Krishna G.

Drive material readiness through supply chain execution by acting as the primary liaison between production/demand planning, suppliers, service engineers/NPI, TPMs, fulfillment & field service teams, to ensure uninterrupted service operations maintaining up-time of Supercharger network while maintaining optimal inventory levels Lead build-plan alignment, NPI service readiness, supplier ramp up/down management, material strategies (LTB, EOL) to support supercharger network through its product lifecycle. Own scenario planning/what-if analysis, MRP-based procurement to enable timely delivery, while regularly communicating status, risks, and tradeoffs to leadership through data-driven decisions.

• Led supplier recovery and reduced past dues to $1.2M from $30M, backorders to $493k from $6.2M by prioritizing parts using weighted average method, and establishing SOPs to meet supplier performance against business goals • Collaborating cross-functionally with New Product Introduction (NPI) team, Engineering team and suppliers to monitor ECN (Engineering Change Notice) to schedule effective dates for parts by evaluating clear to-build (CTB) process • Spearheading inventory buyback project consisting of ~4300 parts totaling $11.9M and utilizing JDA to review Advanced Shipping Notice (ASN) for accuracy and monitor procure to pay process • Coordinating with 3 suppliers on a weekly basis to review forecasts, capture supply commitments, and publish updates internally, thereby providing a promise date to customers • Conducted Spend Analysis on ~2500 kits from supplier and identified cost reduction opportunities worth $1.1M yearly • Collaborated cross functionally with Inventory Manager, Material planners(s), kitting suppliers, tier-1 supplier, and managed material transfer activity of $747k saving average operational cost of $318k • Assessed inventory, supply, forecast and slashed supply by 20,170 units minimizing excess inventory and saving $471k • Analyzed RFQ from supplier, coordinated negotiations and identified cost saving opportunities of $108k annually • Evaluated and updated Bills of Material (BOM) to latest part revision in AS400 ERP and achieved 18% time savings • Identified and eliminated nonvalue-added activities in logistics network by conducting Value Stream Mapping (VSM) and reduced lead time by 9 days

• Led a project and devised an optimal inventory model for 300+ raw materials each, across 20+ commodities and reduced average inventory by 24% • Computed Planning Bill of Materials (P-BOM) based on historical inventory usage, oversaw inventory days of supply and presented a strategic plan to reduce slow-moving inventory • Designed a dashboard in Cognos to monitor inventory levels; identified excess and obsolete inventory worth of $115k • Reviewed MRP execution and created documentation on system planning parameters; maintained master data in ERP

• Deployed supply requirements to supply base by analyzing bill of materials (BOM) and purchase requisition (PR) using MRP and boosted on-time delivery rate by 14% • Analyzed trend and seasonality of historical sales data, and created a statistical demand forecasting model using Holt’s method and improved forecast accuracy by 12% • Developed a dashboard in Tableau by integrating SQL to monitor on-hand inventory, days of supply, and backorders

• Improved inventory record accuracy by 8% by deploying cycle counting inventory control technique in warehouse • Analyzed demand against supply, and implemented 2-bin Kanban lean strategy, establishing replenishment policy and reduced cycle stock inventory by 13%