HIMANI WADHWANI
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic and results-oriented with 6+ years of experience in demand planning and inventory management. Proven track record of effectively leading cross-functional teams, optimizing forecasting processes, and driving continuous improvement initiatives. Seeking to leverage leadership skills and expertise in demand planning to excel as a Team Lead in the demand planning analyst field.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Demand Planning Analyst
JCPenney
04.2022 - Current
- Led Demand Planning Team and collaborated with stakeholders to streamline the process and opportunities which helped to gain trust for the team
- Provided mentorship, guidance, and performance feedback to team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
- Provided one-on-one coaching and mentorship to new team members, facilitating their professional development and fostering a positive and supportive work environment.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive onboarding programs for new associates, ensuring a smooth transition into their roles and alignment with company processes and values.
- Monitored progress and provided regular feedback to new associates, addressing any performance issues and implementing strategies for improvement.
- Identified opportunities for process optimization and automation, leading initiatives to streamline forecasting workflows and enhance efficiency.
- Implemented continuous improvement initiatives in demand planning processes, resulting in increased efficiency and cost savings.
- Monitored performance indicators related to forecast accuracy, identifying areas for improvement within the demand planning function.
- Implemented best practices and standardized processes for demand forecasting, resulting in consistent work culture and improvement
- Optimized the use of advanced analytics tools to support decision-making in the supply chain process.
- Streamlined data collection processes for more accurate demand planning and forecasting.
- Maintained up-to-date documentation of processes for reliable reference.
- Provided mentorship, guidance, and performance feedback to team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment.
- Proactively develops recommendations and flow to ensure maximization of objectives subject to approval by Supervisors
- Responsible for hindsight review from previous seasons and plan for future seasons with analysis and recommendations
- Responsible for inventory and merchandising planning functions such as sales curve, sizing analysis, along with other reporting support.
- Responsible for building low to medium complex corporate reporting templates under the supervision of the manager
- Experience in performing timely hindsight review and quantification tools for assortment planning.
- Independently creates and directs the allocation strategy for area of responsibility ensures consistency and accuracy and tactical actions.
Analyst (Markdown Optimization)
JCPenney India
09.2018 - Current
- Worked as an Analyst in Markdown Optimization (MDO-Clearance team) and Demand Planning -Sourcing Team
- Responsible for optimizing assortment by comparing performance of different stock keeping units with historical point of sale data
- It groups retailer's merchandise into fast and slow-moving items and provides inputs as to what inventories to carry at what point of time and at which location through the tool SAS
- Responsible for inventory and production planning function along with delivering reports to help review sales, inventory, and receipts history
- Responsible to monitor sales and order forecast to ensure accurate execution of all plans
- Communicate with suppliers and build supplier plans to support production planning
- Worked in different analysis like Offer/Coupon/Low In stock Project to help business to take decision which offer to run
- Worked on various Adhoc projects like Inventory management, ecomm Audit to help and understand and improve Business
- Worked on Fawkes project for Assortment expansion purpose
- Worked on Factorship vendor project which helped us to analysis which supplier's product was sold the most
- Worked on Oracle BI so generate different reports for the leadership team such as weekly sales data to get accurate SOQs number and forecast, to identify potential Deal Zone products.
- Coordinates with JCP Replenishment Forecasting team to manage projections given to direct suppliers.
Associate, Merchandise Operations
JCPenney India
11.2017 - 08.2018
- Responsible for Product lines which are set up on the system for JC Penney Store & JC Penney Online
- Ensured all data on the systems are updated accurately and on time so that stores & online have the right items at the right time
- Ensured necessary information (item attributes) are set up for the items by working with the Home Office MAT teams
- Collaborated with IBO Teams for the item information for consistently, accurately and to meet deadlines and input the data on time.
Education
Political Science (H) -
Daulat Ram College, DU New Delhi
New Delhi, DL01.2015
XII (AISSCE) -
Delhi Public School, Siliguri
Siliguri, WB01.2012
X(AISSE) -
Delhi Public School, Siliguri
Siliguri, WB01.2010
Skills
- Advanced MS Excel
- MS Office
- SQL
- Oracle BI
- SAS
- RMS
- Decision-Making
- Supervision and leadership
- Time Management
Accomplishments
- JCPenney Quarterly Townhall Competency Award - 4nd Quarter in 2023 and 3rd Quarter in 2022
- Won the the first ever P&A Ideathon
- Won the SPOT award for Q3 2023
Timeline
Senior Demand Planning Analyst
JCPenney
04.2022 - Current
Analyst (Markdown Optimization)
JCPenney India
09.2018 - Current
Associate, Merchandise Operations
JCPenney India
11.2017 - 08.2018
Political Science (H) -
Daulat Ram College, DU New Delhi
XII (AISSCE) -
Delhi Public School, Siliguri
X(AISSE) -
Delhi Public School, Siliguri
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