Vikrant CHADHA

• Managed supply planning and implementation for approximately 1,000 SKUs, overseeing monthly production of 1,750 MT at the Israel plant. Additionally, managed dispatch planning for finished goods ensuring prompt and efficient delivery.
• Conducted comprehensive constraint and bottleneck analysis to maximize resource utilization and strategically allocate production targets, significantly boosting operational efficiency and productivity across the Israel plant.
• Conducted timely 'Order Promising,' delivering accurate product availability timelines to customers based on current plant capabilities, bottlenecks, and incoming production infrastructure for required SKUs, ensuring customers were informed of anticipated delivery dates.
• Identified and recommended actions for the disposition of obsolete and slow-moving inventory. Conducted regular reviews of slow-moving and non-moving materials to accelerate inventory turnover.
• Analyzed month-end targets to assess inventory levels and implement strategies to enhance customer service levels and achieve regional dispatch objectives.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Monitored overall inventory levels and managed daily distribution activities, consistently achieving an 85% on-time and in-full (OTIF) delivery rate through efficient planning and proactive issue resolution
• Proactively managed inventory to meet changing demands and maintain optimal service levels.
• · Automated reporting mechanisms using MS Excel, saving the team approximately 3 hours per week in data-related tasks.

• Coordinated dispatch planning for finished goods at the Dahej plant in Gujarat, encompassing 2,000 SKUs and managing monthly dispatches totalling 7,500 MT.
• Coordinated dispatch planning across global regions such as EMEA, North America (NA), LATAM, and APAC, supporting both OEM and aftermarket dealers.
• Facilitated seamless collaboration with Commercial Operations, Production Planners, Forecasting, Customer Service, Demand Planners, and Sales teams to guarantee timely product delivery and consistently achieve customer service level targets

• Managed supply planning and execution for the New Products portfolio, consisting of around 700 SKUs and a monthly volume of 16000 KL, across 7 plants and 8 contract manufacturing locations.
• Generated capacity feasible fortnightly and 3-month rolling production plans for new product SKUs utilizing inputs from demand planning, marketing, and distribution teams, ensuring efficient resource utilization.
• Collaborated closely with the R&D, Marketing, and manufacturing plant teams during the early stages of new product introduction (NPI), ensuring smooth and seamless execution of the NPI process.
• Monitored actual production compared to planned production periodically and effectively communicated with the cross-functional teams to identify and address production concerns ensuring timely delivery of planned production.
• Facilitated the seamless implementation and transition to new paint formulations for the New Product SKUs at manufacturing plants throughout India.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Consistently surpassed the 95% production requirement for priority SKUs during the fortnightly production cycles.
• Improved production delivery of critical SKUs at north-based contract locations from 70% to 90% by recognizing the bottlenecks and optimizing production processes.
• Executed a four-month reprocessing project, transforming 75KL of rejected finished goods into 250KL of marketable paint.
• Developed an Excel spreadsheet that streamlined manual intermediate transfers, leading to a 100% elimination of manufacturing shortfalls caused by unavailable intermediates.
• Consistently recognized with outstanding feedback in annual performance appraisals, earning the organization's second-highest appraisal ranking for 3 consecutive years.