Binit Kumar Keshri

Experience

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  Accenture India

  Jun 2011 - May 2014

  Software Engineer

  Testing Strategist with a strong background in the Retail and Telecom domains. Developed comprehensive testing strategies for multiple projects, ensuring complete coverage of business requirements through precise and detailed test cases. Experienced in executing business functional validation, conducting quality checks, and performing root cause analysis to identify missing requirements and performance limitations, thereby enhancing overall project quality and effectiveness.

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  Trinamix

  Apr 2015 - May 2015

  Consultant Internship

  • Analysed end to end processes, challenges and best practices in the Retail Supply Chain. • Analysed the forecast accuracy of Demantra Forecasting Engine with the actual Sales for the client. • Analysed baseline forecast and mapped the effect of various promotions to check the promotional lift.Evaluated various forecasting models of Demantra and did a scenario analysis for their usage.

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  Trinamix

  Apr 2016 - Aug 2017

  Consultant, Value Chain Planning

  Driving digital transformation for one of the largest FMCG companies in the Middle East through the implementation of Oracle's Demantra Demand Planning tool. Successfully forecasted SKUs at various product levels for both short-term (3-month) and long-term (6-month) horizons, achieving an 18% improvement in forecast accuracy.Collaborated closely with Sales, Marketing, and Finance teams to generate and upload a consensus forecast, ensuring alignment across departments. Enhanced forecasting precision by mapping multiple causal factors to the forecasting engine and conducting thorough best-fit analysis of various forecasting models within Demantra. Skilled in leveraging advanced planning tools to optimize demand planning processes and drive business success. Show less

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  Western Digital

  Sept 2017 - Sept 2022

  Accomplished Global Product Planning & Operations Manager with extensive experience driving the execution of manufacturing operations strategy for Retail USB and Dual Drives. Successfully productized a diverse portfolio of USB/DD consumer products, encompassing approximately 20 configurations in the Blue and Ultra speed class, resulting in over 4000PB shipped and generating approximately $450 million in revenue.Led New Product Introduction (NPI) builds across two in-house captive sites and six contract manufacturing sites in China and Malaysia, effectively meeting engineering demand. Expertise in optimizing manufacturing build flow for USB/DD products by aligning multiple sites globally based on forecasted demand, site capacity, lead time, and market conditions.Proficient in developing project roadmaps, product qualification plans, and operations strategies to achieve scope, cost, timeline, and quality objectives while ensuring risk mitigation and cost optimization. Provided executive-level weekly program status updates on NPI operations to the Product Line Core Team and Product Development Team, ensuring transparency and alignment across all USB/DD product initiatives. Show less • Global Product Operations Manager responsible to drive execution of operations strategy and manufacturing related actions for Retail USB & Dual Drives through their NPI Life Cycle. • Spear-headed New Product Introduction builds at China and Malaysia at two in house Captive and six Contract Manufacturing sites for Product Qualification. Memory nodes Qualified includes BICS4 256/512, BICS4.5 256/512, BICS5 512. • Managed a wide portfolio of USB/DD products like Blue CZ50/CZ60/CZ33, Ultra CZ48/CZ73/CZ600/ CZ430/DD2/DD3/DDC3/DDC4. • Optimized Manufacturing Build Flow & enabled multiple sites across geographies based on product forecasted demand, sites capacity, lead time and current market conditions. Show less Inventory Management: • Spear-headed Company-wide Tracking and Optimizing Cycle Time for multiple product lines. • Driving Cycle Time within targets through KPIs such as SKU Build Ahead, WIP Build Ahead and Excess inventory. • Ensuring clearing off aging inventory and materializing revenue with materials which would be scrapped.• Driving actions with Site Owners to Rework Aging inventory into Retail products. Factory Operations: • Analysed Work Order Performance of 12 captive and contract manufacturing sites across geographies.• Driving Work Order Performance improvement initiatives by liaising with Factory Operations team.• Aligning the Lead time with actuals at WIP and SKU level across multiple sites. Show less

  • Manager3

    Jul 2022 - Sept 2022

  • Manager2

    Jul 2019 - Jul 2022

  • Supply Chain Specialist

    Sept 2017 - Jul 2019
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  Stryker

  Oct 2022 - now

  Associate Manager Demand Planning

  Associate Manager in the Demand Planning CoE team with a proven track record of generating accurate statistical forecasts across multiple levels and regions. Key contributor to improving forecasting accuracy by approximately 5% across various franchisees and markets. Expertise in driving forecast tuning strategies, including data segmentation, statistical model selection, and incorporating market trends and seasonality for robust demand planning. Skilled in aligning statistical forecasts with Integrated Business Planning (S&OP) processes, integrating marketing inputs and financial reconciliations. Leading the digital transformation of demand planning through the implementation of Demantra Cloud at Stryker, serving as a Business Process Expert. Successfully drove change management on a global scale by delivering live demos, training sessions, and proactive user support. Acted as a liaison between business and IT, facilitating business process mapping, managing enhancement requests, and overseeing user acceptance testing for cloud adoption. Show less