SUMMARY HIGHLIGHTS

• Performance driven & PMP Certified 9 years experienced professional in supply chain, inventory management, logistics, procurement, warehousing and operations. An effective communicator and negotiator with strong analytical, problem - solving, leadership and organizational abilities. Adept in methodologies like ABC analysis, Economic Order Quantity, FIFO/LIFO, Lean Six Sigma, Reverse Logistics.
• Freight Management, Preventive Maintenance, RCA, Data Analysis, FMEA, RLB, Negotiation, Supply/ Demand Planning, SAP ERP, SOP, Tableau, Kaizen, JIT, Kanban, SQL, EDI, S&OP, Cross Docking, 3PL, Project Management & ARIS.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Project/ Program Manager III

Responsibilities:

• Creating & implementing data-driven improvements to client's transportation network dat deliver flexible & efficient products to the customers
• Communicating and collaborating cross-functionally across multiple teams in operations, technology, and planning to define strategic roadmaps while keeping the impact of the solution to all stakeholders
• Managing end-to-end ownership of requirements gathering, documentation, planning, and implementation of cost-effective solutions for client transportation networks
• Monitoring KPI’s across nodes and analyze their drivers to determine the level and type of engagement required based on the risk to customer experience and utilization of technology
• Designing and implementing feedback mechanisms to drive performance and cost improvement in processes
• Performing root-cause analysis using data, and create metrics-driven, actionable, and sustainable solutions for the future
• Designing new processes & pricing models aimed at improving efficiency & driving change across the organization
• Creating pricing journey of one-way and tour loads to analyze conversions and costs of AZ bound fleets for multiple domiciles
• Analyzing and adjusting Guardrails based on model cost and DAT rates; thereby improve load conversions on a daily basis
• Resolving performance disputes of Amazon carriers for On-time Delivery, Acceptance, Disruption-Free, and App Usage

Confidential

Business Analyst/ IT Project Manager Intern

Responsibilities:

• Managed day-to-day PM IT project activities like scope, cost, schedule, issues as well as risk tracking plus vendor management
• Collaborated with business owners to understand enhancements needed and design implement solutions
• Conducted project planning as well as status meetings with assigned IT business staff resources
• Performed Risk Analysis and Quality Management Plans, Milestones and Change Controls on projects
• Conducted techno-functional requirements analysis and transition vendor management capabilities in fast-paced operations
• Executed RFP analysis, benchmarking, contract presentation/negotiation & vendor supply management
• Created BPMN standard level -5 process flow diagrams of critical processes to streamline logistical operations

Confidential

Supply Chain Analyst & Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Documented & verified 30 processes like Receiving, Kitting, Request on Stores, Binning, Manifesting & Quality Inspection processes of MTA buses & subways division, identify KPI’s & propose cost-effective solutions for TO-BE Business Processes
• Optimized supply chain efficiency through linear programming model & logistics planning by minimizing variability, carrying cost & eliminating the errors at the central warehouse, mains & satellite stores
• Reduced supply chain costs by 30% by implementing JIT, space management, streamline ordering process, supplier consolidation, and minimize returns
• Utilized demand management to control and track business unit requirements and internal purchasing operations, manage inventory levels, safety stock and eliminate waste using Lean Six Sigma methodology
• Served as a liaison between the procurement, inventory management, and supply logistics departments to ensure a proper flow of stock items throughout the supply chain
• Conducted Pareto analysis, What-If analysis & Cost-Benefit analysis of NYCT vendors & assists in vendor rationalization process
• Performed ABC analysis by categorizing inventory into critical and non-critical depending upon unit price and usage which reduces the carrying cost by 30% and storage cost by 25%
• Created project deliverable documents like GANTT charts & Burndown charts for the projects as per the MySDLC guidelines
• Interacted with stakeholders, manage stakeholder responsibilities, and responsible for ensuring the business requirements are captured, documented, maintained, and met throughout the life of the project
• Gathered, analyzed & managed requirements & create context diagrams, use case, and DFD’s using MS Visio & ARIS
• Collected data and information on supply chain operations from TALON & provide the current status to the user departments
• Imported data of KPI’s using SQL and created logistics dashboard using Tableau which stimulated process performance by 20%
• Designed and populated specific tables, databases for collection, querying, tracking, and reporting of data using SQL
• Created RFP and RFQ documents of critical functional and technical supply chain requirements across agencies
• Facilitated various JAD sessions, manage the Change Management process keeping track of all the changes/change requests
• Analyzed historical data to update forecasted planning BOMs of inventory to support production and meet customer demand
• Combined records from 2 or more tables based on the commonalities between them using SQL (Full, Inner, Left & Right Join)
• Conducted Pareto Analysis to determine the cost of inventory levels (unit price * forecast) across MTA locations
• Performed inventory dynamics by calculating minimum stock levels, re-order point, trigger point, and re-order quantity
• Merged data from a source result set to a target table based on the conditions using Insert, Update & Delete command in SQL
• Facilitated request for adds/ changes to the Master Data Management (MDM) subject areas (new fields/list of values)
• Increased profitability by $11.5M approx. & reduced the overall sourcing spend for Regional USA by proposing sourcing ideas
• Collected & analyzed transportation cost data, created reports using Tableau to measure KPI's and meet the reporting needs
• Combined the result-set of two or more SELECT statements using SQL Union Operator
• Conducted RCA, Pareto Spend & Cost-Benefit Analysis of 9 business clusters & identified key contributing vendors of the firm
• Optimized shipment routes, rearranged replenishment schedule & increased percentage of truck utilization from 55% to 85%
• Analyzed the cause of high marketing & communication spend and established legitimate risk mitigation plan to overcome it
• Identified and collaborated vendors with low savings return which resulted in cost savings by 10%

Confidential

Inventory Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Reconciled & analyzed the physical stock of inventory with the stock in system using ERP SAP, VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables
• Reduced inventory shrinks levels from 3.8% to under 1.0% of COGS and maintained shrink percentage
• Arranged identical data into groups using Group-By Statement (COUNT, MAX, MIN, SUM, AVG) and sorted data using Order-By
• Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for material handling, cleaning (Batch/ Product Changeover) and blank runs
• Maintained & reported on inventory data, including stock accuracy, cycle counts, EOQ, reorder level & inventory turnover
• Created visualization for logistics calculation and departmental spend analysis of material purchases & inventory utilization
• Used POS history, POS forecast and Health Distribution Center inventory position to anticipate monthly shipment volume
• Acquainted in designing and developing supply chain reports and dashboards for data visualization using Tableau Desktop
• Negotiated inbound/outbound freight with carriers, 3PL and substantially reduced $42K in international freight expenses
• Performed root cause analysis of logistical operations which increased the throughput by 15% & improved customer service
• Managed department inventories to identify excesses, in-fluctuations, unusual activities, dat result in redeployment and or disposal of materials to optimize inventory plan
• Efficiently handled wide-ranging accounts including cross docking, airway bills, BOL, letter of credit, 3PL, import/export documentation, customer & vendor relations, tariffs, inventory and procurement of supplies & equipment

Confidential

Supply Chain Analyst - Procurement & Logistics

Responsibilities:

• Conducted a price analysis on all vendor quotes & determined cost-effective suppliers which increased profitability by 25%
• Identified & analyzed processes, cost driven factors and KPI’s through Pareto analysis and reduced the logistics costs by 20%
• Developed and implemented a cost-effective transportation plan using TMS and reduced shipping costs by 25%
• Executed kaizen for drug-inventory management system to reduce waste by 34% and eliminate back orders
• Prepared and analyzed RFP, RFQ packages for service needs as well as managed the negotiation, implementations and compliance of all 3PL service provider contracts and rates
• Created distribution models for anti-depressants, anti-HIVs, antacids, cardiovascular drugs across manufacturing units
• Provided necessary materials for clinical trial master files to appropriate clinical team members
• Created, reviewed and monitored long and short-range solid dosage form and parenteral demand & proposed supply scenarios
• Handled qualifications of pharma equipment (IQ, OQ, PQ) for their installation and performance and managed change control
• Proactive and continuous risk management of the E2E clinical supply chain (back-up countries, inventories, shelf life, etc.)
• Collaborated with Operations and Clinical Supply Group for capacity planning, safety stock, lead time and waste management
• Proficient in CMC development of pre-formulation and formulation of API’s and additives based on the dosage forms
• Created manufacturing, cleaning and validation SOP’s of pellets, capsules and packaging department based on cGMP norms
• Coordinated with shippers, freight forwarders, carriers & consignee to ensure timely delivery & avoid detention or demurrage
• Implemented Kaizen, Kanban & 5S tools which reduced turn-around time of pharmaceutical operations by 24 hours/ batch

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Certifications: PMP Certified (PMI), FDA - Prescription Drugs Regulation, Cost & Access Current Controversies in Context (Harvard University), Certified in Transportation & Logistics (APICS), Contracting, Sourcing & Negotiation (UTD), QMS (UTD)

Skillset: MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, ARIS, MS Project, SQL, Fishbowl, Tableau, SAP, Oracle ERP/APO, EDI, CRM, RLB, Salesforce (Pardot), Hubble, Alchemy Optimus, ETL, FMC, GCC, Amazon Relay, Paragon, Quip, AZ Chime