Ronak Shah M.Sc, Industrial Engineer

San Jose, California, US • +1 (408) 218 6141 • ronak4718@gmail.com • www.linkedin.com/in/ronak4718

Profile

Dynamic, detail-oriented and results-driven project manager with 5 years of cross-functional, technological

experience in the semiconductor industry. Extensive experience working with international teams, managing

multiple stakeholders and projects.

Initiated, led and collaborated on 10+ technological projects, tracking phase checklist and reviews, achieving

results in a fast, dynamic and uncertain environment.

Cohesively worked with Business partners across Business Units, Supply Chain and Engineering located across the world to drive efficient & result driven solutions.

Presented monthly KPI’s and team performance metrics, covering Efficiency and Progress Metrics. Recognized for being adaptive and effectively leading the team through changes in technologies, processes

and environments.

Relevant Knowledge, Skills, and Training

• Project Management • Product Management • International Collaboration • Global Operations •

Work Experience

2013 – Present New Product Operations Manager, SanDisk Corporation, Milpitas, CA

Directly responsible for New Product Introduction and volume production ramp for Retail & OEM Product

lines.

Managing a product portfolio of Bill of Materials (BOMs). Also managing Part Numbers and BOMs in Oracle’s

Product Lifecycle Management Software-Agile. Responsible for creating ECO, MCO & Special order based on

Product requirement.

Ensuring Product readiness/Low Volume Manufacturing (LVM), coordinating project schedule and

requirements to US and Asia supply chain teams. Shipped all products ahead of schedule to meet customer

and engineering development needs.

Developing Product Line models highlighting inventory strategies & discounting to maximize revenues

throughout the entire product life cycle. Creating sophisticated measurements and metrics to determine how

sales & PL core team will respond to various price points and to predict individual SKU lifecycle stages and

duration.

2011 – 2013 Sales Operations Account Manager, SanDisk Corporation Milpitas, CA, US

Fully responsible for interfacing with internal teams to establish SanDisk as a best-in-class vendor by

improving Retailer-Operations across Northern America.

Collaborated and influenced other organizations such as Sales, Fulfillment, Allocation Management, Product

Management, Order Management, Inventory and Operation Planning to embrace current processes, enhance

existing ones and implement new systems.

Main goal was to make sure that order was complete and product was delivered on-time by working with

Supply Chain Planning, Order Management, Fulfillment, Logistics, and the retailer.

Worked with customer & finance team and disputed $300K customer related fines.

Performed detailed root cause analysis and implemented process improvement on daily execution issues to

meet customer’s expectations & increase KPI’s.

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2010-2010 Supply Chain Project Manager Internship, Applied Materials Santa Clara, California

Worked as a member of the supply chain continuity team assisting in analyzing, monitoring, and managing

complex supply chain situations. Worked closely with commodity Managers and other operational disciplines

in maintaining supply continuity globally while developing a world class process.

Assisted in developing the architecture of a Best-in-Class SCRM process.

Defined project scopes, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior

management and stakeholders & monitors and tracks progress of projects.

Set and continually managed project expectations with team members and other stakeholders, identified and

managed project dependencies and critical path.

Education

2008-2010 M.Sc. Industrial & System Engineering, San Jose State University, CA 48th best Engineering school worldwide by Business Insider 2012

Awarded SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT for outstanding performance in four courses and project for subject

Leading the Six Sigma Improvement Project

2003-2007 B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, India 5th Ranked top emerging colleges of excellences in India by Competition Success Review 2010

Was elected as the Organizing Secretary & Head of Sponsorship Committee of Collision 2006, An

International Level Chemical Engineering Students Meet by Chemical Engineering Student Association of

Dharmsinh Desai University

Proficiencies and Computer Languages

MS SharePoint, Project and Office with strong proficiency in Excel - Macros, Pivoting and analysis

I2 Planning System, SAP, Agile, Bill of Material (BOMs) management, Business Object.

Basic knowledge of Simulation, querying and programming tools -Matlab, SQL