KSHAMA SHIVAKAVI
Bengaluru
Summary
Demand Planner with over 4 years of experience, currently pioneering digital transformation and forecasting for TARGET Australia, previously excelling as a Senior Consultant delivering o9 solutions for global pharma client. Holds a B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from RV College of Engineering (VTU), renowned for technical excellence. Client-focused team player skilled in data analytics and o9 technology, thriving in dynamic challenges.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Demand Planner
Anko - GCC (Target AU)
04.2024 - Current
- Spearheaded digital transformation for TARGET Australia (post-Kmart acquisition), streamlining forecasting, new SKU setups, local/indent ordering, and store-level forecast configurations for Business units (Toys & Women's wear)
- Facilitated the transition from the legacy DCM (Teradata) to the DNF (Blue Yonder) system, generating forecasts and correcting over- or under-forecasted SKUs, improving forecast accuracy by 15% across 128 stores.
- Developed Power BI dashboards to visualize Sales vs Forecast data with regular and promotional splits, and configured promotions for VIC/QLD stores during national events, boosting promotional sales by 35%.
- Leveraged SQL on Snowflake and Python to extract and cleanse historical sales data, clustered 128 stores into three demand-driven groups using the K-means algorithm, and calculated lost sales to refine seasonal profiles across climatic zones.
Senior Business Operations Specialist
o9 Solutions
09.2020 - 04.2024
- Led end to end Demand Planning for the o9 tool implementation at a major pharma company in APAC and EMEA, improving forecast accuracy by 20% for approximately 15,000 SKUs.
- Designed custom demand planning solutions and engaged stakeholders via workshops and aligning the o9 tool with business processes for on-time project delivery.
- Integrated data sources into the o9 tool ensuring master data accuracy and reducing report generation time by 30% using performance modeling.
- Developed training programs and conducted user acceptance testing (UAT), thus driving process adoption and ensuring seamless solution deployment.
Education
B. TECH - Electronics And Communications Engineering
RV College of Engineering
Bangalore07-2020
Skills
- o9 platform
- Data Analytics and Visualization (Power BI, SQL, Snowflake)
- Python (Basics)
- D and F (Blue Yonder tool for Demand and Fulfillment)
- DCM tool (Teradata)
- Demand Planning and Forecasting
- Requirements Gathering and Stakeholder Engagement
Timeline
Demand Planner
Anko - GCC (Target AU)
04.2024 - Current
Senior Business Operations Specialist
o9 Solutions
09.2020 - 04.2024
B. TECH - Electronics And Communications Engineering
RV College of Engineering
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