Supply Chain Sales

AMRITA SINHA

*** ** ****** **** ***** Clara *****. Tel. 408-***-****. Email: abhne6@r.postjobfree.com

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Objective: Lead a team to achieve Operational excellence and execute world class Product Planning and

Management within the organization

Education:

University of Missouri-St. Louis May 2006

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

GPA: 3.7/4.0GPA: 3.95/4.0

Graduate Certificate in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

GPA: 3.95/4.0

Biju Patnaik University of Technology, India

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) (Computer Science) August 2003

GPA 3.85/4.0

Work Experience:

Sr. Manager, Global Planning and Fulfillment Jul 2010 - Present

Hewlett Packard (Palm GBU), Sunnyvale, CA

Responsibilities

• Manage the planning of all the HP products with WebOS platform (Smartphones, Slates,

Netbooks)

• Ensure supply availability and visibility of all products worldwide from NPI to EOL

• Lead all Supply Chain Planning activities including S&OP process, demand planning,

master scheduling, production planning, inventory control and data integrity

• Owner and Driver of the internal weekly S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning)

process.

• Owner and Driver of the of CPFR process (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and

Replenishment)

• Act as the senior expert, owner and facilitator for the cross-functional Sales, and

Operations Planning (S&OP) process to arrive at a consensus forecast used to drive

business operations

• Lead planning to right size the materials drive, manage inventory across the value chain

(DOS) and enhance asset utilization

• Responsible for achieving world class OTD for customers

• Unify the reporting tools used for reporting and analytics in the S&OP process

• Establish a central information repository accessible to stakeholder for all S&OP

information

• Provide clear analysis of key supply chain information providing Management with key

proposals for optimizing the supply chain and clear decision points in the supply chain

• Engage the necessary levels of management to drive the right level of decisions

• Hold stakeholders accountable for key metrics and supply chain performance

• Templetize the S&OP reports eliminating re-creation of non value add activities

• Establish an organizational strategy based on the capabilities/processes that we need to

put in place

• Build the organization by hiring world class talent

Achievements

• Was invited to be a part of the strategic team which was formed after HP acquisition to

define and re-engineer supply chain process and leverage the best practices from both

HP and Palm

• Successfully enabled the new “Routes to Market” for the WebOS products post HP

acquisition

• Successfully implemented the “hybrid” supply chain model for our ODM to minimize

financial burden to the company due to “cross-selling” and avoid major tax implications

Demand & Supply Planning Manager Apr 2008 – Jul 2010

Apple Inc., Cupertino CA

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that anyone anywhere in the world, anytime can always find the iPod, iPhone,

Mac, or accessory of their choice while meeting Apple's best-in-class inventory goals

• Manage the Regional Product Planning teams (Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa,

Asia Pacific, Japan). Provide strategic leadership and ensure the product execution

plans aligns with Apple’s financial goals

• Collaborate with Sales, Finance & Marketing to forecast demand and come up with the

final plan to be communicated to the wider team and executed on an operational level.

Works towards conflict resolutions within different functional groups and acts as a leader

in persuading/influencing the senior management. Evaluate risks, implement

contingency plans to mitigate.

• Coordinate with Manufacturing Ops, Manufacturing Finance, Central Procurement to

direct the supply chain to procure components and build products to support demand.

Adapt plans based on changing customer requirements. Make decisions to implement

changes which would affect the overall company supply chain and thereby making

impact to the bottom line margin

• Lead regular meetings to communicate plans with OEMs/ Ops Team and Regional

Supply Demand Planning teams to ensure Apple’s financial goals are aligned. Lead

team to achieve individual goals by OEM factory site and by product

• Improve product planning processes. Identify improvement opportunities, marshal

resources, and drive projects to completion, to achieve targeted measurable benefits.

• Manage/lead and develop a team to execute world class demand/supply management

in the organization

Achievements

• Demonstrated operational and strategic knowledge to execute planning of the sustaining

product for a very smooth EOL and E&O reduction of 15%

• Moved on to managing new product intro, within 4 months of hire, Received pay hike

and was rated amongst the top performers of the group

• Led the team for ramp of a secret product with a very successful launch

Sr. Business Analyst June 2007 – Apr 2008

Cisco Systems, Inc. San Jose, CA

Responsibilities

• Analyze historical data (operational costs, receipt volumes, demand pattern, buyer

retention and frequency) for revenue assurance

• Implement industry best practices and perform competitive analysis to ensure the

revenue plan for WWRL and ensure the overall plan is aligned with Cisco’s FY goals

• Assign customer priorities and monitor the conflicts. Develop strategies to minimize the

conflicts and provide smoother allocations for future demands

• Maintain the weekly financial adjustment tab to ensure correct book keeping. Monitor,

manage and present detailed planning metrics for the product operations team

• Ensure cross functional alignment with the VR team, i.e. on processes, exception

management, escalation paths, IT engagement, issue resolution and risk mitigation

plans

Achievements

• Streamlined the existing product allocation process by reducing variability and

adding strict timelines. The overall failure rate dropped by 40% and process time

reduced by 25%

• Offered role as the ISO champion for the WWRL BU within 4 months of hire date.

Completed training and certified ISO Auditor

• Had pivotal role in the implementation of Project ECLIPSE. Received CAP award

for my contributions in the project.

• Made the administrator and have complete ownership to the new IRT tool (UI

interface) post ECLIPSE

• Became a VR SME for the process policy team and a liaison between the Business

and IT for WWRL

Operations and Supply Chain Analyst June 2006 – May 2007

Tyco Healthcare Group LP, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities

• Work with Marketing, Sales and Finance groups to assist in budgeting, demand

forecasting and inventory management with integrated logistics strategies and

ensure that customer service and time objectives are achieved within existing

financial constraints.

• Analyze product order bookings, backlog, and billings continually. Identify problem

areas, and drive appropriate functional groups to correct. Coordinate closely with

regional product planning teams to ensure supply plans meet each region’s sales

requirement

• Investigate new supply chain and workplace concepts through continued

education, seminars, training, and / or other research avenues and convey goals

and objectives of the Logistics department as it relates to corporate strategy. Builds

relationship with strategic customers through logistics initiatives

• Analyzed the lifetime value of customers and helped in designing customer

segmentation through their buying behavior and geographic location in order to

realign the freight cost charged by each customer

Achievements

• Received promotion and raise within 3 month from hire date. Job responsibilities

increased from Logistics to Operation Department.

• Six Sigma Green Belt trained (Tyco Healthcare, Mallinckrodt, St. Louis)

Graduate Research Assistant May 2004 – May 2006

Center for Transportation Studies

University of Missouri-St. Louis

Industry Partnerships

• Carried out Routing/Scheduling and Data Analysis for Boyce and Bynum

Pathology Laboratories. I used Lean Six Sigma techniques to streamline the

current business process. My recommendations included implementation of a

cellular work flow to cut down operational expense and reduce variability through

demand aggregation

• Conducted research on Management Systems for Inland Waterway

Traffic Control funded by the United States Army Corp. of Engineers. A discrete

event simulation model explicitly incorporating seasonal and interdependent traffic

demands for specific origin and destination trips was used

Graduate Teaching Assistant. January 2004 – May 2004

College of Business Administration,

University of Missouri St. Louis.

• Tutored undergraduate students for Object Oriented Courses in JAVA & C++

Student Consultant, August 2003-December 2003

Instructional Computing Labs,

University of Missouri-St. Louis.

• Assist student, faculty and staff using Instructional Computing resources

and software installed.

Computer Skills:

Web Development – XML, HTML, Dreamweaver.

Scripts – C Shell, Korn Shell.

Programming Languages – C, C++, and Java.

Operating System – Windows, UNIX, Macintosh.

Microsoft Office Suites – MS Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, Visio.

Supply Chain Modeling – Manugistics, Sails, Arc Logistics, LogWare.

ERP – JDE, Varsity, Oasis, WorldWriter, AS/400,Business Objects

Statistics Software – Minitab

Projects Undertaken:

Six Sigma project to reduce cycle time in various DCs at Tyco Healthcare

Order profiling for the Distribution Centers of Tyco Healthcare, Mallinckrodt.

Warehouse Consolidation and Process Mapping for various Third Party Logistics Company.

Project on Library Serial Control in Steel Authority of India Ltd.

Co –Curriculum Activities:

Board Member, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals, St. Louis Round Table

Treasurer, Indian Student Association, University of Missouri, St. Louis (Largest International

student body on campus)

Key Strengths:

Ability to deal with ambiguity and a fast learner

Experience leading geographically diverse teams

Strong cross-functional and collaboration skills demonstrated through co-ordinating inter

group projects

Team Management

Excellent Communication Skills

Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills

Perform extremely well in high pressure environments

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