PROFICIENCY

• 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

Role: Supply Chain Analyst

Description: Confidential is handling high value and high technology industrial products. Sunag with an established network is committed to represent, market, promote, and provide after sales service to North American, European, & Asian industrial manufacturers in the Indian subcontinent. They provide complete technology solutions to its customer’s at most competitive prices.

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

Role: SAP MM/ Supply Chain Analyst

Description: Confidential is one of the key providers of profitable networks for communication and business applications. It offers a comprehensive portfolio in the area of speech and data networks, broadband Internet access. It also caters in areas of data and IP networks, optical networks, customer care solutions and mobile business solutions. Confidential offers its customers fast and flexible solutions based on new technologies.

Responsibilities:

• 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

Role: Supply Chain Analyst

Description: Confidential is keeping pace with the rapid growth by expanding existing services, adding new capabilities and technologies. They are launching new service lines such as Cardiology and Vascular services. FMH also offers state-of-the-art care in variety of disciplines that are new to the Frederick Community like Radiosurgery, Neonatal care etc.

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

Role: Procurement Analyst

Description: Is one of the active organizations, engaged in offering customers with latest Electrical and Electronics products. Their product range offers Switch Mode Power Supply, Current Transformer, Machine Interface, Controllers etc. All the products are designed by expert engineers who are well versed in this domain. They are aware of the market trends and thus keep on improvising the necessary changes.

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