Ekansh Khanna

S&OP & Inventory Mgmt. :

• Develop and implement S&OP & lead a cross-functional team to ensure alignment between demand & supply, inventory management & enhance overall operational efficiency
• Measure, analyze and provide insights on supply & demand constraints, potential risks and opportunities
• Optimize and control stock levels, minimizing stockouts, optimizing FERT & validating BOM
• Manage the end-to-end process of vehicle capitalization, documentation, utilization, and liquidation
• Measure & Control KPI such as OTIF/OTD, Demand vs Supply adherence, DP/DR, STA, DBOP, VLP, Utilization etc

Project Mgmt. (PMO)

• Lead Commercial Product Management Office (PMO) & ensuring the smooth and successful introduction of new products
• To provide seamless support to front & backend teams for the new products & ensure timely compliance SOP/SOS
• Responsible for project gate closures and documentation as per project gate requirements
• Finalization the requirements with the respective stakeholders & ensuring proper seeding and validation

Business Process:

• Lead market intelligence, data analysis, and research-based annual business planning exercises for HD Sales & Marketing (S&M)
• Improve business KPIs by ensuring dealer readiness, effectiveness & adherence to the sales process in the field
• Monitor & improvise customer satisfaction through NPS survey/ VIP adherence & repeat sales
• Identify potential risks and challenges in the supply chain, plan accordingly, and reduce their impact

• Prepare & release rolling sales plan to meet sales demand with follow-up on the production to meet supply plan timelines
• Measure, analyze and provide insights on supply & demand constraints, potential risks and opportunities
• Support sales team in all operational requirements and create enablers to achieve monthly targets
• Managing budgets and cost control measures to ensure profitability and efficient use of resources
• Support Sales team with all operational requirements and provide prompt field support
• Responsible for price management, providing total offerings & driving select key initiatives within the HD organization
• Mapping all processes & standardizing all formats along with the Udaan team & monitoring performance
• Monthly MVC data release & creating data visualizations with simulation
• Board update/DMC/FMT/QRM/Business plan/Sharp/ACC/ADC etc

• Receiving demand sales, review with Mfg./Materials & providing vehicle supply plan with optimum capacity utilization
• Preparing & Control daily rollout sequence for assembly and aggregate lines & aggregate backflushing & stock reconciliations
• Utilizing plant capacity by switching changeovers in case of any breakdowns, coordinating supplies with local suppliers
• CSPD supplies as per requirements from the VEPDC plant
• Created watch & control KPI for better utilization of the plant with defined metrics such as Delivery precision & Direct runner, Line utilization with analysis of losses

• Started here as a greenfield project & implemented all PPC-related activities which took care of PFEP, Inbound supplies & 3PL with milk run cycle, material handling management & layout planning, 200+ manpower management, inventory management, BOM validation, Capacity utilization

• Taken care of material & production planning, ECN coordination & phase-in/out control of products, maintaining FG & WIP inventory norms, inventory management

• Taken care of time study with manpower distribution, suggested material flow & layouts improvement, monitored & controlled consumables & spares, organized training activities & conducted internal audits