Jun 2022 – Mar 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Managing the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) for retail products through interface with Business Marketing, Finance, Sales BU, Supply Planning, and Technology Mapping teams
• Developing the framework for accurate planning, forecasting, and disaggregation from segment level to SKU level by improving business processes, data integrity, mathematical modelling, and analytics
• Optimizing pricing and allocation strategy for different regions and segments based on TAM data, market share, historical seasonality & trends, channel inventory, QTD fill rate, consumer behaviors, competitor pricing, and market dynamics
• Enhancing the forecasting tools & processes to hedge against market volatility and reduce impact of one-time events on long term planning
• Driving the NPI demand through BOM readiness and PVT stage to efficiently ramp-up in the future quarters

Apr 2022 – Jun 2022 · 2 mos

• Managed Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) through co-ordination with Sales BU, Biz Ops, Finance, and Supply Planning
• Designed framework for accurate forecasting, model validation, and disaggregation down to product family level for 8Qs

Jan 2020 – Apr 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos

• Managed the development of end-to-end HDD supply chain planning & optimization system using i2/JDA to manage build request-to-build commit process
• Identified process gaps and proposed business solutions to implement critical supply chain policies across operations, planning, and procurement teams located in China, Philippines, Malaysia, India, and Thailand
• Created systems with the help of IT/Developer teams to accommodate product specific business and manufacturing processes
• Guided the optimization team as a 'Subject Matter Expert' on planning and operations of Semiconductor (Head) and Media manufacturing
• Led requirements gathering and design of MRP and supply chain optimization system for HGA/wafer/media/substrate operations
• Established the product planning/global supply planning team for all HDD products (40 Products ~10B Revenue) and components and successfully transitioned it to the sustaining team
• Developed processes to identify gating materials, high risk components, and capacity tightness based on the interaction between various square sets and resolved the demand-supply gaps through shortage analysis
• Directed the procurement and materials team to spot-buy critical components, build up the inventory for long lead time components, and reserve capacity based on the weekly demand-supply analysis to meet 100% revenue targets
• Owned the operations planning for of 10 NPI products by ensuring BOM, materials, and capacity readiness and managed the ramp stage to ensure smooth transition into the planning system
• Minimized E&O inventory exposure through accurate lock volume estimation, recycle & reclaim management, and supply re-allocation

Jul 2019 – Dec 2019 · 5 mos · College Station, Texas, United States

• UI/UX study and analysis for a beta development project

Jan 2019 – Dec 2019 · 11 mos · College Station, Texas

Jun 2018 – Dec 2018 · 6 mos · Gray Court, South Carolina

• Pioneered Industry 4.0 by researching new technologies to improve analysis of shop floor data through supply chain automation
• Established a live ERP database with PowerBI generating real time KPIs for monitoring issues in production and quality performance
• Restructured the rework planning & forecasting system by using production and failure projections for demand analysis
• Achieved reduction of 41% rework stock and 33 engineering hrs./day through targeted prioritization of final test rejects
• Upgraded demand planning to include direct data from soft NOKs and stop notes to cover corner cases causing supply stock-out
• Created a heat map by relating SAP movement code with handling unit number to reduce inventory tracking time by 90%
• Resolved discrepancies in outbound logistics inventory by formulating an independent tracking tool for customer returns
• Directed quality incidents investigation on final test and stop notes through KPI monitoring of individual error codes
• Championed up-gradation and automation of daily logistics stock overview tool to include representation of quality data

Jul 2015 – Jul 2017 · 2 yrs · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Led supply chain, manufacturing, and quality projects for 30+ oil & gas and thermal powerplant installations with total capacity of 70 GW
• Negotiated service level agreement and deliverables with customers and suppliers to increase project margins by $2 Million
• Initiated weekly inventory review with sourcing & procurement to estimate and divert stocks to avoid stock-out on key projects
• Developed new suppliers for strategic commodity pricing and obtained final approval from management and end customers
• Initiated regular production assessments, internal and external audits, and quality investigations to fast-track issue resolution
• Managed supplier quality, system design, testing & verification, and FAT/SAT teams for 12 compressor house installations
• Optimized testing capacity allocation through tactical demand re-prioritization to reduce average lead time by 15 days
• Expanded centrifugal compressors product line by spearheading the NPD for oil rigs exhaust gas handling application
• Expedited new compressor product series qualification by 1 month through timely CapEx recommendation and line conversions
• Streamlined supplier qualification for captive sites and contract manufacturers for new compressor product series (<100kW)
• Resolved on-site dryer issues by analyzing dryer production process using PFMEA and implementing recommended actions

Jul 2014 – Jun 2015 · 11 mos · Bangalore

• Project: Thermo-economic analysis of solar thermal (concentrated solar power) coupled with organic Rankine cycle (ORC)
• Design:
• Worked on the thermal circuit design for ORC coupled CSP
• Designed the parabolic trough 2-axis collector coupled with thermal energy storage (TES) for 100 KW electrical system
• Designed and proposed new I/O configurations for a pebble bed TES
• Collaborated with the design and optimization teams for: Scroll expander, ORC, parabolic trough
• collector
• Analysis & Simulation:
• Created mathematical model using clear sky model for calculating cloud coverage and solar irradiance at any given geographic location
• Created mathematical model using Matlab for simulating the ORC coupled CSP for TES design for energy storage throughout the day
• Simulated rock bed destratification and thermocline formation (Using ANSYS- Fluent 6.0) in the TES for randomly selected day and location to absorb the effects of changing DNI (direct normal insolation) throughout the day
• Performed simulation to compare different TES I/O configurations for: Pure heat transfer fluid/Pebble bed storage & different height to diameter ratios to show an increase of 8% in storage efficiency in our proposed configuration
• Data Analytics:
• Performed cost analysis on individual components in ORC coupled CSP considering market prices
• Evaluated following - Heat transfer fluids (HTF): Ethylene Glycol, Therminol VP1, Propylene Glycol, Glycerol, Water | Working Fluids: n-Butane, Propane | Rock Bed: Fused Silica, Quartz
• Analyzed current market trends for prediction of levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for solar technologies (PV, CSP, micro-CSP, Hybrid)
• Coined a new term: ‘Effectiveness’ to replace ‘storage efficiency’ to rate the TES tank input output configurations

Jan 2014 – Mar 2014 · 2 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• Design:
• Designed jigs and fixtures for machining of hydraulic steering cylinder
• Studied GD&T, engineering drawings, manufacturing drawings
• Converted 3D objects into 2D manufacturing drawings using DFM techniques
• Optimized shop floor layout in AutoCAD Factory Design suite
• Production:
• Studied complete product life cycle from raw material procurement to quality testing
• Performed time studies, assembly studies to understand lead time, takt time, cycle time
• Understood manufacturing processes like casting, milling, drilling
• Operated HMC, VMC and studied palletizing, HMI, tool changing processes
• Quality:
• Understood and implemented QA/ QC norms
• Performed Root Cause Analysis for high number of failures on initial batches of the cylinder
• Proposed 5S, Kaizen, PDCA implementation on assembly lines to improve efficiency
• Designed kitting stands and supermarket layouts