Ishita Chaudhary

• Sales & Network Performance:- Monitor sales targets and KPI’s (defined by the brand) for each point of sales yearly using Power BI.
  Implement the Maison retail guidelines and tools defined by the HQ in all boutiques.
• Customer Relationship Management - Manage data sharing with all wholesale partners.
  - Implement the CRM plan as part of the overall strategy for the boutique network.
  - Execute individual point of sale, CRM campaigns.
• Monitored inventory levels to ensure adequate stock availability.
• Developed strategies for streamlining workflow processes.
• Order processing and tracking till the end by managing it through SAP HANA.

• Handled newsprint supply chain for the Times Group Companies.

• Assisted in raw material planning for 400+ SKUs in ~50 plants PAN India handling an annual volume of ~3,00,000 tons.

• Prepared critical Excel MIS reports for the top management. (receipts, consumption, vendor dispatch, aged stocks, stock sheet, cashflow, vendor performance, Future Receipts)
• Handled operational activities for plants at PAN India level (PO, PR making, stock transfer orders, vendor contracts).
• Inventory planning - Based on the past trend and projected consumption - Handling inventory of over 200K MT/year.
• Worked closely with the Sales Team for revenue maximization, ensuring the availability of the Ad innovation stock on time.
• Assisting management with the critical data - Consumption pattern, price trend, vendor performance, etc.
• Assessing the Newsprint Supplier Performance to control supply deviation.
• Coordinating for Imported shipments with the press locations for de- stuffing of containers, freight forwarders, bookings, follow up for custom clearance, rail -out, hand-over, to ensure the GRNs are done timely.
• Support in system developments, performing UAT and roll out new developments.
• Carrying out a review of slow moving and obsolete inventory monthly and taking necessary actions for its liquidation.
• Crisis Inventory management and handled NIL inventory stock cases with the help of secondary transfer movements with target of achievement of service level of 90% by increasing the range availability of all the fast-moving SKUs and continually capturing reasons and reviewing it to devise necessary action plan.
• Key Vendors handled:

Indian- Emami Paper Mills Ltd., Khanna Paper Mills Ltd., Hindustan Newsprint Limited

Import- White Birch Paper (U.S), Jeonju Paper(South Korea), UPM(Europe), Tradecom(Indonesia), Kruger & Gatineau (Canada), Kondopoga (Russia).

• Handled the central supply chain planning department of LT Group Overseas Business.
• Monitored performance of actual sales vs. Target plan and regular analysis of supply chain metrics, such as service level, OTIF achievement to 90%, and range availability.
• Coordinate export shipments with plants for stuffing of containers, freight forwarders, bookings, follow-up for customs clearance, rail-out, handover, and sailing schedules to ensure delivery of consignments per planned schedule.
• Continuous improvement in outputs to meet supply requirements, ensuring inventory targets for supplies in 50 + countries of the Far East &Middle East regions.
• SPOC for SOP implementations for order processing, based on the country regulations.
• Targeting Export Service Level adherence to be 90%, and continually capturing reasons and reviewing it to devise a necessary action plan.
• Solely responsible for the creation of export sales orders, preshipment for all the regions of LT Group, having good hands-on experience in SAP HANA SD module.
• Organizing monthly SNOP review with all the stakeholders and preparation of supply chain dashboards to analyze business hits and misses to devise a demand plan for next month.
• Procurement planning tool execution adherence - To ensure that sufficient inventory of packaging is available to fulfill the current requirement, ensuring the same is being replenished as per the norms/demand.