EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

• Managed teams working in Supply Chain operations, product Operations, Demand Planning, strategic sourcing, MPS/MRP, inventory management, logistics and install base support services.
• Deep understanding of industry business processes related to product lifecycle, sales, order fulfilment, sourcing, billing, invoicing, service agreements/contracts and install base migration and proven experience in rapidly understanding, using and driving improvements in new processes/systems.
• Experienced in communicating complex problems and solutions by analysing trends and patterns of data. Helped to drive continuous system and process improvements by implementing changes within change management scope
• Achieved operational objectives by contributing information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews, preparing, and closing action plans, implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer - service standards
• Strengths include a drive to collaborate, experience in leading cross-functional, global teams and achieve win-win solutions for Internal Stakeholders, Customers and Partners, strong bias for action to close out problems/issues.
• Managed projects in diverse industries such as Networking/Compute/Storage Hardware&Software, Aerospace, Cloud hosting, Automotive, Social media and Medical devices Industry.
• Expertise in Product and Supply Chain operations, Demand/Supply/Manufacturing Planning, Sourcing and inventory Management
• In-depth understanding of Acquisition & Integration/Mergers processes
• Well versed with Process optimization, Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma processes & tools
• Hands-on experience in building Knowledge Based Systems

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Oracle
• SAP
• Sales force
• Anaplan
• Big data Analytics and Reporting
• VSM
• Microsoft 365
• Agile PLM
• Teamcenter
• ANSYS
• Unigraphics
• Oracle
• Anaplan
• Agile PLM
• Planner work bench

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Menlo Park, CA

Supply Chain Manager

Responsibilities:

• Build supply plans, coordinate with cross functional teams and suppliers to achieve the supply & capacity plans to enable on-time and predictable delivery of materials to all points of consumption
• Sourcing and procurement of Hyperscale Data Center HW from various suppliers and Develop global sourcing strategies with defined plans for cost savings, risk assessment and mitigation, and supply planning agreements.
• Proactively track and report data on demand/supply gap, On Time Delivery, fund management, risks to Demand plan and Supply schedule pushouts.
• Coordinate with suppliers on NPI launch to Mass Production transition plans and old/previous generation products supply impact.
• Partner with Engineering and product managers to ensure product catalogs are up to date and accurate for Hyperscale Data Center HW requirements.
• Review logistics performance with internal stakeholders and Recommend how to improve supply planning systems and processes to achieve greater efficiency & scale.
• Work to improve data systems and develop new reporting tools & metrics to improve supply visibility & accuracy. Manage and provide supplier operational performance inputs for supplier business reviews
• Manage corporate policies in areas of inventory accounting and procurement with finance team and define a global server and network parts sparing and stocking inventory strategy
• Define install base support services strategy with various suppliers and work on depot setups, costing models and communicating spend plan with finance team
• Utilize knowledge of analytical interpretation, performance management and reporting to support the day-to-day operations and fulfillment activities while working closely with internal stakeholders

Confidential, San Jose, CA

NPI Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team to partner with Finance, planning, procurement, manufacturing and Inventory Management to enable cost optimization and awareness through sustaining product transitions, inventory planning and E&O
• Lead a team to drive RFP/RFI/RFQs and lead cross-functional teams with supplier selection process and define cost drivers, develop cost models and establish should cost analysis.
• Partner with Product Development, Marketing, Product Configuration Teams to ensure all the BOM and SKU management requirements are met and work with teams to internal qualification, proto builds, first article inspection and samples delivery.
• Partner closely with Service Components Planning team to align on parts demand forecast, short term and long-term procurement decisions
• Define and enable Operational Support Processes (including exceptions) and customer relationship management throughout the order life cycle.
• Collect global channels infrastructure requirements and Build plans to meet shipment requirements for global revenue generating data center setup infrastructure (networking, computing, database servers) requirements
• Maintain HW inventory forecast based upon cost, usage, trends, estimated procurement volumes, repair volumes to determine the optimal inventory levels in support of agreed on service levels and ensure that Cisco compliance requirements are met (i.e. import/export, product safety, software licensing, security, etc.)
• Manage a team to partner with Corporate Development team, Go-to-market team, Finance, Technical and Functional leads to identify dependencies across work streams and ensure a well-coordinated integration and transition plans.
• Developed and executes cross functional programs with clear goals, plans, budget, resources, milestones, dependencies and risks.

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Knowledge Based Systems Manager

Responsibilities:

• Incremental design of various Power plant equipment
• Dynamic 3D geometry generation & Detailing
• Stress Analysis
• Reports generation