Sahithya Sripada

Experience

1. Demand Planning Manager

   Procter & Gamble

   Feb 2023 — Present · IN

   Improved forecast accuracy for Gillette, enabling earlier pricing and promotion decisions while supporting business growth in long lead-time import scenarios.• Enhanced forecast stability for Oral B and Ariel-Tide by building bias-free demand models and automating RCA-driven SOPs to better handle market volatility.• Addressed undershipment bias for Oral B e-commerce accounts through targeted forecast granularity, improving availability and customer satisfaction.• Facilitating the cutover for Supply Chain Platform Transformation (SCPT) well ahead of SAP migration, aligning cross-functional teams via RCCP workshops and scenario planning to ensure seamless system readiness.• Led end-to-end multi-phase testing for Demand planning during SCPT rollout and drove automation initiatives in SAP-Robotic Planning to embed structural forecast accuracy improvements.• Delivered improvements in unattended forecasting by reducing manual intervention and generating significant savings in cash and inventory.• Developed dynamic demand models for competitive markets like oral care and fabric care, improving promo responsiveness and stabilizing forecast variance.• Maintained consistent adherence to key forecast targets across fabric care despite frequent product changes, initiatives and demand shifts.• Strengthened cross-functional agility by driving demand drumbeats, forecast checkpoints, and automation reports across commercial and supply teams, accelerating planning cycles.• Streamlined planning for inventory and MI3 SKUs by applying differentiated strategies based on consumer behavior analysis, reducing execution challenges and improving effectiveness.

Education

• National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

  BTech - Bachelor of Technology, Metallurgical and materials engineering

  2017 — 2021