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Jose Kevin Samuel Kalyanam

Nashville,TN

Summary

Senior-level Supply Chain and Operations leader with extensive experience in creating strategies and leading execution of all global supply chain activities, including procurement, manufacturing and distribution management. Manages and leads cross-functional teams to drive product supply and productivity improvements. Leads risk mitigation, while driving supply chain strategies for end-to-end pipeline management and supply planning. Skilled in negotiation and strategic decision making, perfected by 6 years of experience in leading organizational business units.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Program Manager

Amazon
04.2022 - Current
  • Managed and supervised administrative and daily program operations, complying with policies and regulations.
  • Identified program obstacles and communicated possible impacts to team.
  • Coached team members on productivity strategies to accomplish challenging goals.
  • Developed and maintained logistics workflows, procedures and reports.
  • Established and delivered on annual cost reduction goals; reducing spend by over $300,000
  • Managed a team of Data Analysts to set-up and maintain ERP attributes in Oracle for system-generated procurement and quoting outputs.
  • Implemented supply chain local fulfillment network for UK Delivery partners; reducing working capital by 30% and lowering landed costs by 8%
  • Managed on-time delivery of grocery and other retail products for more than 250K customers and 2M SKUs to maintain and grow EU Grocery Business
  • Grew on-time delivery from 60% in Q2 2022 to 85% in Q1 2023
  • Coordinate with Supply Chain senior leaders to develop transformation and conversion strategy, business case(s), and write/own narrative(s) for last mile program
  • Launched a Proactive Execution Model for planned events that helped in pulling upcoming major events, review the severity, assign a tier and take proactive actions to mitigate the impact. This has led to savings of upwards of $3.4M
  • Reviewed and approved a demand forecasting model which reduced our Deliverypartner Outs by 25% in Q2, Q3 and Q4.
  • Led the team in deep diving cases for missed delivery and helped in reduction of cost associated to the sum of $1M
  • Supervised the team of supply chain analysts, BI engineers and SC managers in the route-planning, and scheduling side of operations to achieve a 99% fill rate for our Distributions Centers
  • Reduced over-scheduling 40% over a period of 6 months. Success attributed to improved controls, leveraging the ERP (SAP) system; and implementing a new S&OP process.
  • Increased fill rates from 86% to 98% in first 6 months and now moving towards 100%
  • Reduced inventory swings from many global sources 25-40% by changing ordering patterns
  • Reduced logistics costs by 18% through optimization of transportation routes and modes


Supply Chain Project Coordinator

Walmart
02.2020 - 03.2022


  • Worked in close relation with the inventory team to procure raw materials and track the inventory levels, minimizing the costs and ensuring supply is ready for production
  • Gathered and analyzed key procurement data and create metrics in order to report results to senior management
  • Collaborated with Forecasting and Scheduling departments to facilitate smooth accomplishment of deadlines.
  • Partnered with suppliers, internal stakeholders and supply chain analysts to resolve delivery and quality issues
  • Partnered with the stakeholders to complete the Inventory life cycle i.e from Planning, Ordering, Purchasing, Monitoring to Replenishment
  • Committed to improving the workflow using Root Cause Analysis, FMEA and Cause-Effect Analysis Diagrams
  • Developed process flow charts, RASCI diagrams for all process and sub process areas
  • Scheduled production plans according to customer needs and supply availability.
  • Managed complex equipment storage operations while effectively partnering with intermediary departments to complete projects.
  • Oversaw supply chain logistics and equipment worth over $250,000.
  • Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
  • Integrated financial and operation plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operational and financial results to boost customer satisfaction, profitability, and working capital.
  • Served as a liaison between the Distribution Center, Inventory Management Team, Purchasing Team and the Logistic Departments
  • Ensured that the warehouses were showing a increase in the inventory ratio I.e. Inventory Turnover. Helped to maintain an inventory ratio of 8.4. Helped maintain the turnover days of company inventory to 43 days
  • Created an outline of the supply and demand matrix, by performing Quantitative forecasting analysis. Using historical data was able to forecast sales and the movement of Inventory
  • Optimized inventory control procedures and ensured stock is adequate and can cover direct demand from customers.
  • Created a value stream map to identify all the processes that take place in the inventory to aid to identify the most value adding services and the least value adding services to the supply chain
  • Brought in usage of Digital tools and IT practices like implementation of ERP systems to drive the performance throughout the supply chain
  • Partnered with Product brands team to envision new product lineup and different SCM Strategies. Helped them define quality control measures and implement them with suppliers
  • Successfully managed assigned Principals keeping inventory turns, service levels, and slow-moving stock within set KPI’s
  • Assisted the Warehouse team in terms of procurement, inventory turnover and outbound fulfillment. Helped reduce the labor costs by upto 15% per year
  • Developed, maintained and improved process and supply chain models with help of analytics to better understand the cost patterns, trends and the drivers behind increase of sales
  • Contributed to correction of processes as part of Continuous Improvement Strategy by using Activity Based Costing (ABC), Value Stream Mapping etc to reduce waste and provide accurate cost recommendations
  • Aided in determining guidelines for smooth flow of goods into multiple DC’s.

Supply Chain Business Analyst

Cardinal Health
02.2019 - 01.2020
  • Maintained and Analyzed information from EPIC Slicer and Dicer to create monthly/quarterly patient reports
  • Model and evaluate impact of medical and quality management activities across Cardinal Health using EPIC Applications, Caboodle data, EPSi cost accounting data, Premier Analytics, Epic EHRv Reporting, REDCap other internal/external clinical databases
  • Liaison with clinical teams, senior leadership, non -clinical and patients to support and achieve the defined performance metrics
  • Responsible for implementing the Cardinal Health Data Operating System that contains all the data sources (Clinical, Claims, Financial, Operational etc)
  • Studied and developed the Six Sigma models DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) for existing process and DMADV model (define, measure, analyze, design, verify) for new processes
  • Studied movement of goods to identify gaps in efficiency and other areas needing improvement.
  • Help stakeholders define health care claims and eligibility data by reviewing, analyzing, and documenting business processes and user needs
  • Suggested improvements to cut costs and improve supply chain process, incorporating asset utilization, performance measurement and outsourcing approaches.
  • Improved forecasting systems to maintain adequate materials and supplies.
  • Built comprehensive inventory systems to track current supply chain data.
  • Oversaw every phase of supply chain, from purchase order to delivery to invoicing, targeting 100% end-user satisfaction.
  • Reported on supply chain KPIs to verify compliance with established standards.
  • Utilized data analytics to identify and resolve supply chain issues and improve overall performance.
  • Devised strategies to streamline supply chain operations and reduce expenditures.
  • Developed new guidelines for the inventory and established accountability for the strategic inventory initiatives through effective reporting, monitoring and collaboration with other departments
  • Improved the demand and supply arm by advocating more usage of analytics thereby improving the forecast accuracy to 92 % from initial 65%
  • Oversaw the transition of the medical system in house ERP to SAP at various manufacturing sites
  • Studied and used sales and inventory trends to create reports and dashboards using SAP BI and Tableau to track inventory over at 39 distribution centers
  • Managed inventory scraps with aim of reducing waste by implementing Lean Six Sigma Strategies. Also drove the analysis on purchasing, revenue analysis and formulate a better procurement strategy
  • Improved the cycle count rates from 93% to 95% accuracy through process improvements while maintaining data integrity
  • Investigated various logistical issues and ensuring a strict cost saving measure that saw the company an annual savings of $20,000
  • Aggregated the weekly predicted and actual sales revenue of individual stores to assess the current business situation
  • Helped drive in the creation of store ops planning portal which helped the individual store execs to assess a better planning, procurement and refilling of their store shelves
  • Developed and maintained relationships with over 80 different suppliers
  • Work with Global supply chain team in hand to oversee a smooth functioning of the overseas suppliers and reduce material shortages

Process Improvement Analyst

Fresh Direct
10.2017 - 02.2019
  • Responsible for creating a new metrics report that gives us better insight for the procurement team to effectively analyze product and supplier data
  • Designed and built a predictive forecast and analytical model using SAP APO for the procurement team to evaluate the suppliers
  • Coordinated in the entire supply chain planning from demand to execution
  • Led the demand and forecasting team for the Operations team and used to create and maintain the master data
  • Performed cost-benefit analysis for proposed changes.
  • Monitored KPI’s like inventory turnover, cycle counts, inbound and outbound times, customer order cycle time, fill rate etc
  • Recommended improvements for cross-functional projects and processes.
  • Managed development and implementation of lean and continuous improvement manufacturing initiatives across production environment.
  • Changed existing processes and implemented new processes to improve efficiency by 30%.
  • Analyzing allocated costs recorded by location to create algorithms for budgeting and forecasting purposes and prepares reports for territories of actual allocated costs
  • Championed new Lean strategies, framework and project elements to drive multidisciplinary growth and process overhaul.
  • Optimize the operational efficiencies to support the Warehouse production, packaging and shipping operations
  • Ensured we follow the warehouse operational practices to control inventory
  • Analyzed the material flow parameters such as order quantity, schedule, conducted weekly cycle counts, managed replenishment process and set inventory level. Reduced customer backorders by 75%
  • Created a database and a monthly review process that identified >$100k worth of expired products in 1 year
  • Helped in the design of predictive forecast and analytics model for production in SAP APO using the previous sales pattern and trends to better forecast demand
  • Undertake the constant evolving Billing of Material (BOM) projects, safety stock analysis, obsolete and New Product Introduction demand planning and inventory management, improved the BOM accuracy by 30%
  • Managed the inbound, holding inventory and the outbound channels for all the goods flowing through the warehouse with more than 10,000 SKU’s
  • Developed a brand-new metrics report that gave purchasing an internal system to effectively analyze product and vendor data
  • Designed and documented processes/work instructions such as Cycle Count, Bar-coding, Work Order Release, Kanban, SOI
  • Coordinated the better movement of goods from our distribution center by a better forecasting model thus reducing our holding inventory by 33%

Education

Master of Science - System Science And Industrial Engineering

SUNY At Binghamton
Binghamton, NY
12.2018

Skills

  • Demand Forecasting, ERP systems,
  • WMS management, Value Stream
  • Mapping, Continuous
  • Improvement, Inventory
  • Management, Supply Planning,
  • DMAIC Leader, Six Sigma,
  • Procurement and Project
  • Management,SQL, Data Analysis,
  • Excel, Tableau, Power BI, Data
  • Forecasting, Performance
  • Management
  • PROJECTS
  • DMAIC project for reduction
  • Of WIP — Detail
  • Inventory management system
  • Determined that about 80 percent
  • Of all stock-keeping units (SKUs)
  • Were scheduled for WIP, which
  • Leads to additional labor, increased
  • Transportation and extra storage
  • Costs Successfully completed the
  • Project by reducing the WIP levels
  • By creating a pull system for the
  • Product in order
  • Employee Scheduling
  • Supply Chain Distribution
  • Financial Management and Reporting
  • Staff Management
  • 3PL (Third Party Logistics)
  • Methodology Improvements

Timeline

Program Manager

Amazon
04.2022 - Current

Supply Chain Project Coordinator

Walmart
02.2020 - 03.2022

Supply Chain Business Analyst

Cardinal Health
02.2019 - 01.2020

Process Improvement Analyst

Fresh Direct
10.2017 - 02.2019

Master of Science - System Science And Industrial Engineering

SUNY At Binghamton

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