Shashank Tomar

Experience

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  Hawkins Cookers Limited

  May 2015 - Apr 2021

  Manager

  • Supply Planning and Optimization: Developed and implemented supply plans aligned with production schedules, optimizing inventory levels and minimizing stock-outs and excess inventory.• Supplier Relationship Management: Built strong supplier relationships, driving a 15% reduction in quality complaints through quality initiatives and ensuring timely delivery of raw materials to prevent production delays.• Demand Forecasting: Analyzed historical sales data to create accurate demand forecasts, improving inventory management and reducing excess stock by 10%.• Order Streamlining: Streamlined ordering by standardizing parts across products, rationalizing SKUs, and enhancing operational efficiency.• Material Flow Coordination: Collaborated with procurement, production, R&D and logistics teams to synchronize material flow, leveraging MRP/ERP systems to maintain accurate inventory levels, and trigger timely replenishments.• Performance Review and Risk Management: Led cross-functional meetings to review supply chain performance, identifying bottlenecks and developing contingency plans to mitigate risks and avoid production disruptions.• New Product Launch Planning: Collaborated with vendors, and cross-functional teams to ensure timely product launches, aligning supply planning with demand forecasts to prevent delays and inventory imbalances. Show less

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  Reliance Retail

  Mar 2022 - now

  Sr. Manager

  • Strategic Planning: Executed 5+ supply chain transformation projects (Inventory Allocation, Process Optimization, DC KPI improvement), developed business cases, proposition of CAPEX and P&L for projects.• Supply Chain Optimization (Solution Design): Led a team of four to design scalable solutions (designed25+ semi and fully-automated DCs), improving inventory flow, and reducing stock imbalances for the grocery (FMCG) division.• Cross-functional Collaboration: Led collaboration between operations, sales, and finance teams to reduce demand-supply variability.• Network Design: Optimized DC to store network of North & West region, thus improving DC utilization by 25% and reducing supply chain cost by 8%.• Manpower & Resource Planning: Steered manpower & resource planning for proposal of CAPEX for grocery DCs, designing solutions that align with business requirement. Show less