Padmanabhan
Kichenamourty

Manages the full Anaplan lifecycle at ALO Yoga — roadmaps, vendor negotiations, tenant administration, and production models for merchandise planning, demand forecasting, and store allocation.

• Designed models for merchandise planning, sales forecasting, and store allocation — 30% efficiency gain
• Built OTB, Week 53, and markdown forecasting with seasonality overrides and baseline demand logic
• Automated planning processes via ALM, model-to-model imports, and custom formulas — 25% cycle time reduction
• Applied TIMESUM, LOOKUP, SELECT, RANK, and PREVIOUS for time-based and hierarchical calculations
• Defined KPIs (inventory turns, GMROI) and trained 10+ departments on Anaplan best practices

Built FP&A and headcount planning models for a global medical device company — budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and workforce planning.

• Salary forecasting, attrition analysis, open role tracking, and workforce planning modules
• HRIS and Finance system integration via automated import/export actions
• Role-based access, workflow controls, and versioning for secure, auditable financial planning

Designed Anaplan applications for sales, FP&A, and real estate planning at global scale. Led Data Hub setup, end-to-end data flow architecture, and governance frameworks.

• As-Is/To-Be analysis for North America and global BUs; gap analyses informing model designs
• User roles, permissions, and governance aligned to Google compliance standards
• Automated .csv data processes; authored comprehensive technical model documentation

Developed Sales and FP&A models; migrated Financial Planning & Analysis to Anaplan as part of a Global Financial Operations Transformation (Oracle ERP).

• Data integration workflows, schema diagrams, approval workflows, and security documentation
• Import/export actions and .csv Data Hub loading processes

Sales and FP&A Anaplan models alongside BI dashboards. SAP ERP integration; SQL for data extraction from source systems.

Tableau dashboards and analytics. Performance-tuned, user-centric reporting. SQL for data extraction and normalization.