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Avinash Kumar

Avinash Kumar

Bangalore

Summary

Result-oriented professional with excellent communication, interpersonal and creative thinking skills. Aiming to leverage my abilities to successfully fill the vacancy at your company. Frequently praised as hardworking by my peers, I can be relied upon to help your company achieve its goals. Efficient professional with 9 year of experience in semiconductor manufacturing and proven knowledge in Electro-mechanical manufacturing, OBOM Analysis, Technical Authoring, OMS, virtual manufacturing, Data visualization & data analysis, product documentation, product structure and BOM configuration. Extensive knowledge on Bill of Materials structuring, developing and analysis through Engineering change Management for sustaining & NPI product lines.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Product Configuration Management Engineer

Applied Materials India
Bangalore
06.2019 - Current
  • Validate accuracy of Bill of Materials (BOM) and Engineering Change Requests (ECR).
  • Involved in PLM / PDM activities, OBOM and product configuration analysis of tools ensuring the tools are accurately configured as per customer request considering special requests from customer, also accordingly updating or creating CAD models and OMS.
  • Work with members of the product development group and other project team embers to develop and refine the product bill of materials (BOMs) and other documentation required to maintain configuration of new and sustaining products in PLM.
  • Developing and maintaining BOMs for new and existing products.
  • Coordinates with other impacted EC analysts; verifies that appropriate CIB (Change Implementation Board) members are included on the ECO based on Product Family, Product Line, Change Category, and planner/buyer and product option tree, as applicable.
  • Managed effectively multilevel EBOM & MBOM for HVM and NPI product lines for large assemblies.
  • Project management experience defining and executing engineering change and configuration management activities (e.g. ECR/ECO processes) supporting new and existing product lines.
  • Work with Global Product Managers (GPM), Business Management Operations (BMO), Product Line Managers (PLM), Account Teams (A/T), and Engineering to simplify the processing of Non-Standard Requests (NSR) from customer.
  • Create and maintain Power BI dashboards and data visualization charts for the issues identified and for representing other details of the team metrics and statistics pictorially
  • Part Classification, BOMs check for Regulatory Compliance in corporate tool and
    Obsolescence management through PLM and ERP.
  • Identify and highlight new process shortcomings and supportin fixing the issues by organizing and leading CCB, 8D, 5Why,RCCA,Data representation & analytics, and cross functional team meetings
  • Manage a team of 6 members, Maintain documents and data for metrics of team members
  • Manage field level Non-Conformances (NCs) and actively contribute in Root Cause Analysis (RCCA) to mitigate issues.
  • Maintain Approved Manufactures List (AML) and perform alternative selection of
    materials required in BOM.
  • Manage cost and ensure necessary measures taken to evade excess costing.
  • Afford product trainings on Semiconductor Wafer Technology to stakeholders.

Manufacturing Support Engineer

ASM Front-End Manufacturing Singapore Pvt. Ltd on payroll of HCL Technologies
Bangalore
12.2016 - 06.2019
  • Worked on creation of Operational Method Sheets, work instructions and virtual manufacturing Instruction files for critical and large assemblies
  • Work with members of the product development group and other project team embers to develop and refine the product bill of materials (BOM’s) and other documentation required to maintain configuration of new and sustaining products in PLM.
  • Organize and lead Change Control Board meetings to cut in plan for new and existing sustaining BOM changes.
  • Experience in implementing PCN (Product Change Notice),EOL (End of Life) notices with recommended replacement and LTB (Last Time Buy) management for component and products.
  • Work in cross-functional groups to verify customer/internal customer requirements are translated into buildable systems within manufacturing business guidelines and EBOM & OBOM are one-hundred percent accurate.
  • Ensure documents, specií cations, engineering drawings /reports and other documentation meet production standards.
  • Review ECO's for content completeness, Structure of Bill of Material, customer impact (internal and external), organizational impact, and functional product impact.
  • Identify EOL components and í nd suitable replacement, perform fit test for compatibility and recommend for manufacturing team.
  • Prioritize high-volume Engineering and Manufacturing Change Orders (ECOs/MCOs) and take necessary actions based on client needs.
  • Worked on creation of 3d Cable routing and Pneumatic routing in CREO.
  • Involved in New Product Introduction (NPI), EC release, Cable & Pneumatic routing, OEM part selection, Large assembly management & restructuring and supporting low/medium level design and drafting activities of different modules of semiconductor tools such as process chamber, platform, mainframe, wafer handling Robot, heat exchanger and electrical box
  • Involved in Engineering Change Management(ECO & ECM) for resolving non-conformance (NCs) from supplier, shop floor & customer, Product change & Obsolescence validation, EOL issue resolution and design changes.

Graduate Engineering Trainee

AUTOCNC Machining (ACE Micromatic Group Company)
Bangalore
11.2015 - 11.2016
  • Project/Production management of precision components machined on Horizontal and Vertical Milling Centers.Quality control and assurance using tools such as statistical process control chart, CP, CPK & CMM
  • CMM & CNC programming for automating inspection of critical dimensions.
  • Learn and use software tools such as UG Nx,CREO, Solidworks and Calypso.
  • Editing the final inspection drawings and stage drawings of components as per customer requirements and in house production requirements using UG Nx and solidworks.
  • Applying GD&T symbols and dimensioning for component drawings.
  • Inspection of inward outward and In-line inspection of materials (Quality Assurance) using instruments such as Vernier calipers, Micrometer, Bevel Protractor, Height gauge, plug gauges and snap gauges, FARO, CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine).
  • Analyzing and working of CNC Machines to have some exposure on working and setup of CNC machineries.

Education

Industrial and Production Engineering (B.E.) -

UBDTCE/ Davangere
06.2015

Skills

  • Change management (ECO/ECR)
  • Project management
  • Leadership
  • CAD(CREO, UG Nx & Auto CAD)
  • SAP PLM/ERP
  • Program Management
  • Configuration Management
  • BOM Analysis & Management
  • Time Study & Work study
  • OBOM Management
  • Inventory Management
  • PLM (SAP, Intralink, TeamCenter)
  • Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS)
  • Demand Planning
  • EOL(Obsolescence Management)
  • New Product Introduction (NPI)

Additional Education

  • PLM & PDM
  • Project Management
  • Program Management

Cover Letter

Dear Sir/Madam, I'm writing to express my interest in Configuration Manager role. I believe I could bring valuable skills and experience to GKN Automotive that would make me an ideal fit for this positions. I have about 9 years of experience as a Production support, Product data management, Product life cycle management and engineering change management engineer and during this time I have managed a shop floor in a CNC machining industry for manufacturing supervision, CNC and CMM Programming, material management and also for quality control mainly involving automotive parts. I have also worked under payroll of HCL Technologies for ASM FEMS involving in ECO projects, generation of OMS for various project lines and modules, End of Life(Obsolescence) projects, Large assembly management, BOM Management, PCP One- Pager, GD&T, 3D Modelling and drafting. From the last 4 years 9 months I have been working at Applied Materials India as a Senior Product Configuration Management Engineer with extensive knowledge in Product line Management, Product Data Management and Configuration Management of various product lines, program management, project management, Product Structure Engineering, Non Standard requests and ESWs and responsible for Configuration accuracy of tool to be shipped to customer. I am also involved in using problem solving tools like 5Why, FMEA, FMECA, 8D, Cause and effect analysis. I am currently leading a team of 7 Configuration Management Engineers, hence, I will be responsible for work load distribution/assignment, presenting team metrics to executives and liaising between various departments and the team. I have worked in various aspects such as Production Data analysis, BoM & Master BoM data, Manufacturing, supply chain management, OMS, Engineering Change Management resulting in acquiring good knowledge on Team Center, SAP PLM & ERP, Multi Level BoM, VC(Variant configurator), Configuration Management, Project Management, Product Structure control and management through ECO. I also have demonstrated excellent communication and cross-functional team collaboration also with SMEs for resolution of any issues with the product. While I was working on OMS, I have used many tools such as CREO, MS office, SAP visual enterprise author for creating Operational Method Sheets for the production floor. I have also worked on time study and method study for eliminating few redundant activities. In account of my above mentioned skills and abilities I believe I will be able to perform well without difficulty for the Configuration Manager role. Thank you for taking the time to consider my application, and I look forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Avinash Kumar

Languages

  • English, Full Professional Proficiency
  • German, Limited Working Proficiency

Hobbies and Interests

  • Configuration Management
  • EOL and Obsolescence Management
  • Manufacturing Support
  • OMS or SOP
  • EC Management and PCP
  • Work study and Time Study
  • BOM Analysis

Personal Information

Title: Senior Product Configuration Management Engineer

Accomplishments

  • Awarded Best Employee of the quarter during 2023 Q4 for implementing process improvement on RCCA to document the corrective action reports, also created a separate monitoring tool to access multiple actions at a time.
  • Awarded the spot award for setting up new process and successfully implementing the orde BOM analysis and comparison process at applied materials for different BUs and at different levels.
  • Created new template for comparison between EOL and replacement part.
  • Selected for 1 month onsite at SINGAPORE to understand the machines and tools in the cleanroom for creation of OMS document.
  • Took initiative to work on large assemblies for learning and carrying out cabling task in Pro/E/ CREO.
  • Created shortcuts and way of working for SAP VEA for better productivity.

Languages

English
First Language
German
Elementary (A2)
A2
Hindi
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Kannada
Proficient (C2)
C2

Timeline

Senior Product Configuration Management Engineer

Applied Materials India
06.2019 - Current

Manufacturing Support Engineer

ASM Front-End Manufacturing Singapore Pvt. Ltd on payroll of HCL Technologies
12.2016 - 06.2019

Graduate Engineering Trainee

AUTOCNC Machining (ACE Micromatic Group Company)
11.2015 - 11.2016

Industrial and Production Engineering (B.E.) -

UBDTCE/ Davangere
Avinash Kumar