suraj vissa

o Mapped out steps being followed in Demand Planning across Lines of Business (LoBs') o Identified process variations between LoBs' and called out process improvements o Created light-weight tool for forecast pre-processing to segment demand signal based on forecastability and revenue criteria to help channel demand planner effort more effectively.

o Manage demand planning process for $120M/year market segment. Interact with Sales, Product/Marketing and Finance teams to fix consensus demand plan aligned to customer needs, annual operating plan and revenue targets. o Provide FP&A analytics support to demand planners to help manage $240M/year Line-of-Business. o Actively engage with internal customers in continuous improvement projects for HW supply chain modernization,e.g., best practices for S&OP/S&OE, master data management, reporting/visualization tools, statistical forecasting

Worked for fully-owned subsidiary, Stellium India Private Limited in Bangalore) o Built enhancements to improve master data validation, automatic model selection, seasonal time series outlier correction, demand profile creation and Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process orchestration in Lighthouse™ Supply Chain Planning (SCP). o Performed extensive functional testing of demand planning, supply planning and reporting/dashboard modules. o Created extensive use-cases and training documentation to cover different aspects of tool functionality. o Developed standard dashboard templates for clients to monitor forecasting and inventory metrics such as bias, tracking signal, Mean Absolute Percent Error (MAPE), Forecast Value Added (FVA), days of cover, inventory age, stock utilization. o Created SQL scripts to run demand segmentation analysis based on dollar value, demand intermittency and volatility. o Developed use cases in product demos for prospects across industry verticals.

Worked for fully-owned subsidiary, Stellium Consulting India Private Limited in Bangalore) o Raised non-weighted offtake forecast accuracy at the category/national level (30% to 65% for Buses and 60% to 90% Trucks), and plant stock utilization from 28% to 60% for a major Indian heavy automobile manufacturer within 4 months o Analyzed data, baselined forecasting and inventory metrics and redesigned S&OP process. o Configured demand and supply planning modules of Lighthouse™ supply chain planning solution, based on redesigned S&OP process. o Managed product customizations for super-session workflow, consensus demand planning reports for marketing and sales teams. o Created comprehensive end-user documentation and performed client end-user training.

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