Ashish Patil

Associate Director: Supply Chain Planning & Analytics| Logistics & Fulfillment Optimization Across E-Commerce & Cell Therapy | Ex Amazon

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

Result driven supply chain Manager with 8 years of experience of handling end-to-end supply chain including, planning, scheduling, forecasting and process improvement. Successful in managing supply chain strategic and tactical projects flawlessly, while consistently delivering desired results and contributing to revenue producing activities. Two years of experience in Transportation Product Management as well Key competencies include: -Team Leader -Supplier Performance Management -Transportation and logistics -Supply chain modeling and analysis -Demand Forecasting and planning. -Capacity planning -Statistical data analysis -Decision Making -Advance Quality Control (Statistical Process Control/Control Charts/Acceptance Sampling) -Relational Database Management (SQL, Excel Macros, VBA) - Project and Program Management

Experience

  • Associate Director: Supply Chain Planning, Scheduling and Analytics at Bristol Myers Squibb
    Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Leading a team of Program managers directly and indirectly, while optimizing turnaround time of drug products globally. • Leading a decision intelligence Engine workstream to create mechanisms and tools to monitor business and take actions, leading to data visibility and revenue increase of $2MM per year. • Leading a team of analysts developing KPI metrics for end-to-end cell therapy supply chain: Delivery, safety, quality and Lead time. Also created alert mechanism to provide data visibility leading to earlier patient appointment availability. • Leading an initiative of centralized supply and demand balancing system and process creation leading to 10% more capacity available for patients and $5MM forecasted in revenue increase.

  • Amazon (6 yrs 8 mos)
    • Senior Program Manager, Capacity planning and supplier performance
      Nov 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

      • Led establishment of a comprehensive "on the road capacity planning" initiative for Amazon's heavy bulky network in 2023, delivering $1.2MM in savings and expanding the pool of high-quality suppliers by 10%. This initiative was developed from the ground up. • Led continuous improvement project to standardize the planning process, resulting in estimated labor time reduction of 10 hours per week per planner which translated to $500K in cost savings

    • Senior Product Manager (Middle Mile Carrier Performance and planning)
      Mar 2022 - Nov 2022 · 9 mos

      Amazon.com, Middle Mile Carrier performance WA, US • Moved profile to Product management and implemented a successful Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy in 2022, leveraging data extraction and analysis techniques to launch two critical changes in middle mile carrier performance scoring. Achieved a remarkable 5% month-over-month reduction in carrier rejections, translating to $500K in savings. • Managed a vast portfolio of over 100K middle mile suppliers while spearheading the Supplier Performance product. Collaborated closely with Tech and program stakeholders to drive the successful launch of key features. • In 2022, presented a proactive proposal to curtail fraudulent carrier behavior, targeting a minimum 5% reduction in fraud incidents. This initiative was poised to improve on time performance of carriers by 10 bps

    • Manager II Program Management and Promoted to Senior Program Manager
      May 2020 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

      Led the team of 2 full time employees directly and 2 employees indirectly: All Analysts. • Achieved $1M in cost savings, by improving a network supplier performance-based business allocation strategy, leading to increase in supplier reliability by 10%. Total of 250 suppliers and 300 amazon buildings. • Orchestrated high-impact Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Business Review meetings at the network level. Presented performance trends, root cause analysis, and process improvement strategies to Directors and VPs, fostering a data-driven decision-making environment. • Led Built of a sophisticated, science-based mid-term supply chain planning strategy (2 to 4 quarters ahead) for 350 Amazon buildings. Led to $1.2MM in savings for 2023. • Built a KPI dashboard for all the metrics by leading 2 analysts for last mile of amazon network.

  • Procurement Analyst Intern at Niagara Bottling
    Feb 2017 - Apr 2017 · 3 mos

    • Managed raw material procurement: corrugates, pallets and bulk industrial gas using ERP (Oracle EBS). • Implemented change in transportation strategy and raw material design to reduce procurement cost by $15K. • Built a supplier & material handling selection model to reduce the Total Cost of Ownership by $23K (8%). • Created spend and Cost Benefit Analysis report using SQL & Excel and presented to senior leadership.

  • Teaching Assistant at Arizona State University - W. P. Carey School of Business
    Jun 2016 - Oct 2016 · 5 mos

    •Taught and helped students understand concepts in global supply chain management. •Conducted lab sessions and managed office hours for the courses handled. •Graded and provided technical feedback for group discussions, quizzes, assignments, and exams

  • Industrial Engineer Intern at Kavitsu Transmissions Pvt. Ltd.
    Jun 2013 - Aug 2014 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Determined optimal ship point to fulfil orders by minimizing demand weighted distance from customers resulting in shorter lead time, and lowered 3PL cost by 10%. • Executed Six Sigma Project to improve inventory accuracy of sub components and on time delivery of gear box assembly, resulting in increase in Right First Time (RFT) from 95% to 99%. • Led a Kaizen event to expand production capacity in the shop floor by introducing 5S in warehouse resulting in 15% improvement in space utilization. • Calculated min and max inventory levels for raw materials and sub components in shop floor to maintain lean inventory, resulting in 12% reduction in WIP.