Arjun Shankar, Cpim Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, India | Arlington, Texas

1. Lead program management, milestone reviews with executive management for bring-up of 3 contract manufacturing sites in US. 2. Manage battery manufacturing strategy globally for Enphase. Identify and drive localization and diversification strategies for tariff mitigation and gross margin improvement.3. Drive global manufacturing footprint consolidation activities. Involved in site consolidation activities - material and equipment transfers. 4. Manage rework center operations for US for customer service and inventory optimization.5. Extensive engagement with Government relations teams inside Enphase to specify and guide strategies for domestic content eligibility in US for Enphase

Bengaluru Area, India

Supply Chain Projects Delivered (Team Size: 2):1. Implemented a Drop Ship Model for Enphase in response to non-linear Raw Material Supply. Delivered >6% of Company Revenue in Q2'21 through the Drop Ship Model.2. Implemented Oracle Cloud Order Promising Systems which currently is used for Auto Scheduling > 70% of Customer Orders from the B2B channel.3. Deployed Oracle Cloud Supply Planning Systems, which is used for Tactical Supply/Demand Decisions as well as mid range forecasting of supply plans to CM's.4. Spearheading Enphase India's Response to the Customs Duty Increase on Microinverter Imports, through the qualification of local CM and changes in the regulatory model.5. Realized $600K of saving through a differentiated distribution strategy for Mexico and Canadian Customers using a bonded 3PL warehouse partner in El Paso, Texas.Master Data Function (Team Size: 1):1. Built the Master Data Management Function at Enphase Energy for SKU and Product Lifecycle Management. Interlinked Arena PLM with Oracle ERP for Lifecycle monitoring in ERP and downstream systems.2. Implemented and Streamlined Maintenance Procedures for Master Data for High Quality Data Feed into Oracle Planning Systems, and working on Building Functionalities for more efficient and automated Master Data Governance.

Bengaluru Area, India

1. Joined Enphase India as one of the earliest members of the team, tasked with transitioning of Supply Chain Operations from Enphase, US.2. Defined and Implemented Metrics to measure On-Time Delivery, Customer Schedule Stability and Lead Times to measure and report Supply Chain Performance.3. Spearheaded Key First-Time Initiatives at Enphase like Lines Down Management. Key Supply Chain Subject Matter Expert on Partnerships with Strategic Customers.4. Responsible for supply planning for around $15M/Qtr business and managing transitions to low cost and next generation products, while optimizing inventory investment.

Bengaluru Area, India

1. Providing long term manufacturing plans (forecasts) to Japan foundries for strategic capacity and resource planning at fabs.2. Continuous interaction with senior management to highlight potential shortfalls in capacity to meet customer demand, and proposing mitigation actions.3. Providing the preliminary inputs to several related teams (finance, inventory etc.) to evaluate impact of manufacturing plans on other aspects of organizational performance. 4. Continuously monitoring and tracking the validity of the forecasts and highlighting to stakeholders on deviations, for necessary alignment of related plans.

Bengaluru Area, India

1. Accomplished end-to-end process setup along with SOP's for Front End Planning at Japan foundries, earlier a part of Spansion (pre-merger with Cypress) using a new planning system. 2. Responsible for taking preliminary decisions worth $2M per week at all Japan Foundries.3. Contributed to achieving sustainable decrease in lead times published to our customers as well as decrease in customer escalations and lines down complaints.

Bangalore, India

1. Weekly monitoring of die bank levels to ensure more than 95% attainment to set profile levels (safety stock levels).2. Taking preliminary decisions on weekly wafer starts at CY owned fab.3. Placing monthly purchase orders for starting wafers at third party foundries by analyzing supply demand over the cycle time horizon.4. Interactions with product line on all starts decisions to ensure service at optimum level with minimal risk.