Bharath R

• Drive demand planning, medium term supply planning & production planning for key markets in Asia
• Devised and implemented short-term and long-term plans, optimizing supply chain management and improving value relating to annual expenditures.
• Drive S&OP process and for key markets in Asia.
• Lead change management initiatives and designed functional area infrastructure to support demand planning and supply strategy.
• Setup up MTO/MTS strategy for Asia markets based on Coats standard policy(Order frequency Analysis)
• Responsible for Resource Planning/CAPEX planning for key markets in Asia
• Responsible annual planning/budgeting for all Asian markets
• Drive continuous improvement of service levels across Asia; Part of OTIF(On-time in full) Champions for Asia.
• Drive key projects/initiatives in Supply Chain space across Asia region.
• Lead and Implement of best practices and SOP to facilitate performance, growth, and exceed customers and company expectations
• Draw up SCOR (Supply Chain Opportunities & Recommendation) and drive continuous improvements
• Train key people in supply chain & Improve system(SAP/APO) adoption across Asia
• Managing team of 15 employees, overseeing hiring, training, and professional growth of employees.

Key Projects Delivered at Coats Group Plc:

• Supported SAP R/3 & APO implementation and Go-live; which included setting up data, fixing ad-hoc issues & training the local team on Key functionalities
• Led GATP+ (Global Availability to Promise) implementation for multiple markets across Asia and Central America.
• Rolled out One-Click production planning process using SAP APO (Theory of constraint based production planning process/system)
• Rolled out Automated Production Order Release process across Asia across Asia and Central America.
• Supported development of in-house software OFACRA- Order frequency & Capacity Requirement web based tool used for defining MTO/MTS and Resource Planning

• Responsible for Demand Planning
• Review historical sales trends, researched demand drivers and prepared forecast data to develop statistical forecast models and evaluate forecast results.
• Coordinated cross-functional research activities to reconcile significant variances and refine forecast models.
• Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
• Manage production levels, identified material shortages and monitored inventory levels to meet order delivery requirements.
• Led implementation of effective supply chain planning systems while improving sales and operations planning processes for distribution network.

• Demand Forecasting, Fulfillment & Supply Management.
• Customer Order management.
• Inventory Control &Management.
• Interfaced with sales, operations and functional groups to facilitate order flow and meet processing metrics.
• Conferred with managers, sales teams and engineering personnel to revise plans and achieve demanding targets.
• Forecasted with vendors to allocate stock ahead of customer order to reduce lead times.
• Understand the customer trend and planning safety stock to meet customer requirement
• Created production schedules to forecast inventory for future supply and demand fluctuations and prevented material shortages and production downtime.
• Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
• Developed production and inventory reports for management and sales managers.
• Successfully identified discrepancies and recommended changes to inventory to increase profits.
• Drove key performance indicators and continuous improvements throughout logistics.
• Managing and Reconciling of Vendor Managed Inventory

• Demand Fulfillment and Supply management.
• Customer order management
• Order Handling, Execution and reporting using SAP
• Liaised with management to resolve complex order issues and problems to maximize customer satisfaction.
• Handled customer credit applications and partnered with Key Account and Credit Controllers for approval and account setup.
• Interfaced with sales, operations and functional groups to facilitate order flow and meet processing metrics.
• Maintained knowledge of new product offerings and changes for order provisioning processes.
• Reviewed orders for accuracy, errors and omissions to minimize incorrect shipments.
• Monitored open purchase orders for on-time delivery and mitigated potential problems with carriers and logistics companies for timely resolution.