Shubham Ekatpure
Senior Engineer- New Product Sourcing at Kulicke & Soffa- Claim this Profile
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English Full professional proficiency
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Hindi Full professional proficiency
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Marathi Full professional proficiency
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Credentials
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APICS Member
APICSMar, 2019- Oct, 2024 -
Six Sigma Green Belt
IISE Manufacturing and Design Division -
Python for Data science and Machine learning
Udemy -
SAP Warehouse Management (WM) Training
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SQL For Beginners
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The Python Mega Course: Build 10 Real World Applications
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Experience
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Kulicke & Soffa
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Singapore
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Semiconductor Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Engineer- New Product Sourcing
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Oct 2021 - Present
• Leads supply network deployment project of critical Advanced semiconductor packing (AP) equipment.• Works with multiple back-end wafer fabs to address their supply reliability related expectation.• Manages team of 30 engineers and 100 suppliers for key technology sourcing.• Negotiates supplier pricing and contracts for reliable material delivery and capital allocations.• Executes new product procurement of 20+ million dollars (1000 + unique parts) in low volume high mix assemblies.• Outsourced complex vison and mechanical assemblies during NPI, resulting in cost and resource reduction for production.• Plans the operations and strategies from prototype to production phase at suppliers.• Directs suppliers to develop process, capacity, jigs and fixtures for production ramp ups.• Manages flow of information between new product development, engineering, NPI, procurement, logistics and suppliers.• Communicates the demand, ECO’s, supply status and risks to suppliers in Asia and America.• Builds and maintains relationship with technology suppliers in North America.• Analyzes the capacity, risk, critical paths, CoGS and owns the reporting to AP business head.• Develops process improvement tools for supplier management and new product sourcing KPI’s.
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Advanced Engineer - New Product Sourcing (Global Supply Chain)
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Aug 2019 - Sep 2021
Reviews and negotiates supplier terms and conditions exceptions to mitigate risk along with managing procurement quotes, documents, etc. to support new product sourcing. Analysis for lead times, identify critical paths and prioritize demand requirements. Manage cost roadmaps and rollup spreadsheets.• Negotiates pricing and contracts of suppliers to mitigate risk in delivery, capacity, and flexible demand of industry.• Executes new product procurement of 1.5+ million dollars in low volume high mix assemblies.• Owns procurement of complex equipment with weekly updates, delegation and reporting to peers and management.• Plans the operations and strategies from prototype to ramp up production phase at 15+ ODM suppliers.• Manages new product sourcing program for semiconductor packaging equipment’s which includes driving of task and information between engineering, NPI, procurement and suppliers.• Communicates the demand, ECO’s, supply status and risks to all mechanical, electro and opto-mechanical suppliers.• Updates weekly on the current order status and future bottlenecks from suppliers in North America and Asia.• Analyzes the lead times, critical paths and cost management and own the reporting to program managers.• Develops process improvement tools for better functioning of global supply chain.• Categories- Silicon wafers fab and dicing, opto-mechanical vision systems, motion systems, metal fabrication, sheet metal, precision CNC parts, injection molding, ceramic tools.Process Improvement:- Data analysis of procurement transactions-(libraries- seaborn, plotly, sikit learn)- Automating day to day tasks using Python libraries- Pandas, win32.- Analysis tools generation to track procure to pay process (libraries- dash, flask, pandas.)(Function- Global supply chain planning, sourcing, mechanical NPI, data analysis)
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PowerTech Converter
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Germany
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Utilities
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1 - 100 Employee
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Supply Chain Analyst - Procurement
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May 2018 - Aug 2018
• Performed full cycle Six Sigma project- ‘Reduction in expedited freight cost’; Collected data, cleaned and analyzed it on Minitab, resulting in 12% reduction of the inbound freight cost which accounts for $80,000 per annum. • On- hand inventory analysis for dead stock, inventory activity and turnover. • Early shipments analysis for high value parts and vendors to reduce value of on hand inventory. • 711-712 (stock discrepancy) movements in SAP system analysis. • Created and analyzed supply chain reports using SQL, Power Bi, MS Access and Excel for effective management of suppliers. • Analyzed SAP Material Master, MRP data, 711-712 movements and on-hand inventory resulting in optimized Inventory. • Calculated and updated SAP MRP data, EOQ, service levels, reorder points, safety stock for sourcing team to reduce MRP errors. • Developed and maintained SOP’s, MRP data, KPI’s for the cost, quality, inventory and Process flow using MS VISIO. • Forecasted demand for consumable C-parts maintained by Kanban management in SAP for optimal usage of quantity discounts. • Maintained and MRP data, Vendor master, Source lists, Info records, PO’s for seamless supply chain and production planning.
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Farmers Point, Pune (www.farmerspointpune.in)
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Pune Area, India
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Operations Engineer
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Jul 2016 - Jun 2017
• (Worked with founders during the incubation period of the organization) • Optimized Raw material and scheduling. Performed lean manufacturing while planning by reduction of waste generated, optimizing smaller orders with large orders from various products reducing waste by 6% directly saving cost by 500,00 rupees per quarter. • Integrated management systems (IMS): Prepared and studied documentation for IMS audit by fulfilling the guidelines. • Managed organization for planning and procuring raw material scheduling the optimized delivery models and laying the cost reduction and productivity plans. • Studied the industry standards of 5s, JIT, TPM, forecasting, HIRA, CAPA, MOM, ISO, OHSAS to function accordingly. • Managed fast moving inventory for demand, procurement and fulfillment resulting in the optimal usage of space and resources. • Planned and executed lean reduction of the waste by managing excess stock and optimized orders resulting in 16% of cost saving. • Collaborated and facilitated project planning with different departments for analysis of customer behaviour to reduce stock outs. • Designed and implemented supply business strategy for last mile distribution model delivering the shortest path excel sheet.
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Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Limited
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Pune Area, India
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Production planning Intern
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May 2015 - Jun 2015
• Production planning- creation of planned order by checking inventories and releasing the planned orders for production of Air compressor cylinders. • Monitored cylinder manufacturing machining processes such as drilling, tapping, boring, honing and reduced the cycle time by defining bottleneck tasks in the process. • Analyzed the rejection in air compressor manufacturing and controlled them using statistical quality control charts and by detailed analysis of incidents. • Production planning- creation of planned order by checking inventories and releasing the planned orders for production of Air compressor cylinders. • Monitored cylinder manufacturing machining processes such as drilling, tapping, boring, honing and reduced the cycle time by defining bottleneck tasks in the process. • Analyzed the rejection in air compressor manufacturing and controlled them using statistical quality control charts and by detailed analysis of incidents.
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Sumadhu Engineering Industries
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Jalgaon Area, India
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Project Intern
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May 2014 - Jul 2014
• Observed and learned precision machining operations like Turning, milling, honing, etc. • Performed process study and optimization project concluding it to increase in productivity by better man-handling and standardizing the production processes • Observed and learned precision machining operations like Turning, milling, honing, etc. • Performed process study and optimization project concluding it to increase in productivity by better man-handling and standardizing the production processes
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Education
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2017 - 2019
Rutgers University–New Brunswick
Master's degree, Industrial Engineering -
2012 - 2016
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute (VJTI)
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
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