# Ramtejareddy Keshireddy > Supply Chain Program manager/ ASICs & SYSTEM Operations - Ex-Intel Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ramtejareddy Results-driven Technical Supply Chain Leader with 8+ years of experience in Global Operations, NPI, and Material Planning within the semiconductor and AI hardware industries. Proven expert in managing end-to-end material readiness for complex hardware builds, optimizing inventory levels, and driving shortage mitigation strategies in volatile global markets. Expert at managing international CMs and leading cross-functional teams to support rapid scaling. Adept at presenting risk mitigation roadmaps to executive management and dedicated to maintaining 100% supply continuity for next-gen technology. Skilled in tools like SAP ERP and Microsoft Power BI, I am committed to streamlining operations and enhancing efficiency. My work is guided by a focus on PLM governance, as evidenced by my success in ensuring 100% on-time documentation release for mass production builds. I strive to deliver impactful solutions that align with organizational goals and foster operational excellence. ## Work Experience ### Supply Chain Manager, ASIC and System Operations @ Auradine Jan 2025 – Present | United States • Cross-Functional NPI Leadership: Orchestrated global CMs and internal teams (ME/EE/Sales) for Blockchain hardware launches, achieving a 96% first-pass yield in a high-velocity startup. • Supply Chain Planning: Managed Engineering/MP build plans and 3nm ASIC transitions, ensuring material readiness (CTB) while minimizing excess and obsolete (E&O) costs. • Process Optimization: Maximized profit margins and reduced overhead by optimizing SMT and FATP assembly processes across the contract manufacturing network. • PLM Governance: Directed BOM architecture and ECO/ECR processes in Arena PLM, delivering 100% on-time documentation release for mass production builds. ### NPI Program Manager, Supply Chain Operations @ Intel Corporation Jan 2021 – Jan 2025 | San Francisco Bay Area • Spearhead end-to-end NPI supply planning for FPGA chips, Devkit PCBs and edge AI products, ensuring material supply, seamless ramp-up and efficient production across multiple distribution channels for engineering builds. • Develop and maintain comprehensive BOMs and critical engineering data, achieving 98% on-time product Power On, QRE and ENG builds. • Generate weekly and quarterly executive reports, leveraging newly transitioned SAP IBP and Power BI tools to optimize material forecasting and inventory management. •Lead cross-functional NPI meetings with engineering, operations, and sourcing teams to drive ramp readiness, raise key operational issues and optimize production for hardware validation processes. • Applied strategies, driving supplier relationships and cost reductions, achieving $3.5M in savings on product builds. • Develop and maintain strategic partnerships with key cross functional teams for continuous process improvements and delivering programs on time from Power on to launch HVM. • Implement Lean techniques to optimize production plans, improving yield rates, throughput time, and on-time delivery KPIs. ### Production Planner/ Operations analyst @ ALOM Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Fremont, CA • Analyze, improve and control all aspects of production planning and work orders scheduling, capacity planning (with equipped knowledge of BOM understanding), throughput and staffing requirements using six sigma methods with respective ISO 9001 standards • Develop current production layouts, processes as per production environment , drive continuous improvement by utilizing lean techniques like Hoshin planning, Kaizen (continuous process improvement), JIT and Value stream mapping • Established stock utilization project of current inventory for all ALOM customers to improve efficiency of operations excellence • Enabling the ALOM Supply Base and Account Management team to set procurement levels to execute against the customer’s demand ### Supply Chain Specialist @ Roche Jan 2018 – Jan 2020 | Mannheim Area, Germany • Responsible for managing end-to end supply chain management. Act as a Single Point of Contact for our customers (affiliates / direct markets / other) for relevant planning topics (Targets / Key Performance Indicators / Service Level Agreements) for a portfolio of high complexity and impact analyze the forecast, review forecasted quantities at consolidated level, check for imbalances and monitor alerts • Demand planning, communication with customs agency and logistics operator, planning packaging process, national distribution centers • Managing complex International shipments and Transport management, scheduling, product claims and accuracy of demand as well as demand prioritization for customers • Develop, maintain and control a realistic master production schedule by balancing marketing requirements with manufacturing capacity and parts availability • Determine the most effective mode and routing of materials to customer locations and company facilities using internal systems such as SAP ERP, MM, SD, MRP Salesforce, Tableau, Microsoft office tools ### Special order management intern, Site Logistics @ Roche Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany • Responsible for internal and external order processing in SAP ERP (order acquisition, monitoring order entry, processing time, billing, export process, etc.), taking into account local and global legislation • Readiness to deliver, and continually analyze country-specific key figures and processes. If necessary, conduct measures and keep them updated • Analyzing and reporting monthly and yearly orders in MS excel for better Business ### International Order Management intern, Global Supply Chain @ Roche Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Mannheim Area, Germany • Responsible for defined countries (like China, India, Singapur, Malaysia etc.,) order processing in SAP ERP (order acquisition, monitoring order entry, processing time, billing, export process, etc.), taking into account local and global legislation • The primary contact with our Affiliates and third parties and assume the coordination of all order-related communication • In addition, involved in special topics within various interface teams, inter-company collaboration, as well as global supply chain projects ### Outbound Logistics, Supply chain @ Amazon Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | Rheinberg, Germany ### Product Designer @ Formula Student Germany Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Duisburg Area, Germany • Design, analyze, procure and assembly of the Power train & double-wishbone suspension of an Electric race car • The Formula E racing car with tubular steel frame in Formula Student and participated in SAE Italy & Spain https://www.formulastudent.de https://www.formula-ata.it/ ### Executive Trainee @ Automotive Manufacturers Private Limited Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | Hyderabad Area, India • Analysed and performed a thorough study of cost, demand and competition • Developed and implemented ideas and strategies along with report preparation and marketing presentations ## Education ### Master's degree in Master thesis University of Duisburg-Essen ### Master of Science - MS in Mechanical Engineering/ Production and Logistics University of Duisburg-Essen ### Bachelor of Technology - BTech in Mechanical Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University ### Associate’s Degree in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry Nava Vignan Bharathi Junior College ### Secondary School Certificate in Science, Mathematics, English, National high school ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ramtejareddy-keshireddy-78b2a330 --- Source: https://flows.cv/ramtejareddy JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ramtejareddy/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13