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Santhosh Naveen
Supply Chain Professional
Hong Kong SAR
Summary
Experienced Supply Chain Professional with over 8 years of experience in Manufacturing, FMCG and Consulting Industries. Excellent reputation for resolving problems, improving customer satisfaction, and driving overall operational improvements.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Supply Chain Consultant
Topo Solutions - Next Level Supply Chain Platform
Hong Kong
2022 - Current
- Primary goal is to help clients to streamline their supply chain planning.
- Work with the management teams of multiple clients to identify problems in demand & supply planning, inventory, safety stock, scheduling, supplier management, capacity and distribution.
- Improved client's supply chain performance to 90% from 75% in on-time delivery.
- Come up with ways for increasing efficiency, reducing cost and promoting sustainable supply chain (towards zero CO2 emission).
- Other duties includes consulting with clients, analyzing each step of the supply chain, identifying areas for improvement, and proposing transformation alternatives to the clients.
- Act as a liaison between the client and the technical team in terms of implementing solutions.
Demand & Supply Planner (Contract)
L'Oréal Groupe
Hong Kong
2021 - 2022
- Build the Supply plan of the entity (both FG and PLV) based on the validated sales forecasts, the co-packing plan and the stocks and supply/procurement parameters.
- Determine the stock and supply parameters according to the objectives of service rate, costs and global targeted stock.
- Manage stock levels in accordance with the objectives of the country and analyze obsoletes and slow movers.
- Decrease shortages by the analysis of the causes, the definition of the action plans and the challenges of suppliers about the MAD dates of products which are out of stock.
- Define and follow the KPI (inventory quality, out of stock, service rate, stock) and communicate them internally and to the MSL.
Senior Associate - Demand Planning
Ford Motor Company
India
2019 - 2020
- Involved in handling demand management and forecasting for the aftermarket supply chain for the North America region.
- Main objective is to lead the team of 7 analysts to assist the purchasing team in achieving the fill rate of greater than or equal to 98% in all the warehouses through accurate forecast.
- Ensuring the accurate forecast using various statistical models and manual forecast.
- Develop and evaluate all forecasts modeling and marketing strategies based on previous sales history.
- Analyze, identify and upgrade metrics to facilitate delivery of forecasts for future project implementation programs (NPI).
- Perform regular analysis on various metrics such business seasonality, inventory and determine accuracy of forecast and report it to assist management decision.
Assistant Manager - Global Supply Planning
Cummins Inc.,
India
2017 - 2019
- Develop planning system strategies to improve signals across the global supply chain of Cummins (India, UK, US, China & Brazil) plants.
- Control and apply Planning business systems (MRP) through ERP system - Oracle
- Communicate with customers to resolve any supply issues as escalation point and obtain orders and forecasts.
- Coordinate with vendors to communicate forecasts, expectations, and performance.
- Actively involving and assisting team in managing inventory (both plant inventory and Supplier Managed Inventory)
- Involve with global sourcing for calculating Supplier Performance
Procurement Operation Associate - Material Planner
Accenture Services Private Limited/ Flex
India
2015 - 2017
- Worked for multiple clients from Canada and China, responsible for semi-conductor components from suppliers belonging to Canada, North America, UK and Poland.
- Create/Validate of Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Order based on the agreed to standard process
- Evaluating vendor performance based on PQD (Product/ Quality/ Delivery) from vendor (Supplier Gold).
- Weekly KPI call for representing Accenture to Client.
Education
Master of Technology - Manufacturing Management
Birla Insititute of Science And Technology (BITS)
India 2022 - Current
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University
India 2010 - 2014
Skills
Supply Planning
Demand Planning
Inventory Management
Problem Solving
Team work
Leadership
Stakeholder Management
Process Improvement
Sales & Operations Planning
Procurement
Supplier Management
Capacity Planning
Customer Success
Sustainability
Accomplishments
- Innovative Thinker award for cost saving worth USD 100,000 - Excess inventory clearance.
- Best Employee award for increasing capacity and throughput - Resulted in fulfilling 98% availability for production.
- Ensured minimal air freight and reduced CO2 emission around 80% (sustainable supply chain).
Certification
Supply Chain Management (Rutgers University, Newark, USA)
Timeline
Supply Chain Consultant
Topo Solutions - Next Level Supply Chain Platform
2022 - Current
Master of Technology - Manufacturing Management
Birla Insititute of Science And Technology (BITS)
2022 - Current
Demand & Supply Planner (Contract)
L'Oréal Groupe
2021 - 2022
Supply Chain Management (Rutgers University, Newark, USA)
07-2020
Senior Associate - Demand Planning
Ford Motor Company
2019 - 2020
Assistant Manager - Global Supply Planning
Cummins Inc.,
2017 - 2019
Procurement Operation Associate - Material Planner
Accenture Services Private Limited/ Flex
2015 - 2017
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Anna University
2010 - 2014
Software
Minitab
Data Analytics (Alteryx, Power BI, Qlikview)
ERP (SAP, Oracle R11)
Microsoft Visio