Puneet Shankar
Gurgaon
Summary
Dynamic Senior Director SCM at adidas with a proven track record in driving operational efficiencies and leading digital transformation initiatives. Expert in SAP implementation and cross-functional collaboration, I successfully modernized supply chain infrastructure, enhancing agility and reducing costs while fostering talent development within teams. Committed to sustainability and consumer-centric strategies.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Director SCM
adidas
01.2018 - Current
- Leading the smooth flow of goods across the company’s value chain from Production Forecasts, Procurement, Customs & Inbound, HSN & BIS Classifications, Warehousing, Outbound and Logistics, across the company’s Wholesale, Retail and Ecommerce businesses. Driving operations through strong focus on KPIs and Operational Performance Management.
- Led the transformation of Supply Chain function by developing the talent in the team to be active players in the overall business. Lead business processes engineering & continuous improvements to enable SCM become more agile and responsive to the dynamic business needs. Led the modernization of the Supply Chain Infrastructure and Systems to drive efficiencies across the entire function and optimizing costs.
- Led the implementation of SAP (MM, SD) & WMS Integration with 3PL for adidas and Reebok India in 2019.
- Driving Sustainability initiatives within Supply Chain to reduce the company's carbon footprint.
- Driving the transformation of the Supply Chain to be consumer centric with the company's aggressive DTC Plans with Own Retail and Own eCommerce.
Business Development Director
adidas
11.2015 - 01.2018
- Led the transformation of the Strategic Business Planning in the company, including strategic plans for Key BUs & Categories, Sales Channels, Key Accounts.
- Led Strategic Projects for driving growth in the market. Driving innovation and tactical solutions by leading cross-functional teams to deliver on strategic and ad-hoc business needs.
- Led cross functional process improvements and initiatives to simplify the business model/ business processes.
- Managed all internal communications from the MD's Office and key business presentations with key stakeholders in EM Hub and Global HQ.
Demand Planning & Business Intelligence Director
adidas
04.2015 - 01.2018
- Led the global rollout of the IBP (Integrated Business Planning) for the India market aligning the Seasonal Sales and Marketing Demand Plans together with the company's targets.
- Led the commissioning of a BI System with standardized business reports and dashboards for the various analytical needs of Sales and Marketing Teams.
Director IT, Market India
adidas
08.2012 - 01.2016
- Led the harmonization, standardization and integration of the IT Application landscape aligned with the Global Application roadmap, across the joint operating model of adidas India and Reebok India. Led the standardization of IT Infrastructure and policies between the two organizations in line with the Global IT Infrastructure standards and policies.
- Conceptualized the implementation of an online POS (Point of Sales) application within the adidas & Reebok Franchisee network. With this cloud based POS, we currently enable the second largest franchisee "ship from store" operations in adidas across the world, in partnership with TataCliq, showing realtime store inventory on the TataCliq Platform.
Business Process Manager – Region Asia Pacific
adidas
06.2011 - 08.2012
- Led the CAB (Change Advisory Board) for ERP Governance in the Asia Pacific region (India, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, HongKong, Vietnam, Taiwan, Phillipines & Korea).
AGM - Information Technology
adidas
04.2000 - 06.2011
- Joined the company for Retail Automation and implementation of POS systems. Promoted to Head of IT for adidas India in 2002. Drove the complete end to end IT Management, Business Support for IT Applications and IT Infrastructure.
- Drove various IT Projects for the countries in Asia Pacific region.
- Worked on a STA for the Implementation of the adidas-Group ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics NAV) at the Reebok Subsidiary in India. Migrated the operations of Reebok from Ramco ERP to the Navision ERP, responsible for migration of Sales & Receivables, Purchase & Payables and Inventory Modules.
Manager Operations
Mayor Saluja Securities Limited
01.1993 - 04.2000
- Managed the IT Department (applications and infrastructure) for the Stock Broking Firm. Drove the rolled out the DOTS (Delhi Online Trading System) and integrations with our Order Management System for Transactions Management, Accounting.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - BA -
Osmania University
Hyderabad01.1994
Diploma - Computers and Information Management, Information Technology
Uptron ACL
01.1993
Skills
- Retail and supply chain management
- Talent and leadership development
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Cost and budget management
- Digital transformation strategies
- Process improvement initiatives
- Operations strategy and planning
- Integrated business planning
- SAP implementation expertise
- Data analysis and reporting
- Market strategy development
- Project and change management
- Operational efficiency practices
- Administrative oversight skills
- Team building and motivation techniques
- Collaborative leadership approach
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification - Benchmark Six Sigma
- Certificate of Oracle ERP Training & Implementation - ICFAI Business School
Affiliations
- Avid Motorcyclist, have done 4500+kms ride to the southern tip of India from New Delhi in 2024.
- Offroader
Timeline
Senior Director SCM
adidas
01.2018 - Current
Business Development Director
adidas
11.2015 - 01.2018
Demand Planning & Business Intelligence Director
adidas
04.2015 - 01.2018
Director IT, Market India
adidas
08.2012 - 01.2016
Business Process Manager – Region Asia Pacific
adidas
06.2011 - 08.2012
AGM - Information Technology
adidas
04.2000 - 06.2011
Manager Operations
Mayor Saluja Securities Limited
01.1993 - 04.2000
Bachelor of Arts - BA -
Osmania University
Diploma - Computers and Information Management, Information Technology
Uptron ACL
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