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Work History
Education
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Certification
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RUSHIKESH VINAYAK ASHTEKAR

Pune

Summary

A proactive and knowledgeable professional with over 5.5 years of experience in Supply Chain Management and Operations with analytical attitude, seeking a challenging role in a high-growth environment. Proficiency in material management activities involving Supply planning and replenishment, logistics and distribution. Resourceful in managing day-to-day relationship with vendors, transporters from placement of order till delivery of shipment to ensure achievement of service and quality norms for smooth flow of operations & supply of required items.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Team Lead

Capgemini India
01.2023 - Current
  • Currently overseeing supply and production planning for Eastern European and Asian markets.
  • Proficiently manage inventory control, collaborating with internal capacity and material planning teams to optimize order throughput to ensure proper capacity planning.
  • Achieved 15% improvement in order fulfillment accuracy and 20% reduction in lead times, contributing to the attainment of financial targets.
  • Facilitated cross-functional collaboration among sales, warehouse, and logistics teams, enhancing project synergy and increasing operational efficiency by 25%.
  • Supports customer order management and departmental initiatives to foster a proactive, customer-centric approach.
  • Generated weekly and monthly Root Cause Analysis (RCA) reports for inventory management consistently maintaining levels below 10%.
  • Working on Process improvement projects to have feasibility checks for automations of recurring processes.
  • Successfully reduced the cost of LOMD of 10K EUR for Saudi Arabia market.

Executive

Avery Dennison India Pvt. Ltd
04.2021 - 12.2022
  • Acted as single-point-of-contact for customer to resolve order processing, scheduling, and shipping queries for Mumbai location.
  • Led a team of five individuals across various functions, facilitating collaboration with internal S&OP and demand planning teams to ensure effective operational activities for the Mumbai location.
  • Resolved operational issues with the Outsourcing suppliers related to the quality, delivery, or receipt of goods / services, return of materials with reduction in quality issues by 25%.
  • Implemented cost minimization strategies on specific products, resulting in up to a 10% increase in profitability
  • Collaborated closely with the Global Product Development team to reduce production costs, thereby enhancing profitability.

Sr. Officer

Indo Count Industries Ltd
12.2019 - 03.2021
  • Contributed to the process improvement in the finishing folding department, ensuring 100% accurate shifting of rolls in the in-house warehouse.
  • Worked in logistics Department to achieve 98% TAT (Turn Around Time) for outbound.
  • Planned and executed 100% roll transfer with prioritized allocations for orders across departments, ensuring seamless coordination and timely fulfillment.

Sr. Supply Chain Analyst Engineer

Stellar Value Chain Solution Pvt. Ltd
08.2018 - 11.2019
  • Oversaw operations for 11,800 SKUs in a 1.25 lakh sq Ft facility featuring 6,696 shelving units, 5,800 pallet racks, and 2,210 floor locations within a G+5 racking system at Kohler India Corporation Private Limited.
  • Facilitated seamless material flow during warehouse transfers by coordinating with suppliers, clients, and internal department.
  • Led inventory reconciliation activities (IRA) to achieve 100% accuracy in stock counting.
  • Played a significant role in a project centered on product consolidation and conducted ABC item classification analysis according to client- defined categories.
  • Helped in Outbound process to ensure proper FIFO method to be executed.

Education

Master of Technology - Mechanical Design

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
Pune
08.2018

B.E - Production Engineering

Kolhapur Institute of Technology's College of Engineering
Kolhapur
08.2015

Skills

  • Statistical tools: Advanced excel Power Bi (Hands on)
  • MS Office Suite: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook
  • Working Software's (ERP): SAP MM (Materials Management), ORACLE RB12 E2PR (E2A), Kinaxis Rapid Response (Ongoing)
  • Soft Skills: Problem-solving and Analytical skills, Operational Excellence, Supply Planning, Order life Cycle Management, Capacity Planning, Demand Planning, Overseas stakeholder management, Inventory management, S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning)

Accomplishments

  • Won a “TOP PERFORMER OF THE MONTH” Award for reducing 6.5K EUR in LOMD for Duty free market.
  • Won a “Rising Star” Award for 1st Quarter of 2023.
  • Won a “Rising Star” Award for 3rd Quarter of 2023.
  • Won a “Extra Mile” Award for 1st Quarter of 2024.
  • Won a “THANK YOU” Award for achieving a 98% accurate order processing of 4 million Pcs order QTY in span of 4 Months with matching the customer request dates.

Certification

  • Kinaxis Rapid Response Training - Ongoing.
  • Foundations: Data, Data, everywhere - Coursera (Google).
  • Getting Started with Power BI Desktop - Coursera.
  • Supply Chain Analytics - Coursera (Rutgers University).
  • Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management - Coursera (University of Virginia).

Timeline

Team Lead

Capgemini India
01.2023 - Current

Executive

Avery Dennison India Pvt. Ltd
04.2021 - 12.2022

Sr. Officer

Indo Count Industries Ltd
12.2019 - 03.2021

Sr. Supply Chain Analyst Engineer

Stellar Value Chain Solution Pvt. Ltd
08.2018 - 11.2019

Master of Technology - Mechanical Design

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology

B.E - Production Engineering

Kolhapur Institute of Technology's College of Engineering
  • Kinaxis Rapid Response Training - Ongoing.
  • Foundations: Data, Data, everywhere - Coursera (Google).
  • Getting Started with Power BI Desktop - Coursera.
  • Supply Chain Analytics - Coursera (Rutgers University).
  • Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management - Coursera (University of Virginia).
RUSHIKESH VINAYAK ASHTEKAR