Ram Shankar Choppalli

Ram shankar choppalli

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location of Ram Shankar ChoppalliBengaluru, Karnataka, India
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  • Timeline

    Aug 2009 - Jan 2011

    Site Engineer (Inventory)

    Navayuga Group
    Feb 2011 - Apr 2011

    Business Analyst

    Mu Sigma Inc.
    Apr 2011 - Feb 2018

    Service Delivery Lead

    Chainalytics
    Bangalore
    Feb 2018 - Nov 2019

    Supply Chain Consultant

    Thoucentric
    Nov 2019 - May 2022

    Associate Director

    Locus
    Current Company
    May 2022 - now

    Senior Supply Chain Specialist

    Flipkart
  • Skills

    Sql
    Data analysis
    Supply chain optimization
    Statistical modeling
    Team management
    People management
    Operations research
    Leadership
    Analytics
    Logistics
    Spss
    Supply chain consulting
    Business analytics
    Supply chain management
    Access
    Microsoft excel
    Data mining
    R
    Process improvement
    Project management
    Logistics management
    Supply chain
    Recruiting
    Business process improvement
    Benchmarking
    Operations management
    Business analysis
    Management consulting
    Tableau
    Microsoft access
    Consulting
  • About me

    Currently working with clients in recommending strategic supply chain decisions using various machine/deep learning techniques. In the past I have extensively worked validating, modelling and delivering various data driven projects in supply chain, helping clients realise value and savings potential. Majority of my work involved in delivering value for logistics arms across North America and Europe for various industries and 3PL's. Software Expertise: JDA Transportation Manager system, IBM SPSS, Microsoft Excel, Access, SQL sever,Tableau, Power BI, IBM Cognos

  • Education

    • Jawaharlal nehru technological university

      2005 - 2009
      Bachelor of technology (btech) mechanical engineering
  • Experience

    • Navayuga group

      Aug 2009 - Jan 2011
      Site engineer (inventory)

      Have been part of inventory team which was part of Equipment and Control Department dealing with intra-site movements, forecasting of construction equipment required by the sites across the country and their maintenance.

    • Mu sigma inc.

      Feb 2011 - Apr 2011
      Business analyst
    • Chainalytics

      Apr 2011 - Feb 2018

      Freight Market Intelligence Consortium (FMIC) at CHAINalytics LLC provides extensive benchmarking services to various shippers (Fortune 500 companies), 3PL providers.As a delivery lead • Built timelines, schedules for delivery • Creating testing schedules preparing data and testing • Postproduction support including issue handling • Led a team of 10+ in delivering end to end supply chain analytics-based solutions and services • Transportation Benchmarking: 25 – 100 shippers and 3PL’s across their FTL, LTL needs amounting to a cumulative spend of 20B across multiple geographies having delivery frequencies of monthly, quarterly, and semi annual • Working across geographies meant effective communication with counterparts and diverse teams as a sole point of contact• Recruiting, training & mentoring of new employees within the organization and team • Training includes tools, business understanding and the math• 98% of projects handled were delivered on time Show less • Lead all the communication effectively with multiple clients/onsite personnel right from discussing project requirements to final delivery• Experience in working with global delivery models and geographically diverse teams• Developed an econometric model for North American and European landscapes from scratch and scaled it up that includes • Estimation, • Requirement analysis, • High level & detailed design • Statistical modeling and project/model delivery • Multivariate regression, clustering • Analyze, conceptualized, created, and delivered various insight driven reports using excel, Tableau, Power BI• Automated and improved delivery cycles by implementing tools like • VBA for excel report generation • Alteryx for data handling and validation Show less

      • Service Delivery Lead

        Feb 2015 - Feb 2018
      • Senior Logistics Analyst

        Apr 2013 - Apr 2015
      • Logistics Analyst

        Apr 2011 - Apr 2013
    • Thoucentric

      Feb 2018 - Nov 2019
      Supply chain consultant

      • Drove and project managed various supply chain digital transformation initiatives for a FMCG major• Initiatives include • Dashboards for high transparency and visibility of their primary/secondary transportation• Operations which would enhance the • operational productivity • optimize travel distances • supervise seamless integration between various products and platform (SAP)• Implementation of AGILE method of project management initiating the usage of JIRA/confluence for development and issue tracking from the waterfall method and excel tools• Tested and built API’s for integrating BY-TMS with external systems for a 3PL based out of Australia • E-POD’s • Load and shipments consolidation • Events• Developed reports to suit customer needs on BY-TMS in IBM- COGNOS • Prepared various documents required by the client for UAT and change management • Technical design document • Interface design documents • SIT scripts and Spec sheets Show less

    • Locus

      Nov 2019 - May 2022
      Associate director

      • Designed and optimized supply chain networks across various industry verticals (FMCG, FMCD) leading to a savings of 8-15% across projects• Conducted workshops to understand business, challenges acquire business data, information• Model client's supply chain, their processes and identify new business opportunities• Headed meetings with executives, steering committees and presented results, insights• As a part of revenue team my role involved charting GTM strategy • Marketing: content building for outbound reach-outs • Lead & pipeline generation • Thought leadership articles • Internal strategy for the company during COVID-19 • Pitched consulting services to existing and potential clients accounting to ARR of USD 150K and 100K of one-time revenue across my tenure• Provide cross functional analytics insights and propose ways to improve their transportation and last mile operations for consulting supply chain projects with cumulative savings of $USD 50-70K• Worked on high impact location intelligence projects for opening of dark stores, DC’s for improved serviceability • Advisor for the new product that helps in strategic supply chain decisions built by our company• Collaborated with Product Manager’s to • Build ‘Road Map’ and prioritize features, stories • Transition product from base to MVP and then scale up • Idea and conceptualisation of features: • What-if scenario simulator • Digital twin • Design the dashboard for KPI’s required• Worked closely with data scientists aiding and guiding them in understanding the supply chain concepts to achieve desired outputs Show less

    • Flipkart

      May 2022 - now
      Senior supply chain specialist

      High-Impact Network Strategist: Led network design initiatives across Flipkart's diverse lines of business ensuring efficient and scalable fulfilment.First & Last Mile Optimisation: Designed and implemented first-and-last mile networks, prioritizing speed preservation or improvement for customer satisfaction.Fleet Optimization: Optimized fleet utilization across Flipkart Group, driving cost savings and operational efficiency.Cross-LOB Asset Synergy: Streamlined asset utilization across Myntra, Non-Large, Large, and Jeevs, maximizing resource deployment and network effectiveness. Show less

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