Kinaxsis RR, BY, Coupa
Abhisek Goswami
Supply Chain Transformations Using SAAS, Data And Analytics
Amsterdam
Summary
17 yrs. experience in Industry (8Yrs.) and Technology Consulting (9Yrs.) spans various sectors such as Renewable Energy, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, and Pharmaceuticals across different countries like Nordic Europe, Benelux, USA and Japan. Delivered several global projects in supply chain planning solution implementation, product cost management, procurement and building supply chain analytics products across varieties of discrete manufacturing (for example – Automotive, Pharma, Industrial Equipment, Wind Energy, CPG, Packaging) and retail business. Have been living in Europe (esp. Nordic Europe and Netherlands) since last 10 years and quite comfortable in working with clients and team from various cultural backgrounds. Fluent in English and have always excelled in building positive relationship with clients, stakeholders; Also due to rich professional experiences, have excelled in bridging the gap between executive leadership and operational teams through engaging communication and achieve organizational objectives. A visionary leader, with strategic mindset and a creative solution specialist have led the team with empathetic and result oriented mindset. Always find excitement to grow, scale and mature a practice with lean team in a fastmoving technology environment. In my current role, I lead growth of supply chain consulting (esp. supply chain planning) in Northern Europe Region, including RFP support, Deal Shaping, joint go to market planning with SAAS partners , engaging with clients for initial solution blueprinting etc.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
12
12
Years of post MBA in Operations
Work History
Associate Director
Cognizant
5 2022 - 05.2024
- Leading supply chain planning consulting solution design for BENELUX customers. Led new customer acquisitions in High Tech , Food Processing, Constructions Material sectors in BENELUX region.
- Doubled size of supply chain product and data consulting team to support growing technology driven consulting and solution assignments within 2 yrs.
- Mentored junior members and providing guidance on professional and career paths selections; Encouraging team to build outcome based (ROI) solution deployment assets
- Formulated and implemented as distributed supply chain knowledge network for Nordic and Western Europe markets by connecting various product, platform, AI/Analytics and industry specialists to formulate suitable strategy, effective solution building and go-to-market strategy
- Implemented data intensive supply chain planning solutions (for example- Kinaxis RR) among clients. Few assignments are mentioned in following.
- Project 1: Building demand and supply planning solution for leading EU beverage bottling company. The anticipated benefits post-implementation includes a 5% reduction in finished product inventory, a 50% decrease in penalties, and an 80% mitigation of obsolescence risks in packaging , storing and retailing 3Bn Lit. of juices and drinks in a highly seasonal products with 40% product refresh in every year among 8BU across Europe.
- The projected ROI for this investment is expected within a 3-year timeframe transitioning from MS-Excel to APS and integrating various statistical models
- Solution includes business case design, product fitment, solution roadmap, business processes design (demand, supply, inventory planning, S&OP, S&OE), system architecture and data management including target operating model design.
- Project 2: Designing supply chain analytics data enrichment strategy, data governance for building a data hub in global healthcare client enabling self-service analytics & ML etc. roadmap. This roadmap is complex task considering 60% of COGS from contract manufacturing, 30 global 3PL, 10K global distributions.
- Solution: Provided consulting expertise to define data strategy, data liquidity, outlined a data maturity roadmap, Target operating model for data refresh supporting needs of downstream BI/ Forecasting / ML use cases. helped to converge non aligned data project streams, saving IT cost of 2Mn. euro
Senior Manager
Tredence Analytics
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Presales Leader – Supply Chain Analytics for North America region retail clients
- Integrating Machine Learning for Complex Optimization: Implementing machine learning solutions to address intricate optimization challenges across the procurement, warehousing, distribution, and fulfillment segments of the value chain
- Being a member of the extended leadership team, driving growth in the Retail Supply Chain Analytics practice through presales activities, overseeing solution design, ensuring quality, and fostering team collaboration with delivery teams such as data engineering and data science.
- Converted proposals - Revenue USD 100K truck load optimization (Pilot project) for Sams Club (USA) , USD 120K demand forecasting, procurement analytics for Pizza Hut (global), USD 60K Return logistics performance analytics for Walmart, USD 20K Commodity Price forecasting for Tata Tea
Cost Management and Supply Chain Analytics Leader
MHI Vestas Offshore and Vestas
12.2018 - 01.2022
- Joined in MHI Vestas Offshore Wind from Dec 2018 to Feb 2021.This company was bought back by parent Vestas on March 2021
- Setting up a cost analytics function for the global supply chain in Offshore Wind Energy business
- Built best in class supply chain and product cost analytics & visualization function with a small & young team within 2 yrs.
- Leveraged predictive analytics to address a critical Gross Margin Trend and Forecasting for Offshore Wind Projects which requires 4 years of forecasting ability
- Developed a comprehensive Tower cost risk forecasting model, suitable for Offshore projects with Model accuracy of 80-90% considering price fluctuations of steel
- This Solution helped BD/ Sales /Finance/ Procurement team to identify improvement initiatives for Offshore wind projects.
Manager Consulting
Cognizant
03.2016 - 11.2018
- Managing account growth, consulting P&L, Team Management, Grooming team members (7 senior consultants)
- Driving APAC / Nordic market industrial equipment consulting sales growth, Large deal solution support.
- Managed a team of 60 people to drive transformation RFP of size of 100Mn USD
- Functional Solution Architect, Business Consulting Leader for End to end implementation – Discover- Define- Design & implementation for Global Demand & Supply Planning Automation Project in LEGO in Blue Yonder (ESP, Demand Planning, Scheduling) -Lead Business Process Transformation Consultant and Supply Planning Data Strategy Lead, focusing on functional solution architecture design, data integration framework, Agile storyboarding, and deployment for LEGO's global markets, covering 5 plants, 4 RDCs, and all LDCs
- This project not only achieved significant mindshare but also enhanced Cognizant's brand image at LEGO through high-quality, timely delivery
- The project resulted in improving demand response agility from 3 months to 1 month Also, non-moving inventory stock coverage reduced from 6 months to 2 months, with a team size of 30 members
Manager, Regional Automotive Strategy Development
Schaeffler AG
11.2014 - 02.2016
- Member of CEO’s office, visioning and driving automotive business , across 4 BU. Working closely with BU leads to build growth strategy, key account growth planning, market entry strategy of global product lines.
- Crafted growth plan for Powertrain (Engine) and Automobile Chassis Product lines worth of INR 800 Mn. Planning a set of projects to improve market share by 50%, profitability improvement by 15 basis point , localization planning of 8 product lines considering emerging market trends (EV, Automated Transmission, Vehicle stability & safety)
- Conducted detailed market survey and opportunity analysis after sales service markets, and identified 200% annual revenue growth opportunities of Schaeffler branded products
Assistant Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
03.2012 - 10.2014
- Led a product cost consulting engagement for Rolls Royce in Norway (2012-2013) within the marine engine business, contributing to the creation of a downstream cost engineering IT solutions development project valued at 4 million Euros. which Cost Engineering Software products, VA/VE, Product classification support services etc.
- Lead functional solution architect for a 14Mn USD global product cost engineering and supply chain cost monitoring and optimization solutions. Its very complex customized solution interacting several data bases, PLM , ERP, CRM, Global logistics etc. and building a Product and Service lifecycle cost visualization for General Motors global markets.
Engineer and Project Leader
Automotive Industries At Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors
07.2005 - 02.2011
- Initial few years of professional career, starting from graduate engineer trainee, innovating new manufacturing process, shop floor automations with robot integrations, new automobile project development, technology localization , strategic sourcing, costing and supply chain planning. I lead 6 members of powertrain buyers team, managing 40 + suppliers responsible for 35% of vehicle cost.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Analytics - Data Science, Machine Learning
08.2018 - 05.2019
- 4 out of 5 GPA
MBA (Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing) - Operations Management
03.2011 - 05.2012
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering - undefined
04.2001 - 05.2005
Skills
8 Yrs - Team Leadership, Organizational Development
undefinedRecognitions Achievements Leadership Style
- Delivered 240 hrs. of business workshop in 3 weeks with various stakeholders among 8 countries, with different cultural backgrounds to build business driven solution foundations for a Kinaxis RR project. High level engagement of stakeholders helped in positive buy in and approval of an 8Mn. Euro project.
- As a global delivery director, executed supply chain data and analytics application and system readiness for Day 0, Day 1 for 40Bn Euro business separation project in Switzerland based Pharma with 70 team members, 7 project tracks without any delays in time and scope.
- Multiple Client and internal stakeholder appreciations, Trusted Partner and Stakeholder Management, reference: various recommendation in LinkedIn
Client Experiences
Worked as external consultant
- Industrial Equipment & Solution Providers (ABB, Mitsubishi, JCI, SKF, Rolls Royce, TetraPak, Sterlite Group, ETEX) ~ 6 yrs.
- Retail Toys (LEGO) ~ 1.5 yr.
- Pharma (Novartis, GSK/ Haleon, Sanofi) ~ 2 Yr.
- CPG ,Food Packaging (Refresco) ~ 0.5 yr.
Software
SAP- MM,PP,MDM
Python- Pandas, SCIKIT Learn
MS- PPT, MS-Excel, Visio
Power BI
Miro Board
Prompt Engineering- GPT4, Gemini, Copilot
SQL, LPOPT, Gurobi
Interests
Tennis, Kayaking, Knowing new Technologies - AI, GEN AI etc
Timeline
Senior Manager - Tredence Analytics
02.2022 - 05.2022
Cost Management and Supply Chain Analytics Leader - MHI Vestas Offshore and Vestas
12.2018 - 01.2022
IIIT- International Institute of Information Technology - Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science and Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning
08.2018 - 05.2019
Manager Consulting - Cognizant
03.2016 - 11.2018
Manager, Regional Automotive Strategy Development - Schaeffler AG
11.2014 - 02.2016
Assistant Consultant - Tata Consultancy Services
03.2012 - 10.2014
IIM Calcutta – Indian Institute of Management - MBA (Visionary Leadership in Manufacturing), Operations Management
03.2011 - 05.2012
Engineer and Project Leader - Automotive Industries At Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors
07.2005 - 02.2011
NIT Warangal, National Institute of Technology - Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering,
04.2001 - 05.2005
Associate Director - Cognizant
5 2022 - 05.2024
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