Shirish Kulkarni

Shirish Kulkarni is a professional with significant expertise in inventory planning and demand forecasting, currently serving as Deputy Manager of Inventory Planning and Replenishment at bigbasket.com since January 2023. Key responsibilities include managing brand item and SKU-level forecasts, ensuring inventory availability while addressing out-of-stock (OOS) issues, and maintaining healthy inventory levels across three business formats. Shirish possesses hands-on knowledge in Advanced Excel, SQL, and Power BI, and employs statistical forecasting models such as regression analysis and exponential smoothing for effective forecasting. Prior experience includes serving as Deputy Manager in Supply Chain at Reliance Retail Ltd from December 2014 to December 2022. Shirish holds an MBA in Marketing from Savitribai Phule Pune University and a Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from M S Bidve Engineering College Latur.