Javed Arshad Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Manage a team of Category Managers and Buyers to deliver best class quality, cost and supply assurance. Annual spend of over $300mio. Responsibilities and achievements:• Define & implement sourcing strategy for future business awards by incorporating analysis of industry trends, competitive landscape and should-be cost. Delivered over $25mio. in savings for the next generation products including 20-30% piece part cost reduction. • Conduct cost vs. feature assessment of existing products and provide recommendations for design, material, and manufacturing changes to ensure delivery of quarterly cost improvement. Delivered over $15mio. In realized benefits with an ongoing 3-5% yearly margin improvement. • Contribute to company’s EBITA and Cash Flow objectives through negotiation and spend leverage and reduced material, manufacturing and service cost. Bring improvement to working capital efficiency by effectively managing Cash Conversion cycle. • Drive monthly and quarterly Sales & Operation Planning to generate accurate supply forecast, identify critical long-term supply constraints and monitor short-term operational efficiencies, capacities and inventory. This resulted in optimized inventory turnover, 30-35% yearly reduction in program level supply shortages and 15-20% improvement in quarterly average Motorola and supplier-owned inventory. • Lead a cross-functional team including technical council, product development and supply chain to coordinate and oversee timely execution of new product development. Deliver an average of 8-15 weeks reduction in NPI cycle time.• Lead the development of partnership agreements suppliers creating a competitive advantage & cost savings having all parties sign non-disclosure and non-compete agreements.• Identify and obtaining cost reductions with innovative and creative approaches prior to launch, by driving design lock down which lowered direct material costs well ahead of release to the market.

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Managed a team of sourcing engineers to lead development projects from product concept toship acceptance. Responsibilities and achievements: • Developed Supply Chain strategy. Conducted design reviews with cross-functional teams. Identified, documented and presented design, manufacturing and ramp risks to senior leadership team. Proposed alternatives and mitigation strategies. Improved design lock down time by 15%. • Developed supply chain for mechanical and electro mechanical components by working with Asia based EMS and component suppliers. • Proposed and finalized sourcing & manufacturing strategies which resulted in 20% improvement in product time to market. • Performed supplier capacity and capability analysis to mitigate product development and launch risks and drive supply base rationalization. Helped shrink supply base by 30%. • Cost Management - Identified and proposed alternatives to bridge Gross Margin gap by reducing product complexity which resulted in direct material cost reduction of up over $5mio. per product. Prepared program tooling budget and worked with finance on allocation. Oversaw $10M tooling spend.• Supplier Management. Drove supplier selection and led early supplier involvement reviews. Delivered $2-4mio. in realized benefits by leveraging platform and implementing lessons learnt. Developed KPI's conjunction with procurement and quality organizations which established a framework to track continuous improvements. • New Product Introduction Management. Managed end-to-end supply chain and drove alignment between supplier material delivery and market demand, which resulted in flawless product launches and 90+% hit of on-time-ramp matrix.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

• Manage a world-class team of 32 test engineers, lab equipment and budget. • Responsible for ensuring zero defects software submission to Motorola Mobility customers globally on various mobile platforms such as Android/LTE/CDMA/GSM/UMTS networks.• Optimize product test execution process ensuring outstanding coverage of product feature under test in an aggressive test schedule through planning and execution of innovative test tech techniques such as Exploratory test/ User Profiles Test/ Focused Regression Test/ Stress & Stability Test/ Key Performance Indicator Test.• Analyze Escaped Defects data feedback from customers & use the feedback provided to improve the quality of test writing and execution.• Manage teams engaged in the design and execution of product regression test cases including feature interaction tests, carrier validation tests for North America carriers including Verizon/ AT&T/ T-mobile/ Sprint/ Us Cellular/ MetroPCS and Cricket.• Responsible for full radio / modem conformance, applications and 3rd party testing of Android Smartphone and tablets for AT&T and T-Mobile.• Support a large number of software releases (development, lab, and Android upgrades) and a full portfolio of hardware products.• Maintain ongoing relationship with carrier customers to define requirements, product quality, chipset certifications and lab certifications. • Work directly with customer labs, internal marketing, development groups and external vendors for planning and execution of the product validation and verification activities.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Managed all technical and maintenance activities within the National Network Operation Center (NNOC) Surveillance. Managed a team of 19 Engineers

Carrollton, Tx, Us

Responsible for developing the system level test strategy, test cases, and test execution and leading System Test Integration engineers. Responsible for software / hardware upgrades during Regression and Backward compatibility testing

Chicago, Il, Us

Responsible for feature performance and quality testing of CMDA and AMPS networks

Masters, Master In Project Management

M.B.A, Management & Finance

B.S.E.E, Electrical Engineering

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