Supply Chain Sales

Nishad R. GADGIL abh7qd@r.postjobfree.com

323-***-**** 7025 Charmant Drive, Apt 261, San Diego, CA 92122

SUMMARY

Nishad R. Gadgil is a Manager in the Strategy & Management Consulting division of Hitachi North Americas with a

primary focus on cross-industry Supply Chain solutions. He has led cross functional project teams at numerous tier-1

clients across the industry vertical and has strong functional and process expertise in conceptualizing and delivering

holistic solutions for the management of complex Supply Chain environments.

In his five prior years of industry experience, Nishad has successfully overseen and managed the manufacturing and

production operations of a world class industry leader with over 400 employees in to his group. Nishad has aggressively

driven business strategies and corporate initiatives with realized cost savings through process improvements and cost out

implementations. He is Six Sigma certified and brings leadership, vision and strong people and project management skills

to his employers.

KNOWLEDGE

Technologies – Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, Oracle Enterprise Asset Management, Oracle Demantra,

Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru, Minitab Statistical Software

Functional Expertise – Sales & Operations Planning, Network Optimization, Demand Planning, Supply Planning,

Capacity Planning, Forecasting, Product Lifecycle Management, Financial Analytics, Strategy Deployment, Inventory

Optimization, Kaizen, Six Sigma Process Improvements, Statistical Process Control, Operations Management, Business

Process Reengineering, Financial Planning & Budgeting, Economic Modeling & Forecasting, Quality Management.

Industry Expertise – Consumer Products Goods, Automotive, Food & Beverage, Industrial Products

WORK EXPERIENCE

Hitachi North Americas (HCC) – Manager Cross Industry Supply Chain Solutions (July ‘08 – Present)

Jacuzzi Brands Corp. – Plant & Process Engineering Manager (May ‘03 – July ‘08)

KEY PROJECTS (HCC)

TOYOTA MOTOR CORP., USA (Corporate Headquarters, CA)

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Business Intelligence & Project Management Dashboard

Designed and implemented a business intelligence project management dashboard for corporate accessory

program tracking

Integrated Planning, Engineering, Pricing and Projects group functional requirements into a unified reporting and

measurement system

Streamlined program management methodology for entire portfolio of accessory programs, developing

consistency and a unified approach to project management

Established the vision and roadmap for the implementation and usability strategy, templates, requirements and

analysis of various business scenarios

Drove project management process efficiencies across the accessory value chain encompassing pre-development,

development and final launch

Developed a process to focus efforts on critical path identification and management by implementing a RACI

matrix to identify communication gaps and leveraging key roles and responsibilities

RICOH AMERICAS (Philadelphia, PA., Atlanta, GA., West Caldwell, NJ)

A $21 billion leading supplier of office automation equipment, electronics and document services technology

Ricoh-IKON Distribution Network Optimization

Lead role as a functional resource to facilitate workshops to discover, capture and analyze US distribution

scenarios and identifying data required to support the optimization modeling and specified data formats for client

data extraction

Mapped current supply chain processes and material flows to rigorously define data requirements, analyze

scenarios, verify models and comparisons of alternate configurations

Ensured data conformance for use in a deterministic Network Flow model (Mixed-Integer Linear Programming

Model) by performing rigorous integrity and validation checks

Enlisting and evaluating the scenario managers for optimization – Baseline, Exploratory & Sensitivity

Verification and validation of the network optimization models and documenting and presenting the results of the

analysis to executives

NIAGARA BOTTLING COMPANY (Ontario, CA)

A $500 MM private label beverage manufacturing company servicing customers such as Costco, Kroger and Safeway

Sales & Operations Planning

Designed and built a sales forecasting tool based on historical and current shipments data to drive monthly S&OP

planning exercises

Identified optimal forecasting algorithm and logic best suited for the business conditions and driving down

MAPE (mean absolute percentage error)

Provided a functional road map with the forecasting tool while building a framework for a complete demand

planning process and full S&OP rollout

Facilitated executive S&OP sessions with key Niagara personnel to train on demand forecasting for Sales and C-

Level Executives

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Created and deployed an S&OP process across the business functions. Established S&OP process goals, enablers

and key discussion agenda items

Implemented a set of demand planning “best practices” suitable for the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)

industry

Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)

Conducted a thorough and rigorous review of the business processes around PLM and identified root causes of

inefficiencies, communication gaps and process breakdowns

Introduced seven PLM processes along with existing ones and documented in a Standard Operating Procedure

(SOP) playbook

Developed process gating algorithm, activity, dependencies and lead time principles that drive the cross

functional PLM Tool across the PLM initiative

Implemented RACI matrices, approval processes and overall PLM methodology for processes from Product

Ideation to Product Discontinuance

Trained key executives on the SOP and defined the roles and responsibilities of the PLM leader, meeting agendas

and operational roll out

Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (EAM)

Lead role as the Oracle functional resource integrating business requirements, gap assessments, IT support

infrastructure and conducting user acceptance training

Identified specific processes and system functionality required to support an end to end EAM implementation

across all business units

Documented key business EAM processes from an Oracle system perspective and provided plans and approaches

to process improvement recommendations

Implemented required functional Oracle configurations to support identified gaps within the EAM module

Assisted with the functional design of mutually agreed upon EAM reports and developing end user training

materials

THE HENRY COMPANY (Los Angeles, CA)

North America’s largest manufacturer of roof & highly specialized industrial coatings, cement, emulsions and driveway

maintenance products

Director of Finance, Staff Augmentation Role

Responsible for creating the annual 2009 budget of $350MM with iterative what-if scenarios, sensitivity analyses

triggers and templates for sales & operations planning and expenses

Incorporating the macro-economic forecasts (housing starts, interest rates, crude oil & raw material indices) into

overall financial planning model

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Developing and recording complex financial models in EXCEL and regression analyses statistics to predict key

financial ratios

Conducting meetings with the CFO, CEO and VPs to discuss strategic business intelligence metrics, financial

performance, sales gap analysis and cash flow scenarios

Developing raw material consumption & finished goods sales models that are now an Organizational Process

Asset

Performing complex data analysis with OLAP cubes, mathematical modeling and probabilistic analyses of

business scenarios

MICROSOFT (Seattle, WA)

Played a key role as the 6-Sigma subject matter expert in the review and approval of the 6-Sigma playbook

designed for the Microsoft X-Box division

Collaborated with the Pacific Northwest Practice team to edit the 6-Sigma playbook developed by Hitachi as

training tool for client’s project management group

Made recommendations on knowledge content, presentation material and 6-Sigma analytics approach tailored to

client audience

PRIOR WORK HISTORY BRIEF

JACUZZI BRANDS CORP. (Chino, CA)

Leading and the most recognized brand name in the world of fashion plumbing

East Coast Service Level Improvement Program – Developed and implemented customer service level

improvement program to penetrate distant markets in the East Coast resulting in 50% reduction in lead time and

a broadened customer base

Six Sigma Project – Scrap Reduction & Quality Control – Led cross functional group with objective of reducing

blister defects in Fiber Glass process by 50% - applied DMAIC principles to significantly drive total quality

improvement campaign.

New Product Introduction & Item Master Maintenance – Set up gated process to control revisions and additions

to item master encompassing planning factors (safety stock, lead time, EOQ), Bill of Material levels &

dependencies, item activity status codes (active, phasing-out, obsolete) and ECN revisions.

High Yield Specialized Plant Start Up – Directed the design, construction and startup of a new specialized

manufacturing facility for Jacuzzi high end product lines – a business sub-unit worth $50MM.

Supplier Scheduling & Supplier Certification – Working with Strategic Sourcing group to establish long-term

contracts to initiate supplier delivery schedules & eliminate purchase orders. Providing advanced visibility of

MRP requirements in terms of planned orders to the suppliers.

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Demand Management & Forecasting – Enhanced the forecast database to identify and isolate outliers to represent

accurate demand. Orchestrated monthly “demand & sales” meetings with key functions group to validate

forecast accuracy and summarize anticipated demand.

EDUCATION

University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA – MS Industrial & Systems Engineering

University of Mumbai, India – BS Production Management Engineering

Six Sigma – Green Belt

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