Harish Krishnan

Experience

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  IBM

  May 2006 - Apr 2007

  Associate Engineer/SAS Developer

  Advanced analytics graduate. Worked on forecasting and inventory replenishment for a market leading North American telecom conglomerate.

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  Bosch

  May 2009 - Oct 2012

  Analytics Manager

  Supply Chain optimization,planning and project management. Executed data intensive optimization projects with quantifiable results. Major projects handled1) Bosch India Automative Aftermarket supply chain optimization2) Oil products DIFOTIS improvement project Results: Transportation cost of the oil products was brought down from INR 4.2/ltr to INR 2.5/ltr resulting in a recurring saving of NZD 470,000 (INR 16 Million) per annum, with 3% improvement in DIFOTIS and 2 days reduction in inventory Show less

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  Beijer Ref

  Oct 2012 - Sept 2013

  Analytics Manager

  Beijer Ref is a Swedish technology-oriented trading Group, operating in refrigeration, air conditioning and climate control. • Introduced predictive planning • Built models that uses massive amount of information of transactions from previous years to predict stock outs • Helped achieve better service level

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  Mitre 10 (New Zealand) Limited

  Sept 2013 - Apr 2022

  Merchandise Manager - Pricing, Promotions, and Commercial Insights

  Led the merchandise services team and was responsible for retail pricing, promotions, merchandise planning, business insights, commercial analytics and value creation projects. Also was the transformation lead for Plan-to-Deliver and Procure-to-Pay workstreams for the SAP implementation project. Led other strategic initiatives such as understanding, reporting and analyzing market share for insights, voice of customer, etc

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  KPMG New Zealand

  Apr 2022 - Nov 2024

  In this role, I used my commercial and analytical skills to solve customer problems. I led the Pricing offering for KPMG . I also led portfolio diversification, ranging and digital strategy adoption projects contributing to the EBITDA ($50 Mn+ in the biggest project) growth of some of NZ's iconic private sector organizations.Sectors - Financial Services, Agri retailing, pharmacies & health retailing, Home Improvement KPMG New Zealand are committed to fueling New Zealand's prosperity for the shared wealth and lasting wellbeing for all New Zealanders.As a member of the advisory group, I focused on using data, analytics and associated digital technologies to solve organizational problems of some of New Zealand's most prestigious public and private sector companies.

  • Director

    Mar 2023 - Nov 2024

  • Associate Director

    Apr 2022 - Mar 2023
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  Spark New Zealand

  Nov 2024 - now

  Lead - Commercial Optimisation