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Rahul Konjere

Supply chain Professional
Pune

Summary

Innovative and strategic-thinking Supply Chain Business Consultant with over 7 years of hybrid experience in delivering supply chain solutions, strategic planning, procurement, logistics, inventory management, optimizing operational workflows, and driving business transformation initiatives. Skilled in analyzing business processes, identifying inefficiencies, and implementing best practices to enhance profitability and productivity. Aiming to leverage my expertise to help clients achieve competitive advantage and operational excellence in their E2E supply chain operations.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certifications

Work History

Supply Chain Consultant | Rollout Lead

OMP
06.2022 - Current
  • Implemented and configured various functionalities in Demand Planning and Sales & Operational Planning modules using OMP for giant projects within OMP.
  • Assessed customers' planning challenges and delivered technical and functional consulting services for comprehensive supply chain planning and optimization.
  • Configured Dashboards,Templates, ADM Rules, Dispatcher Jobs, OPAL and GUI Changes to publish & fetch data between Demand Planning layer & S&OP.
  • Developed and deployed planning solutions in the OMP tool following Agile methodology.
  • Implemented functionalities for supply network planning to align production, distribution and inventory with demand forecasts.
  • Design and developed Decouple-lane process model and value planning (costs) for supply network to track different requirements from downstream to upstream supply.
  • Delivered demos in monthly review meetings.
  • Served as the main point of contact for clients, ensuring clear communication, resolving issues, and maintaining strong client satisfaction.
  • Created and maintained the Technical, Functional, Wiki documents, and TestScripts for the implemented UserStories, Bugs and Incidents.
  • Trained new consultants on Demand Planning and S&OP module at OMP, promoting their professional development and enhancing team capabilities.
  • Drove scrum sessions, refinement and sprint planning meetings.

Business Consultant | Supply Chain

SMA Consulting Pty Limited
08.2021 - 01.2022
  • Conducted workshops to gather business requirements and create business requirement document (BRD) within supply chain
  • Engage in workshops, stand ups and presentations Solution Design in collaboration with architecture team
  • Gather and document project risks and provide recommendations to project leadership or management on longer-term solutions.
  • Work with Commercial Supply Chain and Sales management to identify opportunities to improve service to customers and add value to sales.
  • Create As-Is and To-Be process for Supply Chain areas of focus.
  • Complete gap analysis on current process.
  • Developed transition plan, context level diagram, Target Operating Model and provided inputs to change management team.
  • Applied DMAIC- Six Sigma tool to improve efficiency and effectiveness of business processes and procedures.
  • Define system requirements and coordinate with Information Systems as needed.
  • Implemented project in Agile methodology to perform business analysis and user Adoption by asking right questions with structure inputs.
  • Provided project & data queries/analysis, master data extraction, cleansing and data stories.
  • Conducted UAT to ensure that developed system satisfy needs of clients.

Business Analyst | Supply Chain

Forum & OKP Pty Ltd
11.2020 - 08.2021
  • Conducted detailed bid analysis to drill down to reduce build out cost by 10%
  • Developed and maintained relationships with key suppliers to ensure timely delivery of goods and services, reducing lead times by 20%
  • Designed and enhanced direct ship orders resulting in $50K business saving monthly
  • Designed and optimized the flow of materials accross supply chain network.
  • Balanced supply and demand through collaborative planning with sales and Procurement teams.
  • Developed and implemented S&OP Process for all product groups; leads and drives the S&OP process, purchasing and inventory management
  • Managed product life cycle (PLC) conducted new product development analysis and discontinuation plans and built into forecast accordingly
  • Identified and reduced 19% E&O inventory by substituting, reworking, scrapping, delisting, and selling back to vendors
  • Prepared, monitored and analysed results/KPIs and initiated corrective action to ensure continuous improvement in supply chain performance
  • Designed and Developed Monthly Supply Chain Management reports to improve business insight and strategic decision making
  • Planned and optimized stock levels by setting models and parameters such as safety stock, etc
  • Arranged 3PL warehouse stock takes and stock reconciliation
  • Tidied up Sales order, Purchase order and Transfer order reports for accurate planning
  • Improved stock accuracy by Introducing daily stock variance analysis and cycle count process.

Junior Analyst | Supply Chain

David Jones
09.2019 - 09.2020
  • Conducted extensive data analysis, supply plan reviews and forecasting for products across all product categories to maintain optimum inventory levels.
  • Prepared GAP analysis reports to identify gaps between sales forecasting, budget and actual running scenario analysis to understand financial implications.
  • Created, implemented, and maintained forecasting model for over 15 product lines.
  • Worked with global supply chain team to streamline overseas suppliers and reduce material shortages up to 25%.
  • Centrally managed safety stock of 1500 purchased parts using statistical tool to protect from demand variability and to reduce inventory.
  • Achieved increased cosmetics and apparels product group fill rate within 1 year of commencement from 75 to 90%. Performed ABC analysis and developed different replenishment strategies for each product group.
  • Maintained stock tracking spreadsheet system providing information to ensure better decision making around incoming shipments and availability.
  • Implemented process improvements to streamline logistics operations, resulting in a 25% increase in efficiency. Negotiated contracts with vendors to secure favorable terms and pricing, resulting in a 10% reduction in procurement costs.

Warehouse Assistant

Woolworths Group
03.2018 - 09.2019
  • Running the wave orders in WMS system to generate the orders for processing.
  • Fulfilling customer orders on hand held technology such as RF scanners.
  • Pick and pack orders to client specification.
  • Processing orders in inbound and outbound areas.
  • Generating and printing labels for outgoing shipments.
  • Perform put-aways of stock into its designated holding locations. Perform replenishment of stock on weekly basis at inbound staging area.
  • To support and be part of cycle count, stock take activities.
  • To train new joiners on different warehousing operations.
  • To ensure the integrity and accuracy of all the orders in pipeline.
  • Inspect the packed products incase to avoid any damages in transit.
  • Supervise the team and make sure the KPI’s are met.
  • Generate KPI’s report and present to mangers for tracking the productivity.
  • To train employees on David Jones safety policies & Procedures including the hazard awareness.
  • Generating the manifest for logistics purpose and tracking of the shipment.

GBS Engineer

Flextronics Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
04.2016 - 04.2017
  • Company Overview: Pune, India
  • Hands on experience on Professional tools- Baan, Agile
  • To Prepare Technical Quality Reports Undergo training by Site and help for smooth transition of various technical Quality Report
  • Preparing Supplier quality, Incoming Quality, Customer Quality Report
  • Hands on experience in preparing Material Review Board report
  • Corporate & process-oriented document preparation i.e., Statement of Work (SOW), Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Control Plan (CP), Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA), Value Stream Mapping (VSM), High Level Document (HLD), Quality Check List (QCL) & Corrective Action Preventive Action (CAPA)
  • Pune, India

Education

Master of Science - Strategic Supply Chain Management

University of Technology Sydney
03.2018 - 12.2019

Bachelor Of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication

SPPU
06.2011 - 08.2015

Skills

  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Procurement process and sourcing strategies
  • Risk Analysis and Management
  • Requirements gathering & consultative skills
  • Sales and Operational Planning
  • Demand Planning
  • Supply Network Planning
  • Distribution Requirement Planning
  • Supply Chain Optimization
  • Forecasting
  • MPS
  • Capacity Planning
  • Inventory Management
  • Vendor Management
  • Contract Negotiation

Certification

Lean Six Sigma Foundation, 12/01/19

Accomplishments

  • Saving the company $50K monthly by implementing direct ship orders.
  • Optimised operations processing time by 60% by executing six sigma process improvement.
  • Performed Bid analysis and reduced build up cost by 10%.
  • Successfully completed the warehouse transition for stock worth $5.4M.

Software

OMP

SQL

WMS

Azure DevOps

Azure GitHub

Power BI

MS Office

Timeline

Supply Chain Consultant | Rollout Lead

OMP
06.2022 - Current

Business Consultant | Supply Chain

SMA Consulting Pty Limited
08.2021 - 01.2022

Business Analyst | Supply Chain

Forum & OKP Pty Ltd
11.2020 - 08.2021

Junior Analyst | Supply Chain

David Jones
09.2019 - 09.2020

Warehouse Assistant

Woolworths Group
03.2018 - 09.2019

Master of Science - Strategic Supply Chain Management

University of Technology Sydney
03.2018 - 12.2019

GBS Engineer

Flextronics Technologies India Pvt. Ltd
04.2016 - 04.2017

Bachelor Of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication

SPPU
06.2011 - 08.2015
Rahul KonjereSupply chain Professional