Richu John
Bangalore,India
Summary
Solution oriented professional with 8 years in the field of NPI, Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management with competitive technical and functional experience. With in-depth knowledge of Material Planning, Bill of Material Management, Scheduling, Engineering Change Management. equipped with excellent communication skills ,work ethics and commitment.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Inventory Analyst
Caterpillar
Bangalore, India
06.2022 - Current
- Collaborate with the various product group in setting up New Product Introduction (NPI) project parts and stocking
- Prepare NPI readiness metrics required at NPI Gateway 6
- Prepare Service Parts Blitz meetings in determining serviceability strategy for NPI and New Market Introduction (NMI) programs
- Collaborate with Global purchasing team to resolve any PO related issues
- Managing the NPI Parts Inventory Level for three months of Supply in all Distribution Centers
- Analyze Supplier performance in terms of meeting parts availability date
- Assess impact of part shortage against purchase orders for service fill
- Manage demand plan by identifying forecast opportunities, gaps or risks and work on mitigation plans.
Supply Chain Analyst
Ford Motors
Chennai, India
12.2017 - 06.2022
- Managing supplier releases & shipments for chip shortage Global Allocation Tiger Shark Kinaxis Report
- Managed overall process for planning and scheduling prototype builds from XM, M1, VP and VTTO build events
- Improving supplier performance and effective use of SDPR system for recording and resolution from suppliers for delivery performance and response
- VSM Management (Supplier to Ford) for IMG Sequencing suppliers (JIT) & Delivery/Sequencing strategy finalization
- Support Late Engineering Changes/Modifications for supplier part availability to support build events through Part Change Notification forums
- Inventory replenishment process mitigating the excess to other site with MPN reference
- Develop Health charts and facilitate Program Steering meeting with Key stakeholders
- Coordinate with build planners and CFT team by resolving part impounds at the build site.
Software Engineer
Infinite Computer Solutions Limited
Trivandrum, India
05.2016 - 11.2016
- Understanding Software Requirement Specification and identifying the required Test Scenarios
- Exhaustive Smoke, Functional, Integration, Regression and End to End testing of the application
- Involved in the Defect Tracking using the tool Trac & Data driven testing.
Associate Software Engineer
Tangoe India Softek Services Pvt Ltd
, India
04.2013 - 02.2015
- Identifying Business Requirement Specifications
- Creating Software Solution based on business requirement and setting up meeting with business users to understand the business process
- Provide end user training, Prepare user and training manuals
- Conduct regular review after product launch to collect feedbacks or enhancements if any required.
Education
B Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering -
Karunya University
06.2013
Skills
- Power BI
- SAP
- RPA-PEGA
- Kinaxis-Rapid Response
- Value Stream Mapping
- Inventory Optimization
- Engineering Change Management
- Alteryx UAT
- Manual/Automation Testing NPI
- Supplier Management
Accomplishments
- Automation of Engine Stocking Form (05/2023 - 05/2023). Automated engine stocking request through power apps.
- Alignment of Part effective in date with production facility date (01/2023 - 03/2023) .Created a governance process (governance report) to identify the parts which undergo effective in date changes in WSU.
- Automation of Cycle Count Loss Inventory Management (07/2019 - 10/2019) .Management of inventory loss due to damaged goods/transit loss automated through PEGA RPA.
Languages
English
Full Professional
German
Professional
Malayalam
Full Professional
Tamil
Limited
Timeline
Inventory Analyst
Caterpillar
06.2022 - Current
Supply Chain Analyst
Ford Motors
12.2017 - 06.2022
Software Engineer
Infinite Computer Solutions Limited
05.2016 - 11.2016
Associate Software Engineer
Tangoe India Softek Services Pvt Ltd
04.2013 - 02.2015
B Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering -
Karunya University
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