Sanjith Rajagopal
Senior Supply Chain Consultant
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven Senior Supply Chain Consultant with over 5 years of experience specializing in demand forecasting, production planning, and inventory optimization within the FMCG and manufacturing industries. Proven expertise in driving sales growth and operational efficiency for leading FMCG and CPG clients through a demonstrated track record of implementing cutting-edge tools such as Kinaxis, BlueYonder, and Anaplan, resulting in a 25%+ increase in forecast accuracy and cost efficiency. Known for exceptional coordination with diverse stakeholders, leveraging strong communication skills and timely project delivery to drive successful outcomes.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
4037
4037
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Consultant – Supply Chain
Ernst & Young (EY) India LLP
10.2020 - Current
- Subject Matter Expert (SME) for demand planning (DP) implementation and project management, solutioning complex scenarios, and acting as a liaison for project planning—using Kinaxis Rapid Response.
- Proven expertise in driving sales growth and operational efficiency for leading FMCG and CPG clients through strategic supply chain transformation.
- Led a team of five members in optimizing monthly demand forecasts, central production planning, and dispatch planning, resulting in improved resource utilization and logistics, using BlueYonder ESP and FP/MA.
- Drove cross-functional S&OP meetings to align production, inventory, and distribution plans with sales forecasts, market demand, and logistical allocations.
- Orchestrated production, supply, and inventory planning for 300+ SKUs to provide maximum availability to all customers while ensuring optimum capacity utilization.
- Implemented production planning with complex modeling specifications in manufacturing constraints, and production campaigns to have a day-wise factory plan with minimal human intervention.
- Skilled in BlueYonder (BY) applications like Factory Planning (FP) and Material Assignment (MA), developing end-to-end supply chain transformation of production plants and their subsidiaries.
- Modeled attribute-based planning (ABP) for inventory assignment and optimization of free inventory, thereby reducing unnecessary production, and improving customer order fulfillment.
- Monitoring performance through KPI implementation to drive improvement across functions.
- Designed and implemented end-to-end procurement, inventory norming, and import SKUs ordering.
- Originated a SKU-based inventory norming on Anaplan, based on sales history, demand variability, supply variability, lead times, and maximum space available at the warehouse.
- Collaborated with the procurement team to optimize safety stock (SS) and re-order point (ROP), thereby avoiding potential stockouts and ensuring on-time order fulfillment.
Talent Acquisition Executive
SGS Technical Services Pvt. Ltd.
07.2017 - 01.2018
- Led HR consultancy services and managed HR operations - revised standard operating procedure (SOP), resulting in cost reduction of 14%.
Education
MBA - Operations Management
Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management(SIOM)
03-2020
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
Pune University
04-2016
Skills
Sales Funnel Management
Accomplishments
- 2024, Client Extraordinary Award from Consulting Services Leader – EY India
- Endorsed by 2nd largest steel manufacturer in India, as a trusted business advisor by creating value to client
- 2021-2023, I AM EXCEPTIONAL Award from Consulting Leader – EY India
- Awarded 2 time - ‘I AM EXCEPTIONAL’ Award & KUDOS Award for championing digital implementation and delivering above & beyond performance at EY India.
- 2019, National Finalist (2nd Position) in Finance Case Study Competition at SIBM Pune
- Outperformed 200+ teams to secure 2nd position in a supply chain finance competition
- 2016, Designed, manufactured, assembled, analyzed, and tested a full-size ATV
- Built an ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) from scratch with a team of 4 members.
SECTORS
FMCG
Steel Manufacturing
Energy (Battery)
Alco – Bev
Certification
Lean Six Sigma Certification by KPMG
CORE COMPETENCIES
- Supply Chain Strategy
- Demand Planning
- Production Planning
- Procurement Planning
- Inventory Optimization
- Process Improvement
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
- Supply Chain Consultant Intern | ImpelPro Ltd | Apr'19-Jun'19
- Developed a business model for a bio-diesel project with business processes along with cost benefit analysis.
- Designed a supply chain model along with transportation network to optimize sourcing.
Timeline
Anaplan L1 certified
08-2021
Senior Consultant – Supply Chain
Ernst & Young (EY) India LLP
10.2020 - Current
Lean Six Sigma Certification by KPMG
03-2020
Talent Acquisition Executive
SGS Technical Services Pvt. Ltd.
07.2017 - 01.2018
MBA - Operations Management
Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management(SIOM)
B.E. - Mechanical Engineering
Pune University
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