Caleb Samuel Rozario

• Single threaded owner for manufacturing operations from concept to mass production for both NPI and sustaining Programs.
• Collaborated with CMs and cross functional teams like Firmware Dev, Technical Program Managers, Reliability, compliance and MTE teams throughout Product lifecycle phase to build prototype units, review exit gate criteria's and run HW qualifications from EV phase to MP phase.
• Worked with forecasting team and CM counterparts to meet monthly store demand for Pedestals, gates and ESLs and mitigate any material or FG supply risks.
• Reviewed and audited supplier manufacturing facility at Thailand that accounted to about $ 2mil savings on US tariffs on entry exit gates.
• Executed cost savings initiatives to the account of $30k per financial year to drive down overall costs of packaging for entry exit gates
• Synced with Cross-functional teams and Drove RFQ, CSA/QC/UI/GL Audit of Manufacturing Line for multiple programs and various CMs, drove BOM Cost Negotiation, Mitigation of Material Risk to ensure seamless Supply Chain
• Assisted legal team to formulate and implemented Statement of Works (SOW), Product Exhibits (PE), Master Purchase Agreements (MPA/MSDA), Component Purchase Agreements (CPA)

• Executing projects in SD/uSD Product line and iXpand drive from concept/whiteboard phase to mass production, bringing in first to market, world's leading products and contributing to revenue share of about $ 88M towards iXpand BU and 2.5B towards SD/uSD Business.
• Collaborated with cross functional teams-Packaging, Engineering program managers, systems and hardware team to create Bill of materials in Agile PLM based on Qualification plan provided by Product development lead and execute towards Project schedule timelines.
• Drive Manufacturing readiness reviews with all CFTs at each PLC phase exit gate to address all Operations objectives.
  •Interface with planning and procurement team to make decisions on new product /derivative configurations, alternate site strategy, vendor strategy to maintain supply continuity.
• Drive weekly meeting with capacity planning/demand planning, procurement and factory to present overall Product schedule and address CFT concerns at different stages of PLC.
• Extensively using PLM Agile ECO process for Product lifecycle changes (PLC) and BOM revision changes, SAP for BOM and SKU management, i2 for sample demand forecasting.
• Working closely with procurement to raise Purchase requests for components sourcing directly from suppliers for engineering R&D activities.
• Co-ordinated with Product planning and demand planning teams for having demand loaded into I2 to drive material procurement and risk buys for Low volume and High-volume manufacturing and to gauge factory readiness for MP builds.
• Facilitating qualification builds and Bill of material creation for memory transitions that enhance product performance and minimize cost targets of retail business unit.
• Material Management at CMs and Captive sites for NPI phase, Initiating Risk buys for NPI builds and ensuring on time material availability for NPI & Low volume manufacturing.
• Assisted in Qualification of excess inventory and BOM linkages in various product lines to minimize scrap cost and save on overall Inventory overhead cost from $ 250 to $ 60k
• Worked on cost reduction initiatives to qualify memory tech transitions, substrate material changes and Performance enhancement to reduce Product cost and increase overall Production yields.
• Engaging with capacity planning team and factory NPM to cater to factory requirement of new tooling equipment for NPI and mass production builds.
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
• Eased team transitions and new employee orientation through effective training

•Worked closely with Retail Program managers, marketing and Retail fulfillment to qualify low value artwork, retail packaging and facilitate material procurement to Fulfill SKU demand and first customer shipment dates.
•Liaison between NPI engineering and factory teams to execute development builds for each Project to meet stringent shipment schedules for CF and USB Product lines
•Driven operational excellence, using lean methods for new generation high performance products like CF express, contributing to Profit margins as high as 95% .
•Worked closely with procurement to identify AMLs based on cost and quality drives to bring down overall Product BOM cost
•Facilitated setup of ODM/JDM customer model from scratch, involving ERP system, Agile, to enable buy/sell consignment for iXpand wireless charger and Audio Video products.
•Lead Projects driving multiple Cross functional stakeholders to onboard and setup new CMs in I2 planning system and SAP B2B setup for all transactions between WD and CM.

•Expertise in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Agile tool for ECO/ECN Process for Bill of Material (BOM) changes.
•Lead Data Management team for MCU Business, migrating data and systems, from Spansion into Cypress i2 Planning and downstream systems
•Worked on Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to help in Capacity optimization and On time delivery of orders
•Worked closely with CMs on identifying tester constraints and analyzing/optimizing tester capacity to meet customer demand.
•Saved variable costs of $ 300k/ Qtr ,by having Assembly build plan loaded as per MOQ, to avoid excess Lot charges.
•Worked on JDA (i2) SCP Supply Chain Planner for Parameter Management and Change Management System (CMS) for ECN execution
•Trained employees on various Key roles for I2 planning systems /Change Management system, OEE Process and Data Management Processes.

•Extensive experience in Change management system, I2 loading/Parameter management, Process Improvement, Data Management, capacity planning.
•Reviewed Backend Test parameter -test times, yield goals, burn in requirement with Product engineering and BU leads for AOP/BOQ cost reduction and mass Production requirement.
•Reviewed and Improved Key performance indicators for Data management group to ensure accuracy of Parameters and BOMs in Agile and i2 systems
•Expertise in Root Cause Analysis, identifying bottlenecks in process and increasing process Capacity.
•Developed and deployed various Business Process Enhancements, System Enhancements.
•Improved, standardized and documented data management and Agile governing Processes