Sahith Krishna Kesina
Los Angeles,USA
Summary
Results-driven Supply Chain Professional with over 2 years of experience in demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, and inventory management, driving significant revenue growth. Developed planning systems for 700+ SKUs and integrated marketing signals into forecasts, achieving less than 15% WMAPE. Enhanced core inventory KPIs and optimized working capital.
Overview
1
1
Certification
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Inventory Specialist, Supply Chain Operations
MINA BAIE
Los Angeles, USA
06.2025 - Current
- Owned end-to-end demand forecasting and inventory planning for 700+ SKUs using statistical models with rolling-origin backtesting, improving forecast accuracy to less than 15% Led S&OP operating cadence with Finance, Marketing, and Supply Chain, aligning demand signals with inventory, revenue, and promotion plans, supported 2x revenue growth in a year with a constraint of 3 months lead time
- Launched Streamlit demand and inventory forecasting platform (SARIMAX + sister-style NPI simulator), enabling planners to upload sales data for reorder recommendations and stockout risk alerts, streamlining planning processes.
- Engineered a Slack-based AI SKU insights tool, reducing response time by 70% and increasing planning velocity by 40%
- Recovered $150K in working capital through a deadstock liquidation strategy executed without margin erosion
- Built and monitored monthly core inventory KPIs, improving inventory turns and maintaining greater than 98% service level while balancing holding costs.
- Developed analytical dashboards for market basket attachment trends and city-level geographic penetration (Chart.js + Leaflet on JSONL data exports), identifying cross-sell opportunities and informing merchandising and marketing spend.
Supply Chain Analyst Intern,
Publix Super Markets, Inc
Lakeland, USA
05.2024 - 07.2024
- Automated weekly reporting to surface forecast coverage extremes, enabling proactive risk mitigation across $2B+ inventory exposure, and reducing excess stock and stockouts
- Optimized vendor order quantities and lead times, resulting in 15% reduction in excess inventory across multiple categories
- Diagnosed forecast variance drivers and developed a cloud-based Power BI dashboard, saving $100K in the produce department
- Drove adoption of forecast-KPI dashboards among 30+ planners and managers, enhancing order alignment and elevating customer service levels by 3%
Material Management, Procurement
USC Auxiliary Services
Los Angeles, USA
05.2023 - 05.2024
- Designed EOQ-based replenishment and routing strategies, reducing stockouts by 23% and achieving 98% service level
- Negotiated vendor relationships and resolved product failures, achieving $80K in recurring procurement savings
- Evaluated procurement spend using Tableau to identify alternative suppliers, leading to 10% cost reduction
Education
Master of Science - Engineering Management
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA12-2024
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Kakinada, India07-2022
Skills
- Demand forecasting
- Supply Chain Analytics
- Inventory Risk Management
- Inventory Cost Analysis
- Resource planning
- Workflow automation
- SQL
- R
- SAP S/4HANA
- Tableau
- MS Power BI
- Lean Inventory Techniques
- RFX
Certification
- APICS CSCP
- Project Management (Google)
- MITx CTL.scx (edX-Supply Chain Analytics, Design)
Projects
Directed Research, Customized Markov-based forecast model to address cannibalization, boosting accuracy and decreasing 15% inventory shortage., 06/25
Timeline
Inventory Specialist, Supply Chain Operations
MINA BAIE
06.2025 - Current
Supply Chain Analyst Intern,
Publix Super Markets, Inc
05.2024 - 07.2024
Material Management, Procurement
USC Auxiliary Services
05.2023 - 05.2024
Master of Science - Engineering Management
University of Southern California
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University