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Work History
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Personal Information
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Projects
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Himaja Thambireddy

Bangalore

Summary

Motivated and skilled professional with an experience of 8+ years in Consumer Electronics and Building Technologies industry. Handling Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, Forecasting, Operations management, Project management, Process Excellence, Process Improvement, Procurement, Data Analysis, Data Visualization.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Demand Supply Planner-ANZ

Johnson Controls
12.2019 - Current
  • Forecast the demand based on historical data for ANZ region and taking feedback from Sales commercial and product team
  • Pro-active contribution towards achieving national inventory goals, global forecast accuracy, BIAS, sales order fulfilment, OTIF ,OTD and several KPIs
  • Driving S&OP meeting with various stakeholders on monthly basis
  • Review the forecast with key suppliers for feedback
  • Optimize inventory and reduce the DIO with increase in inventory turns
  • Evaluate the excess inventory (non-moving/slow moving) and liquidate working with sales, product and tech team
  • Decision making on MRP for the requirement of materials triggered in system
  • Placing purchase orders to suppliers as per forecast /MRP run/ re-order report
  • Calculating and maintaining inventory parameters in ERP like lead times, safety stock
  • Negotiate with suppliers to improve supply chain efficiency or sustainability
  • Supporting TFPP ANZ region for supply chain activities and ensuring material is shipped on time as promised by Vendor
  • Rescheduling materials for pull in's(Expedites) and push out's(for inventory control)
  • Conduct periodic meetings with cross functional teams to identify critical issues related to supply and demand to expedite the resolution
  • Responsible for the weekly, monthly reporting of Global measurements to all Manager and executive teams
  • Coordinate closely with various key stakeholders to meet customers' expectations and requirements.

Demand Planner

Lava International Ltd
07.2014 - 08.2019
  • Prepare monthly forecast sheet and share the additional spare requirements with stakeholders
  • Country-Wise Parts consumption analysis to forecast demand
  • Optimise inventory through regular review of stock availability and placing rolling orders to meet demand
  • Ensure optimum spare availability to meet customer needs and avoid under-stocking or overstocking
  • Prepare Cannibalization and PCBA Recovery plan and share with stakeholders for optimum spare utilization
  • Continuously track Spare inventory and identify Non-Moving items for timely liquidation
  • PO Generation in SAP and procurement of the spares from ODM and Local Suppliers
  • Ensure risk management measures to ensure stock availability in case of contingencies
  • Introduce new measures and processes to bring efficiency in spare planning
  • Country wise strategic pricing for focus items based on feedback from market intelligence team to ensure that parts remain competitive
  • Assist in new projects as per agreed and defined Service Roadmap
  • Responsible for NPI and Last buy Order of Spare Inventory.

Sr. Executive- Process Excellence

Lava International Ltd
  • Spearheading special Projects assigned by After Sales Service Head within & outside Function
  • Business requirements gathering, User acceptance testing and Implementation of assigned projects in Operations
  • Responsible for identifying improvement opportunities across the function, defining and justifying projects
  • Take complete ownership of on time completion of projects
  • Identify key risks and critical processes, monitor project progress and share timely trackers
  • Drive insights from data through multivariate analysis
  • Drive continuous process improvements using delay RCAs to eliminate similar issues in future projects
  • Responsible to track and monitor Industry/ Business trends Daily Weekly, monthly & quarterly reports and highlight key observation & follow it up with the Functional Head
  • Responsible for continuous monitoring of critical Service Team KPIs.

Education

PGDM( Operations and Business Analytics) -

IMTCDL ,Ghaziabad
01.2020

B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) -

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, College of Engineering , Pune
01.2014

Intermediate (12th) -

St. John's Church Junior College, Secunderabad
01.2010

S.S.C (10th) -

Nalanda Vidya Bhavan High School, Hyderabad
01.2008

Skills

  • Operations Management
  • Data Visualization
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Forecasting
  • S&OP
  • Project Management
  • Planning
  • Cross-functional coordination
  • Process Excellence
  • Data Analysis

Accomplishments

  • 4 Bravo recognitions received in Johnson controls (Execution discipline - June'23, Customer Focus - Apr'23, Future focused - Oct'22, Integrity first-Oct'21)
  • Super Star Performance Award in the month of June-2018 for exceptional performance in on-time delivery of projects from LAVA International LTD
  • Super Star Performance Award in the Month of Jul-2017 for exceptional performance from LAVA International LTD.
  • Star Performance Award in the Month of Dec-2015 for exceptional performance from LAVA International LTD.
  • Certificate of Appreciation by National CSD Head (Lava International Ltd) for showing high level of adaptability and ownership
  • Joint Secretary of ASEE (Association of Students of Electrical Engineering) for the year 2012-2013
  • Joint Secretary (Student Coordinator) of Electrical department for the national level technocultural fest of college, BHARATIYAM 2013 and part of the organizing committee during the previous year fests.
  • Worked as the Training and placement coordinator of Electrical Department.
  • Participated and won prizes in different activities in school and college.
  • Best outgoing student of the batch (2010-2014).

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: Mr. THAMBIREDDY HARIKISHORE REDDY
  • Mother's Name: Mrs. THAMBIREDDY SIRISHA
  • Date of Birth: 03/27/1992
  • Gender: Female
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Present Location

Bangalore

Hobbies And Interest

  • Watching Television
  • Listening Music
  • Net surfing

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Telugu

Projects

Continuous Improvement Project of 7 days Turnaround Time(TAT) Reduction, Reduction of Greater than 7 days Calls., Identified key areas which resulted in delay in call closure. Initiated process improvements and process automation which will result in TAT reduction in call closure. Automated operational delay tracker cluster wise and included it in KPI of respective vertical. Restriction of IMEI-Rewriting in Field, Restriction of IMEI-Rewriting in Field to reduce revenue leakage in terms of fake calls and observance of Legal Compliance., Identified technique for Restriction of IMEI-Rewriting in Field with the help of Design Team. Initiation of required changes in Software with the help of Product team in upcoming models. Deployment of the identified technique in operations, product, quality and repair factory. IMEI Reader Tool, Ensuring physical availability of Handset in case of Feature Phones / Smart Phones. Quality check in case of Smart Phones. This helped in reduction of spare consumption as well as ensured right call login leading to cost saving., Developed a tool with the help of IT Team. Business requirement documents preparation, User Acceptance Testing, Handover to Operations Team. Handling Post Launch Operational issues for further improvements.

Disclaimer

I hereby, solemnly affirm that the particulars furnished above are true to the best of knowledge.

Timeline

Demand Supply Planner-ANZ

Johnson Controls
12.2019 - Current

Demand Planner

Lava International Ltd
07.2014 - 08.2019

Sr. Executive- Process Excellence

Lava International Ltd

PGDM( Operations and Business Analytics) -

IMTCDL ,Ghaziabad

B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) -

Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, College of Engineering , Pune

Intermediate (12th) -

St. John's Church Junior College, Secunderabad

S.S.C (10th) -

Nalanda Vidya Bhavan High School, Hyderabad

Himaja Thambireddy