Sanjay Jayan

About Sanjay Jayan

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    Experience

    • 2019 - 2020
      Chef Middle East LLC

      Demand & Supply Planner

      Demand and Supply Planner for the entire Culinary and Dairy category of Chef Middle East portfolio Brands include - McCain, Lactalis, Forsan, Olmeda, Molini, Varlhona, Lutosa

    • 2019 - 2019
      Armada Distribution

      Demand Planner

      Demand Planner for the brands like Hersheys, Loacker, Evian, Volvic, Badoit, Divella, Pepperidge farm, Tim Tam, Good Times, Royal Dansk, Storck, Seeberger. Evian Brumisateur, Rauch, Brizeles. To manage the Inventory Stocks of Armada ensuring effective sourcing & buying at optimum cost, quality and availability to support efficient functioning of the Business. Manage import of goods, recover claims, and maintain relevant documentation. Coordinate with Business Managers, suppliers & 3PL to ensure effective and accurate forecasting, inventory and replenishment at all levels of actuals, forecast bias of YTD for shipments and inventory before SCM and propose action plans. Support management and control of the buying process with Commercial Director and Logistics team on all aspects of stock i.e., materials, storage and stock control to achieve profitable purchase, efficient stock turnover and minimum stock level required. Arrange to set and maintain agreed stock targets and re-order levels in conjunction with the business, ensuring that stocking policies result in a replenishment process that consistently delivers required product volumes on-time and in-full, within date sensitive tolerances the Demand Planning Process; (daily, weekly and monthly process). • Provide inputs in developing annual business plans, associated budgets and purchase strategies. Monitor performance and initiate corrective action where necessary to ensure operations are conducted within the agreed parameters and targets Ensure that continuous and timely feedback is given to the Directors on sales volumes and major deviations from plan and the impact to the Inventory Stocks as a whole. the exceptions to the SCM and facilitate the process of reaching consensus on the final forecast number. • Plan for demand forecast product master information and ensure registration of all products is performed, as required, by applicable regulatory authorities. Receive request for goods, obtain approval and send it to the suppliers, in order to import necessary goods from overseas / local suppliers

    • 2017 - 2019
      MH Alshaya

      Demand Supply & Production Planner

      Demand and Supply Planner handling a portfolio that includes (Starbucks, Subway, Cheesecake Factory, Tim Hortons, LPQ, Texas Roadhouse, Pizza Express, Potbelly..) • Analyse historical actual demand and filter out outliers (exceptions from the norm) to develop the base sales plan for the next 12 cycles and SBP horizon. • Review of actuals, forecast bias of YTD for shipments and inventory before SCM and propose action plans. • Identifying outliers based on historical trends and knowledge of the brands. • Facilitate the Demand Planning Process; (daily, weekly and monthly process). • Identifying and analysing exceptions to be discussed and raise the exceptions with the line manager and brand heads. • Presenting the exceptions to the SCM and facilitate the process of reaching consensus on the final forecast number. • Production scheduling and Forecasting (change of availability, risk of stock out, ...). Creating the BOM to withdraw the raw material for production. • Keeping the stock committee with Sales, Marketing and Finance team. • Work closely with production supervisor to shape the demand plan into a production plan scheduled on the lines. • Demonstrating and discussing production constraints within the S&OP cycle and creating an alignment with all stake holders.

    • 2015 - 2017
      Transmed

      Supply Chain Executive

      Demand and Supply Planner for numerous Global and Local brands like - Sysco IFG, Lactalis Dairy Products, Galbani, Bonduelle, Heinz, McCain, McCormick, Malongo, Unilever, Clear Water, Paramount, Pulper, Uhrenholt, Sannine Waters, Surgital, Eurovo. • Reviewing historical sales trends, research demand drivers, prepare forecast data, develop statistical forecast models and evaluate forecast results. Reviewing market shares, trend analysis, building blocks, Initiatives and launches. • Procurement management for multiple sources of shipments for above sup-pliers through sophisticated tools and approaches. Monthly order placements in line with lead-time and forecast projections for an average of 400 SKUs. • Closely monitoring SKU availability, ensuring 0% OOS, while maintaining optimum inventory as per contractual coverage with 110% availability. • Aligning and assessing service levels through various KPI’s, On-time delivery, daily offloading capacity, non- performing inventory measurement. • Measuring accuracy of sales plans through statistical forecasting and adjusting the shipment forecast accordingly, using root cause analysis for OOS analysis, monthly Demand Review Meetings with Brand Team and Suppliers. • Constantly in sync with the Brand Development Team to ensure accurate forecast of slow moving and low selling SKU’s, on a weekly and monthly basis, and working towards increasing the forecast accuracy.

    • 2014 - 2014
      E.ON Energy

      Customer Advisor Specialist

      Customer Advisor Specialist in a fast paced, high performing team where customer service always comes first. Taking incoming and make outgoing calls as one of my duties was to investigate why an appointment has failed, rebook it and ensure it goes ahead. Investigate failed inspection appointments, investigate problems and re-solve complaints. Dealing with billing queries including billing code, raise agreed read disputes. Working closely with the special debt investigation team to resolve old and troublesome accounts.

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