Thorough Demand Planner offering 10 years of comprehensive experience estimating future product demands by employing analytical, sales and marketing data. Proficient in Atlas and Tableau paired with in-depth knowledge of supply chain operations. Strategic and logical professional skillful in supporting in risk assessment and mitigation processes and monitoring and reporting on changes in budgets, sales forecasts or business strategies. Good hands-on experience with ERP system- RCC, SAP MM, MDG and QAD, AutoCAD, CADISON with strong learning and logical skills, communication abilities, including outstanding writing and presenting skills.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
DEMAND PLANNER
SHV ENERGY (PINNACLE PROPANE LLC)
07.2022 - 05.2025
Manage, modify, maintain and apply customer level demand forecasts. Review customer forecasts where actual delivery and expected demand are outside an acceptable range of error (greater than 25% of delivery volume) and focus on reducing forecast error.
Work with Operations and Customer Care teams to incorporate feedback into forecasting approach and ensure compatibility of operational needs with forecasting processes.
Provide weekly and monthly KPI reporting, and field ad hoc requests for operational and logistics reporting.
Design control systems to coordinate production planning to ensure that product meets quality standards.
Conduct forecasting, demand planning, data flow and integrity, logistics reporting, and to meet higher level business needs to deliver services with maximum efficiency.
Consistently assess key customer and delivery data management within Enterprise Resource Planning system, identify and communicate areas for improvement of data quality.
Ensure delivery orders populate as expected for forecasted customers, based on expected demand.
Develop and document SOPs (standard operating procedures) for all forecasting related process.
Provide daily order management reporting.
Building forecast approach beyond customer level, to improve supply planning and contribute to overall S&OP.
Identify data field with high likelihood of impacting process and delivery order reconciliation to meet company goal of achieving and maintaining 90% completion and accuracy of business required data.
PROCUREMENT ASSISTANT
AMERICAN PLASTICS
04.2022 - 06.2022
Working with all functional departments to ensure that Purchasing is prepared to meet the short, medium, and long-term requirements of the manufacturing plants.
Coordinating various proposal layouts & productions in response to consultant and subconsultant RFQs.
Ensure proper documentation is in order as per Procurement Policy and Procedures.
Verifying ordered materials to meet the Master Production Schedule - rolling weekly, monthly.
Working with Suppliers to expedite and improve delivery performance.
Diversifying vendor relationships to maintain best pricing while having multiple suppliers for raw materials.
Maintain accurate Purchase Order data in ERP System (QAD).
Accurately performs numerous transactions in ERP System (QAD).
Verifying raw material order against agreed customer forecasts.
Reviewing inventory order patterns and quantities, min/max levels, consumption rates and recommend actions to improve vendor delivery performance, schedule adherence, and cost savings.
Working with other departments to reduce the overall delivery/test/release times.
Reviewing age of all raw materials and takes appropriate action to work to minimize spoilage exposure associated with Raw Materials.
Sending Material POs to vendors or suppliers.
Confirming delivery dates of Materials to Plant Managers and Operations Leadership.
MATERIAL MANAGEMENT AND SCRUM MASTER
LARSEN AND TOUBRO TECHONOLOGY SERVICES PVT LTD, INDIA
12.2019 - 09.2021
Cutting down procurement cost through consortiums and re-assessing vendors.
Devised and implemented a disposition plan for excess inventory led to cost avoidance of roughly $100,000.
Prepared solicitations competitive bids for prospect suppliers.
Conducted sourcing events and worked closely with Business Development in planning finding relevant suppliers.
Successfully re-negotiated contract with international suppliers.
Delivering Business value to customer by removing impediments, channeling team towards common goals.
Collaborating with different stakeholders.
Seasoned in coaching team on Agile and Scrum methodology.
Experienced in customizing Scrum process as per project need.
Coaching the Development Team in self-organization & cross-functionality.
Leading the end-to-end execution of project in Global Onshore / Offshore Model using Agile Scrum methodology.
Steering adoption & enforcement of Scrum rules, facilitating scrum event - backlog grooming, sprint planning, daily scrum & sprint retrospectives, removing impediments, tracking dependencies and keeping close tab on team velocity & sprint/release progress.
Accountable for delivering multiple releases on schedule with highest quality standards.
SPARE PARTS PROCUREMENT FOR EPC (ENGINEERING-PROCUREMENT-CONSTRUCTION)
LINDE ENGINEERING PVT LTD, INDIA
05.2014 - 09.2015
Preparation of electrical spare parts philosophy of four categories i.e. mandatory spares, special tools, erection and commissioning spares and 2-years operational spares in bidding phase of all projects by understanding intension to bid (ITB) document provided by the customer.
Expediting vendors for electrical spare parts quotations.
Providing technical solutions to customers for minimizing the warehouse management.
Furnishing recommended spare parts in form of Spare Parts and Interchangeability Record (SPIR).
Handling detail electrical engineering drawing for identification of possible spares and its flexibility.
Recommending electrical spare parts against vendor's recommendation by understanding plant criticality and customer's requirement.
Communication with international/ domestic Vendors and Client for furnishing SPIRs w.r.t. to project requirements.
Interacting with Technical, Procurement and logistic groups in the process of handling spare parts.
ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER - CAPTIVE THERMAL POWER PLANT
SIEMENS INDIA PVT
07.2011 - 04.2014
Relay and metering protection panel with protection scheme, protection logic and relay setting.
Synchronizing panel with auto, manual and dead bus closing scheme as per the plant key SLD.
Neutral grounding panel with resistance and grounding transformer sizing calculation.
Lightning Arrestor, Surge Arrestor, PT and CT panel with AL / CU bus-bar sizing calculation.
CT / PT ratio selection and burden calculation.
Prepare cable schedules of power and control cables.
Calculate load demand for DC & UPS power.
Prepare feeder list for TGMCC and DC distribution boards.
Prepare purchase specifications for Battery charger, TGMCC panel, Control, power and HT cables, relays etc.
Responsible for engineering plan, scheduling of electrical package engineering, carry out detailed project specific engineering for electrical packages in order to meet performance & control specification.
Provide support to project purchase specification, interaction with vendor and evaluation of offer in implementing the customer requirement/ specification in order to meet product, performance & contacted specification.
Provide inputs to vendor / customer as per project requirement for maintaining schedule delivery in order to meet the contractual delivery of the project.
Education
Bachelor in Engineering - Electrical Engineering
Sardar Patel University
01.2011
Higher Secondary - Science
Central Board of Secondary Education
Ahmadabad, Gujarat
01.2007
Secondary - Science
Central Board of Secondary Education
Pathankot, Punjab
01.2005
Skills
Expertise in Inventory/Demand Planning
Supply Chain Management
Material Management
SAP MM
RCC
QAD
Data Reporting Tool - Tableau
SQL (SSMS)
AUTOCAD/ CADISON
Certified Agile Practitioner
Electrical Control Panel
Personal Information
Gender: Female
Nationality: Indian
Timeline
DEMAND PLANNER
SHV ENERGY (PINNACLE PROPANE LLC)
07.2022 - 05.2025
PROCUREMENT ASSISTANT
AMERICAN PLASTICS
04.2022 - 06.2022
MATERIAL MANAGEMENT AND SCRUM MASTER
LARSEN AND TOUBRO TECHONOLOGY SERVICES PVT LTD, INDIA
12.2019 - 09.2021
SPARE PARTS PROCUREMENT FOR EPC (ENGINEERING-PROCUREMENT-CONSTRUCTION)
LINDE ENGINEERING PVT LTD, INDIA
05.2014 - 09.2015
ELECTRICAL DESIGN ENGINEER - CAPTIVE THERMAL POWER PLANT