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Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Hayward, California, United States

1) Facilitating early engagement between supplier and Design team to drive manufacturability, repeatability cost and lead time improvements. Established new-part lead times, understand long-lead drivers, and develop lead time mitigation strategies. Identified critical parts manufacturing cycle times; evaluated natural lead time reduction activity (touch time vs. manufacturing lead times. Worked with supplier to identify their ability to expand capacity to support volume manufacturing.2) Developing and leveraging process maps for critical parts to streamline the supply chain and understand and mitigate capacity constraints. Conducting dual sourcing activities to mitigate supply risk. 3) Served as a cross-functional link; maintained open communication among matrixed stakeholders. Presented sourcing, cost, lead time reduction, capacity initiatives to key stakeholders, management, and internal customers.4) Actively mediating and partnering with quality and engineering teams to resolve supplier quality issues for assigned product groups. Escalating issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary.5) Using standard tools, dashboards and BKMs to assess supplier capability, including regional capabilities, overall capacity, ability to support rapid prototyping (NPI), supported volume manufacturing, and vertical integration (e.g., parts, cleaning, assembly capabilities) to aid in making sustainable sourcing decisions. Identified make vs. buy opportunities and drive alignment/decision with key stakeholders.6) Assisting in supplier price and delivery negotiations; negotiated part contracts as necessary. Utilizing the preferred supplier selection and assessment process when selecting suppliers. 7) Completing supplier risk assessment on critical parts. Monitoring supplier performance (delivery, quality, and cost). Coordinated activities around source selection, specification creation, and price negotiation.

San Jose, California, United States

• Created supply chain and service metrics dashboards in PowerBI to analyze performance of the products, revenue, service and customer issues.• Analyzed sales volume of around 60 product customizations in SAP to potentially reduce the delivery time and logistics costs involved• Identified factors affecting Available to Promise Order dates & developed strategy to avoid manual coordination by implementation of customized solutions in SAP• Implemented macros in a Backlog order Excel report provided to 3PL to reduce the time required by 65% approximately

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Optimizing inventory (via replenishment strategy, product/customer segmentation, safety stock buffer planning, supply allocation rules, and customer on-time metrics) for all WD products• Leading member of inventory reduction taskforce to conceptualize & execute projects for cycle time reduction• Architected development of Multi-echelon inventory optimization model for HDD products utilizing Python/Big data platforms

Create RFQs, review, analyze and clarify quotations from suppliers and develop sound sourcing and business recommendations balancing cost, quality, and lead time• Negotiate with suppliers to achieve the best overall value• Work with suppliers, engineers, material project manager, quality center, and warehouse to release parts into production • Check shortage and issue POs for Prototype and mass production parts via ERP system (SAP) and follow up ETD• Maintain overall supplier relationships and act as a bridge of contact for all commercial issues, including hosting supplier visits, monitoring purchasing status, parts availability, and handling receiving and payment exceptions• Work with the global procurement teams to allocate constrained components, ensure raw material demands are met• Review open POs with suppliers to secure material delivery in time; cancel open PO balance when needed• Provide material availability status; confer with Material Program Manager to revise schedules, as necessary, to meet customer demands• Generate return POs for return parts to suppliers; issue sales orders and delivery notices for excess inventory to customers

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Identified business needs and developed 500+ functional test cases, resulting in improved product quality.• Mitigated risk by executing 2000+ test cases, reducing regression efforts which led to an optimized testing process.• Reported 150+ defects in JIRA before migrating to production, resulting in a 30% boost in customer satisfaction.• Delivered key project insights to clients, fostering transparency, and ensuring well-informed decision-making.• Demonstrated organizational skills by efficiently managing multiple tasks, resulting in increased productivity.• Conducted user testing and gathered feedback to refine product features enhancing the user experience.

Master, Engineering/Industrial Management

Activities and Societies: Advanced Supply Chain Data Mining Global Leadership Development Financial Methods of Engineering Operations.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

High School