Jul 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos · Fremont, California, United States

Jan 2020 – May 2020 · 4 mos · Palo Alto, California

• Global Supply Management Intern, part of Infotainment & Harness commodity team at Tesla Motors.
• Leading a group of four components, car computer cold plate, camera brackets, ultrasonic sensors, harness mountings.
• Tasks involve recognizing cost reduction opportunities, negotiations, re-sourcing activities, cross functional team coordination and supplier management. Managing suppliers based in Europe, North America and Asia Pacific.
• Administering a total spend budget of $16.5 Million for the assigned components.
• Led negotiations on a new product introduction (car computer hardware), lowered the total spend by $1.2 Million.
• Leading a value analysis/value engineering project for supplier localization in China with a targeted savings of $40 Million annually.
• Owner of annual team spend tracker.

Jul 2017 – Dec 2017 · 5 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• Built and leveraged strong working relationships with the engineering team for development & manufacturing of a passenger vehicle.
• Leveraged CAD tools for component design & gained technical knowledge about design by focusing on assembly.
• Served as a point of contact for suppliers & communicated technical requirements.
• Participated in supplier management.
• Through benchmarking for an Outside Air Temperature Sensor, achieved $50k in savings.

Jun 2016 – Jun 2016 · 0 mo · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• Insights into Product Management and Design & Development.
• Analyzed product specification data for procurement of a thermal sensor.
• Analyzed sensor quality data for different temperatures.
• Suggested purchase based on cost and quality of the thermal sensor.

Jul 2015 – May 2016 · 10 mos · Chitkara University, Punjab, India

• Managed end-to-end supply chain management and logistics.
• Built and issued purchase orders, RFX (RFP, RFQ).
• Performed supplier quality audits to ensure part, delivery performance, reliability expectations and accountability.
• Negotiated competitive quotes & slashed the total cost of procurement by 9.8%.
• Performed purchase order closeout, reconciliation of material receipts, and payments.
• Timely reviewed performance metrics & coordinated process deliverables with team.
• Developed project management & operations management plans & controlled project expense to $22k, saving $7k.