Hemant Lamkhade

Supply chain manager with 3+ years at Brillon Consumer Products (globally SC Johnson), covering supply planning, material planning, S&OP, inventory and customer service for an INR 1,000 Cr FMCG portfolio across 13 manufacturing sites (in-house and third-party manufacturers, TPMs). Optimised inventory days from 48 to 37 while lifting order fill from 92% to 94%. Built an MRP-run evaluation tool that flags material shortfalls early, and run the escalation and expediting cadence with planners to close them.

Led a three-module planning system implementation.

Manager – Supply & Material Planning at Brillon Consumer Products Pvt Ltd (Globally SC Johnson) (2025-04 – Present)

Brands: All Out, Baygon, Dranex, Kiwi, Mr Muscle, Glade, Pledge | approx. INR 1,000 Cr | 13 sites

• Own rolling 3–6 month supply plans and the monthly S&OP supply review, balancing demand variability, production constraints, seasonality and distribution priorities.
• Optimised inventory days from 48 to 37 over FY25-26 (INR 56 Cr to 40 Cr) through purpose-driven bin planning (cycle, safety, promotional, seasonal, MOQ, strategic buffer), lifting order fill from 92% to 94%; lead SLOB decisions on liquidation, rework and write-offs.
• Designed an MRP-run evaluation tool (Excel/VBA with SAP data extraction) that explodes BOMs, nets requirements against stock and open POs, and flags material shortfalls and risks ahead of production.
• Run a regular cadence with planners to review material risks, escalate critical items and expedite open POs, keeping shortages from reaching production and service.
• Drive RCCP-based capacity decisions and supply reviews using scenario analysis, flagging bottlenecks early to protect service levels.
• Plan supply with TPMs and plants, and manage NPD launches, SKU transitions and EOL phase-outs to minimize disruption to the national network; manage one direct report (Deployment Planner).
• Led planning system’s implementation, three modules (Inventory Planning, Logistics, Supply Network Planning) on a SAP-based custom planning tool (Bluemingo Systems).

Manager – Supply Chain, Customer Service & Professional at Brillon Consumer Products Pvt Ltd (Globally SC Johnson) (2024-06 – 2025-03)

• Owned end-to-end demand and supply planning for the Professional vertical, with monthly S&OP execution.
• Tracked convergence and deviation against the Annual Business Plan (ABP); built alternate plans with Marketing, Sales and TPMs to protect ABP delivery.
• Led the PAN India Service vertical, driving monthly reviews with Modern Trade and e-Commerce accounts.

Management Trainee – Brillon Leadership Program at Brillon Consumer Products Pvt Ltd (Globally SC Johnson) (2023-06 – 2024-05)

• Completed business immersion across sales, warehouse, demand/supply planning and factory operations; developed a replenishment optimization solver for deployment planning.

Summer Intern – Supply Chain at Brillon Consumer Products Pvt Ltd (Globally SC Johnson) (2022-04 – 2022-06)

• Created the Permanent Dispatch Plan (PDP) for traditional trade secondary distribution; designed a supply chain network using MILP optimization (van-based and hub-and-spoke).

MBA in Operations Management – Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management (2021 – 2023)

MicroMasters in Supply Chain Management (18 months, 800 hrs) – MITx (2021-06 – 2022-11)

B.E. in Mechanical Engineering – Savitribai Phule Pune University (2014 – 2018)