Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Global supply chain professional with 6+ years of experience enabling digital transformation and operational excellence across Nike, Ford, and Daimler. Proven ability to deliver deployment optimization, inventory planning, and production planning with measurable business outcomes, including service-level improvements, cost savings, process & time efficiencies, while bridging business, product, and engineering teams to design and deliver scalable digital supply chain solutions. Recognized for process innovation, cross-functional leadership, and enabling global rollouts. Strong interest in consulting, digital supply chain transformation, and product strategy roles.
Accountable for aftersales supply chain of 2000+ Serviceable parts, 300+ Service Kits, 250+ Re-manufacturing products for Ford Customer Service, Europe Division.
• Controlled the entire breadth of Production flow by building short, medium, and long-term operational plans for global sites. • Build production plans for entire bus body and bus chassis production. • Planned time & action calendar and sequence for each order from order receiving to shipment. • Designed annual plan strategies to optimize inventory plans as per the Sales Analytics. • Proposed liquidation plans for Slow-moving & obsolete stock status to improve inventory hygiene. • Performed inventory audit co-ordinations & physical verification of goods on half-yearly basis. • Ensure timely accomplishment of targets by monitoring Market demand and Production efficiency. • Performed planning, coordination and follow up for vehicle aggregates production. • Performed planning, coordination and follow up for after sales parts production. • Improved performance of planning by identifying, measuring, managing and timely reporting key metrics. • Prepared comprehensive analysis reports & business plan to update top management on a regular basis. Accomplishment – Successfully liquidated overall inventory of BS-IV vehicles by Mar’2020. Accomplishment – Achieved overall vehicle production plan adherence of 97.5% and vehicle sequence adherence of 98%. Project - Prepared ramp-down and ramp-up production plans for BSIV & BSVI vehicles respectively. Project - Prepared production and delivery plan for all BSVI variants for the STA inspection all over India.
#Planning - • Build short/medium and long term operational plans for different global sites. • Finalize the sequence of the vehicles after receiving the orders from sales planning. • Plan time and action calendar for each order from order receiving to shipment. • Make recovery plans to compensate for the unplanned losses. • Prepare chassis production plan for timely availability of chassis from chassis plant. • Perform planning, coordination and follow up for after sales parts production. #Execution - • Ensure timely accomplishment of production targets as per the delivery requirements of sales planning. • Conduct S&OP meet weekly discussing firm requirement & coming months rolling plan for different global sites. • Optimize the sequence wherever possible to prioritize the demand. • Perform production review meetings to monitor Production efficiency. • Ensure on time availability of chassis from chassis plant. • Release the production orders in SAP, resulting line-in of the vehicle on time. #Inventory analysis - • Design annual plan strategies to optimize inventory plans as per the Sales Team analytics. • Maintain and review finished goods inventory on monthly basis at target levels. • Propose liquidation plans for Slow-moving & obsolete stock status to improve inventory hygiene. • Perform inventory audit co-ordinations & physical verification of goods on half-yearly basis. #MIS - • Improve performance of planning by identifying, measuring, managing and timely reporting key metrics. • Prepare comprehensive analysis reports & business plan to update top management on a regular basis. #Projects - • Prepared ramp-down and ramp-up production plans for BSIV & BSVI vehicles respectively. • Prepared production and delivery plan for all BSVI variants for the STA inspection all over India.
• Generate and execute ideas for implementing safety measures. • Introduced and designed an ‘inspection with Safety’ approach. • Execute scheduled maintenance, condition-based maintenance, and breakdown maintenance. • Analyze machinery breakdown or production interruption issues on a regular basis. • PROJECT - Modified the design of an inspection machine to introduce safety measures by using a reciprocating pneumatic system.