Yuvaraj Arumugam

CEO

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India21 yrs 10 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • 25 years of diverse industry experience
  • Led $1B investment in China procurement
  • Pioneered biosensor technology innovations
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned operations executive with expertise in automotive, consumer electronics, and healthcare sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

LeadershipField OperationsProduct DevelopmentResearch And DevelopmentCustomer ExperienceBusiness OperationsProduct ManagementEngineering

Other Skills

Lean ThinkingExecutive ManagementDesign ThinkingR&DCost OptimizationSupplier DevelopmentSalesforceDigital TransformationEngineering Program ManagementLogisticsBudgetingSupplier ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipStrategySupply Chain Management

About

Operations executive with 25 years of experience in automotive, management consulting, consumer electronics, home services and medical devices. Functional experience in manufacturing, research and development, product design, procurement operations, supply chain, management consulting, business and digital transformation, contract manufacturing, quality management, supplier development and relationships management, contracting and budget management. Three years of China expat experience setting up China procurement office to support the $1Billion investment to serve local market, global sourcing and supplier development activities. Awarded innovation awards, granted patents for material innovation in tire product development, recognized for delivering cost savings through alternate material solutions to meet targets help business starve of bankruptcy; rewarded for developing strategic supplier relationships to create new sources of supply for critical materials and helping develop the China supply base from $0 to $200M in spend in under two years. Managed program budget for three generation of MacBook Pro laptops, managed China supplier, negotiated pricing, construction of new factories and expansion of existing capacities to support growth, identified process inefficiencies and drive productivity, reduced scrap and delivered millions in cost savings. Developed supplier development programs, strengthened supplier relationships and managed business continuity for medical device business to support explosive growth and deliver profitability, pioneered development of new sensor technology to drive product innovations and established a bio-sensor lab to spur innovation in this new frontier for the company.

Experience

21 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Daisy

Transformation Leader

Nov 2023Feb 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos · Dallas, Texas, United States · Remote

  • Leading effort to create a dedicated, empowered, motivated and incentivized frontline Daisy workforce.
Field OperationsLeadershipLean ThinkingExecutive ManagementDesign Thinking

Establishment labs

Senior Director Research Development

Aug 2021Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Dallas, Texas, United States · Remote

  • Built a R&D team of scientists and engineers, created a technology roadmap and optimized cost structure to launch innovative products with biosensors
  • Identified operational challenges and supply base limitations, improved processes, built a supplier development function to position business
  • to operate to scale from a $100M to $500M In revenue by 2026

Servicemaster

Senior Director of Operations

Jun 2018Jun 2020 · 2 yrs · Memphis, Tennessee · On-site

  • Inspired frontline employees and created a customer centric end-to-end business process that drove customer satisfaction servicing more than 50,000 homes per day
  • Delivered 23% increase in lead conversion, 20% increase in revenue, 22% growth in NPS, and 5% higher employee satisfaction scores
  • Designed a new Salesforce customer experience platform based on the new business process and lead implementation of a $75M digital transformation project

Essential

Director

Apr 2017Mar 2018 · 11 mos · Palo Alto, California

  • Joined a startup with a team of Apple employees and launched a new smartphone and developed a home device concept. I wore multiple hats and worked in Engineering Program Management, New Production Introduction, Logistics, and Customer Experience areas. I managed Contract Manufacturer relationships, established new supplier relationships and devised a reverse logistics strategy for returns and warranty management.

Apple

Business Operations Manager

Aug 2013Aug 2016 · 3 yrs · Cupertino, California

  • Managed Apple's MacBook Pro line of computers. I was responsible for gathering all the needs of the various teams, building the budget, working with Finance and presenting to Management and the director board to get their approval and to manage and pay the suppliers.

A.t. kearney

Management Consultant Associate

Jul 2011Jul 2013 · 2 yrs · Chicago

  • Worked at Kearney in their Procurement and Analytics solution practice.

The goodyear tire & rubber company

Sr. Manager

Aug 1998Feb 2009 · 10 yrs 6 mos · Akron, Ohio

  • Upon being promoted I was sent to China to set up a Procurement office to develop a global supply base in China and also support a strategic $1B investment the company was making in China.

Education

Auburn University

Master of Science — Textile Engineering

Kumaraguru College of Technology

Bachelor — Mechanical Engineering

Thunderbird School of Global Management

MBA — Global Management

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