PRATIK CHANDAK
Prague,10
Summary
Innovative and certified Supply Chain Transformation and Project Management professional with 8+ years of experience in optimizing supply chain operations, talent development, and managing complex projects. Expertise in driving business transformation through process automation, budgeting, financial planning, and analysis using advanced data visualization and integration techniques. Proven track record of delivering CAPEX projects on time and within budget, enhancing operational efficiency, and achieving significant cost savings (>$30M) and FTE reductions (100 FTEs).
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
International Supply Chain Manager
Anheuser-Busch InBev
04.2022 - Current
- Business Value: Collaborated with the zones and global on multiple strategic projects to interpret better the Supply chain financial data for Variable logistics costs, improve WPS and achieved cost efficiency of ~$30M savings vs Budget
- Business Process Improvement: Developed strong vendor relationships to establish Price Analysis model to monitor volume evolution by and optimized the ocean routes to save ~$6M
- Technology: As part of change management, worked closely with mid-senior management to integrate VLC data from Anaplan, PowerApps, SAP and BuyCo to 1 central data hub to create >30 automated descriptive visuals in PBI
- Stakeholder Management: Organized monthly zone review meetings with senior VPs and Directors to present the International VLC results, gather feedback and expectations to track the key compliance metrics
Supply Finance Transformation Lead
Anheuser-Busch InBev
04.2020 - 03.2022
- Effective Team & Project Management: Led a cross-functional team of 7 to analyze supply performance metrics, upskilling them on Anaplan, Power BI, and SAP to create decision-making dashboards, achieving a 92% NPS through an agile approach
- Transformation CoE Setup: Promoted a data-centric approach by adopting advanced analytics tools, establishing an internal Transformation CoE to centralize data sources, saving over 3000 FTE hours monthly, generating $3M+ in business value, and implementing systematic User Access Management for 2000+ users
Principal Analyst - Supply Reporting & PMO
Anheuser-Busch InBev
04.2018 - 03.2020
- Played a key role in the Planning, Budgeting, Reporting and YoY analysis of Supply performance metrics across 6 geographical zones and effectively worked with the Metric owners to optimize them with the right analysis (Eg: Benchmark Analysis of the TOP 10 metrics helped improve the Gross Line Yield by 2% across the new and upcoming breweries)
- Drove business growth for supply metrics by identifying market trends and opportunities across competitors and in-depth industry analysis
Executive - Procurement Planning
Archroma [Clariant Chemicals]
01.2013 - 04.2015
- Analyzed the customer orders and supplier shipment patterns to revamp the company's demand and production plan, resulting in a 20% reduction in ad hoc orders and reduced needless inventory by almost 58% using the Look Back inventory management technique
- Reduced lead times and negotiated favorable contracts with vendors by establishing strategic partnerships
Education
MBA - Operations & Supply Chain Management
SDA Bocconi
Milan, Italy04.2018
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Business Management
University of Mumbai
Mumbai, India05.2012
Skills
- Advanced MS Office
- Advanced MS Power BI
- Anaplan
- SAP ERP
- MS Power Apps
- Agile Project Management
- Senior stakeholder Management
- Talent Management
- Negotiation
- Problem solving
Leadership Experience
- Global Supply Transformation (AB InBev), Project Manager, Integrated Supply planning data from different zones and data sources to 1 central data hub and upskilled my team on Anaplan and Power BI to automate >100 manual reports saving >2000 FTE hours/month and ~$500K
- BOT Hackathon Winner (AB InBev), Project & Team Lead, Participated and led a team of 5 in a Hackathon at AB InBev for RPA Automation, won and implemented the idea (KPI Automation) for my team to automate RPA uploads in Anaplan, resulting in savings of 3 FTE costs
Certification
- Integrated SCM I & II - Michigan State University
- Anaplan Model Builder Level 1
- Italian Language Certification level 1
- Green Belt Certification - Six Sigma
Interests
- Bungy Jump (From world's highest bungy bridge, South Africa)
- Skydive (Prague)
- Cooking (Fusion Indian cuisine)
- Travelling (~20 countries)
Languages
English, Hindi
Native language
German
Beginner
A1
Czech
Beginner
A1
Timeline
International Supply Chain Manager
Anheuser-Busch InBev
04.2022 - Current
Supply Finance Transformation Lead
Anheuser-Busch InBev
04.2020 - 03.2022
Principal Analyst - Supply Reporting & PMO
Anheuser-Busch InBev
04.2018 - 03.2020
Executive - Procurement Planning
Archroma [Clariant Chemicals]
01.2013 - 04.2015
MBA - Operations & Supply Chain Management
SDA Bocconi
Bachelor of Science - Accounting And Business Management
University of Mumbai
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