Operations and Supply Chain

Neeraj Choudhary

Belmont, CA

*********.******@*****.*** +1-650-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/neerajchoudhary1

Operations Leader

Drive Business Process Improvement Grow Stakeholder Value

Energetic and forward-thinking executive focused on cash management, end-to-end global supply chain, continuous improvement, and teamwork to drive P&L impact. Confident in leading capital investment, contract manufacturing, product engineering, and procurement teams. Proven mergers and acquisitions experience, including full integration. Proficient in directing ERP systems and Lean manufacturing implementation. Expert negotiator of quality and supply agreements.

SKILLS SUMMARY

Contract Management Engineering Management ERP Implementation Lean Manufacturing

Operations Leadership Project Management S&OP Implementation Strategic Sourcing

Supply Chain Optimization Quality Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CONFLUENT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES 2013 – July 2020

Senior Director, Global Supply Chain, Fremont, CA 2016 – July 2020

Appointed Supply Chain Multi-site Leader post acquisition of EtE Medical. Reported to CFO and Senior Vice President - Multi-Site.

Integrated Corpus Medical business into Confluent post acquisition in 2018. Achieved Epicor ERP site implementation in 2019 and business migration to Costa Rica in June 2020, accomplishing multiple strategic goals.

Spearheaded negotiation on a 5-year supply agreement for Nitinol ingot sole source impacting >$100MM business, achieving a major company and primary investor goal.

Led supply chain planning and procurement team over 3 years, resulting in 2X business growth.

Directed ERP business process improvements for operations and supply chain teams across 5 sites, maximizing company revenue growth while managing headcount.

Oversaw global rollout of intracompany purchase order and intercompany transfer order process for all sites.

Managed purchase requisition process rollout for all US sites.

Orchestrated capital equipment investments for strategic product lines at multiple sites - Nitinol processing in Fremont and complex catheter manufacturing in Campbell, generating 32% growth in Fremont with added capacity while facilitating risk mitigation for Campbell by migrating away from home-built equipment.

Championed inventory management process, achieving inventory turns goal of >6.

Initiated and led monthly S&OP process, including integrated business planning with cross-functional teams, facilitating Fremont site growth of 32% over 2 years and improving on-time delivery from 65 - 70% to 90 - 94%.

Orchestrated consolidation of Sunnyvale site footprint from 49K to 25K sq. ft., allowing business to reduce rent expense and migrate operations to Costa Rica.

Completed supply spend (both direct and indirect) analysis for all Confluent sites on Epicor and worked closely with CFO, establishing revised spend targets and multi-year contracts executed with FedEx and Airgas.

CONFLUENT MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES (Continued)

Vice President of Operations, Modified Polymer Components, Sunnyvale, CA 2013 – 2016

(Part of EtE Medical)

Served as Executive Site Operations Leader responsible for engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams. Balanced finance budget for site expense accounts of >$6MM. Led successful acquisition transaction with Confluent Medical Technologies. Reported to CEO.

Spearheaded SYSPRO ERP implementation, including remote Azure cloud hosting, achieving strategic goal within timeline set by executive board.

Managed Sunnyvale site P&L, including margin and EBITDA contribution, boosting site operating margin by 11% over 2-year period.

Directed site cross-functional team, improving on-time delivery performance from 84% to >96%.

Directed monthly S&OP process within 60 days of joining MPC, enhancing customer satisfaction and enabling company sales growth of 34%.

Led Lean operations in 49K sq. ft. site, including ISO 8 clean room focusing on Lean 7 waste reduction; eliminated 11 indirect positions from 45 total.

Enhanced several KPIs, including improving sales / direct hour by 8% in 2014 and 15% in 2015 through employee engagement and CIP cross-training.

Executed new business capabilities by leading engineering team - capital investments in 3D printing (SLA) and injection over-molding and upgrades to precision RF molding.

MEMRY CORPORATION, Menlo Park, CA 2007 – 2013

Director of Operations

Served as site General Manager responsible for engineering, facilities, manufacturing, and quality teams. Balanced and owned annual operations expense budget of >$6.5MM.

Led site business growth in Nitinol products by >55% over 3-year period by building out cross-functional leadership team as site General Manager.

Negotiated multi-year site lease renewal agreement, including tenant and owner improvements, eliminating year-over-year rent increase and tenant improvement expense obligations tied to original agreement.

Championed and led site cross-functional team on KPIs.

Increased sales / FTE direct hour contribution by 36% over 5-year period through rapid operational improvements and revenue growth.

Improved site product on-time delivery from 76% to >92%.

Reduced overtime from 15% to 0.3% through skills analysis and cross-training.

Decreased site footprint from 45K to 25K sq. ft. driven by end-of-life products.

Collaborated diligently with key customers (Abbott, Boston Scientific, and Medtronic) on product lifecycle management, maintaining site revenue continuity year over year.

Justified ROI on custom capital equipment investment of >$1.3MM, improving tube manufacturing process over 3-year period; supported with an A3 business plan.

Implemented Minitab and product validations requirements for all new product introductions (IQ / OQ / PQ), bringing the business forward to industry expectations as a contract manufacturer.

Introduced Lean methodology to site teams, resulting in improved collaboration on VPM, VSM, Kaizen, Kanban, and A3 roadmaps.

TRU-TEST LIMITED, Auckland, New Zealand 2005 – 2007

Group Manager, Plastics

Acted as Operations Leader and key contributor on world-class manufacturing program (TRACC). Led 3-shift union operation with 17 injection molding presses ranging from 25 - 320 ton, 2 extrusion lines, and assembly (127 employees).

Implemented Lean manufacturing over 2 years with a part government-earned grant of NZ $416K, enabling company to compete as world-class manufacturer of Agritech products.

Drove improvement of key performance metrics (KPIs), boosting on-time delivery from 44% to >85% and decreasing inventory from high of $21MM to $18.5MM using supply chain planning tools in Oracle ERP and reduction in SKUs.

Executed capital improvement plan >NZ $300K for plastics processing equipment with 2-year payback.

ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

TE CONNECTIVITY, Menlo Park, CA, Senior Staff Engineer Manufacturing Engineer

Served as Resident Engineer at Boeing Commercial Aircraft on 787 platform in Everett, WA. Acted as technical liaison for qualification of all Tyco Electronics / Raychem products: wire and cable, heat shrink tubing, devices, molded parts, and identification products.

Operated as Project Leader for next-generation aircraft wire and cable program, enabling commercial success of new tape-wrapped composite wire. Qualified product to Mil-Std. specification, resulting in multimillion-dollar sales growth of new Raychem aerospace products.

Led development and ramp-up of Nitinol antenna pull-out wire for first-generation cellular phones, generating sales of $2.5MM / year for period of 5 years.

EDUCATION

Certificate in Project Management, University of California Berkeley Extension, Berkeley, CA

Graduated with Honors

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA

Graduated with Honors - cum laude

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

APICS Board Member - Vice President, Professional / Career Development

E-Sep Technologies Director / Board Member

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