Roshni Priya Sahoo

Associate Manager – Procurement & Supply Chain Systems - IFGL Refractories Ltd. - Rourkela, India

(2024-10)

Led the business side of a SAP S/4HANA MM transformation across 3 manufacturing plants and 8 distribution centers in partnership with PwC — driving process design, procurement workflow configuration, and validation frameworks that delivered zero critical post-go-live escalations.
Owned master data governance for 9,800+ material master records, achieving 99% accuracy through systematic cleansing and standardization — a data foundation that directly improved MRP reliability and downstream planning precision.
Designed and executed category sourcing strategy for technical and R&D procurement, onboarding 35+ vendors to cut single-source dependency 30% and compress lead time 25%, strengthening supply resilience.
Negotiated supplier contracts with 60-day extended payment terms, improving working capital efficiency 20% while sustaining vendor relationships.
Delivered ~10% annual cost reduction across indirect procurement categories through competitive RFQ strategy and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) evaluation.
Standardized the PR-to-PO workflow and enforced SLA compliance, cutting cycle time ~20% and improving on-time material availability to ~98%.
Built automated Excel-based spend analytics dashboards (INR 2L–7L monthly category spend), cutting manual reporting effort ~30% and enabling data-driven procurement decisions.

Associate Manager – Supply Chain Planning & Order Management - Jindal Stainless Ltd. - Jajpur, India

(2022-01 - 2024-10)

Directed end-to-end demand-supply planning for 8 geographically dispersed service centers, using SAP S/4HANA reporting and structured review cadences to scale throughput from 18,000 to 25,000 MT/month (+39%) without on-site presence.
Sustained ~95% OTIF at ~60,000 MT/month through proactive exception management and structured S&OP planning cadences across production, logistics, quality, and sales — cutting critical escalations ~95%.
Achieved 95% planning accuracy by standardizing planning templates and deploying SAP S/4HANA PP-driven validation controls, reducing planning errors and improving execution reliability.
Designed and implemented the Buffer Penetration Report (BPR), a proprietary color-coded SKU-tracking methodology across 500+ items, cutting supply lead time 40% and WIP inventory 10% through early risk identification.
Exceeded dispatch targets by 120% through optimized Make-to-Availability (MTA) planning and demand-signal integration from service centers into plant production schedules.
Led cross-functional S&OP coordination across production, logistics, quality, and sales to balance demand-supply variability under active capacity constraints.
Led a 4-member supply planning team, setting daily priorities and driving alignment with commercial and production stakeholders on weekly/monthly plan adherence.

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