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Irvine, Ca, Us

Irvine, Ca, Us

Lead a team of 28 professionals responsible for sourcing and procurement of all commodities for the campus, E-commerce, asset management, and contracts management for the entire campus

Waltham, Ma, Us

(A start up Wind Turbine Company introducing an innovative product with disruptive technology in the wind industry)Vice President, Asset Management and Operations (Oct 2012 – Sept 2015)Responsible for managing and operating several wind turbine assets with a total capacity of 112 MW, a turbine fleet of over 1,100 turbines and annual revenues of over $8 Million.• Fully accountable for the day-to-day operations, energy production, and Operations and Maintenance (O&M) activities:­ - Increased annual revenue by 22% since taking over the projects by significantly improving turbine availability (above 90%) and energy production.­ - Reduced Operating Expenses by 40% by implementing lean principles and establishing systems and procedures to better track repair history and daily turbine status.­ - Managed inventory and Balance of Plant activities.• Created annual budgets, operating plans and managed financials of the operating units.• Negotiated contracts with service providers.Vice President, Supply Chain Management (Oct 2010 – Sept 2012)Responsible for turbine installation and maintenance, global supply chain and assembly operations. • Managed EPC of first turbine installation.• Supervised construction, installation, and commissioning of turbines.• Established and deployed Supply Chain Strategy for sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and assembly of turbine.• Built and led a global supply chain and sourcing organization of 10 people in US, Europe, and China:­ - Identified and selected suppliers; conducted thorough supplier assessment; negotiated contracts and awarded business to global suppliers.­ - Instituted world-class supply chain processes to ensure components are built to the right quality and delivered on time.­ - Managed global logistics, transportation, and warehousing of all turbine components.• Determined production needs; identified and set up a production facility to warehouse and assemble major wind turbine components.

Dorval, Québec, Oo

Hired to take over the operations of a new Greenfield plant set up in India for Delhi Metro project. Specifically hired to ensure customer commitments are met and products delivered on time. Responsible for entire production, plant engineering, and quality function. Acted as an organizational change agent and drove continuous improvement across various functions.• Ran production and managed over 600 people in the plant manufacturing coaches for Metro Trains.• Identified the “Silo” effect and worked on behavioral changes across all functions to create a “Team” environment.• Coached and mentored all employees to stop giving excuses and find ways to get the job done.• Introduced Lean concepts and Visual Factory tools. Promoted Root Cause Analysis and Data driven culture to resolve issues and implement permanent corrective actions. • Introduced robust supplier monitoring process to track on-time delivery of key components.• Achieved customer commitments consistently during the tenure with improved manufacturing processes.

Aarhus, Dk

For a Greenfield project in China, took total responsibility to establish a fully functional supply chain organization within one year. Played a key role on management team to develop and implement business and operational strategies. Coached/mentored all cross-functional teams and led cultural transformation from “Why things cannot be done” to “What will it take to get things done and achieve results!” • Established and led a new supply chain organization of 45 local people for direct and indirect materials, supplier quality, transportation and logistics. • Developed budgets and Sales and Operations Planning processes. • Successfully developed and implemented the supply chain strategy from ‘Source to Award’. • Managed $350M in spend. Qualified over 130 local suppliers within a span of 10 months, localized 90% of the components (versus a target of 70%) and generated15% in cost savings, far exceeding expectation of 10%. • Implemented robust process excellence initiatives at suppliers to reduce cost, ensure product quality, on time delivery, and supply risk.

Northville, Michigan, Us

Created a vision and successfully implemented process excellence strategy throughout the global supply base. Drove corporate quality program implementation and global supplier rationalization initiative across all business units. Led a global team located in US, Mexico, Europe, India, and China driving international sourcing activities• Enrolled 78 key suppliers from various parts of the world in Tenneco-sponsored Six Sigma and Lean training.• Led the team of MBBs that trained/mentored 141 Champions and 57 Black Belts.• Achieved $3M+ in productivity savings by improving suppliers’ manufacturing business processes.• Successfully developed and deployed Low Cost Country Sourcing (LCCS) initiative. Increased LCCS spend from 2% to 26% in 3 years (far exceeding target of 15%) and achieved $30M+ in cost savings.• Established robust performance tracking and monitoring process to manage 3000+ global suppliers - - Achieved 30% YOY supplier quality improvement in Europe and NA for 3 consecutive years. Improved NA Supplier Quality performance from over 2000 PPM to less than 250 PPM.• Led corporate quality initiatives to standardize policies and promote best practice sharing across all BUs. Achieved ISO/TS16949 quality certification in over 95% of plants.

Davidson, North Carolina, Us

Productivity Solutions Division (2000 – 2002)Implemented Worldwide Operational Excellence programs (Six Sigma, Value Engineering, and Total Quality) in 15 plants based in NA, Europe, and Asia. Supported manufacturing with several global projects including capacity planning, global foot print rationalization, streamlining processes, and driving continuous improvement.• Achieved Six Sigma Master Black Belt Certification and generated $5M+ in productivity savings through Value Engineering and Six Sigma deployments at various manufacturing plants.• Led a project team of ten people integrating a newly acquired manufacturing facility in China. Applied Lean Principles of Cellular Manufacturing to optimize equipment layout and material flow.• Established Global Quality Systems across all plants, including supplier quality performance improvement and customer warranty reduction programs: decreased company’s overall Cost of Poor Quality by 13%.Ingersoll-Dresser Pump (1998 – 2000)Established/deployed Lean Enterprise, Value Engineering, and Global Quality Systems at 15 plants manufacturing industrial and highly engineered pumps in NA and Europe. • Developed strategic plan and deployed Lean tactics at all plants. Led 98 global Lean Application Specialists to foster Lean culture. Held Kaizen events, implemented 5S, reduced set up time, used pull systems to reduce inventories, and decreased floor space requirements by 50% with single piece flow manufacturing.• Achieved $3M+ in savings by institutionalizing formal, structured Value Engineering process and15% reduction in resource requirements by applying Process Excellence tools to re-engineer organizational structure.• Led global councils to standardize company-wide quality measurement and reporting procedures. Implemented uniform supplier assessment and performance monitoring process in Europe and NA.

Managed cost reduction projects and supplier performance improvements on castings, machining, steel, stamping, and springs commodity teams for $13B manufacturer of automotive and aerospace products.• Brainstormed cost reductions with product engineers, plant personnel, and suppliers. Generated >$1M savings by improving product designs, material flow, packaging, and supply chain processes.• Realized $2.6M in savings through Operational Excellence after completing Six Sigma Black Belt training and certification.• Managed steel scrap resale project for multiple plants generating $300K (26%) in incremental annual savings.• Conducted due diligence and thorough manufacturing review of casting companies in Czech Republic. Provided detailed analysis and recommendations to Senior Executives on acquisition opportunities.

Southfield , Michigan, Us

Supervised six engineers and four designers responsible for design of automobile seat hardware and mechanisms.• Managed all engineering functions including design approvals, customer reviews, and final releases.• Improved productivity and reduced cost of seat products through process of Value Analysis / Value Engineering.

Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bs, Mechanical Engineering