Roshan Dissanayake

• Develop and maintain monthly statistical and collaborative forecasts across a diverse products using STOCKIQ/Netstock. • Collaborate with the Category management and marketing team to understand future foreseeable promotional plans as part of demand forecast planning to project accurate figures. • Precise stock allocation and demand forecasting across multiple warehouses, streamlining inbound transportation and reducing logistical complexity. • Partner with Finance, and Category Managers to align and manage Open-to-Buy budgets. • Represent planning in NPD process, ensuring seamless product launches and lifecycle transitions. • Monitor and optimise stock health, addressing stockouts and aged inventory via audit and demand revision. • Analyse category/SKU performance, providing actionable insights to improve product mix and profitability. • Drive DIFOT improvements and cost efficiencies by analysing warehousing, logistics, and 3PL metrics. • Ensuring timely import of products and stock management, to ensure an exceptional customer experience • Understanding and minimising logistics and warehousing costs by effectively analysing net profit margins 3PL costs and by optimizing stock turns. • Regular demand analysis and audit to avoid potential stock outs and aged stock, taking corrective action where necessary

• Maintain optimal stock levels across diverse formats to guarantee timely fulfillment of customer orders. • Accurately forecast, place, and expedite purchase orders with manufacturing and external suppliers. • Evaluating and identifying potential risks associated with future demand variability across product categories, including both bulk materials and finished goods. • Led root cause analysis of DIFOT issues and maintained >96% service levels. • Supported S&OP meetings and maintained accurate inventory parameters for local production. • Oversaw procurement and vendor management, ensuring material readiness for NPD and forecast shifts. • Enhanced planning accuracy and policy alignment through regular deferral and replenishment reviews. • Weekly deferral review to identify out of the policy portfolios and propose action plan. • Identifying and implementing value creation and cost avoidance opportunities • Develop and maintain strong relationships with vendors and supplier and oversee procurement for the business unit. • Identify continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiencies and improve profitability

• Led 12-month rolling forecast process, integrating marketing intelligence and sales team input. • Lead S&OP process to have cross departmental collaboration, ensuring consensus and forecast accountability across departments. • Develop and manage forecasts, identify supply variances, and align plans with supplier capacity and lead times. • Oversee PO processes from initiation to supplier confirmation, ensuring accuracy, timeline adherence, and risk management. • Collaborate with production to optimise supplier performance, lead time analysis, and MOQ strategies. • Proactively assist in driving efficiencies in forecasting and replenishment. • Drive inventory strategy to meet KPIs, mitigate risks, and manage stock positions across the product lifecycle • Active participant in improvements and streamline operations team processes and maximise efficiencies at our Factories. • Assist in the ongoing development and maintenance of demand planning processes and systems to improve forecasting accuracy • Provide information on trends and changes to aid Sales managers. • Highlight key areas of concerns that may affect sales management. • Data cleanse and maintenance for improved data integrity

• Own end-to-end coordination of production timelines and supplier communication • Work closely with the key stakeholders including demand planning, D&D, R&D and sales teams • Supply and order management with offshore manufacturing plants • Monitor production progress and quickly resolve delays or issues as they arise • Supply planning and raw material inventory management • Identifying key capabilities of suppliers and negotiation on demand • Representing the company to the suppliers and third-party quality control teams for quality and price negotiation

• Planning and scheduling the production daily/weekly for the optimum output (ERP – Fast React) • Calculating manufacturing ladders and hours • Weekly meeting with the production teams for further discussions • Liaise with merchandisers to calculating raw material requirements and the dates for the supply against the production plan • Monthly budget planning meeting to discuss the achievement, budget and to load the new customer orders to the ERP system • Meeting customer order deadlines and KPI’s Highlighted Achievement – During my time at MAS Holdings I was proud to attain a 100% achievement record of my KPI’s. This involved successful performance in as of quality, accuracy, KAIZAN and delivery.

• Optimizing and planning the future layouts of new buildings (Sewing building and Cafeteria) • Waste/space and time management of existing manufacturing process • Implementing lean and 5S maintaining process • Introducing lean concepts to new employees (including basic lessons) • Weekly presenting the improvements and major ideas to the management. Highlighted Achievement – Upon completion of the traineeship I was offered a full time position at MAS Active after I finished my degree.

This degree has a strong focus on optimisation of data using mathematical modeling. I developed a strong understanding of analysing statistics, sampling techniques, inventory management, risk assessment. Quality control/assurance and product defect analysis. Additionally, I completed a 2 year major in computer science with a focus on Java, C++ and Macro.