Chandan Chandrakantha Kamath

About Chandan Chandrakantha Kamath

Results-driven inventory and Supply Chain Management Professional with 11+ Years of Expertise in Inventory Planning and Control, Supply Chain Management, Loss Prevention, and Inventory Audits. Adept at seamlessly transitioning into diverse roles and delivering immediate positive contributions. Recognized for consistently surpassing organizational benchmarks, demonstrating a proven track record of operational excellenceAs a Deputy Manager of Inventory Planning at Reliance Centro, one of India\'s largest and fastest-growing retail chains, I am responsible for developing and executing category-level inventory strategies to optimize availability and inventory turns. I manage inventory, inventory health, and inbound shipments, ensuring high in-stock rates, and low inventory liability. I also work closely with category managers, the operations team, accounting finance, and senior management to plan and maintain a fine inventory balance and support the company\'s growth and profitability goals. I am driven by the mission to deliver the best value and service to customers and stakeholders through efficient and effective inventory and supply chain management.

Experience

1. Deputy Manager Inventory Planning

   Reliance Centro

   Mar 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Inventory & Operations• Responsible for developing and executing category level inventory strategies to optimize availability and inventory turns.• Managing inventory, open-to-buy, inventory health, item-level forecasting, assortment planning• Managing inbound shipments: fill rate, ASNs, operational issues, lead time - Achieve and maintain high in stock rates on replenishment programs• Analyzing inventory position and brick level performance to determine inventory liability, determine exit strategy for unproductive inventory• Working closely with category managers, operations team and accounting finance, and senior management, to plan and maintain fine balance of inventory• Process system inventory transactions for all activity in SAP Materials Management (MM) module – production, goods receipts, shipments, and other physical movements – to keep system inventory balances synchronized with physical balances and ensure high level of inventory accuracy• Performing Perpetual Inventory across all stores to maintain inventory hygiene• Support periodic wall-to-wall physical inventory audits as required by company internal and external audit requirement.• Analyzed inventory to identify excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventory and oversaw disposition.Management Reporting• Preparing Inventory reports provide key insights to management team to ensure data-driven decision making. for management review on monthly & quarter basis• Prepare FILL, Sales Contribution reports, WEEK Cover on weekly basis• Performed statistical analyses to gather data for operational and forecast team needs.

Education

• St. Marys English Medium High school, Udupi

  SSLC

  1993 — 2003

• Manipal Academy of Higher Education

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

  2010 — 2012

• Karnataka State Open University

  Bcom

  2007 — 2009

• Poornaprajna Pre University College

  XII

  2004 — 2006