Anand Rangarajan

Results-oriented Supply Chain Management Professional with a proven track record of successfully leading projects across multiple areas of supply chain and operations. Experienced in managing and leading projects in various domains like High-Tech, Health Tech, Transportation and Logistics. Proficient in employing advanced analytics, network design, transportation modeling, optimization, and strategic planning to achieve organizational goals. Well-versed in project and people management, leveraging Agile, Scrum, and Lean methodologies to enhance efficiency and productivity. Meticulous attention to detail, keen problem-solving acumen with a strong affinity for technology. Effective communicator experienced in delivering impactful presentations to C-level executives.

Loblaw Companies Limited

Senior Business Analyst – Logistics and Transportation – September 2018 – present.

Responsibilities

• Translating business requirements from stakeholders into actionable plans, defining project scope and objectives and enabling adoption of results and recommendations
• Defining and managing project sprints, reporting backlog and conducting update meetings for Loblaw’s supply chain and logistics using Jira and Confluence
• Creating data models and pipelines from multiple sources such as SAP, WMS, TMS, Teradata, Oracle, Big Query, Excel, Sharepoint and other sources using SAS, SQL, Python, VBA
• Developing and maintaining reports and dashboards in power BI including maintaining workspaces, data gateways and user management and training
• Identifying opportunities for improvement and optimization for supply chain processes 

Key Projects

• Led project sprints for logistics and supply chain reports as part of the WMS and TMS migration project, including design, delivery, and testing phases
• Conducted analysis and generated reports on cost, revenue, and profitability based on customer, carrier, and lane data for backhaul programs. This facilitated the identification of high-cost and low-profitability lanes, leading to actionable management decisions
• Analyzed and reported on Left Behind Pallets at Distribution Centers (DCs) to enhance service levels and ensure timely order fulfillment
• Monitored operational metrics for Micro Fulfillment Centers to produce comprehensive operational health reports
• Established and managed a Control Tower for Operations Compliance, overseeing various operational metrics
• Optimized scheduled deliveries from DCs to stores by considering seasonal demand patterns and load efficiencies
• Oversaw the management of vendor and factory information across organizational systems, such as Salesforce and SAP

Philips Innovation Campus

Practice Lead – Enterprise Analytics, Supply Chain & Operations Center of Excellence – August 2016 – May 2018

• Led advisory and delivery of analytical engagements in the areas of operations and supply chain for Philips Health Tech and Personal Care
• Defined and oversaw project scope, timelines, budgets, resource management with regular updates and metrics to senior management and stakeholders for portfolios of work
• Provided consulting and user education support during the rollout of S&OP process promoting adoption of data driven analytics for Philips global markets and business-units
• Collaborated with various divisions within Enterprise Information Management to successfully deliver an optimized reporting platform using QlikView/QlikSense for operations.
• Provided direction and leadership and coached /mentored team members

Key Projects

• Contributed to the business transformation of Sales and Operations planning as part of the Forecast to Plan (F2P) program for different Business-Market combinations within Philips' Health Systems and Personal Care business groups. Integrated data from multiple sources, including Forecasting, Operations, Inventory, and Sales, to establish summary metrics for weekly planning meetings involving Business Units, Markets, and Finance. This enabled effective collaboration and decision-making among the stakeholders
• Managed a comprehensive engagement in the advanced manufacturing division, focusing on CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) management, Project Performance Tracking, Industrial Footprint Analysis, and Simulation Modeling for Organizational Restructuring
• Created a Statistical Process Control model to promptly detect variations in production output parameters, aiming to minimize downtime and efficiently bring the process back on track
• Achieved a 15% enhancement in DACH customer service level by identifying and implementing optimal inventory allocation strategies at various levels for Philips personal care products

Dell International Services

Senior Advisor – Data Scientist, Operations Center of Excellence India, Dell Global Analytics – September 2014 – August 2016

• Led analytics teams engagements in the areas of manufacturing and supply chain for Dell
• Analysis and reporting in areas of Logistics and transportation modelling, Inventory tracking and replenishment planning
• Driving and developing advanced analytics maturity within the team

Key Projects

• Inventory and Replenishment planning support – providing visibility of critical on hand, in transit and receipt information for finished goods inventory for global inventory management and replenishments teams
• Merge Center Capacity Planning – Developed an early warning system to plan merge center capacity based on forecasted demand, actual orders and shipment in transit data
• On Time Delivery Performance Analysis – Recalculated lead times for individual processes from order processing to delivery for EMEA supply chain operations for improved perfect order index

Chainalytics LLC

Product Manager FMIC (Freight Market Intelligence Consortium) – 2012- September 2014

(Manager FMIC – 2010 – 2012, Sr. Consultant – 2009 – 2010, Consultant – 2008 – 2009)

• Responsible for complete delivery of the Freight Market Intelligence analytics for Chainalytics to predict econometric trends in transportation market. Developed analytical team capabilities and processes for handling multiple model deliveries with increasing complexities and number of reports. Enabled scaling to 10x output and revenue
• Managed assignments involving optimizations in network design and transportation modeling, translated existing business scenarios into quantitative models, and created strategic frameworks and identification of logical implementation plans for quick wins

i2 Technologies, Bangalore (Blue Yonder)

Consultant (Supply Chain Management), (May 2007 – April 2008)

• Functional consulting and end to end implementation of i2 Supply Chain Planner
• Performance Tuning, Plan and Data Validation for the planning system