Materials Manager

Aujus Sirohi

******@********.*** 608-***-**** Chicago, IL

WORK EXPERIENCE

Genpact Chicago, IL

Materials Manager - Kraft Heinz Oct 2022 - Nov 2024

• Managed $350M supply of raw materials across a network of 30+ North American plants; increased case fill rate from 92% to 98% through proactive supplier constraint management and risk mitigation strategies.

• Led transportation optimization project that cut freight costs by $250K through strategic route redesign and carrier consolidation.

• Partnered with Procurement to validate material plans prior to annual contract commitments, reducing contract overages by 15%.

• Prevented $301K in waste by driving 20% forecast accuracy improvement through enhanced planning inputs and cross-functional alignment.

O2COOL Chicago, IL

Procurement Manager Jul 2019 - Mar 2021

• Promoted to lead procurement role, managing $20M annual spend across highly seasonal CPG product lines.

• Achieved 98% on-time delivery through daily coordination with overseas manufacturing partners and suppliers.

• Converted Amazon retail analytics and P-level forecasts into actionable demand plans through weekly S&OP processes, reducing stock-outs by 30%.

• Co-led implementation of Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system, improving forecast accuracy by 25%. Procurement Coordinator Jun 2014 - Jun 2019

• Issued all production POs and tracked global shipments for $15M annual product flow.

• Managed fulfillment operations for 10,000+ annual purchase orders across major retail channels, coordinating with third-party warehouses to ensure on-time delivery and vendor compliance.

• Built account-level forecasts and POS dashboards, uncovering upsell opportunities that lifted YoY revenue 8%. Toyoda Machinery Arlington Heights, IL

Buyer Mar 2012 - Jun 2014

• Reviewed requisitions, created purchase orders, and analyzed quotes for manufacturing components. EDUCATION

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Bachelor of Science, Economics

Madison, WI

May 2010

SKILLS

ERP Systems: SAP, Workday, Microsoft Dynamics GP

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