SANDESH BARAL
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Process-oriented Supply Chain management professional with 5 years of experience in overseeing manufacturing planning & buying, e-commerce merchandising, order management, and inventory control. Possess effective interpersonal communication abilities, excellent time management, and problem-solving skills with strong background in Supply chain Coordination.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Merchandising Manager/Analyst
ACUANTIA INC
06.2020 - 05.2023
- Daily interaction with vendors on Purchase Order’s inquiry and Backorders.
- Establish new relationships with Vendor's & maintain existing vendors.
- Optimization of Product content and quality on 3 different company’s websites.
- Adding vendors based on product demand and availability.
- Adding new product line on multiple product categories.
- Assist marketing on product data and optimization.
- SAP related tasks based on Goods receipt, Bank payments, Invoicing, & Inventory Management.
- Negotiate pricing of product catalogue with best lead times.
- Established monthly goals and communicated performance expectations during team meetings to optimize sales.
- Monitored inventory levels and made necessary adjustments to maximize sales and profits.
- Organized and maintained vendor records in accordance with corporate guidelines.
Plant Operations Planner/Buyer
AMERICA’S BEVERAGE COMPANY
04.2019 - 05.2020
- Planning and prioritizing operations to ensure maximum performance and minimum delay of water and soda beverages.
- Maintain demand planning of water and soda beverages based on 12-week forecast schedule set by corporate.
- Plan production tasks and schedules according to customer orders.
- Provide weekly production schedule to production leads for production planning.
- Analyze back orders, current orders and upcoming orders to prioritize, plan, and schedule production operations.
- Start buying process of raw materials through Kroger procurement & purchasing.
- Oversee supply chain processes in manufacturing plant.
- Negotiate prices with vendors to get best rates on raw materials.
- Maintain supplier relationship management to positive impact on costs and customer service.
- Manage product life cycle of products by adapting best approach as it moves through lifecycle.
- Built long-term supplier relationships with vendors to establish quality and competitive pricing.
- Computed and created purchase orders to monitor stock levels, verify purchase requisitions and expedite customer orders.
Production Coordinator (Interim Production Supervisor)
KGP Telecommunications Inc
06.2018 - 04.2019
- Managed 100 work orders in one day from AT&T, T-mobile, and Verizon.
- Distributed work orders to departments, denoting number, type, and proposed completion date of units to be produced.
- Monitored and tracked progress of all production tasks for on-time delivery.
- Liaised with production manager, suppliers and vendors to support production needs.
- Compiled reports concerning progress of work and downtime due to failures of machines and equipment to apprise production planning personnel of production delays.
- Maintained inventory of materials and parts needed to complete production.
- Build positive working relationships with co-workers to achieve productivity.
- Monitored and managed production schedules for timely delivery.
Retail Planner
Conoco Phillips
03.2014 - 07.2016
- Planned and forecasted for future merchandise based on historical buys, reoccurring buys and current inventory levels.
- Planned and coordinated merchandise flow-through
- Scheduled merchandise allocating certain amounts of stock to each store to minimize unnecessary stock holdings for maximum budgetary.
- Developed plans by working out replenishment strategies to make business yield more profits.
- Maintained healthy relationships with vendors to provide best customer service.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Operations Management Concentration
University of Texas At Arlington
Arlington, TX05.2018
Associate Degree - General Science
North Lake Community College
Irving, TX08.2016
Skills
- Software: SAP ERP, Oracle, Navision, Exceed, Prism, Magento 24, Jira, Proship
- Operating Systems: Windows, Rasbian (Linux) Embedded Linux
- Six Sigma White Belt Certification
- Customer Preferences
- Product Pricing
- Inventory Monitoring & Accuracy
- Team Meetings
- Project Requirements
- Customer Interaction
- Complex Problem-Solving
- Vendor Selection
- SOP Enforcement
- Category Growth
- Social Media Platforms
- Vendor Negotiations
- Supplier Invoicing Management
Languages
Nepali
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Full Professional
Urdu
Full Professional
Spanish
Elementary
Timeline
Merchandising Manager/Analyst
ACUANTIA INC
06.2020 - 05.2023
Plant Operations Planner/Buyer
AMERICA’S BEVERAGE COMPANY
04.2019 - 05.2020
Production Coordinator (Interim Production Supervisor)
KGP Telecommunications Inc
06.2018 - 04.2019
Retail Planner
Conoco Phillips
03.2014 - 07.2016
Bachelor of Business Administration - Operations Management Concentration
University of Texas At Arlington
Associate Degree - General Science
North Lake Community College
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