Himanshi Rawat
London,United Kingdom
Summary
Prince2 Foundation & Practitioner and Certified Scrum Master professional with overall 08 years of Consulting Big4 experience in Technology Transformation and Audit domain. Skilled in analyzing customer needs and providing tailored solutions that meet expectations. Proven track record of successful managing portfolio of Fortune 500 clients. Creative professional with strengths in forecasting and implementing merchandising plans and objectives. Managed operational activities to provide necessary stock and meet forecasted demand.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Role: Senior Tech Consultant
Ernst & Young UK
London , United Kingdom
2022.03 - Current
- Headed large-scale e-commerce, procurement & retail projects with budgets ranging from £10 Million to £35 Million as a Planning demand manager.
- Overhauled company's regional supply chain end-to-end structure across planning, sourcing, production and delivery.
- Steered vendor relations, contract negotiations, project budget, and deadlines, and focused on maximum cost savings in tracking project expenditures and costs of materials, labor, and services.
- Worked with the procurement team to lead on supplier reviews, contract negotiations, tender activities and driving for the optimal commercial structure and performance framework.
- Supported service/product owners to drive value from their vendor relationships and contracts and optimise the vendor-base for their services
- Applied advanced negotiation skills to discuss contracts, policies and deadlines with suppliers and vendors.
- Drove Key Performance Indicators (KPI)s and continuous improvements throughout logistics and supplier operations.
- Contributed to Vendor Management strategy, developing best practice Vendor Management processes and driving support and buy-in from our wider stakeholder group.
- Assisted in strategic procurement and commercial expertise, and contract management expertise to both strategic and operational activity and delivery.
- Collected inputs from business unit strategies and roadmaps, shared business requirements of category within supply chain.
- Worked with EMEA Inventory Controller to manage and position inventory for the subsidiary businesses; meet inventory turn, product obsolescence and availability targets.
- Developed project roadmaps and milestones, led key stakeholder engagement and accountability, and communicated project status with senior stakeholders.
- Led improvements to the overall demand planning and S&OP processes, through the definition and implementation of best practices, related tools and reporting capabilities.
- In conjunction with the General Merchandising Managers, developed long term (3 year+) category level plans (units, gross/net revenue).
- Analysed sales plan versus strategic plans, identified and highlighted to leadership gaps and issued as part of overall S&OP process.
- Monitored existing incoming contracts and service agreements for correct pricing and information.
- Delivered end to end SAP & ERP implementation & supported all testing cycles for procurement and manufacturing service providers by monitoring defect management in Atlassian JIRA tool.
- Organised Weekly interviews with buyers, vendors and production team and worked directly to manage the backlog of items effectively.
Role: PMO support
Ernst & Young global delivery services (GDS)
Gurugram , India
2018.03 - 2022.03
- Supply chain lead overseeing 10+ consultants for UK supermarket chain and managed multiple portfolio of global projects in procurement and process improvement
- Provided administration support to the Merchandising team by pro-actively analysing sales trends, tracking stock cover, monitoring deliveries, and maintaining all stock levels.
- Delivered project status reports to Program Director and Partner highlighting major risks and assisted in tracking overall project progress.
- Supported the retail Merchandisers with excel reporting and preparation, adhoc analysis, data entry and general administrative duties.
- Facilitated product trainings in collaboration with change management teams and development leads for coaching client teams and end business users.
- Managed long-term workflow forecasting, rostering, and headcount needs under the supervision of Executive Directors and Partners.
Role: Audit Associate
KPMG Global Delivery services
Gurugram , India
2015.12 - 2018.01
- Specialized in creation of complex statistics, presentations, documentation and evaluations for the whole UK Audit region.
- Established governance, planning, reporting procedures and processes that the teams work with in delivering clients solutions.
- Prepared RFP bidding proposals from pre bid stage for high end clothing and accessories brands in UK and EMEA costing $50m+ bid value.
- Delivered regular communication and generated various Weekly status reports to Programme leader for capacity planning.
Education
Bachelors of Commerce -
University of Delhi
Maitreyi college2016
Skills
- Accurate forecasting
- Logistics Management
- Data Analysis
- SAP
- Training and mentoring
- SDLC
- Defect/bug management
- Quality Assurance
- Atlassian JIRA
- Resource Management
- Reporting & governance
- Test Assurance
- Business process improvement
- Agile Methodologies
- Strategic business planning
- Financial analysis
- Stakeholder management
- Vendor sourcing
- Workflow planning
Certification
- EY Bronze badge- Data Visualization 21/07/2022
- Scrum Master Certified (CSM) (Scrum Alliance Inc) 24/04/2023 to 24/04/2026
- Prince2 Agile foundation and practitioner (Simplilearn) 22/12/2023 to 22/12/2026
Accomplishments
- Extra miler award by senior leadership for exceptional client service
- Kudos award of the month by engagement leader
- EY rave cards for excellence in RFPs proposals
- SPOT award by Senior Manager for exceptional team work
Timeline
Role: Senior Tech Consultant
Ernst & Young UK
2022.03 - Current
Role: PMO support
Ernst & Young global delivery services (GDS)
2018.03 - 2022.03
Role: Audit Associate
KPMG Global Delivery services
2015.12 - 2018.01
Bachelors of Commerce -
University of Delhi
- EY Bronze badge- Data Visualization 21/07/2022
- Scrum Master Certified (CSM) (Scrum Alliance Inc) 24/04/2023 to 24/04/2026
- Prince2 Agile foundation and practitioner (Simplilearn) 22/12/2023 to 22/12/2026
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