KARAN KAPUR

213-***-****; adcnxy@r.postjobfree.com; LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/KaranKapur14

EDUCATION

M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering, GPA: 3.8, University of Southern California (USC) May 2019 B.E., Mechanical Engineering, GPA: 3.8, Rashtriya Vidyalaya College of Engineering May 2015 EXPERIENCE

Global Supply Chain Program Manager - Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho June 2019 – March 2020

• Driving project management for organization and geography wide PDM, PLM and ERP initiatives to improve cost- effectiveness, increase customer service level, and enable more efficient use of raw materials.

• Worked with cross-functional teams such as supply planning, demand planning, business units, IT, finance, manufacturing and procurement to identify business and technical requirements, work breakdown structures, development, testing and deployment strategies.

• Managing large scale deployments, metrics, milestones and business / technology delivery of cross-functional projects, such as enhancing enterprise data infrastructure, material planning, manufacturing and shipping cycle times, resulting in optimization of supply chain capabilities.

Global Supply Chain Operations Intern – Micron Technology, Boise, Idaho January 2019 – May 2019

• Developed what-if demand forecasting scenarios using alternate constrained consensus and implemented improved material routing and manufacturing quota management by site, resulting in potential savings of $22M.

• Executed data-driven proposals for more responsive actions to changes in demand and inventory targets through root- cause analyses and data modeling of safety, replenishment and obsolete stock, desired service level, sales forecasts, demand variability and lead time requirements, resulting in 30% reduced excess raw material.

• Developed program schedules, resource allocation and change management strategies for procurement optimization, changing roles and responsibilities as a result of supply chain transformation initiatives. Supply Chain and Logistics Intern - Samsung Electronics, Richardson, Texas May 2018 – December 2018

• Executed optimization of North America distribution network using predictive analytics and financial evaluations for consumer electronics and home appliances, using TMS and WMS systems, resulting in improved KPI metrics by 16%.

• Developed go-to market strategies for a cross-functional consumer electronics retail project to advance service level and product availability capabilities, resulting in 12% increase in revenue for a sample set of retail outlets. Technology Licensing Corporate Collaborations Intern - University of Southern California Stevens Center for Innovation, Los Angeles, California December 2017 – April 2018

• Accelerated Intellectual Property collaboration between industry and university in commercialization and licensing of USC owned technologies, resulting from over $700 M invested in research every year. Global Supplier Management - Cisco Systems, San Jose, California / Bangalore, India February 2015 – July 2017

• Supported commodity sourcing negotiations with suppliers resulting in $20 M+ savings potential through cross- functional, global Design to Value, Value Engineering, Should Costing and New Product Introduction projects.

• Developed pareto, spend analysis and qualitative reports for supply bases and BOMs across commodities.

• Issued RFI, RFP / RFQ to analyze suppliers’ coverage, customers, capabilities, commercial terms, rebates, spend and volume tradeoffs.

• Developed baseline v/s target pricing comparisons across suppliers and down-selected suppliers for negotiations.

• Managed cost-optimization projects, working closely with commodity managers, suppliers, demand planners and supply chain / procurement leadership.

SKILLSET AND LEADERSHIP

• Developed should cost analyses for commodities such as PCB, Thermal, Interconnects and Enclosures.

• Used Rapid Response, SAP ERP, Oracle ERP, Advanced Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Access, Tableau, PowerBI and QlikView to source, analyze, visualize and present data, develop qualitative analysis, and present recommendations.

• Winner of Cisco’s global supply chain hackathon for presenting a novel approach to commodity sourcing and value engineering in collaboration with Product Operations, Planning and Fulfillment, Suppliers, and Customers.

• Winner of Cisco’s annual awards for innovation, collaboration and initiatives.

• Led Cisco’s “Early in Career Network” employee resource group and several community volunteering activities.

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