Tejas Shelar
Mumbai
Summary
A Competent Professional with 13+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management, Demand Forecasting, Replenishment, S&OP and Inventory management. Having excellent communication and leadership skills to coach, manage, and motivate diverse Team in challenging environments. Experience in the Retail, Manufacturing and Beverage & Food Industries with demonstrated focus on Cost saving and process improvement with effective problem solving resulting in strengthened business results
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
Certificates
41
41
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Supply Chain Lead - CPP
Baramati Agro Ltd.
07.2023 - Current
- Established inventory targets, stock level, and risk mitigation targets and managed flexibility strategy to optimize inventory.
- Oversaw demand planning, purchasing, and logistics.
- Integrated financial and operation plans with strategic objectives to deliver improved operational and financial results to boost customer satisfaction, profitability, and working capital.
- Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, ensuring inventory integrity targets for finished goods.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align production plans with customer requirements.
Regional Supply Chain Manager - West & South
Wingreeens World Pvt. Ltd.
11.2022 - 06.2023
- Leading end to end regional supply chain operations for all brands of Wingreens World (Wingreens, Raw Pressery, Monsoon Harvest, Postcard & Saucery)
- Successfully executed consolidation of warehouse for 3 major brands in one single location with minimum impact of operations, resulting in cost saving of 11.5 lakhs per month
- Optimized inventory by reducing ageing inventory with optimum planning of MBQ for Top 40 SKU's across all brand
- Building synergy with sales team to understand GTM in specific trade to build mix of Top 25 SKU's which contribute to 80% of business with forecast accuracy of 75%
- Optimized transportation cost by 15% with standardizing MOQ and fixed RTM planning by trade
Senior Manager (Supply Chain) - JioBP
Reliance BP Mobility Ltd.
03.2021 - 10.2022
- Responsible for developing and managing the supply chain and retail inventory management systems strategy to optimize customer-focused retail store offers using effective category management and vendor management in order to expand the retail business in a cost-efficient and sustainable manner
- Work with the category managers to identify suppliers and supply chain solutions to deliver the category plans for COCO and DODO sites
- Appraise supply chain strategic options and providers, managing budgets and ensuring sufficient supply by acquiring and selling products to execute the supply plan and maximize value
Regional Supply Lead - West and South
Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.
01.2020 - 03.2021
- Achieved cost saving of 3 Lakhs per annum by introduction of new transporter for Modern trade customer in West and South
- Awarded with Bajaj's prestigious 'SANMAN' award for excellent leadership and meticulous operation management in COVID period
- Implemented PDP for Hyderabad location which resulted in sales growth of 30% in one month
- Identified and corrected the process gaps which helped in standardization of operations across all the depots
- Achieved cost saving of 1.5 lakh by effective negotiations with supply partner on contract extensions/renewal
Assistant Manager
Future Retail Pvt. Ltd.
09.2018 - 01.2020
- Improved In-stock Availability from 56% to 90% for Small Format Stores/Warehouse
- Developed Macro tool to calculate Demand for respective Vendor articles for next 3 months
- Automated MBQ derivation by building a Macro, which resulted in fixed process and logic across zones
- Identified and Implemented 40% Flow thru/X-dock SKU's for West zone, to optimize DC space and capacity
- Implemented Monthly review of Forecast accuracy and engaged Vendors to improve Order fill rate and line Availability of respective items
Junior Manager
Parle Products Pvt. Ltd.
08.2017 - 09.2018
- Improved Demand forecasting accuracy by 38% and sustained same at above 70% for FY-17/18
- Automated Deployment planning with 4 major Brands in Biscuit category with 60% reduction in manual intervention
- Streamlined SAP-APO Production planning and improved accuracy from 52% to 69.5%
- Built Macro for Optimization of System Network Planning (SNP) which resulted in Cost saving ₹20 cr for 4 Top Brands
- Achieved Fill rate of 92% for MT Stores by reverse process engineering and Depot prioritizing
Team Leader
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd.
02.2015 - 07.2017
- Established open and professional relationships with team members which helped reduce Attrition level to 15%
- Identified gaps in process and recommended correctives which provided 35% optimization in output
- Successfully implemented EDI process for Vendor Invoicing which resulted in reduction operational cost by 40%
- On boarded 30% of the vendors on ERS Invoicing, which reduced the payment backlog drastically to $3 M from $20 M
- Built Macro for GR Creation which resulted in Cost saving with reduction in 2 FTE's
Senior Subject Matter Expert
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2012 - 02.2015
- Managed Inventory of $3M across 32 DC and 3 Categories with overall Service Level of 95%
- Implemented Ideas at Loblaw for Reduction of Client working capital worth $0.9M through Vendor Lead Time reduction and $0.85M through Inventory consolidation in Single DC
- Improved Inventory carrying cost by optimization of safety stock and Re-alignment of DC's
- Established confident relationship with Vendors by Integrated communication and providing visibility through Weekly governance meetings
- Delivered Forecasting accuracy of 82% for Toys and Electronic Goods category in General Merchandise
Production Supervisor
Edicon Pneumatic Tool
06.2011 - 10.2012
- Responsible for the continual flow of production on the shop floor/machine shop
- Maintaining ISO Documents like CAPA, Machine hour Utilization, Breakdown analysis, Standard operating procedure etc
- Implemented Quality Improvement strategic plans to reduce internal non-conformance & customer complaints
- Analyze & Solve Manufacturing issues related to Assembly and tool breakdown
- Analyze production issues in identifying the root cause of any customer concern; support the Quality team for productivity improvements
Education
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Production Engineering
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering
Skills
Inventory ManagementOperations ManagementOperational ExcellenceAccounts PayableSupply Chain ManagementSAP - APO & MM ModuleRetail Operations
Certification
Certification in Retail Management and Global Supply Chain from Welingkar Institute of Management
Accomplishments
- Recognized and Rewarded as 'Best People Person' for FY-16 at PAN India level
- Successfully delivered KT for 10 FTE's from Brazil Service delivery team to India
- Recognized by the client for smooth delivery of Winter Needs program for FY13
- Reduced Cycle time by 15% for Invoice Processing by suggesting Automation in Sorting and Reading
- Awarded with Bajaj’s prestigious “SANMAN” award for excellent leadership and meticulous operation management in COVID period
Timeline
Supply Chain Lead - CPP
Baramati Agro Ltd.
07.2023 - Current
Regional Supply Chain Manager - West & South
Wingreeens World Pvt. Ltd.
11.2022 - 06.2023
Senior Manager (Supply Chain) - JioBP
Reliance BP Mobility Ltd.
03.2021 - 10.2022
Regional Supply Lead - West and South
Bajaj Consumer Care Ltd.
01.2020 - 03.2021
Assistant Manager
Future Retail Pvt. Ltd.
09.2018 - 01.2020
Junior Manager
Parle Products Pvt. Ltd.
08.2017 - 09.2018
Team Leader
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd.
02.2015 - 07.2017
Certification in Retail Management and Global Supply Chain from Welingkar Institute of Management
01-2014
Certified in Retail JDA Tool
10-2012
Senior Subject Matter Expert
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2012 - 02.2015
Production Supervisor
Edicon Pneumatic Tool
06.2011 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Production Engineering
Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering