SANDIP WARAKE

• Lead a team of engineers for costing, VAVE, supplier development, and project delivery across electrical and electronics commodities.
• Plan work allocation, review outputs, track timelines, and ensure quality deliverables for customer-facing projects.
• Handled $120M+ E&E commodity portfolio and delivered $5.5M annual savings through costing, benchmarking, and VAVE initiatives.
• Lead should cost for PCBA, PCB, wire harnesses, control panels, cable assemblies, and locomotive electrical parts.
• Prepare cost breakdowns, supplier comparisons, RFQ inputs, and business cases for sourcing and negotiation decisions.
• Drive VAVE, teardown, and design-to-cost projects. Delivered $1.2M annual savings in electronics components.
• Analyze open POs, forecasts, spend data, family price variation, and supplier trends to identify cost reduction opportunities.
• Lead supplier discovery, RFQ coordination, technical evaluation, shortlisting, and low-cost-country sourcing support.
• Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Quality, Manufacturing, and NPI teams for feasibility and supplier capability reviews.
• Develop Excel and aPriori cost models for PCBA, PCB, wire harnesses, Electrical parts and Ethernet cables
• Supported supplier discovery, qualification, India sourcing, and NPD/NPI launch readiness.
• Improved quotation speed using Excel calculators, cost databases, and price matrices.

• Led supplier part development and qualification for electrical and electronic components.
• Acted as key interface between EMS suppliers, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality teams.
• Led NPI support, supplier onboarding, localization, DFM reviews, and engineering query closure.
• Conducted supplier audits, process reviews, quality system checks, and capability assessments.
• Reviewed PPAP, SPC, FMEA, 8D, CAPA, inspection plans, and validation reports.
• Drove supplier development actions to improve quality, delivery, responsiveness, and process efficiency.
• Developed a PCB testing lab and procured test instruments to improve validation capability.

• Analyzed RFQ/RFP/RFI packages, BOMs, drawings, Gerber data, and technical specifications.
• Prepared competitive EMS quotations for PCBA, PCB fabrication, electronic components, and subcontract processes.
• Calculated material, labor, overhead, tooling, process, and subcontract costs.
• Coordinated with Procurement, Manufacturing, PPC, Engineering, and Commercial teams for quote finalization.
• Prepared costed BOMs, pricing proposals, margin inputs, and customer-specific price matrices.

• Reviewed PCB designs, Gerber files, DRC rules, DFM requirements, and customer specifications.
• Prepared layer stack-up, impedance calculations, and manufacturability inputs.
• Supported bidding, approval, cost estimation, and customer technical clarifications.

• Performed CAM engineering, DRC, DFM, Gerber review, tooling, and manufacturability checks.
• Worked with customers to resolve PCB design issues and production feasibility gaps.

GPA: 78

GPA: 53