCD, Rural & International Businesses.
• Developed the SCM Dashboard - a companywide supply chain performance analytics MIS.
• Initiated migration to Order Fill Rates as a metric for measuring Modern Trade supply fulfilment.
• Developed a Defective Rectification Tool which helped accelerate refurbishment of defective products.
• Realized bottom line savings of Rs 87 Lakhs (US$ 120k) within a 5-month period (FY’16) through liquidation of non-moving stocks.
• Planned and oversaw the successful launch of the Air Purifiers category during the Smog epidemic in 2016.
• Worked as a Supply & Demand Planner for Air-conditioners & Microwave Ovens categories.
• Managed a portfolio of 60+ SKU's with an annual sales turnover of Rs. 450 Cr (US$ 70m).
• Appointed by the CEO as the Project Management Office lead to work on critical 'cash-release' projects.
• Realized finance-vetted savings of over Rs. 170 Cr (US$ 26m) through PMO projects between 2013-2015.
• Was among top 3 nominated by the CEO to be part of the accelerated leadership program titled 'Horizon'.
• Founding member of the 'Innovation Cell' at Godrej Appliances.
• Consistently ensured over 90% product availability between 2013-15.
• Reduced YoY ageing inventory by 19% for AC's & 52% for MWO's in 2014-15.
• Attained ‘Surpassed Expectations’ rating for FY 2014-15 (awarded only to the top 1 percentile).
• Undertook a Six Sigma project to identify the root cause of high variability rates in yoghurt filling at all six 'Nestle A+' yogurt production lines. Bagged a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) as Plant Demand Planner for Nestle A+ Yoghurt & Infant Nutrition Products.
• Worked as a technical solutions consultant to key specifiers - Architects, Structural Design Consultants, Contractors, Project Management Companies.
• Specified technical products like Chemical Anchors, Fasteners, Rebar Grouting in structural plans/drawings and passed on the leads to sales.
• Bagged major 'column jacketing' project for India-Bulls towers & Pan India 'rock-anchoring' projects for Ultratech Cements through cost efficient and practical designs
• Worked as a techno-commercial sales engineer having the following responsibilities - design, bidding, negotiations, supply, installation & testing.
• Developed an automated tool that optimizes VRV system module selection based on power consumption.
MBA in Operations Management
Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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