About

Rahul Trivedi is an experienced SCM Consultant at Tata Consultancy Services with a proven track record in Supply Chain Management. He specializes in the Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) domain and has worked on multiple projects aimed at improving efficiency in end-to-end supply chain functions. In his current role, Rahul has successfully provided clients with necessary support to manage, control, and handle supply chain functions efficiently. He has also monitored inventory flow in the distribution network to identify and rectify problems faced in fulfilling demand. Rahul has conducted Root Cause Analysis for low distributor fill rates using Advanced Excel and has driven actions for process improvements. He has also ensured that orders received are dispatched accurately and within specified timelines. Rahul has produced detailed and relevant reports for use in making business decisions and has engaged with multiple stakeholders to ensure alignment with objectives and compliance decision-making processes. Rahul has also worked on a project aimed at Demand Planning & Supply Planning for FMCG Distributor, at Product Level. He built a forecasting model with the help of machine learning technology, by reducing noise from historical sales data of the last three years. Rahul forecasted demand for a 3-month horizon, on a weekly bucket at the product level, by using 80% data as training data & 20% data as testing data. He incorporated seven different forecasting models & one showing the least MAPE for a given product is fixed for a month, for that product. Rahul generated a weekly supply plan for the downstream supply network based on forecast & feedback from the distributor. He also created inventory replenishment plans as per product categorization for Constrained, Unconstrained & Promotional products respectively. Rahul configured a mathematical optimization model to optimize truck loads for inventory replenishment to the distributor. Prior to joining Tata Consultancy Services, Rahul worked as a Student Coordinator at Lakshya Team and as a Class Representative at NITIE. He has a Master of Business Administration degree in Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya (RGPV). Rahul has also attended Christ Church Boys School, Jabalpur. He has experience with tech stacks such as test and ML and has a relevant experience of 8.62 years.