Key Result Areas:
-Steering entire gamut of operations related to supply chain and demand / supply planning by working as an Inventory Assurance Manager for the Sales, Planning, Purchase and Production Teams especially for Raw materials and Overseas Primary Packaging materials
-Collating annual sales forecast and doing the material explosion for material planning
-Performing Quarterly sales forecast v/s actual sales and analyze the variances and discuss with sales team for formulating plans for future quarter to facilitate optimum material procurement and inventory optimization 
-Leading and evaluating analysis of supplier lead time & mode, thus accordingly modifying procurement schedule to ensure Just-in Tine approach and optimum level of inventory
-Conducting monthly material review of all SKU’s  in scope and collaborating with Sales/Planning/Purchas/Clearance Teams to ensure material availability
-Leading the Task Force for Raw Materials and Packaging Materials, with Planning / Purchase/ Clearance teams for reviewing delivery status and forming action plan on the RM and PM shortages, delivery schedules, Pending POs with supplier, pending Purchase requisitions, forecasting future shortages and discuss and resolve  issues between upstream and downstream departments
Highlights:
-Pioneered introduction of MRP reviews for more than 1000 SKUs of Raw materials and offshore Packaging Materials like Tubes, Injectable, Al Foil, PVC, Pipettes and other components 
-Championed development and introduction of a system of continuous monitoring of Sales Orders in hand vs Inventory availability vs. consumption to ensure that the production does not get affected and inventory is optimized
-Liaised with PWC Team in leading a project to reduce and optimize working capital by improving the sales order forecasting, procurement and  inventory strategies
-Refined core operations attributes by identifying gaps in the inventory management by setting up inventory norms and defining “High” and “Low” stock levels to protect sales and optimize inventory
-Directed Inventory ABC analysis to identify the major drivers, thus controlling them by doing regular reviews with Planning and Purchase teams
-Performed analysis of expiring RM and PM, identifying root cause (RCA) and devising new strategies to mitigate reoccurrence, following up with sales & marketing for new orders to utilize expiring RM and PM, saved more than 350K RM from write-off
-Led special TASK Force meetings for RM and PM availability for  specific STAR products of the company
-Working in coordination with in-house SAP Team to devise new reports like YMATSTAT(Sales Order, Finished goods availability, WIP, yet to be produced) at SKU level to help RM and PM requirement calculations &creating MRP model in SAP
-Represented the organization in the “The Fresh Connection” competition held in Dubai conducted by a leading Supply Chain education provider and played a major role in the Winning this completion against 8 participating teams from different organizations
