Product Engineer – Procurement & Logistics Coordinator at TATA Consultancy Service Pvt Ltd. (2025-10 – Present)
Apple Inc.'s Supply Chain and Product Operations Consultant.
- Managing BOM readiness by validating part configurations, engineering changes, revision updates, and alignment with EVT/DVT/PVT build requirements.
- Preparing BOM tracking reports, material readiness dashboards, shortage reports, and build-readiness documentation to improve program visibility.
- Coordinate with Engineering, Procurement, Supply Chain, Logistics, Product Operations, and suppliers to ensure timely availability of critical components and materials.
- Driving cross-functional NPI and engineering build readiness across BOM, material availability, procurement, configuration management, and product build execution.
- Monitoring PO progress, supplier commitments, lead times, shipment timelines, shortages, and material risks; drive mitigation plans to protect build schedules.
- Build-readiness tracking, identifying blockers, managing technical and operational dependencies, and driving closure of critical actions before milestone dates.
- Inventory management, including stock levels, storage & disposal of excess or obsolete materials.
- Evaluate supplier performance based on quality, cost & delivery timeline.
- Driving cost optimization initiatives by identifying cost-saving opportunities, improving resource utilization, and maintaining stringent quality and delivery standards.
Process & Planning Engineer at Avary Holding India Pvt Ltd. (2022-08 – 2025-10)
Design, research and development, manufacturing, and sales of various types of printed circuit boards (PCBs) for Apple Inc.
- Raising and tracking Purchase Requisition (PR) and Purchase Order (PO) requests for process-related requirements using ERP systems.
- Ensuring timely procurement and coordinate with internal stakeholders to prevent material shortages and production delays.
- Coordinate with logistics and dispatch teams to ensure timely shipment and delivery of materials.
- Monitoring production schedules and proactively resolve material, process, and operational issues affecting production timelines.
- Implementing stringent material cost control by monitoring material usage, scrap generation, and inventory levels.
- Prepare, review, and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for NPI and mass-production (MP) models, including D3Y, D4Y, N10X, V5Y, and other product models.
- Prepare and submit customer reports in accordance with Customer Process Plan (CPP) and Quality Control Plan (QCP) requirements.
- Analyze top customer/process issues and failures, identify root causes, and provide timely Root Cause & Corrective Action (RCCA).
- Plan and execute Design of Experiments (DOE) as per customer requirements and collaborate with cross-functional teams (CFT) to achieve targeted yield and customer quality requirements.
- Managing First Article Inspection (FAI), process capability studies (Cpk), control plans, PPAP, APQP, and Quality Test Plans to ensure process readiness and compliance.
Process Engineer at Pegatron Technology India Pvt Ltd. (TATA Electronics) (2021-05 – 2022-05)
Mobile Assembly and Manufacturing Unit for Apple Inc.
- Preparing 5M Failure Analysis Reports for process and product failures, identifying contributing factors and corrective actions.
- Conduct Loss and Yield Rate review meetings with customers and cross-functional teams (CFT) to monitor performance and drive improvement actions.
- Perform risk analysis and prepare Process Simulation studies and Process Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (PFMEA).
- Participate in customer Line Walks, identify process gaps, and ensure timely closure of all open points.
- Coordinating cross-functional team meetings and track MIL action points across CFTs to ensure on-time closure.
- Identify and eliminate ineffective processes to improve productivity, optimize cycle time, and reduce process failures.
- Possess working knowledge of failure analysis (FA) equipment, including Bubble Test, DST, X-Ray, VHX, Dino/Microscope, and OMM.
- Conduct weekly reviews with customers and management covering yield reports, process validation, operator skill data, and failure analysis reports.
- Identify root causes using structured problem-solving methodologies such as 5M Analysis and 8D.
- Drive SQE and CFT teams to address material-related and process-related failures, implementing corrective actions to improve overall process quality and yield.
Operating Engineer at Valeo Friction Materials India Pvt Ltd. (2016-08 – 2021-01)
Manufacturing of bearings, gears, gearing and driving elements.
- Support daily production operations to achieve production targets while maintaining required quality standards.
- Participate in daily production meetings to discuss line issues, identify bottlenecks, and implement actions to ensure smooth production.
- Propose and implement monthly Kaizen initiatives focused on line improvement, productivity enhancement, waste reduction, and process optimization.
- Update and maintain daily quality indicators on the QRQC board to monitor process performance and highlight quality concerns.
- Conduct on-the-job training (OJT) for team members at workstations to ensure adherence to defined quality, process, and production standards.
