Finance Lead: AWS Finance - Apps, Cloud Drive, Games, and Services @ From 2012 to Present (3 years) Greater Seattle AreaSenior Finance Manager, Amazon Web Services (AWS) @ From 2011 to 2013 (2 years) Greater Seattle AreaSenior Manager, Finance @ Manage a team to perform short and long term budget planning, forecasting, enterprise valuation for impairment assessment of goodwill and spectrum licenses, quarterly cash flow steering, executive monthly performance reporting, variance analysis, dashboards & KPIs and partner with business leaders on target setting and significant projects. Collaborate with parent company on all reporting and other sister companies on sharing best practices and benchmarking.
- Identified opportunity and developed business case for $150M incremental annual EBITDA by bringing handset insurance fulfillment in house.
- Developed program dashboard, KPIs, and metrics to measure program performance and develop insights for performance improvement. Developed and implemented pricing strategy resulting in $10M margin increase.
- Identified and implemented opportunities for $650M in operating working capital improvement over 3 years. From 2010 to 2011 (1 year) Greater Seattle AreaManagement Consultant @ Assessed value stream to optimize precious metal inventory and process lead time resulting in $50 MM working capital reduction. From 2010 to 2010 (less than a year) Greater Detroit AreaSenior Manager, Finance and Product @ Manage P&L and cross functional team for a product line with global footprint across several countries. Identify and pursue new customers and business opportunities in different regions. Provide financial support and proactive management guidance on business decisions that help the organization meet its business objectives. Ensure profitability of current business by actively planning to changing economic circumstances, driving process improvement, optimizing use of capacity and minimizing capital spending. Develop business plan of reorganization to exit bankruptcy. Manage project managers and financial analysts and provide career development and rotational opportunities. Interface with executive team with updates on product line performance and clear, accurate and timely financial reports and analysis.
- Recognized revenue trend and managed production to keep inventory low and improve cash flow in Q4 2008.
- Commonized business case and cash flow modeling templates for consistency and reduced review time.
- Optimized use of capital and reduced spending by $600K (30%). Implemented lean tools and operational improvements to enhance competitiveness.
- Achieved $1.9M in annual savings in material cost improvement program (MCIP) by identifying, evaluating and implementing alternative suppliers, design changes, logistics changes and make versus buy decisions.
- Prepared short and long term plans (strategic positioning) to maintain profitability of the product line and grow revenue to achieve 15% CAGR.
- Developed manufacturing strategy and negotiated pricing to successfully win $700M in revenue beating divisional target by 100%.
- Developed business sale strategy, performed due diligence & prepared site specific strategy for product line divestiture. From 2006 to 2010 (4 years) Greater Detroit AreaSenior Operations Manager @ Planned and managed daily production. Supervised unionized workforce ensuring timely reporting, good work ethics, and minimal absenteeism. Mediated conflict and grievance resolution with union. Scheduled routine maintenance, reviewed pull systems and loop size, and enforced adherence to safety and quality standards. Implemented lean techniques to improve product flow, part presentation, & changeovers. Maintained department budget, identified cost saving ideas, reviewed cost creeps and made recommendations for improvements.
- Awarded Delphi fellowship to pursue fulltime MBA with full scholarship and salary.
- Managed 65 member UAW production team. Initiated Kaizen activities and increased productivity by 10% in fuel rail assembly.
- Identified overtime misuse in department budget resulting in reduced overtime expense by $215K/yr.
- Led team to implement Kanban system to optimize inventory buffer between processes resulting in 20% reduction in lead time, 80% reduction in finished inventory, and $500 K annual savings due to increased manpower utilization and reduced scrap.
- Planned merger of two processes to increase uptime by 50% and manpower utilization by 20%, resulting in $250K annual savings.
- Developed 75% cross trained workforce resulting in increased flexibility, quicker changeovers, and increased output by 5%. From 2002 to 2004 (2 years) Manufacturing Engineer @ Responsible for improving quality throughout the value chain using Six Sigma techniques. Performed design of experiments (DOE) and data analysis to develop and implement solutions to improve First Time Quality (FTQ). Developed real time reports for management to understand processes and develop control mechanism. Work with customers and vendors to design and develop next generation processes and equipments. Planned and managed project capital spending. Negotiated with suppliers to minimize capital.
- Created tool for operators to put nominal amount of precious metals on catalyst resulting in 50% increase in number of batches within specification.
- Coordinated with customers and vendors to identify issues and implement SCADA solution to collect and process quality data resulting in 90% increase in data compliance and $1M savings.
- Developed numerical calculator for precious metal mixing process to eliminate rework and scrap, resulting in $600 K annual savings and 99% FTQ.
- Led team to design and develop barcode machine for serialized manufacturing of catalyst in harsh environment for 80% potential increase in FTQ. From April 2000 to April 2002 (2 years 1 month) Module Leader @ Led six member team to develop tools for Y2K analysis resulting in 18% productivity increase and $450K in new business. From 1997 to 1998 (1 year)
MBA, Strategy and Finance, High Distinction @ University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of BusinessMaster of Science, Mechanical Engineering, GPA 4/4 @ Kettering University (formerly General Motors Institute)Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Honors 1st Class @ National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra Sanjay Singh is skilled in: Six Sigma, Cross-functional Team Leadership, Product Development, Program Management, Product Management, Lean Manufacturing, Automotive, Engineering Management, Engineering, Process Engineering, Manufacturing, Operational Excellence, Process Improvement, Business Strategy, Leadership