Manager Project

Anand Kumar, PMP – CPIM - LEAN* GREEN BELT

** ******* *** • Chesterfield, NJ 08515 • 848-***-**** • Email: ****.******@*****.*** http://www.linkedin.com/in/anandkumarpmpcpim/

PROGRAM MANAGER FOR SUPPLY CHAIN & LOGISTICS

Highly motivated and results-oriented manager with more than 16 years of professional experience in the Health Care and Consumer Product Goods sector. Proven ability to achieve client business objectives and gain deep customer insight through trust, quick thinking and leadership. Skilled in simplifying the complex by creating process and structure. Consistently recognized for big picture thinking, calculated risk and improving business processes.

Core Competencies

Vertical: Pharma & Bio-Tech, Medical Device, CPG, Retail and Hi-Tech

Business Process Improvement

JDA/Manugistics SCPO, SAP & Oracle

Vendor Management/KPI & Strategic Sourcing

Sales & Operational Planning

B2B: Procure to Pay; Carrier Transactions

TMS, WMS, Demand and Supply Planning

Package selection, pre-sales & collaboration

Manage Global projects simultaneously

VMI, CPFR, e-pedigree & CBP 10+2

Leadership & Facilitation Skills

Cross Functional Team & SCM BI/Analytics

Professional Experience

E2OPEN/TERRA TECHNOLOGY – (Home Office) 2014–Present

Senior Program Manager/Consulting Manager

Manage projects for DS (Demand Sensing) and MIO (Multi-Enterprise Inventory Optimization) across multiple clients’ base including P&G, Kraft Foods, JM Smucker and Church & Dwight.

Lead global cross-functional teams to manage clients Demand Sensing and Safety Stock recommendations culminating in reduction of operating expenses

Manage direct reports with responsibility of - skill retention, nurturing & enhancement

Provide expertise on Inventory optimization, procurement policies to clients that uses SAP APO/R3

Recommend change in policies toward procurement with an eye on FDA requirement.

IBM – Piscataway, NJ 2008–2014

Sr Project Manager/Program Manager, Supply Chain Management

Project Manager for B2B Managed Service – Procure to Pay

(Long term engagement with – Novartis, B Braun, US Foods, Kraft Foods, Mondelez)

Lead global cross-functional teams to manage clients Procure-to-Pay and/or Tender-to-Freight Pay processes resulting in a substantial reduction of operating expenses.

Created processes to implement and support SaaS/On-Demand applications which have been adapted by IBM’s Industry Solution group.

Played critical role with clients integrating their procurement with warehouse and accounts payable department.

JDA/Maugistics – Rockville, MD 2003–2008

Senior Consultant, Supply Chain/Logistics

Senior Consultant for the implementation of JDA’s SCPO, Reporting and TMS applications (Long term engagement with – Johnson & Johnson (Cordis), AVON, Kraft Foods)

Trained clients on JDA/Manugistics application and created documentation for new ‘to-be’ processes resulting in optimized load, reduced inventory and better customer satisfaction.

Created an industry best practice focused on the customization of supply planning to include perishable items.

Implemented JDA’s Demand Planning, DPEE, Distribution Planning, Deployment, Constraint Production Planning, Collaborate, Cognos Reporting, Monitor, Freight Pay and Transport in over a dozen client sites across multiple global industries.

Hewlett-Packard GlobalSoft Ltd – Bangalore 2002 2003

Senior Consultant, Supply Chain & iProcurement

Senior Consultant for execution of projects on Supply Chain and iProcurement

Spearheaded the implementation of a vendor managed inventory using the RosettaNet framework, creating collaboration network between HP, Intel, 3M and Sanyo.

Developed CPFR best practice in the area of forecasting for HP and its vendors resulting in electronic data interchange.

Oracle – Hyderabad 2001 2002

Systems Analyst

Product Quality Analyst for Procurement suite within Oracle Apps 11i

Responsible for quality of products within the procurement suite in Oracle Apps 11i resulting in increased product quality, faster ‘to-market’ delivery and a 50% reduction in customer complaints (approximate).

Institutionalized the use of automated quality tools (Mercury Interactive’s WinRunner & Load Runner) for efficient control within Oracle ERP applications.

Silverline Technologies – Mumbai/Bombay 2000 2001

Assistant Systems Analyst

Business analyst for Health Insurance and Banking sector

Participated in the planning, executing and testing of a custom software product (SDLC) for a health insurance client yielding a better plan for target customers and overall cost reduction.

Performed testing of a customized application for a large brokerage firm to ensure a single dashboard view for all trades.

Professional Development

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - Purdue University

Project Management Professional (PMP) - Project Management Institute (PMI)

Certified in Production and Inventory Mgmt. (CPIM) - American Production and Inventory Control (APICS)

Education

M.B.A. Operations & Supply Chain - National Institute of Industrial Engineering (www.nitie.edu)

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering –Muzaffarpur Institute of Technology-(mitmuzaffarpur.org)

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