1. Ronak Shah
M.Sc, Industrial Engineer
San Jose, California, US • +1 (408) 218 6141 • ronak4718@gmail.com • www.linkedin.com/in/ronak4718
Profile
Dynamic, detail-oriented and results-driven project manager with 5 years of cross-functional, technological
experience in the semiconductor industry. Extensive experience working with international teams, managing
multiple stakeholders and projects.
Initiated, led and collaborated on 10+ technological projects, tracking phase checklist and reviews, achieving
results in a fast, dynamic and uncertain environment.
Cohesively worked with Business partners across Business Units, Supply Chain and Engineering located
across the world to drive efficient & result driven solutions.
Presented monthly KPI’s and team performance metrics, covering Efficiency and Progress Metrics.
Recognized for being adaptive and effectively leading the team through changes in technologies, processes
and environments.
Relevant Knowledge, Skills, and Training
• Project Management • Product Management • International Collaboration • Global Operations •
Work Experience
2013 – Present New Product Operations Manager, SanDisk Corporation, Milpitas, CA
Directly responsible for New Product Introduction and volume production ramp for Retail & OEM Product
lines.
Managing a product portfolio of Bill of Materials (BOMs). Also managing Part Numbers and BOMs in Oracle’s
Product Lifecycle Management Software-Agile. Responsible for creating ECO, MCO & Special order based on
Product requirement.
Ensuring Product readiness/Low Volume Manufacturing (LVM), coordinating project schedule and
requirements to US and Asia supply chain teams. Shipped all products ahead of schedule to meet customer
and engineering development needs.
Developing Product Line models highlighting inventory strategies & discounting to maximize revenues
throughout the entire product life cycle. Creating sophisticated measurements and metrics to determine how
sales & PL core team will respond to various price points and to predict individual SKU lifecycle stages and
duration.
2011 – 2013 Sales Operations Account Manager, SanDisk Corporation Milpitas, CA, US
Fully responsible for interfacing with internal teams to establish SanDisk as a best-in-class vendor by
improving Retailer-Operations across Northern America.
Collaborated and influenced other organizations such as Sales, Fulfillment, Allocation Management, Product
Management, Order Management, Inventory and Operation Planning to embrace current processes, enhance
existing ones and implement new systems.
Main goal was to make sure that order was complete and product was delivered on-time by working with
Supply Chain Planning, Order Management, Fulfillment, Logistics, and the retailer.
Worked with customer & finance team and disputed $300K customer related fines.
Performed detailed root cause analysis and implemented process improvement on daily execution issues to
meet customer’s expectations & increase KPI’s.
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2010-2010 Supply Chain Project Manager Internship, Applied Materials Santa Clara, California
Worked as a member of the supply chain continuity team assisting in analyzing, monitoring, and managing
complex supply chain situations. Worked closely with commodity Managers and other operational disciplines
in maintaining supply continuity globally while developing a world class process.
Assisted in developing the architecture of a Best-in-Class SCRM process.
Defined project scopes, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior
management and stakeholders & monitors and tracks progress of projects.
Set and continually managed project expectations with team members and other stakeholders, identified and
managed project dependencies and critical path.
Education
2008-2010 M.Sc. Industrial & System Engineering, San Jose State University, CA
48th best Engineering school worldwide by Business Insider 2012
Awarded SIX SIGMA BLACK BELT for outstanding performance in four courses and project for subject
Leading the Six Sigma Improvement Project
2003-2007 B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, Dharmsinh Desai University, Nadiad, India
5th Ranked top emerging colleges of excellences in India by Competition Success Review 2010
Was elected as the Organizing Secretary & Head of Sponsorship Committee of Collision 2006, An
International Level Chemical Engineering Students Meet by Chemical Engineering Student Association of
Dharmsinh Desai University
Proficiencies and Computer Languages
MS SharePoint, Project and Office with strong proficiency in Excel - Macros, Pivoting and analysis
I2 Planning System, SAP, Agile, Bill of Material (BOMs) management, Business Object.
Basic knowledge of Simulation, querying and programming tools -Matlab, SQL