Tesla

• Developed bid tab for 10+ projects and negotiated with 30+ vendors suppliers based on product schedules and conducting should cost analysis resulting in direct savings of $100K and indirect savings of $50K. 
• Automated Supplier capability dashboard for 100+ suppliers using Power BI and Excel for to analyze spend, compliance, delivery scope and Purchase Order status from ERP data to build supplier priority framework. 
• Led supplier management initiative for various manufacturing processes by collaborating with different stakeholders to select 50+ suppliers and standardizing supply chain thus increasing vendor selection efficiency by 11%. 
• Led NPI sourcing project valued at $10M for a new energy product from alpha build to production by collaborating with NPI engineers, material planner, customers to increase installation efficiency across all Powerwall related products. 
• Performed make vs buy analysis, evaluated in-house vs outsourcing costs, collaborated with teams, achieved 20% cost savings and 30% lead time for a New Product Line (NPI). 
• Analyzed and reduced spend by 12% for a $100M baseline for commodities like energy tooling and heavy equipment by consolidating spend and conducting rent vs buy analysis and reporting spend through dashboards. 
• Owned end to end supply chain of 250 components right from analyzing and negotiating quotes to save 20% in costs by conducting should cost for categories like PCBA, casting etc. and supplier selection based on lead time, quality, capacity, and cost to ensure on-time delivery based on planned SOP timeline.  
• Strategically managed supplier contracts and drafted statements of work (SOWs) for new product introductions (NPI) resulting in streamlined procurement processes, optimized vendor relationships, and cost savings of 10%. 
• Constructed RFI questionnaire based on 5+ factors including competitive landscape, manufacturing size, future capacity to enhance supplier selection for cost optimization.

Supply Chain Manager

Northeastern University

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Northeastern University Information Technology Services

•Oversaw 95% of supply chain dispatches without any escalations after researching and diagnosing inventory management and optimization.
•Instructed 70+ faculty members across 500+ classes on supply chain aspects of a classroom while managing a 10% reduction in recurring issues in inventory. 
•Collaborated with operations, supply chain team in an agile environment to deliver demand planning solutions in an efficient manner.

Supply Chain/Demand Planner

Mahindra Solarize

•Self-automated entire vendor optimization process from accepting PO to consumption by introducing ERP into system hence decreasing bottlenecks resulting in decrease in turnaround time by 60%.
•Supervised hardware projects worth $11M from sourcing new vendors, managing product schedules to conducting cost analysis with engineering team on Bill of Material (BOM) resulting in cost-saving of $0.5M.
•Performed make vs buy analysis, evaluated in-house vs outsourcing costs, collaborated with teams, achieved 20% cost savings and 30% lead time for a hardware product line.

Senior Engineering Program Manager:- Hardware

• Developed an interactive dashboard for OTD (On-Time Delivery) metric to analyze KPI from 15000+ rows of receipt
data leveraging SQL and Tableau to measure procurement efficiency of firm.
• Implemented strategies to reduce operational costs by $1M per year by changing model to outsourced turnkey model
and transferring manufacturing from multiple manufacturers to one
• Handled and managed 27+ ADHOC Shipments from APAC, EMEA and NA region, coordinated with regional supplier and custom broker to create commercial documents required to legally export parts to India.

Engineering Program Manager-Hardware

ELECRO-FROMER

• Optimized co-ordination process by collaborating with electrical and mechanical team; designed workflow process; restructured tracking design; enhanced tracking by 20%.
• Implemented SOP and streamlined product segmentation employing ABC and FSN analysis to reduce total holding cost of inventory by 18%

Supply Chain Program Manager

Honda Cars India Ltd

• Incorporated 5 process design improvements by designing Jigs for a newly designed bumper.
• Inspected 3 types of equipment necessary for Plastic production after Injection Moulding.
• Provided 2 actionable solutions including changes to processes to maintain the permissive bumper gap.
• Designed 10 models of Storage Bins for Bumper- hook covers.

Trainee

Maruti Suzuki India Limited

1. Study and analysis of Manufacturing Process in Different Shops (weld shop, paint shop etc).
2. Study and detailed analysis of Assembly Shop -3 and Manufacturing of different cars.
3. Rejection of Components and their Countermeasures of different cars.

Summer Trainee

At Tesla, our team has achieved significant savings and streamline operations through adept negotiation with suppliers, resulting in annual savings of $400K and improved payment terms. We pioneered a supplier priority framework using Power BI, enhancing inventory optimization and compliance. 

With a Master's in Engineering Management and a Graduate Certificate from Northeastern University, my educational background has solidified my core competencies in logistics and supply chain management. My commitment to marrying technology with practical supply chain solutions drives my contributions towards Tesla's innovation and the automotive industry's sustainability.

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