Rizwan Khan
Chicago,USA
Summary
Results-driven Supply Chain professional with expertise in demand forecasting, data reporting and end-end supply chain management. Achieved over $200,000 in savings through operational streamlining and managed over 100 million liters in volume. Proficient in SAP, Kinaxis, and digital tools, enhancing supply chain efficiency and visibility. Strong track record of cross-functional collaboration to exceed performance metrics.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Demand Lead
BP Lubricants
Chicago, Illinois
01.2025 - Current
- Developed comprehensive demand forecast for specific Castrol channels with multiple customers to drive yearly and monthly sales plan, RFs, forecasting accuracy while maintaining inventory balances and supporting production planning needs.
- Executed day to day data reporting to track key performance indicators and drive business insights.
- Streamlined supply chain demand planning processes to improve efficiency.
- Manage end-to-end supply chain demand planning for specific Castrol channels with volumes over 100ML plus.
- Analyze sales data to identify demand patterns and adjust forecast accordingly to signal production planning while managing inventory levels.
- Led monthly demand tactical and consensus meetings with stakeholders (Americas Sales & Account Managers and Finance) to align on demand planning and supply volumes.
- Implemented advanced reporting solutions to improve visibility across supply chain demand planning.
- Optimized the use of digital tools for real-time data reporting and analysis.
- Generated monthly reports on demand trends and forecast accuracy to inform leadership.
Supply Chain Analytics Advisor
BP Lubricants
Chicago, Illinois
01.2022 - 12.2024
- Transformed planning analytics role into a global, cross-functional unit for Castrol Americas Supply Chain Planning.
- Developed advanced reporting solutions for Supply Chain Planning and Logistics teams using digital tools.
- Generated monthly and annual forecasting accuracy and Bias S&OP volumes for In Full On Time (IFOT) reports.
- Managed and reported on Americas KPI metrics to Global Castrol Supply Chain weekly and monthly.
- Automated ad hoc and project-based reporting for planning divisions within Castrol.
- Collaborated with digital teams to validate global reports utilizing Americas dataset in AWS.
- Served as Subject Matter Expert for Kinaxis implementation, validating User Stories, Bugs, and Tasks during launches.
- Trained supply and demand planning teams on both Web and Java versions of Kinaxis tool.
Supply Chain Project Manager II
Randstad / Eteam
10.2020 - 12.2021
- As a Supply Chain Project Manager, responsible for performance and oversight of product portfolio supporting supply, streamlined production for speed and profitability along with implementing a new scheduling application.
- Identify gaps in process alignment, recommend best practices and orchestrate future state design satisfying a stakeholder across the organization.
- Provide support for project phases, process development, project execution and transition into production by working with the local Manufacturing, Finance and Supply Chain teams.
- Leading full cycle implementation of Infor - Advanced Scheduling (AS) and Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) modules within the organization.
- Analyse production lines and generate fill and pack capacity for each line. i.e., run rates, changeovers. Based off capacity, schedule production into weekly/monthly buckets from the Master Production Schedule.
- Work with quality leads in monthly release of products to meet country specific demands.
- Assist plant shutdown planning.
- 50% Inventory Reduction
- $200,000+ Savings
- Project Planning Management
- Vendor Management
- Process Improvement (Current State – Future State)
Material Supply Manager (Business Process Management)
Apex Systems
Chicago, USA
07.2019 - 04.2020
- As part of the Supply Chain Operations team, boarded Gogo, a technology provider in the aviation business to spearhead two projects in conjunction to handling day-day engineering repair activities of different products: firstly, provide spend visibility on repairs VS budget by breaking down repair activity and its associated cost into smaller segments, and lastly, reducing inventory of RMA units whilst developing and implementing a new RMA process flow.
- Designed, planned, developed and implemented a complete RMA (Return Material Authority) operation process flow project along with cost savings strategies- Upstream to Downstream.
- By identifying and analyzing current processes and procedures, I have implemented a new future state that resulted in a $200,000+ instant savings within a span of five months from hire. This process also paved way for a great deal of spend visibility to executive leadership.
- For yearly budget, forecasted $10M+ future spend on repairs and presented to Leadership Team which was in-line with the Financial Planning & Accounting (FPA) team prediction.
- Managed and tracked yearly spend vs budget of about $10M - $14M by recording various vendor quotes and validating them with the planned engineering repair action of LRU (Line Replaceable Unit) repair with vendors.
- While working as a liaison between our customer supply chain leaders and suppliers, I have prioritized by deciding and communicating repair activity at supplier bases. This prioritization was done by understanding demand of active/open order and needed safety stock at depots.
- Weekly presentation and reporting to senior leadership on cost and count of inventory at supplier location.
- Provided high level visibility to leadership via custom reports for decision making.
- Spearheaded inventory reduction project with suppliers. In a span of 6 months, successfully provided results in reducing count of units at supplier location from 450 to 220 units. i.e. 50% reduction.
- In-parallel to the above project, I have also led a continuous improvement project via MS Project to define process flow of field/customer returns and its repair with third party vendors. This provided a great understanding to repair and the cost model around it.
- Managed RMA repair activity across supplier base by reviewing and validating repair work scopes and seeking budget approval for ongoing repair activity. Worked with purchasing on PO execution.
- With weekly meetings for different suppliers, assessed and ensured suppliers can meet set requirements for on-time product availability within budget and quality (product airworthiness). Baseline to track KPIs.
- Reviewed monthly RMA spend with Accounting.
- Collaborated daily with suppliers, engineering, procurement, reliability, quality, airline accounts management/NPI to overhaul end to end repair process.
- Interfaced with internal teams to prioritize supplier repair activity based of supply and demand or product reliability. This included the aircraft type and aircraft make. (i.e. Boeing or Airbus)
- Worked to assist internal stakeholders on supplier scorecards/performance indicators to develop and drive their ability to consistently meet or exceed defined expectations.
- Delivered results with $200,000 in savings while contributing to Continuous Improvement activities.
- Provided supply chain expertise from management to leadership of repair activity with respect to performance, cost, logistics and delivery.
- 50% P1/P2 Reduction in Command Centre
- Supply Chain Planning Logistic & SAP Implementation
- Plant & Warehouse Operations and Reporting
Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Advisor- (SAP)
Acro Services Corporation
Naperville, USA
12.2017 - 05.2019
- Led and managed the Day-Day Industrial/Auto supply chain calls with departmental leads to bring forward demand/supply chain and logistics constraints on production, operations, customer service, exports, logistics and warehouse activities and provide best possible solution to resolve them.
- Led/Assisted Supply Planning team during the SAP Go Live & Hypercare implementation named ‘NIKE’ across Castrol-Lubricants network at two different stages namely Wave-1 and Wave-2.
- Secondary point of contact for an industrial warehouse in managing distribution of in-bound and out-bound emergency or standard shipments of bulk and packaged products to customers.
- As a Supply Chain & Logistics Adviser for BP-Lubricants, assisted/led the central/plant planners and logistics in executing the agreed finished goods supply strategies and tactics within integrated supply chain.
- When supply/demand gap occurred, then as a Supply Chain Adviser worked across key functions i.e. Sales, Manufacturing/Operations, Customer Fulfillment and Logistics to develop supply solutions.
- Led daily cross-functional meetings to ensure that solutions are implemented and learning's documented and reapplied.
- Led D2D (Day to Day) planning meeting for Castrol industrial supply chain on 15+ million liters of different products to ensure customer needs are being met while managing service and inventory commitments.
- Worked with GBS (Global Business Solutions- Customer Service) to understand customer demand/trends to signal production as necessary to stock or fill upcoming rush/emergency orders.
- With set 3rd party logistic providers, managed and led via D2D any standard or escalated out-bounds of liquid bulk or packaged products to customers and affiliates, domestic or international.
- Manage Full truck Load (FTL) and Less Than Truckload (LTL) along with tankers for liquid bulk.
- Coordinated Streamline-Fusion activities for industrial claimed products, specifically the sourcing gates. This included supply within region to end customers as well as affiliates making claims for US produced products.
- Managed supply chain and logistics activities during the SAP Cutover/Go-Live & Hypercare stages and during Business As Usual (BAU) stage across BP -Lubricants Castrol network.
- Serviced Castrol business with in-depth SAP ECC & APO assistance from Customer Service (Global Business Solution) to Supply Chain & Logistics departments and beyond on both bulk and finished packaged products.
- Run SAP reports and based off results, implemented best possible solutions in decreasing backorders (both industrial and automotive sector), minimizing inventory and maintaining high IFOT (In-Full On-Time) percentage.
- Also presented these reports to management (stakeholders).
- Maintained/Configured SAP Master Data details for products and customers (Material, vendor & customer setup).
- Assisted to maintain PIR’s (Purchase Information Record) and contracts for purchase of raw materials and finished goods from 3rd party manufacturers.
- Managed/Assisted all warehouse activities on logistics and troubleshooted issues with stock transfers, product re-labels, inbounds and out-bounds and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) interfaces.
- Processed incoming and outgoing of international shipments.
- Audited industrial warehouse to identify roadblocks for easy flow or sales orders.
- Successfully managed and closed the project of 200+ select P1/P2- Priority orders with SKU’s equaling or exceeding 150.
- Closed 50% plus orders in a 4-week span. This was accomplished by being on the front-line of the planning group when the emergency response team was set in place.
- Led Supply Planning department in the Emergency Command Center setup to manage supply to customers both direct/B2B during the NIKE Wave-1 stage of SAP Go Live implementation.
- Master Data Lead. Handling 100,000+ parts
- Material Master, Vendor, Customer & Contract Creation
SAP Procurement Master Data Specialist
Kelly Services
Chicago, USA
04.2017 - 12.2017
- Interfaced with Morton plants and Maintenance/Operation teams in the creation and maintenance of parts database in SAP -MDM module for electrical, mechanical parts and assemblies.
- Conducted data cleaning checks to rid the system of old, unused data or duplicate data for better management and quick access.
- Coordinated North American master data requirements and functions while globally standardizing material master data function across all business units.
- Maintained vendor/manufacturer material records and pricing for company materials.
- Organized internal material classifications in accordance to corporate master classification governance.
- Nuclear Production Planning, BOMs & WBS
- Plant Operations & Manufacturing Nuclear Grade Parts
- ASME, JIT, MRP, NDT, Quality and Nuclear Vendor Management
Nuclear Project & Production Planner/Scheduler
Hydro Incorporated
02.2014 - 02.2017
- Responsible & Accountable for the strategic planning of a high variety of nuclear pump projects by developing the manufacturing plans using ERP & scheduling software (primavera, avante & epicor) to ensure maximum service level performance and efficient delivery of projects at the lowest cost, thus increasing profits.
- Planned and managed over $15M/year projects from start to finish. (for power plants Southern Nuclear- SNC, Entergy, Exelon, FPL and more)
- Generated new Part Numbers, Bill of Materials & Purchase Requisitions using ERP/scheduling software.
- Worked with vendors to clarify and/or assist in manufacturing new, repair and outsourced parts.
- Responsible to procure parts by writing requisitions and working with the buyer in allocating orders to the company QA certified vendors. And test it through series of operations per ASME/ASTM standards for nuclear grade certification.
- Generated and scheduled work order packages (Sequence of Operations) for manufacturing shop. This detailed processes, procedures and quality hold points for the entire shop floor while manufacturing a unit.
- Managed the strategic planning of manufacturing projects and inventory.
- Read, analyzed & interpreted technical documents and drawings of parts either in inventory or to be manufactured.
- Have written Process Control Procedures (PCP’s) and Instructions ensuring consistency of operations throughout the organization.
- Investigate issues and establish root cause, make adaptations and modifications of existing projects.
- Provide technical support to shop floor, contracts, engineering, and quality assurance, operations, sales and purchasing.
- Created list of priority jobs monthly including expediting orders for management.
- Monitored inventory stock levels on a bi-weekly basis to renew, if needed per demand, stock out low inventory levels of assigned raw materials.
- Responsible for maintaining and updating the VP of Operations on weekly project status, project schedules and project priorities, including communication to other team members and departments.
- Led weekly/monthly collaborative meetings between Operation, Sales and Marketing in communicating supply chain constraints and provided recommendation on resolutions.
- Worked closely with Quality Control/Assurance, Operations, Engineering and Shop Floor teams.
- Successfully completed the creation and distribution of purchase requisitions to work orders to shipping of new and repair parts (from inventory or newly purchased) worth $15 million, yearly.
- Tasked with a major role within the engineering group, worked with IT department in a process improvement initiation program for customized implementation of new ERP/Scheduling system software- EPICOR.
- Successfully led Supply Chain Planning department during the SAP implementation project (Emergency Response Command Center Team) across North America and Canada for BP-British Petroleum Lubricants network to work with different production plants and warehouses to process and ship customer orders (IFOT- In Full On Time) both domestic and international.
- Spearheaded projects to identified and analyzed current business process layout on Vendor-RMA (Return Material Authority) across Gogo Commercial Aviation division and then implemented by defining, planning, and executing a new business process that successfully resulted in providing leadership with great deal of visibility on spend, repair and inventory.
- This was reported on a weekly basis by custom made reports. (resulted in savings of more than $200,000 and 50% reduction of inventory count & cost at supplier’s location)
- Successful completion of Visual Management using 5S Methods and Six Sigma Green Belt training.
- Highly appreciated for successfully assisting the team of planners during the 3-day Nuclear Audit (NUPIC).
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Osmania University
Hyderabad, India01.2013
Skills
- Power BI
- Tableau
- SAP
- Project Development & Management
- MS office
- Strategic & Analytical thinking
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Data reporting
- Demand forecasting
- Supply chain analytics
- Team leadership
- Continuous improvement
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Demand & Supply Planning
- End-End Supply Chain Logistics
- End-End Supply Chain Operations
- Capacity Planning
- Warehouse & Distribution Management
- Master Data Management
- Subject Matter Expert
Accomplishments
- Successfully completed the creation and distribution of purchase requisitions to work orders to shipping of new and repair parts (from inventory or newly purchased) worth $15 million, yearly.
- Tasked with a major role within the engineering group, worked with IT department in a process improvement initiation program for customized implementation of new ERP/Scheduling system software- EPICOR.
- Successfully led Supply Chain Planning department during the SAP implementation project (Emergency Response Command Center Team) across North America and Canada for BP-British Petroleum Lubricants network to work with different production plants and warehouses to process and ship customer orders (IFOT- In Full On Time) both domestic and international.
- Spearheaded projects to identified and analyzed current business process layout on Vendor-RMA (Return Material Authority) across Gogo Commercial Aviation division and then implemented by defining, planning, and executing a new business process that successfully resulted in providing leadership with great deal of visibility on spend, repair and inventory. This was reported on a weekly basis by custom made reports. (resulted in savings of more than $200,000 and 50% reduction of inventory count & cost at supplier’s location).
- Successful completion of Visual Management using 5S Methods and Six Sigma Green Belt training.
- Highly appreciated for successfully assisting the team of planners during the 3-day Nuclear Audit (NUPIC).
Timeline
Demand Lead
BP Lubricants
01.2025 - Current
Supply Chain Analytics Advisor
BP Lubricants
01.2022 - 12.2024
Supply Chain Project Manager II
Randstad / Eteam
10.2020 - 12.2021
Material Supply Manager (Business Process Management)
Apex Systems
07.2019 - 04.2020
Supply Chain Planning & Logistics Advisor- (SAP)
Acro Services Corporation
12.2017 - 05.2019
SAP Procurement Master Data Specialist
Kelly Services
04.2017 - 12.2017
Nuclear Project & Production Planner/Scheduler
Hydro Incorporated
02.2014 - 02.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Osmania University