Ramesh Anand
Supply Chain Manager
Chennai,India
Summary
Professional Supply Chain Project Management Specialist with experience working with teams to accomplish short- and long-term project goals with top quality for Ultrasound Healthcare Products. Effective Management of budgets, Schedule and Resources.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Supply Chain Project Manager
Philips India Limited
Bengaluru, Karnataka
03.2012 - 04.2021
- First time in Ultrasound developed and implemented sleek PFMEA based manufacturing test setup for Tablet Ultrasound.
- Lead local SME and manufacturing team in short time to implement enhanced manufacturing setup for local for local customers in America.
- Developed and implemented E2E supply chain test strategy for new ultrasound products to meet manufacturing test coverage goals including review of vendor developed fixtures like ICT, FT etc.
- Successfully lead supply chain and manufacturing teams in various manufacturing transfer of Cart and tablet based Ultrasound products.
- Fine tuned existing SC setup by introducing better traceability record between vendor, customer and manufacturing, to quicken order to delivery time by 1 week from 24 to 30 days.
- First in ultrasound to conceptualize HLA for Cart Ultrasound, strategize manufacturing model and implement at vendor location which resulted FPY to over 99% from over 75%.
- Lead new projects from supply chain for developing supply chain strategy and getting approval from management for budget, Schedule, resources and SC metrics.
Senior Product Support Engineer
Venture Corporation Limited
Johor Bahru, Johor Bahru
03.2006 - 02.2012
- Established continuous improvement culture in NPI to improve manufacturability through early detection and resolution of defects at engineering builds, enhanced documentation and systematic reduction of engineering cycle time.
- Identified alternate components in PCBA, developed qualification plan, tested and successfully reduced BOM cost by 10 to 20%.
- Performed NPI Builds of PCBA and Finished Good to identify 100% of defects early and track for 100% resolution before pre production.
- Established Manufacturing Line setup
- Coordinated development and deployment of test fixtures by vendors in 4 to 6 weeks.
- Own DEFOA metric and drive timely improvement actions with cross functions.
- Performed design reviews of PCBA for Design for testability, manufacturability and assembly.
Design Engineer
Phoenix Medical Systems
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
06.2003 - 01.2006
- Supported engineering design development [HW and firmware] of of bio impedance analyzer through analysis, prototype and testing from scratch in 6 months.
- Developed and deployed firmware for clock module in warmer in 1 day.
- Collaborated with manufacturing, and service to support quick resolution of technical engineering issues for warmer, incubator, and hospital bed PCBA.
Education
MBA - Finance
TNOU
Chennai 06.2003 - 06.2005
Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Tamil Nadu Open University
Chennai 06.2000 - 05.2003
Skills
Multitasking Abilities
undefinedAccomplishments
Recognized at Ultrasound group level for implementing DFMAT first time right for a NPI.
Eager to Win Award for implementing manufacturing test setup with innovative tests to achieve zero DEFOA.
Showcased various process improvement ideas at annual hackathons.
Certification
Competent Communicator
Timeline
Competent Leadership
12-2018
Competent Communicator
12-2017
Supply Chain Project Manager
Philips India Limited
03.2012 - 04.2021
Senior Product Support Engineer
Venture Corporation Limited
03.2006 - 02.2012
Design Engineer
Phoenix Medical Systems
06.2003 - 01.2006
MBA - Finance
TNOU
06.2003 - 06.2005
Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Tamil Nadu Open University
06.2000 - 05.2003
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