Successful of 18+ years experience in Supply Chain, handled multiple
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Krishnan Balakrishnan
(IND) +91-979*******
Email: acrua5@r.postjobfree.com
Skype: krishnan.balakrishnan1
Professional Summary – Successful of 18+ years’ experience in Supply Chain, handled multiple roles of Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Customer Service including order Management, Inventory Control –Management, Warehouse and Stores Operations.
Academic Qualification – Bachelor degree in Mathematics from University of Madras thru A.M. Jain College.
Work Experiences - Current working as Demand Planner & Supply Planner Hayel Saeed Anam Group of Companies in Jeddah – Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. FMCG Products – Brand as Luna (Milk Powder, Evaporated Milk, Sterilized Cream, Cheese, Butter, Sweet Condensed Milk, Flavored Milk, UHT Milk, Ice Coffee, Tomato Paste, Beans and Pulses & Sweet Corns), Alesaiui Rice, Botan Tuna & Aramani Waters
Job Profile – Demand & Supply Planning geographically covers 21 branches of Saudi Arabia in addition exports to 6 Nations.
Responsible for handling of day-to-day Supply Planning Operations and Stock availability of all branches.
Driving the Consensus Demand Planning meeting by facilitate to Sales and Marketing, with the collaborate collected data’s and quantify the demand by brand and SKU level for next 6months as rolling forecast and extending the out look to 18months horizon
Facilitate monthly S&OP meetings to communicate historical data and review upcoming forecast projects to Sales, Marketing, Finance & Senior Management to bridge the gap against forecast & Budget (OP).
Timely communicate information to all stakeholders using the appropriate communication method.
Consult with functional teams such as supply planners, sales, marketing, operations, finance, and product development to obtain relevant data and insights on demand
Drive cross-functional collaboration to influence the demand on the supply chain and prioritize demand for order fulfillment based on business objectives and customer segmentation
Participate as the demand owner/representative in an organization’s sales and operations planning process, to enable demand-supply balancing analysis
Confer with management on demand planning and forecasting assumptions, analysis, and decisions
Prepare reports and statistics related to the demand planning and forecasting function
Manage forecast models, analyze trends, manage forecast tools, and maintain accurate data
Develop and measure key performance indicators to track and evaluate forecasts made, to assist in assessing the effectiveness of the demand planning & forecasting function, and to work towards continuous improvement
Support business, marketing, inventory or production strategies, and organizational / supply chain improvement opportunities to meet market needs
Leading the Demand Planning process on strong level and generating high level forecast accuracy, helping to control the inventory.
Maintain system forecast in APO and drive accurate system-generated forecast, SAP input with a high degree of accuracy.
Review and assess risk to supply and demand variability and identify opportunities to manage and mitigate risk.
Develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with all stakeholders Stock Management: Safety stock, average stock, slow movers and non-movers minimization, write-off’s, implement action plans for resolution with commercial and marketing team.
Reporting out of stock / over stocks based on that indent with Factory (FGP) & coordinate with logistics team for timely supply stocks to achieve weekly sales
Use the sales forecast, inventory and transits as key input for replenishment planning module for branches.
Control inventory levels within the branches as per agreed targets,
Consider warehouse capacity constraints; implement structured work flows to deliver improvements on customer ordering trends to maximize regional targets.
MIS – Monthly Forecast Accuracy, Weekly & Monthly Supply Analysis, RCA Report, Category Trend Analysis’s
Coach and mentor staff as required
Prior Experience’s in Supply Chain as Regional Demand Planner, Warehouse & Stores Executive
Worked as Deputy Manager Supply Chain handling the role of Regional Demand Planner & Material -
Availability Manager in Philips Electronics India Limited for Southern Region Lighting Division. (Period: Nov 2004 to Apri1 2013)
a)Responsible for Regional level rolling forecasts and Stock availability
b)Leading Demand Planning Process to drive forecast accuracy & Facilitate consensus planning
c)Maintain system forecast in APO and drive accurate system generated forecast
d)Stock Management – Control Inventory, Safety Stock, Slow & Non mover’s minimization, Out of & over stocks etc.
e)Coordinate transportation for inbound/outbound flows thru regional distribution center.
f)Lead and guide customer service team to support the large network of distributors and travel retail customers.
g)Key order tracking – Weekly basis for project orders and priorities the requirement.
h)Consider the warehouse capacity constraints, implement structured work flow to deliver and improve on customer ordering trends to maximize regional targets.
Worked as Store Keeper in M/s. Saud Bahwans Group, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman from Jan’02 to Oct’04. An ISO 14000 certified company in automobile division, dealing with genuine parts & dealership holder of LEXUS, TOYOTA, MAN, KATO, FORD, DAEWOO, KIA & DIATUSU.
Worked as Junior Stores Executive in M/s. Suspa Pneumatics India Ltd., Chennai from Mar’99 to Jan’02. An ISO 9001 certified company Manufacturer of Pneumatics Parts used in Automobile, Industrial uses & Furniture support products like Tail Gate Lifters for cars, busses & heavy vehicles, height adjusters and tilters for industrial purpose, a Joint venture of SUSPA - HOLDING GmbH, Germany.
Handling the Stores cum Warehouse operations is a generic profile varies based on portfolio handled.
1.Receipts as Incoming including finished and semi-finished goods reqd. for R&D & Facilities
2.Scanning the incoming goods on his quantity and quality checkup and segregations
3.Binning Receipts as per the product / component or brand bases
4.Picking for production line/retail sale and issues to facilities requirement.
5.Packing and Forwarding as per the dispatch schedule and adherence to internal/external customers
6.Daily Perpetual Inventory count and reconciliation.
7.House Keeping - Warehouse and Stores area placed neat and well arrange the materials to their locations for easy picking & packing and clearly defining the date of arrival to exercise FIFO.
8.Conducting Special Training for the Team to implement best working systems and procedure.
9.Man management – ensuring the operations as a team work, leading for best work output and makes to get positive input from internal and external customers.
Skill & Expertise
1.Demand Planning / Rolling Forecast & Strategic Planning
2.Supply Chain Management & Warehouse Operations
3.Customer Service
4.Inventory Management
5.Data Management
6.JIT, FIFO, DOJO, 5S.
7.Quadrant Planning and Documents Formatting
8.Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word
9.Team Leader Ship, Man Management
Technical Qualifications & Knowledge of Exposure
Computer Exposure - MS-Office (Excel, Word, Power Point ...etc.), Present working in ERP - SAP.
In & Out daily routine thru SAP – (R3), Planning thru APO, and all MIS generated thru Business Warehouse & Business Intelligence,
Worked in ERP AS400 – JDE & Tally.
Typewriting - English Lower.
Workshops & Trainings
Winning ‘EM Over’ - The workshop for Enhancing Skills to interact with Customer &Handling Crisis Issues – in the year of 2010 with in Philips.
K.I.T.E - Keep improving to excel is a training program on LEAN working attended in the year of 2011 with in Philips Electronics India Limited.
Interpersonal Skills - The workshop for development of Interpersonal Skills using dramatics – in the year of 2012 with in Philips Electronics India Limited
Demand Forecasting &Capacity planning-Attended Training Program in CII institute of Logistics in the year of 2012.
Career Achievements
Received cash award consecutively two years from the management of M/S. Suspa Pneumatics (I) limited, for supporting the management to achieve the year-end target.
Received cash award and certificate from the management of M/s. Philips Electronics India Limited for presenting simplicity ideas for organization growth and future
Received cash award and certificate from the management of M/s. Philips Electronics India Limited for outstanding performance in the year 2007 & 2011.
Personnel Details
Father’s Name
:
M. Krishnan
Date of Birth & Age
:
24-Aug-1976
39
Years
Languages Known
:
English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi and Working knowledge of Arabic.
Hobbies
:
Photography, Interior Designing, Cooking, Pet lover & Gardening
Passport No
:
H 9573595 Exp. Date.21.04.2020
Notice Period
:
One Month
Current Residence
:
Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Nationality
:
Indian
Permanent Address
:
#41, Sabari Salai, Madiapakkam,
Opp. Ayyappan Temple Bus Stand
Chennai – 600 091, Tamil Nadu, India
Date: 25 September 2015 K. Balakrishnan
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