Parth Barai

Experience

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  Nature Foods

  Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  Intern

  • Create and Execute daily production plans.• Work with suppliers to ensure uninterrupted raw material supplies.• Work on activities related to new customer acquisition.

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  Flex

  Feb 2018 - Mar 2022

  Specialist (Materials Planning & Inventory Management)

  Demand Management :Consolidation of new demand received from Site PM / Customer, through EDI / Excel.Normalize the demand from monthly to weekly buckets & roll over the backlog & Load the new demand in the ERP system.Waterfall and Forecast vs Forecast Analysis to identify the Demand changes happening to a Raw Material part or FG Part.Prepare S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning), to analyze the feasibility and highlight the risks involved concerning to demand changes.Prepare and analyze Load vs Commit data.Create Customer Handshake Package to report and discuss on key KPIs such as Shortage, CTB, E&O & PO Signals.Inventory Management :E and O Report – To identify the excess and obsolete for Mexico region and analyze the liability of E&O (Customer / Flex).Inventory Redistribution Program - To mitigate shortages & Excess through intercompany Raw Material sales.Material Transfer Request - To update the MTRs raised on Customer Portal to rebalance the E&O in Mexico region with shareable quantity and physical details required to place PO.To prepare and publish reports such as Inventory on hand, DOS blocking, SMI pulls, open replenishment, ROP, safety stock, ITO & ABC analysis to manage the inventory levels as per global guidelinesOrder management – To create sales order, UPL, Load, and REQUI to avail sales of raw material, create and release production order/work order to avail production of finished goods.Excess Approval - To analyze the E&O impact caused due to new PO placement and give approvals to go ahead with the PO placementClaim analysis – to analyze past demand Vs PO placement and identify customer or flex liability and open claims towards the customer.Material Management :Validate MRP & Approve the execution of Purchase Orders, PO signals & production orders.·Generate shortage report to check the critical part impacting Production and conduct daily Cascade calls with buyers & suppliers to cover the gaps.Improve & commit CTB Show less

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  Capgemini

  Mar 2022 - now

  Process Lead (OPEX - TECH LEAD KNX)

  Kinaxis Consulting ->Conduct comprehensive requirements analysis, identifying business needs and gaps for Kinaxis adoption and implementation. Facilitate solution workshops, offering strategic guidance on system capabilities and translating business requisites into technical concepts.Engage with global delivery organization, collaborating with diverse stakeholders to present cases of business centric functionality enhancement in Kinaxis.Conducted in-depth comparative analysis across various countries to identify best practices to drive Kinaxis adoption in assigned markets Establishing Integrated end-to-end process governance framework and its documentation , enhancing existing structures and protocols to drive Kinaxis adoptionPerformed comprehensive fit-to-gap analysis in technology and introduced a new phase to address identified gapsPerform UAT for all the new functionalities rolled out in Kinaxis for assigned market.Conduct User training for end users to explain the new functionalities rolled out for their respective functionsCollaborate on weekly calls with Demand, Response, Supply, Execution, DRP, Export and Inventory team to address there queries regarding Kinaxis usage. (ex, setting up run strategy, Group planning, Secondary constraint, EBP, MEIO and 3P constraints etc.)Drive MD Scores, NTPP and NTPPC KPI metrics used to gauge Kinaxis adoption at market level and conduct analysis and troubleshooting for metric drops.Innovation Planning - Work with cross-functional team as a network orchestrator, Build and maintain innovation timeline with inputs from broader project team ensuring all innovations projects land on time in full within the markets Perform Volume Projection/Forecast and Ensure master data completeness for innovation projects. Plan and execute the transition between SKUs the consumption / run-down of inventory of raw, pack and finished goods code that will be de-listed and collaborate with Portfolio, Innovations to minimize BW. Show less