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Kunal Vijay Soni

Summary

PMP and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified professional with 8+ years’ experience in leading programs and products for E-commerce & automotive industries. Adept at leveraging data and market insights to make informed decisions and optimize product performance.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
9
9
Certifications

Work History

Sr Business Analyst, Capacity Planning

Amazon.com
10.2024 - Current

Business Analyst, Capacity Planning

Amazon.com
11.2020 - 10.2024
  • Lead capacity initiatives by creating clear and measurable plans and establishing sustainable mechanism to streamline and improve delivery station operations
  • Build labor planning solutions for delivery station capacity with measurable criteria and oversee the gap between processes and systems
  • Drive network-level projects for AMZL by accelerating progress through timely decisions, clearing blockers, and escalating issues as needed to deliver scalable and transformative solutions
  • Analyze data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement, leveraging statistical analysis to develop scalable solutions for delivery stations
  • Own the operational risk functions as a planning manager ensuring priorities are maintained within internal and external regulatory expectations and drive risk mitigation strategies in efficient way
  • Drive essential collaboration between data scientists, product teams, site operational leaders and project sponsors to support delivery of key strategic initiatives

Manufacturing Engineer III

ZF Axle Drives Marysville, LLC
09.2016 - 11.2020
  • Led multiple global projects ranging from $560K to $9.1M, overseeing the entire process from RFQ to final buy-off
  • Successfully launched axle assembly lines for the Dodge RAM 1500, awarded Truck of the Year 2019
  • Accrued revenue exceeding $1M by analysing line downtime incidents and implementing vendor deductions
  • Prepared cost estimates and capital investment requirements for evaluating new business opportunities
  • Owned master project timeline, ensuring robust and cost-effective product design and manufacturability
  • Facilitated project risk discussions and mitigation plans with the team
  • Evaluated customer change request; discuss with project team on its impact on the projects & production efficiency
  • Managed project assembly line KPIs, championed problem-solving tools for efficiency improvement and downtime reduction, assisted in creating quality control measures, and supported APQP/PPAP processes for program documentation and monitoring

Quality Intern

ZF Axle Drives Marysville, LLC
01.2016 - 09.2016
  • Managed the warranty review of FCA by analyzing warranty claims
  • Lead Quality Improvement Process across the plant; tracked daily warranty review flags for leaders
  • Maintained the Supplier Quality Assurance dashboard in the system; electronic Corporate Issue Management; retrieved monthly supplier score card, Non-conformance tag, third part containment problem resolution

Engineering Assistant

Aerostar manufacturing
05.2015 - 08.2015
  • Evaluated customer RFQs, assisted in quote preparation, and coordinated technical reviews to secure customer business
  • Managed PPAP on production engineering changes, led weekly APQP meetings and oversaw PFMEA, control plans, change processes, and process capacity analysis

Education

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering

Wayne State University
Detroit, MI
05.2014 - 05.2016

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

University of Pune
India
05.2009 - 07.2013

Skills

  • Global Project Management
  • Risk Management
  • Resource Management
  • Stakeholder Collaboration
  • Strategy Planning
  • Agile Methodology
  • Process Automation
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Product Roadmapping

Certification

CSPO

Accomplishments

  • Awarded planner of the month award across AMZL-PPT for the success in Prime week 2023
  • MyTime Automation - Reduced the hours variance by 10% in peak 2024 through the Scheduling Shift automation feature across the network
  • Lead network staffing imbalance project post peak in 2024, increase network throughput from 6.2 TPH, equating to $1.4 MM of idle hours reduction

Timeline

Sr Business Analyst, Capacity Planning

Amazon.com
10.2024 - Current

Business Analyst, Capacity Planning

Amazon.com
11.2020 - 10.2024

Manufacturing Engineer III

ZF Axle Drives Marysville, LLC
09.2016 - 11.2020

Quality Intern

ZF Axle Drives Marysville, LLC
01.2016 - 09.2016

Engineering Assistant

Aerostar manufacturing
05.2015 - 08.2015

Master of Science - Industrial Engineering

Wayne State University
05.2014 - 05.2016

Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering

University of Pune
05.2009 - 07.2013

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