Albertsons at CIO Vision

Priorities

Saka prioritizes optimizing supply chain operations, store replenishment, and e-commerce fulfillment. Key operational focus areas include increasing inventory productivity, boosting in-stock rates, and improving working capital efficiency. He also prioritizes global talent expansion, actively scaling senior data science and MLOps teams at Albertsons’ GCC in Bengaluru.

Current focus

As Vice President of Data Science and AI at Albertsons Companies, Behlul Saka leads a global team building scalable analytics, machine learning, and operations research solutions. His active projects include deploying "Gateway," a proprietary AI-enabled forecasting engine that enriches demand forecasts for store and distribution center replenishment.