Manager - Production/Supply Planning at Whirlpool (2023-01 – Present)
Led end-to-end supply and demand planning for 200+ SKUs in an FMCD manufacturing setup, supporting ~$20M annual revenue
- Led end-to-end supply and demand planning for 200+ SKUs in an FMCD manufacturing setup, supporting ~$20M annual revenue
- Built and managed rolling 6-month demand and supply forecasts to align production, capacity, and raw material procurement
- Drove weekly and monthly S&OP cycles, proactively identifying supply risks and ensuring high service levels (F2F >90%, RA >95%)
- Analyzed demand variability, seasonality, and forecast accuracy to improve planning reliability and responsiveness
- Executed daily dispatch planning and inventory allocation for 30+ depots, ensuring optimal product availability across the network
- Optimized inventory by controlling slow/non-moving stock below 15% while maintaining forecast accuracy above 45%
- Developed 3-year capacity plans to support business growth, capex decisions, and supply continuity
- Implemented and leveraged advanced planning tools such as Anaplan and Qlik Sense to improve planning visibility and decision-making
- SMNM FG reduction by 30k for old lineup as well as new line up SKUS
Deputy Manager - Logistics Analyst at Whirlpool (2020-01 – 2022-12)
Driving and identifying cost saving opportunities across logistics operations and managing warehousing quality assurance
- Driving and identifying a cost saving opportunity of $2M crs. across the logistics operations
- Analysing the defective cost in terms of scrap, customer returns, replacement, freight etc. to establish and control the overall F&W cost
- Driving new IT(SAP) and service related initiatives at Primary, Secondary leg of logistics
- Responsible for driving quality assurance and Prepare warehousing SOPs, Audit checklists, Training modules
- Driving the network optimization project to estimate cost opportunity of $0.2M
- Responsible for managing and controlling packaging related damages and defects. & sales return from the e-commerce's
- E-com return reduction from 14% to 7% and repacked damaged inventory reduction by 10 K
- Cost saving of 10 crs across the entire logistics
Assistant Manager – Design Engineer at Escorts Agri Machinery (2014-01 – 2018-12)
Conducted full lifecycle product development including design, prototyping, manufacturing and implementation
- Conducted a full lifecycle product development (Design, develop, test prototypes, manufacture and implement)
- Exercised benchmarking study for the development of indigenous Transmission/Gearbox Concept proposals for new design & performance improvements of existing
- VAVE/Cost Saving, Re-Engineering, Design Optimization & Recommendation of Powertrains sub-systems
- Designing and implementing of cost- effective modifications and evaluating theoretical designs recommending modifications following prototype test results
- Designed new 15+3 transmission design
