Product Manager at Best Buy | Building Community @Theproductchannel 20k+ | Co-Host @Everything Product Podcast

Product Leader specializing in transforming enterprises through AI-powered platform products, with 14+ years of experience taking complex technical challenges from 0-to-1 and leading breakthrough products that redefine industries

At Best Buy, spearheaded the development of a developer portal and AI-powered digital assistant, solving enterprise-wide information discovery challenges and significantly accelerating development velocity across the engineering team

Led the creation of Opticom 360, an AI-telematics platform transforming urban fleet management and smart city operations, now deployed across major US cities.

At Bosch, I pioneered a predictive content engine powering the Universal Automotive Diagnostic Tool, revolutionizing the automotive diagnostic industry.

Beyond corporate innovation, I'm deeply committed to advancing the product management field. I co-host the 'Everything Product' podcast (41,000+ subscribers across 52 countries) and founded 'The Product Channel' newsletter (20,000+ subscribers across 114 countries), sharing insights that influence strategic thinking in product management.

⭕️ Siddhartha Saladi, MBA, MS

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Senior Planner/Buyer

Zimmer Spine

	Achieved cost saving of 200,000 by negotiating price for implants, instruments and trays for the V2F™ Anterior Fixation System new product launch.
	Achieve $1.3 million in inventory reduction goals for 2012.
	Provided recommendation at S&OP meeting which avoided waste and improved process. 
	Trained in six sigma green belt.
	Achieve cost reduction of $40,000 in the MRO spend by reducing the purchase cost by 30% and reducing the service days.

Planner/Buyer

The Tile Shop

	Saved 100,000 in the first 3 months by reducing the purchase cost by more than 50 % by eliminating the middle men and directly buying from the source thereby lowering cost while achieving competitive advantage.
	Managed P&L responsibility for entire product line sourced from India.
	Using ERP and Intranet lowered cycle time for supplier order processing from 6 minutes to less than 1 minute thereby improving process and driving down cost.
	Developed KPI for direct and indirect suppliers’ to measure and manager their performance. This resulted in spend capture of 20 % as well as strengthened and improved the supplier performance.
	Achieved 95 % Spend Capture, 80 % operating and maintenance cost reduction, and enhance vendor relationship management by executing successful integration of the procurement and accounts payable processes. 
	Traveled to India to build vendor relationships, as well as expand and research new products and markets.
	Analyzed inventory levels and lead time for demand forecasting that resulted in 25% reduction of excess inventory at the distribution level and 15 % reduction of excess inventory at the store level.
	Minimized remodeling cost and new store construction cost of 60 “The Tile Shop” retail locations by 20% using MS Excel as the primary research tool.
	Streamlined buying procedure for facilities department using Just in Time and pull replenishment process resulting in elimination of carrying cost and freeing warehouse floor space.

Purchasing Analyst

MBA and APICS CSCP certified with over 15 years of strategic international sourcing, negotiating, raw material planning and inventory management experience. Experienced professional in retail and manufacturing industry with JDE and SAP for ERP. Extensive research, analysis and problem solving skills. Manage over $30 million of overseas and domestic Direct and Indirect Material purchasing volume with over 70 vendors.

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