SUMMARY:

• Around 6 years of experience in all aspects of Supply Chain activities.
• Having an established track record in executive management and supply chain management.
• Demonstrated accomplishments in Supply Chain Management: Logistics, Production Planning, Purchasing and Inventory Control.
• Good experience in forecasting, procurement, data analysis, S&OP.
• Good experience in strategic sourcing, value analysis and contract negotiation.
• Involved in gap analysis, mapping, design and configuration.
• Understanding & analyzing customer’s ‘AS - IS’ Business Processes and mapping ‘TO-BE’ processes.
• Data Migration from Legacy system to SAP for up gradation / new implementation / integration, import of data from any other external system to SAP using LSMW.
• Intermediate skills in SAP ERP R/3 for Materials Management and Warehousing.
• Good experience working cross functionally with engineering, quality assurance and operations teams.
• Ability to collaborate with diverse teams to achieve significant results.
• Good experience with different systems (mostly in-house) and in Microsoft Office.
• Having operational excellence through a team approach.
• Good experience in continuous improvement processes and applications.
• Ability to integrate various job functions to improve efficiency.
• Vast Experience in developing reports for the higher management.
• Strong in project management with problem-solving skills.
• Quick Learner with an approach to improve the efficiency.
• Flexible team player with high organizational and analytical skills.
• Superior interpersonal, communication skills as well as proven negotiation skills.
• Extensive experience in Global in Supply Chain Management process which includes Purchasing to Pay, Logistics Execution, Warehouse Management, Production Planning process.
• Adept in translating business objectives into functional and technical requirements.
• An effective team member with excellent communication, leadership, co-ordination and client facing skills.
• Excellent understanding of business processes in Logistics.
• Business blue printings - Requirement definitions, system/process mapping & solution design.
• Hands-on experience for configuration in SAP Materials Management (MM), and integration experience with Inventory Management & Warehouse Management, Sale and Distribution.
• Setup Organization Structure such as Company Codes, Purchasing Organizations, Storage Locations, Purchasing Groups, Plants, Warehouse, Storage Types, Storage Section, Storage Bins.
• Configured Materials Master including Material Types, definition of Views and Fields, required Number Ranges for Material types.
• Configuration of Vendor Master including creation of Account Groups defining Fields and usage of Partner functions.
• Expertise in maintenance of Master Data in Material Master, Vendor Master, Info Records, Bill of Materials (BOM), Account Determination, Source List and Vendor Evaluation.
• Configuration of Inventory Management Movement Types, Number ranges for material document of Goods Receipt, Goods Issue and Stock Transfers.
• Worked on EDI using ALE and IDOC’s interfaces for inventory activities related to Purchasing and Inventory Management between the SAP and Non- SAP systems.
• Good cross functional knowledge and integration skills with MM & WM.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

ERP: SAP MM/WM, SAP R/3, 4.6, 4.7

Languages: C, C++, SQL

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X

Tools: MS Visio, MS Office

Reports: MS Project, MS Office Suite, MS Visio

Document Management: SharePoint, Solution Manager

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Montville, NJ

Supply Chain Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Communicates effectively with outside suppliers and internal departments as well as all off site facilities, to trouble-shoot problems, solve challenges and recommend solutions.
• Supports end users with warehouse movements, production, shipping and delivery creation.
• Involved in Cycle counting for the entire inventory in the Warehouse.
• Identifies, analyzes and processes failed IDOC’s for shipments, inbound/outbound deliveries, STOs & purchase orders.
• Modifies settings for Material Master, Vendor master, Purchasing and Inventory Management.
• Involved in the updating of Master data, extending master data, deletion of data in master records i.e. info record, material master and vendor master.
• Works with issues related to Master Data of raw material, finished material and packaging materials.
• Works on various issues related to Procurement to Payment cycle.
• Works on various issues related to Order to Cash cycle.
• Resolves issues related to Goods Issues, Goods Receipt, Reservation, Physical Inventory, Movement Types, and Transfer Order, Batch determination, Stock Transfer and other relevant objects in Inventory Management.
• Involved in creating Physical inventory document, entering physical inventory count and posting the difference.
• Tracks each order on a daily basis and communicates the progress report to the client (customer).
• Plans and forecasts in advance for standard materials to improve efficiency and save cost and time.
• Plans and organizes tasks, reports progress, manages & co-ordinates with suppliers and clients (customers) for timely delivery of the materials.
• Interprets information based on the requirements and provides data for delivery.
• Works with existing systems to track and manage orders and issues if any.
• Recommends supply chain solutions to improve the overall process.
• Maintains and analyzes all the financial data on a monthly basis.
• Provides and communicates all the metrics required for sales and marketing.
• Supports and Manages overall operational management with procurement, supply chain & logistics, inventory & warehouse management and accounting.
• Calculates KPI's and metrics required for business development.
• Functions to convert demands such as forecasts, customer orders, internal orders, etc. into replenishment orders.
• Monitor orders, stock status, and ensuring products are available to support our customers.
• Identify, negotiate, and bring to resolution any demand/supply imbalances working with Marketing, Technical, Sales, and Customer Service.
• Recommends and pursues appropriate disposition of returned, damaged, aged and off-spec inventory.

Confidential, Lake Mary, FL

SAP MM/ Supply Chain Analyst

• Coordinated all inventory planning in global supply chain from purchasing to fulfillment of inventory to customer.
• Played leadership role in conjunction with Marketing, Sales, and Demand Planning group.
• Developed consensus demand forecasts within monthly Sales & Operation Planning process.
• Reconciled actual vs. planned sales performance.
• Created summary reports that explained and isolated errors in demand forecasts.
• Managed Inventory levels throughout the Supply Chain, for the products the planner purchases/schedules to minimize excess inventory generation.
• Controlled, planned, directed and managed the supply chain to ensure customer demand fulfillment is balanced with key KPI's.
• In MM setup the business cycle of requests, RFQ, quotations, purchase orders, outline agreements, contracts, schedule lines-Inventory Management-Invoice Verification.
• Customized Material Master and Vendor Master and worked with partner functions, partner schemas and account groups.
• Set up Goods Receipt, Good Issues, Units of Measure, Transfer Posting, Physical Inventory, Cycle Counting.
• Set up both inter and intra company Stock transfers and the pricing procedure for inter company stock transfers.
• Managed Physical Inventory process where the inventory takes place through cycle counting, periodic and continuous inventory process once in three months.
• Managed WM structure by defining storage types, storage sections, bins, doors etc.
• Managed system for automatic generation of transfer requirements, transfer orders.
• Planning and analysis resulting in optimal productivity and cost containment.
• Worked in order to maximize inventory utilization by recommending inventory balance to facilitate necessary action.
• Demonstrated ability to efficiently prioritize a broad range of responsibilities in order to consistently meet deadlines.
• Communicates supply issues as well as quantity and date of re-supply on daily backorder report.
• Generates and tracks the Master Schedule for the supply origins to minimize any delays.
• Provides planning support with the preparation of long range capacity analysis in support of the Annual Budget process.
• Responsible for customizing Project and Organizational Levels in MM, Master Data.
• Responsible for consumption based planning & forecasting in MM.
• Responsible for updating the continually varying inventory in MM (Goods Receipts, Stock Transfers & Transfer Postings, Goods Issues).
• Decreased SKU by 4%.

Confidential, Frederick, Maryland

Supply Chain Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in handling pricing, terms and any necessary conditions.
• Co-ordinated between hospital departments and outside suppliers on backorder issues.
• Tracked discrepancies through our purchasing contracting system to ensure contract compliance.
• Co-ordinated with all distributors regarding updates on contractual pricing agreements.
• Received all correspondence for hospital-wide recalls or critical notifications regarding products and supplies.
• Involved in communicating with appropriate departments to facilitate returns and replacements product.
• Reviewed and evaluated contract price proposals for adequacy.
• Involved in compliance with laws and regulations.
• Compliance with Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).
• Assisted with the implementation and transition to upgraded software (Meditech 6.1) for purchasing/supply chain.
• Set up the master data and transactional data items like storage types, storage sections.
• Reviewed the Material Master, Vendor Master, Source List and Info Records
• Configured the Release Procedure for Purchasing Requisitions and Purchase Order for document type, plant and total PO value characteristic.
• Set up purchase groups, payment terms, partner functions, pricing procedures and number ranges to carry on the business transactions
• Configured the system to optimize material flow using different put away and picking strategies
• Set up the parameters for Inventory Management, Tolerances on Goods issues and receipts, automatic creation of PO's

Confidential

Procurement Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Collects & manages the requirements from our customers and accordingly create RFP’s and RFQ’s.
• On receipt of purchase orders from customers review and analyze the requirements and corresponding quotes.
• Create purchase orders and the necessary documents such as invoices on Peach tree.
• Plans and forecasts in advance for standard materials to improve efficiency and save cost and time.
• Plans and organizes tasks, reports progress, manages & co-ordinates with suppliers and clients (customers) for timely delivery of the materials.
• Interprets information based on the requirements and provides data for delivery.
• Works with existing systems to track and manage orders and issues if any.
• Recommends supply chain solutions to improve the overall process.
• Maintains and analyzes all the financial data on a monthly basis.
• Provides and communicates all the metrics required for sales and marketing.
• Supports and Manages overall operational management with procurement, supply chain & logistics, inventory & warehouse management and accounting.
• Calculates KPI's and metrics required for business development.
• Acts as the primary link between Sales, Accounting team and the Operations team.

Environment: Microsoft Office, VISUAL