Project Manager

Arun Dhand

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SUMMARY

A dedicated and energetic self starter with experience in Data Analytics, Supply Chain and Reverse Logistics Management; with a proven track record in spearheading multi-faceted domestic & international projects. Specializes in analyzing & reporting large data sets. Broad expertise in Program Management skills, with the ability to manage Contract Manufacturers in regards to factory health, contractual negotiations, cost, capacity and material supply and demand.

COMPETENCIES and SKILLS

Project / Program Management

Inventory / Material Management

Cost Containment / Savings

Tableau Analysis

Database Design

MS Software Advanced

Quality Health reporting

Strong Interpersonal Skills

Highly Analytical

People Management experience

Trilingual (English, French and Hindi)

Excellent Problem Solving Skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Philips - Lighting - Somerset, NJ

Commodity & Procurement Engineering Data Analyst (June 2013 – Present)

Responsible for managing, tracking & reporting of the Lighting division for Procurement savings; by working with 10+ North American sites to ensure data integrity and savings validation. Performs standard & ad-hoc analysis for large sets of data with Excel or Tableau to support Supplier & Procurement Engineering initiatives. Creates metrics within Excel and generates Power Point slides for multilevel management reviews.

Key Achievements:

Created a multi-site tool to manage the Procurement savings funnel for Philips North America, providing visibility for month to month and year end goals.

Lead data analyst to optimize supplier lead times to reduce overall inventory exposure within the Philips Supply Chain

Philips - Healthcare - Parsippany, NJ

QA Document Control Manager (January 2012 – May 2013)

Responsible for implementing all engineering changes within SAP for respiratory medical devices; which encompassed generating all material BOM’s. Led consolidation of ISO procedures with international sites. Drove overall age of open ECR’s to a manageable level, by working with external suppliers and internal stakeholders.

PlanITROI – Denville, NJ

Operations Manager (October 2009 – December 2011)

Managed all Planning, Logistics and Repair functions for the Refurbishment of IT assets for reuse.

Key Achievements:

Overhauled the sales projections and capacity planning functions by implementing basic supply chain demand practices

Took over all Customer reporting functions; which involved product tracking and generating custom MS Access queries for Fortune 500 Companies

Program Manager for implementing ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and R2 industry certifications in 2011

Intel Corporation – Parsippany, NJ

Supply Chain / Factory Program Manager / Supply Demand Analyst (2005 – August 2009)

Oversaw long term strategies and tactical execution with regards to the Intel Telecom Boards and Systems supply base and customer expectations. Manage multiple overseas Tier 1 Contract Manufacturers, which include business agreements, supply chain models, technology changes and factory performance. Used SAP for Supply/Demand planning of Telecom products.

Key Achievements:

Led the Contract Manufacturer site selection for a newly released Telecom server by managing all quote activities that included analyzing submissions and presenting recommendations at executive summary meetings

Program managed the transfer of repair capabilities for Telecom Boards and Systems from an external overseas contract manufacturer to an internal group to improve through-put time, adding quality reporting and trending capabilities, customer satisfaction and driving down repair costs

Manufacturing Operations point of contact for customer Master Purchase Agreements with Nortel, Motorola and Lucent-Alcatel. Reviewed agreements based on standard Terms and Conditions and created new processes based on non-standard business procedures

Created a MS Access Database to track performance for signed Master Purchase Agreements. Database was converted to a web application that is currently being used by multiple Intel business units

Specifically requested by the Intel Optical group to define a near term Reverse Logistics Strategy in order to provide a closed loop process with customers as well as metric generation for QA reporting

Drove the Telecommunications TL-9000 certification by working with multiple groups to identify ISO documentation and measurement updates.

Internal Factory Integration Manager (2003 – 2005)

Managed assembly, test, configuration and packaging of new and production level products for the Intel Telecom Boards and Systems division. Established operating policies, procedures and implemented strategic plans to ensure production schedules and objectives were met within quality and cost objectives.

Key Achievements:

Increased production efficiency by 15% by adding extra test setups, adjusting manpower and ensuring adequate floor supervision to meet production cell schedule requirements

Developed Integration staff skill sets for career advancement within Intel

Reverse Logistics Manager (1996 – 2003)

Managed World Wide Reverse Logistics for Intel’s Boards and Systems Business Unit that included front end, repair and back end processing functions to ensure customer through-put times are met and exceeded.

Key Achievements:

Managed a staff of 20 highly technical personnel in the support of customer product repairs and upgrades

Change Control Board (CCB) member for Manufacturing. Functions included reviewing rework drawings/instructions, ensuring correct material disposition and gauging impact to customers. Performed data analysis & reported customer failure trends on weekly basis during CCB meetings as a leading edge indicator for potential changes or just monitoring purposes. Participated in QA RC/CA meetings from an Operations standpoint.

Represented manufacturing in all Quality related excursions for root cause and corrective action

Reduced the overall Reverse Logistics cycle time from 10 days to under 5 days

Maintained ISO documentation and represented Manufacturing in yearly audits

Created a Returns Database to track product history which facilitated data retrieval and quality trending

EDUCATION

Associates - Commerce

John Abbott College

Montreal, Canada

Associates - Electrical Engineering

Dawson College

Montreal, Canada

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