KSHITIZ TIWARI
Sharjah
Summary
- Creative and passionate Supply Chain Management professional with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. With over 14 years of experience in SCM, inventory management, demand planning, budgeting, and negotiations, procurement embraces a "continuous improvement" approach and a multicultural environment.
- Microsoft Suite of Products, Stores and Inventory Management, Environmental Health & Safety, Quality Management, Occupational Health & Safety Management, Quality Circle forum (More than 15 Projects done)
- Skills: Sales Inventory & Operations Planning, Advanced M.S. Excel, Planning (Production, Capacity & Demand), Inventory Entitlement, Procurement, One ERP System, SAP/S4 Hana, Data Analysis, APO, Buying & Procurement, DP Tool, viz. Garvis.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Demand and Production Planning Manager
Motherson Sumi Systems Limited
02.2014 - Current
- Work with Leadership, Inventory, Supply Chain and Category teams in Demand Planning operations
- Lead 15+ members of the Supply Chain Planning team to successfully execute inventory management and demand and production planning
- Monitor trends in forecast error, maintain demand planning processes and improve forecast accuracy
- Ensuring every operation meets shipping dates as per sales forecasts or Advanced planning Chain Planning Schedule (ASCP)
- Collaborate with other members of the plant leadership team to maximise the efficiency of supply chain processes, including warehouse stock levels, inventory, raw material levels, and change management
- Manage New product launches, new SKU additions, and new partner additions to forecast and ensure SOP are conclusive to that
- Liaising between design engineering, marketing, and production core teams and finance for timely payment of suppliers
- Obsolete stock minimization and ensure business runs with minimum liability
- Assist in developing annual budgets and cost-effectiveness initiatives
- Improvement of Air/Sea Ratio, research and evaluation of areas of opportunity and reduction of costs where possible
- Monitoring levels of Safety Stock, global and aging Inventory and working with regions and manufacturing plants to address accordingly
- Drive the forecast discussions and S&OP meetings with sales and product marketing
- Analyse and convert purchase proposals to orders and monitor replenishment orders placed within subsidiaries for delivery dates and on-time deliveries
- Monthly presentations with Management to discuss achievable and missed KPIs and milestones
- Contribute to the identification of opportunities for continuous improvement of processes, practices, work processes, cost effectiveness, and productivity enhancement
- Analyse customer orders to anticipate future requirements based on material and delivery
- Investigated stock issues and discrepancies thoroughly, seeking swift, resourceful solutions
- Created inventory management systems to meet high demand volumes
- Maintained excellent supplier relationships to obtain the best deals and turnaround times for stock reorders
- Managed strategic stock planning and forecasting, assisting company delivery against purchase targets
- Provided mentoring and guidance to planning and commercial teams to encourage customer-focused planning
- Provided expert advice, including daily, weekly, or monthly schedule updates
- Understood how to resource and cost-load programmes in ways that showcased organisational responsibility and client focus
- Defined and monitored resource capacity forecasting and planning across all internal departments
- Collaborated with internal teams to improve outputs to meet demand and supply requirements, achieving inventory targets for finished goods
- Leveraged effective supply chain planning systems to improve demand, sales, and operations planning processes for the distribution network.
- Developed production schedules according to deadlines for existing orders and sales forecasting.
- Worked directly with production personnel to resolve production scheduling issues and conflicts.
- Coordinated material procurement efforts, ensuring on-time availability of components for uninterrupted production cycles.
- Planned and established production schedules and optimised control levels for diversified manufacturing operations.
- Managed change requests effectively, balancing priorities while minimising disruptions to ongoing operations.
- Conducted regular reviews of demand forecasts, adjusting production schedules as needed to maintain optimal inventory levels without compromising customer service standards.
- Inspect stocks to identify shortages, replenish supply, and maintain consistent inventory.
- Monitoring levels of safety stock and global and ageing inventory and working with regions and manufacturing plants to address them accordingly.
- Work closely with the planning team to generate, share, and implement best practices relevant to planning. Monthly presentations with Management to discuss achievable and missed KPIs and milestones.
- Assist in developing annual budgets and cost-effectiveness initiatives
Education
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Mumbai08.2024
B.Tech - Electrical Engineering
IEC College of Engineering And Technology
India06.2013
Skills
- Customer Focus
- Technical knowledge
- Materials Management
- Demand forecasting
- Production Scheduling
- Cost Control
- Capacity Planning
- Operating Budgets
- Inventory and Stocking
Accomplishments
Projects:
John Deere, Sparrow I, offers agricultural, construction, and forestry machinery services - Sep 2015 – Dec 2016
• Sparrow, I launched at John Deere Germany for enhancement in design and new features as one of their innovation projects is to replace old wiring harnesses for tractors.
ROCLA - LUNA Project: Offers material handling, forklifts, warehouse equipment & AGV Mar 2017 – Apr 2018
• Rocla is a financial-based international material handling company that has grown considerably in its 75 years of operations and has become a major developer and manufacturer after project launch of electric warehouse trucks, forklifts, and automated guided vehicles (AGV)
- HIAB (Cargotec) offers loader cranes, demountable container handlers, forestry cranes - June 2018 – Apr2020
• Cargotec business areas Kalmar, HIAB offers products and services that make global trade faster, smarter, and more sustainable, and we have successfully supplied all the related products with continuous improvement units and 100% on-time delivery.
- John Deere, Sparrow II: Offers Agricultural, Construction, and Forestry machinery services, May 2020 – Present
• Sparrow II launched at John Deere Germany with the deletion of some Sparrow 1 parts and with new models in existing ones. This also contains a wire harness for John Deere Power Systems their tractors.
Home
Flat 101, Star Tower Al bu daniq, Sharjah, Sharjah
Digitalskills
Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 08/18/1991
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Work Availability
monday
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Timeline
Demand and Production Planning Manager
Motherson Sumi Systems Limited
02.2014 - Current
MBA - Supply Chain Management
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
B.Tech - Electrical Engineering
IEC College of Engineering And Technology
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