Operations Manager · Fresher · 0 yrs

Ananya Deshpande

Operations Analyst / Management Trainee (Entry-Level)

Professional summary

Recent operations and supply-chain graduate who turns messy processes into measurable wins. Comfortable across the basics that move a business — process mapping, KPI dashboards, vendor coordination and Lean fundamentals — and disciplined about data, documentation and follow-through. Analytical and organized self-starter who shipped 2 live process projects and a campus logistics study, ready to own operational metrics from day one.

22%

Faster dock-to-shelf (pilot)

94%

Vendor on-time delivery

9

SOPs documented

Skills

Process & methods

Process mappingLean fundamentals5SRoot-cause analysisSOP documentation

Supply chain

Inventory basicsDemand forecastingVendor coordinationProcurement supportLogistics planning

Analytics & tools

Excel (PivotTables, VLOOKUP)Power BISQL (basics)KPI dashboardsGoogle Sheets

Ways of working

Stakeholder coordinationTime managementReportingAttention to detailAgile basics

Work experience

Operations Intern · Sahyadri Retail Distributors

May 2025Aug 2025

Pune

  • Mapped the inbound goods-receipt process end to end and proposed 4 quick wins that cut average dock-to-shelf time ~22% in a pilot warehouse.
  • Built a weekly KPI dashboard in Power BI tracking fill rate, stockouts and order accuracy, replacing a manual report that took 3 hours each week.
  • Coordinated with 6 vendors to reconcile delivery discrepancies, recovering ₹1.4L in mis-billed invoices over the internship.
  • Documented 9 standard operating procedures, giving the floor team a single reference that reduced onboarding questions noticeably.

Featured projects

−35% projected wait
FlowTrack — campus canteen operations study

A Lean process study of a 1,200-cover campus canteen during peak hours.

  • Conducted time-and-motion analysis and value-stream mapping, identifying 3 bottlenecks that drove 70% of wait time.
  • Recommended a counter-rebalancing and pre-order flow projected to cut peak queue time ~35%, presented to facilities management.
LeanProcess mappingKPIs
94% on-time
VendorLens — supplier scorecard

A vendor-management scorecard model for a student-run merchandise store.

  • Designed a weighted scorecard rating 8 suppliers on cost, lead time, quality and SLA adherence.
  • Drove a switch of 2 underperforming vendors, improving on-time delivery from 78% to 94% over a semester.
Vendor managementSLAsExcel

Education

BBA — Operations & Supply Chain Management

2026

Prestige Institute of Management & Research, Indore

CGPA 8.5/10 · Coursework: Operations Management, Supply Chain, Quality Management, Business Analytics, Logistics

Certifications

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Council for Six Sigma Certification (CSSC) · 2025

Supply Chain Foundations

LinkedIn Learning · 2025

See the work in 3D

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