Sithanandan Ranganathan, Supply Chain Planner

Sithanandan Ranganathan

Supply Chain Planner

NCR

Location
India - Chennai
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Experience
11 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 0 Months

Supply Chain Planner at NCR
  • India - Chennai
  • My current job since October 2017

 Prepare daily/weekly and monthly production plan in line with strategic plans, data analysis and decision making to support finished goods demand.
 Maintain strong working relationships and communications with manufacturing and key suppliers to confirm production/shipping schedules and monitor open purchase orders for all orders to ensure on-time deliveries
 Continuously work on forecasting algorithms to improve accuracy and reduce wastages
 Proactively report product and material availability issues
 Coordinate inventory planning and replenishment of raw materials and components in conjunction with our program management teams
 Participate in S&OP process, capacity planning and NPD process.
 Revise essential system planning data to ensure our Kinaxis is effectively planning future requirements
 Transform and evolve the supply chain by focusing on supply planning, materials, S&OP, manufacturing and people, combining both strategic and operational skill sets
 Reports preparation and analysis on daily stocks, stock outs, DOC in retail, Sales, Procurement plan vs actuals, Forecast Error etc
 Inventory Management: Support reporting, inventory parameters, reduction and reserve
percentage measurements, Product Life Cycle management

 Responsible for overall master data maintenance in system associated with supply planning such as lead times, transportation modes, sourcing information, safety stocks.
 Review historical sales trends, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models and evaluate forecast results
 Working closely with master scheduler, sales team and customer fulfillment team to ensure customer order delivery with promised date.

Supply Chain Analyst at Flextronics
  • India - Chennai
  • January 2015 to December 2017

 Manage and facilitate the Engineering Change Request (ECR) Process and controlling the loading of data into Agile/SAP systems
 Responsible for controlling and maintaining the engineering change and documentation tracking process with emphasis on Bills of Material (BOM’s), parts masters, specifications, drawings and documentation to ensure appropriate changes are documented.
 Creating engineering change orders (ECO's), Manufacturer change orders (MCO), Approved Manufacturer List (AML) submitting ECO/MCO/AML to CCB (Change Control Board) members for approval and releasing and implementing it after approvals to update to BAAN/SAP.
 Receiving customer’s documents via. BOMs, Drawings and Specs through customer web portals/emails and distributing the same to team for further action and loading it in Agile/SAP.
 Performs New BOM creation, New AML (Approved Manufactured List) loading and New Item creation and Support data maintenance of item phase out process, datasheet, ECO’s, process alerts and other customer documents in Agile/SAP.
 Learning and utilizing Innovative technology solutions in day to day deliverables capture the value and support various customer value added initiatives.
 Creating setup like product number, BOM structure in Agile (PLM) and Creating AVL in Agile PLM.
 Creation of Product Master database which contains functionality and usage of products.
 Knowledge in product configuration, Tables and configuration logic.
 Item data data maintenance according to HTS and ECCN classification standard.
 Use Quality check tool to ensure 100% accuracy.
 Respond to the business partner (requestor) and customer for queries relating to ECOs.
 Good knowledge in writing Excel Macros with Excel VBA for to automate processes.
 Updating the Product data attributes in both NPI and Production phase.
 Improve the data life cycle processes with the support of the central MDM team
 Training new and existing team members on an ongoing basis on relevant tools.
 Created macros for preparing Import templates for new Items creation, New SKU creation, loading BOMs and updating Manufacture information’s.
 Created macros for BOM comparison, Weekly and monthly volume reports (PPT Macro), consolidation of multiple tab into single sheet and vice versa.
 Created macros to download input signals (attachments) from mail (Outlook Macro).
 Sharing monthly and quarterly Metrics to leadership team.
 Initiating Internal Kaizen workshops (IKW) and Small Group Activities (SGA) to reduce cycle time and increase productivity.
 Creating setup like product number, BOM structure in Baan for new products.
 Creating AVL in Baan.
 Creating setup for associating M-codes for Manufacturer list in Baan.
 Responsible for controlling and maintaining the Engineering Change Orders(ECO) and Manufacturing Change Orders(MCO) in Baan.
 Responsible for controlling and maintaining the MSS (Material Source substitute) splits in Baan for alternate parts.
 Pulling reports for BOM, single level and multi-level BOMs in Baan.
 Pulling reports for Items (parts) and Manufacturer list from Baan.
 Maintain synchronizing between Agile and Baan system

Junior Electrical Engineer at excel generators
  • India - Chennai
  • June 2013 to December 2014

 Manage and facilitate the Engineering Change Request (ECR) Process and controlling the loading of data into Agile/SAP systems
 Responsible for controlling and maintaining the engineering change and documentation tracking process with emphasis on Bills of Material (BOM’s), parts masters, specifications, drawings and documentation to ensure appropriate changes are documented.
 Creating engineering change orders (ECO's), Manufacturer change orders (MCO), Approved Manufacturer List (AML) submitting ECO/MCO/AML to CCB (Change Control Board) members for approval and releasing and implementing it after approvals to update to BAAN/SAP.
 Receiving customer’s documents via. BOMs, Drawings and Specs through customer web portals/emails and distributing the same to team for further action and loading it in Agile/SAP.
 Performs New BOM creation, New AML (Approved Manufactured List) loading and New Item creation and Support data maintenance of item phase out process, datasheet, ECO’s, process alerts and other customer documents in Agile/SAP.
 Learning and utilizing Innovative technology solutions in day to day deliverables capture the value and support various customer value added initiatives.
 Creating setup like product number, BOM structure in Agile (PLM) and Creating AVL in Agile PLM.
 Creation of Product Master database which contains functionality and usage of products.
 Knowledge in product configuration, Tables and configuration logic.
 Item data data maintenance according to HTS and ECCN classification standard.
 Use Quality check tool to ensure 100% accuracy.
 Respond to the business partner (requestor) and customer for queries relating to ECOs.
 Good knowledge in writing Excel Macros with Excel VBA for to automate processes.
 Updating the Product data attributes in both NPI and Production phase.
 Improve the data life cycle processes with the support of the central MDM team
 Training new and existing team members on an ongoing basis on relevant tools.
 Created macros for preparing Import templates for new Items creation, New SKU creation, loading BOMs and updating Manufacture information’s.
 Created macros for BOM comparison, Weekly and monthly volume reports (PPT Macro), consolidation of multiple tab into single sheet and vice versa.
 Created macros to download input signals (attachments) from mail (Outlook Macro).
 Sharing monthly and quarterly Metrics to leadership team.
 Initiating Internal Kaizen workshops (IKW) and Small Group Activities (SGA) to reduce cycle time and increase productivity.
 Creating setup like product number, BOM structure in Baan for new products.
 Creating AVL in Baan.
 Creating setup for associating M-codes for Manufacturer list in Baan.
 Responsible for controlling and maintaining the Engineering Change Orders(ECO) and Manufacturing Change Orders(MCO) in Baan.
 Responsible for controlling and maintaining the MSS (Material Source substitute) splits in Baan for alternate parts.
 Pulling reports for BOM, single level and multi-level BOMs in Baan.
 Pulling reports for Items (parts) and Manufacturer list from Baan.
 Maintain synchronizing between Agile and Baan system

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • at christ college of engineering and technoogy
  • April 2013

Electrical and Electronics engineering

Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Excel
Material Sourcing
Planning
Microsoft Excel
Kinaxis
Demand planning tool

Languages

English
Intermediate

Memberships

lions club
  • Public relation officer
  • June 2008

Training and Certifications

cadd designer (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2014
Valid Until:
January 9999

Hobbies

  • carrom playing