Abhishek Swami
Pune
Summary
Experienced Supply Chain Professional with a solid background in Flavour & Fragrance, FMCG, and Sanitary Fittings Industries. Demonstrated success in partnering with global and regional customers, third-party manufacturing vendors, and cross-functional leaders to meet organizational objectives. Certified as a Supply Chain Professional with 16 years of industry experience.
Reliable and dedicated leader seeking to leverage strong background into a supply chain management role with progressive organization.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Planning Manager South Asia
Givaudan India Pvt Ltd.
Daman / Pune
03.2017 - Current
- Leading Planning Function for South Asia Flavors, overseeing Raw Material Planning, S&OP, Demand planning, Inventory Management., Product Transfers, Logistics, and SCM cost control.
- Implemented effective planning strategies for forecasting, new wins, production planning, and raw material replenishment to ensure uninterrupted support for business deliverables and sustainable growth.
- Worked closely with business functions such as Procurement, GBS, and a large network of more than 100 Vendors to successfully manage RM supplies sourced locally and internationally. Developed strategies for effective safety stock management and ensuring RM availability with 95% inventory health during geopolitical challenges in recent years.
- Utilized problem-solving skills to mitigate supply chain challenges, ensuring uninterrupted production and seamless service delivery.
- Managed and optimized 1,200+ international Import shipments with a volume of 2,000 MT and efficiently handled 700+ Export shipments totaling 500 MT.
- Delivered exceptional results in meeting and surpassing Business KPI goals for the last 3 years, ensuring a Service Delivery level of 98%, Forecast Accuracy at 70%, New Win Delivery reaching 90%, as well as establishing Best in Class Inventory and CDI compared to Target.
- Played a crucial role in cost controlling for the two biggest cost centers of Duty and Freight, worth 5.5 Million Swiss francs, through meticulous budgeting and delivering multiple projects, such as Project Falcon for localization, Project Duty Drawback, and Project Gati for cost savings of 200 KCHF Year On Year, to support delivery of site Cost per KG target.
- Implemented Effective Automation software, finished product planning Tool to improve efficiency of Production planning function.
- Demonstrated an ability to identify and address customer-specific challenges by actively participating in customer visits (Coca Cola , Britannia & Pepsico ) to support the CCFO team and utilizing a collaborative approach.
- Implemented Leading indicators tracking and review mechanism for Key customer RM, GCC tracking, and OLD order tracking to cultivate a customer service mindset in the Planning function & Ensured Delivery of 98%+ On time Delivery.
- Enhanced the accuracy of the Demand planning process by implementing DRM 2.0, proactive forecast accuracy calls, and demand validation using strategic parameters in order to align commercial and operational areas to a single forecast number. Sustained Best in class Forecast Accuracy of 70%+ in last 3 years.
- Partnered with Regulatory, Trade Affairs, and Cost Controller to achieve operational compliance with regulatory requirements and pass 2 internal audits without any major findings.
- Led and developed a high-performing team of 10 members, fostering a collaborative environment through regular feedback and aligning expectations to enhance individual growth.
Senior Customer Service Executive & MRP Planner
Hindustan Unilever Ltd - Mumbai
03.2011 - 03.2017
- Delivered Modern Trade Supplies to TOP Retail customers with a business value exceeding 200 Crore INR (1.8 Million USD).
- Achieved exceptional service performance by delivering a 93% Best in Class Service level and maintaining a 95% IN-stocks level for top modern trade customers like Reliance, Aditya Birla, and Food Bazar.
- Collaborated with Customers to handle End to End Customer Service operations, achieving Monthly sales goals, 100% Promo delivery, and Big Day sales Delivery.
- Established processes to track and monitor Raw Material and Packaging Inventory for 80 Manufacturing locations, enhancing stakeholder management among Plant teams, Central Procurement, and Planning Teams.
SCM Executive
Kohler India Pvt Ltd. - Gurugram
04.2008 - 03.2011
- Executed Demand Planning strategies in the India region, supervised Supply planning operations from affiliate manufacturing plants, and established an effective S&OP process at Kohler India Private Limited.
Education
Certificate in Supply Chain Digitization
NIETE Mumbai
Mumbai10-2020
MBA - Post Graduate Programme in Supply Chain and Operations Management -
ISB&M, Pune
Pune04-2008
B.E. Civil -
Shivaji University, Kolhapur
WIT 01.2005
Skills
- Supply Chain Management
- Lean Management Technique
- Team Leadership and Development
- Vendor Management Systems
- Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
- Inventory Management
- Logistics and Route Optimization
- IT Collaboration for Supply Chain Visibility
Affiliations
- Import & Export Management
- Product Transfers
- Business Continuity planning
- Strategic Planning and Leadership
Awards & Accolades
- Always By Your Side Commercial 2023 - Pepsico Kurkure Project
- Moment of Delight Commercial 2023 - Project Red Label
- Start Award 2022 - Project Granuseals
- Moment of Delight 2022 - Best in Class Inventory Management
- Moment of Delight 2020 & 2021 - Mission Good-Day - Britannia Supplies during Pandemic
- Givaudan Annual Team Award - Customer Service Excellence For - 2021, 2022, 2023
- Business director’s choice of Best Supplier Award from Aditya Birla Retail 2014 & 2015
- Best Customer serving project CPFR 2014.
- Super star award for 100% NSO delivery for Reliance Cash n Carry with 99% service 2013.
Languages
English
First Language
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Marathi
Proficient (C2)
C2
KEY Projects
- Continuing to Drive Product transfer of Liquids 500 MT & 500 MT of Seasonings from Europe to India to support In the region for the region mission and improve Cost per kg.
- Executed product transfer of 300 MT volumes from Europe to India for APAC market with seamless coordination and stakeholder management between 3 different Regions.
- Project Falcon to drive localization of Raw material and Traded goods to yield cost savings of 200 KCHF Year on Year and improved supply lead time .
- GBS implementation (Givaudan Business solution)
- Implementation of EDI in ABRL MT customer at Hindustan Unilever Limited which reduced Order flow lead time by 90%.
- Rolled out CPFR in ABRL hyper division to enable integrated planning for seamless replenishment to improve Instock by 10% from 80% Levels to 90% at Pan India Level.
Interests
- Explore new places with kids & family
- Actively follows Soccer & all Season Swimmer
- Painting Artist , Technology & Electronic Gadget Enthusiast
Timeline
Planning Manager South Asia
Givaudan India Pvt Ltd.
03.2017 - Current
Senior Customer Service Executive & MRP Planner
Hindustan Unilever Ltd - Mumbai
03.2011 - 03.2017
SCM Executive
Kohler India Pvt Ltd. - Gurugram
04.2008 - 03.2011
Certificate in Supply Chain Digitization
NIETE Mumbai
MBA - Post Graduate Programme in Supply Chain and Operations Management -
ISB&M, Pune
B.E. Civil -
Shivaji University, Kolhapur
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