Professional Supply Chain expert with over 20 years of experience, currently learning the field of therapeutic massage.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Supply Chain Manager
Decathlon
10.2020 - 12.2023
Direct, coordinate, inspire, and manage the supply chain planner teams
Procurement (manage relationship with Production vendor field) on behalf of DECATHLON Filiale
Demand Planner & Forecasting : gather the clients' needs and ensure the right level of products availability.
Stock management : Make economic analysis and business plan to ensure long term profitably by optimizing availability and stock lifetime
Ensure appropriate stock levels to hit sales and end of year goals
Communicate monthly KPI (Turnover growth, product availability, stock lifetime) to its clients (Arabic Peninsula, African countries ..)
Define, arbitrate and animate supply targets, including sustainable ones, for the clients and implement actions to reach clients profitability
Coordinate the supply network to give visibility : offer/ sport/ process/ logistics/ retail or sport/ purchase/ production countries/ suppliers
Collaborate with IT to identify issues and implement solutions
Participate to the Supply Chain budget drawing
Settle bottlenecks within the Supply Chain; propose and create solutions to ease the business development.
Build human structure and consistent with sports projects and economic objectives
Train and manage supply processes, make apply good supply gestures and animate value created
Contribute as an executive member of the Management Team
Associate Manager, Supply Chain
Aspen Global Inc.
04.2010 - 08.2020
Managing a turnover of over Eur 5 M during COVID crisis by diverting anaesthetics pre-filled syringes to European markets for patients in critical state
Increased Supplier performance from 72% to 88%, YTD
Listened to Customer feedback and improved Customer satisfaction rate from 84% to 96%
On going management of allocation plans of medically critical products to ensure that over 20 priority markets do not go out of stock
Focusing on continuous improvement and bring efficiency in processes e.g
Order book process
Actively contributing to overall Business costs savings initiatives by closely monitoring inventory levels in market, reviewing frequency of orders and mode of transports
Constantly maintaining strong professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders through effective communication
Leading with excellent management skills and built a strong and reliable team of 4, by mentoring and instilling ownership with team members
Senior Supply Chain Planner
Aspen Global Inc.
07.2013 - 06.2015
Provided a 24-month rolling forecast with 80% accuracy for Aspen’s budgeting process
Did monthly forecast reviews with sales and marketing by looking at sales history
Updated sales history to correct statistical forecast and review using moving average forecasting method
Conducted a gap analysis of sales and demand performance vs
Budget and advise marketing
Prepared presentations and reports for monthly S&OP meetings to highlight supply and forecast efficiencies, supply risks and quarterly forecast and budget reviews
Collaborated with Sites to confirm supply plans and communicated with markets on any supply risks and or opportunities
Coached 2 Junior team members and helped in their career growth
Supply Chain Planner
Aspen Global Inc.
04.2010 - 06.2013
Managed the end to end activities of orders from the launch to delivery in markets
Involved in components order placements and closely followed up until invoices are paid
Improved Customer relationships by getting to know the Customer requirements
Reduced the inventory sitting at Site by 30% by diligently following up on aging inventory
Designed new workflows and processes, exception dashboards
Managed to exceed target FY budget by 8%
Production Leader/Local Key Account Manager
Decathlon
07.2003 - 03.2010
Worked in close collaboration with Buyers at Decathlon head office to understand the sourcing needs of the Business and increased my portfolio's turnover by proposing new value jersey and woven products from Mauritius and Madagascar
Succeeded in keeping a fair share of basic products for several seasons by conducting price negotiations and finding ways together with Suppliers to reduce cost of the product and gain market shares
Maintained a high level of confidence with head office buyers in the product quality by driving quality standards with the Suppliers and ensuring the product specifications are being met at each stage from product development to completion of mass production
Was actively involved in the sourcing of new fabrics, components, printing techniques in line with product innovations
Maintained a compliant panel of Suppliers according to Decathlon standards, by performing regular quality and social audits based on an agreed audit schedule
Education
Certificate - Face Massage Therapy
JAROUSSE ACADEMY
SPAIN
10-2024
Certificate - Body Detox Massage
JARROUSSE ACADEMY
FRANCE
Certificate - JAM Fitness/Yoga Sternal Yang
JAROUSSE ACADEMY
SPAIN
10-2024
Certificate - Certified In Production And Inventory Management
APICS
South Africa
07-2020
BSc (Hons) - Textile Technology, Engineering
University of Mauritius
Reduit, MRU
05.2003
British Computer Society Diploma -
Chartered Institute for IT
City of London
06.2002
Cambridge Higher School Certificate - Core subjects: Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics
Queen Elizabeth College
12.1997
Skills
Inspirational leadership
Effective Communication
Emotional Intelligence
Critical, Strategic thinking and ethical problem solving
Customer-centric approach
Compliance awareness
Budgeting and Forecasting
Recruitment and Training (in house)
Integrity and accountability
Languages
English, French
First Language
Hindi
Intermediate
B1
Hobbies and Interests
HIT
Horse racing
Yoga Sternal Yang
Long distance swimming
Nature walks
Travelling
Timeline
Supply Chain Manager
Decathlon
10.2020 - 12.2023
Senior Supply Chain Planner
Aspen Global Inc.
07.2013 - 06.2015
Associate Manager, Supply Chain
Aspen Global Inc.
04.2010 - 08.2020
Supply Chain Planner
Aspen Global Inc.
04.2010 - 06.2013
Production Leader/Local Key Account Manager
Decathlon
07.2003 - 03.2010
Certificate - Face Massage Therapy
JAROUSSE ACADEMY
Certificate - Body Detox Massage
JARROUSSE ACADEMY
Certificate - JAM Fitness/Yoga Sternal Yang
JAROUSSE ACADEMY
Certificate - Certified In Production And Inventory Management
APICS
BSc (Hons) - Textile Technology, Engineering
University of Mauritius
British Computer Society Diploma -
Chartered Institute for IT
Cambridge Higher School Certificate - Core subjects: Physics, Computer Science and Mathematics