Poojan Patel
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Collaborative, versatile and APICS certified supply chain enthusiast with 7 years of experience in Supply Planing, Procurement, Inventory Management, Supplier Management, Ad-hoc reporting and Data Analysis. Self-motivated individual skilled in time management and an effective communicator of business ideas.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supply Chain Analyst II- Buyer
Niagara Bottling
02.2023 - Current
- Managing 7 suppliers and supply base for a portfolio of 1200+ SKUs supplying 17 production sites maintaining 99% material availability at network level, slashed average inventory held in network by 6.2% YOY.
- Strengthened supply continuity by on boarding 2 tier-2 suppliers by collaborating with engineering team resulted in 16% material cost reduction for 3 product categories.
- Saved 4 hrs/week of manual purchase order analysis by working closely with BI team to refine feeding logic into the optimization software which increased near perfect purchase order suggestions accuracy to 99.5%.
- Enhanced supplier performance measurement process by introducing EDI accuracy metrics, release level ODIF metric which helped with negotiation efforts.
Supply Chain Analyst II- MRP
Niagara Bottling
08.2022 - 02.2023
- Managed 5 brand/regulatory redesign projects and developed material phase out plans by collaborating cross-functionally to save up $465k in scrap exposure.
- Managed raw material planning for 6 production plants with 2700+ SKUs and maintained 99.5% material availability at plant level.
Inventory & Supply Chain Supervisor
Systems, LLC - Poweramp | DLM
01.2021 - 08.2022
- Managed a team of 4 to optimize supply chain operations, increased quarterly inventory turns by 12% in a year by optimizing inventory levels for raw materials, increasing forecast accuracies.
- Sourced and procured material for 4 material categories- Hydraulic, Electrical, Steel, Rubber, managing 14 suppliers, saved 47% on 3 product categories in 2021 with developing material substitutes and negotiation.
- Reduced physical inventory cost by 50%, increased the inventory levels' data accuracy in ERP to 99.6% by implementing new cycle count program, have inventory reconciled regularly and guiding Engineering team on t BOM corrections and setups.
Inventory Planner
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
02.2019 - 08.2020
- Increased raw materials and parts availability to 96% by implementing an inventory control system from scratch, setting master parameters such as service level, safety stock, re-order point, lot size into ERP analyzing past utilization data
- Slashed material & parts holding cost 8% using system generated planned orders, modifying them as required, communicating them with suppliers and negotiating best price and required service term and procure them just in time by coordinating with logistic team.
Supply Chain Planner
Shree Hari Steel Industries
07.2015 - 06.2017
- Improved customer service level by 4% with smooth flow of supply by setting and maintaining optimal inventory levels at various stages analyzing demand data, procuring materials in timely manner and continuously improving production capacity
- Prepared dashboard to track supplier's performance and own supply chain KPIs such as Inventory Velocity, Time Compression, GMROI, Perfect Order Rate to help drive the business strategy and find process improvement areas.
Education
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
University of Houston
Houston, TX01.2018
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Mechanical Engineering
Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
Ahmedabad, India01.2016
Skills
- Supply Chain Optimization
- Continuous Improvement
- Project Management
- Data Analysis
- Advanced Excel
- ERP (SAP/Oracle)
- Power BI
- Stakeholder relationship
Websites
Certification
- Certified in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) - Association for Supply Chain Management (ASCM)
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (ICGB) - University of Houston
Timeline
Supply Chain Analyst II- Buyer
Niagara Bottling
02.2023 - Current
Supply Chain Analyst II- MRP
Niagara Bottling
08.2022 - 02.2023
Inventory & Supply Chain Supervisor
Systems, LLC - Poweramp | DLM
01.2021 - 08.2022
Inventory Planner
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
02.2019 - 08.2020
Supply Chain Planner
Shree Hari Steel Industries
07.2015 - 06.2017
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
University of Houston
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Mechanical Engineering
Gujarat Technological University (GTU)
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