Bhushan Navale

Demand Management "Demand planning + Supply planning" END to END SCM and Inventory Management , Demand management , Supply Management, Logistics Management, Warehouse Management.

• Creating and deploying supply strategies to achieve healthy inventory levels in Global Distribution Center and Part Distribution Center respectively based on part failure rate and part interchangeability • Improving Customer Service Satisfaction by reducing the line down time by maintaining 2 Week of Supply On hand at the Part Distribution Centers based on historic consumption, reliability of part and various other factors • Developing material planning dashboards and smart sheets to monitor supply parameters which reflect supply chain capabilities and bring visibility to part supply constraints • Coordinating supplier ramp up - ramp down activities to manage New Product Introduction while assuring continuous supply of End of Life parts • Optimization of active part for Service from a total revisions and setting up supersession routing to capture the unseen consumption between the intermediate revision levels and thus improving the forecast accuracy. • Building and maintaining operational partnerships with suppliers and Bajaj / Mahindra JAWA / Varroc Service Centers to resolve field challenges, simultaneously initiating programs like Direct Ship from Supplier to Service Center for high volume parts to minimize Part Movement and save logistics cost. • Anticipated and Optimized the balance of inventory across supply chain network in line with the demand forecast, component lead time, target customer service level and safety stock level • Identified and reduced 19% E&O inventory by substituting, reworking, scrapping, delisting and selling back to vendors and/or other manufacturing facilities. • Achieved 23% inventory reduction by optimizing the Component Stocking Strategy for purchasing department, framing logistics agreements with vendors to reduce component lead time, releasing blanket orders for local vendors to reduce on-hand inventory and ensuring right quantity of back flushing against BOM to avoid errors in buying.