Ashnil Karan
Stockton,CA
Summary
Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead MES Support Engineering
Cepheid
01.2022 - Current
- Resolve technical, and functional problems or issues in MES and SAP (Hana)
- Allocate work and provide daily management to support team members
- Learn of all relevant manufacturing, service delivery, quality and IT processes
- Understand MES modeling and configuration and be able to custom solutions with collaboration with extended teams
- Developed automation tools to improve efficiency, eliminate waste and free up labor hours for other needs.
- Enhanced data gathering, extraction and analysis for diverse workflows and procedures.
- Translate new user and process requirements into functional MES requirements and be able to work with outside vendors to implement new processes and requirements in MES
- Serve as local Subject Matter Expert and resource in regard to MES and other Business Solutions best practices
- Part of the global MES support team and provide leadership, support and knowledge as required for sites worldwide
- Investigated processes to develop maps and determine optimal improvement approaches.
- Solid problem-solving skills
- Cross-trained existing employees to maximize team agility and performance.
- Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.
- Developed detailed plans based on broad guidance and direction.
- Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives.
MES Team Lead
Cepheid
03.2021 - 01.2022
- Responsible for providing the highest level of technical and analytical expertise required to support the development, implementation, and ongoing utilization of application systems
- Provide expertise in problem determination, evaluation, and solution development
- Monitor support demands (problem tickets, change requests, customer response), for trends and recommends support improvements to increase customer satisfaction
- Guide individuals and team in development of project plans
- Thorough understanding of both the business operation and the application systems
- Escalate decisions relative project plan modifications that have a major/significant impact on project outcomes
Operations Business Solutions Support Analyst
Cepheid
03.2019 - 03.2021
- Responsible to analyze and support manufacturing systems
- Broad end-to-end knowledge of the manufacturing processes from different perspectives; operator, quality engineering, quality assurance, logistics, etc
- Solutions need to fit together in the end-to-end business flow
- Systems which are currently part of the systems landscape are: SAP ERP (Hana), SAP-Mii, Siemens Camstar, Oracle Agile PLM, and others
Systems Administrator
Cepheid
12.2016 - 03.2021
- Gathered user requirements, developed functional specs, and collaborated with development, Functional Lead, led the site implementation, UATs, end user training, and developing the support teams
- Project planning, enhancement reviews and change control processing
- Provide technical and functional support for all modules of the ERP system
- Collaborate with teams to analyze problems and develop solutions
- Educate and guide super users through system tasks
- Responsible for administration of SAP BusinessObjects server
Materials Lead
Cepheid
11.2014 - 12.2016
- Monitor the quality, cost, and efficiency of the movement and storage of goods
- Coordinate and control the order cycle and associated information systems
- Develop and execute a long term vision which addresses talent development, technology integration
- Facilitate and manage continuous improvement processes regarding logistics, material flow
- Direct and oversee the responsibilities of the shipping receiving
- Manage documentation of training on production procedures and work instructions
- Maintain and communicate daily productivity and shipment reports for all departments
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration And Management -
California State University, Stanislaus
Turlock, CA04.2025
Associate of Arts - AA - Accounting
San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton, CA12.2015
Skills
- Project Planning
- Project Management
- Team Building
- Leadership experience
- Problem-solving abilities
- Process Mapping
- Root-cause analysis
- Data analytics
- Incident management
- Collaborate cross-functionally
Timeline
Lead MES Support Engineering
Cepheid
01.2022 - Current
MES Team Lead
Cepheid
03.2021 - 01.2022
Operations Business Solutions Support Analyst
Cepheid
03.2019 - 03.2021
Systems Administrator
Cepheid
12.2016 - 03.2021
Materials Lead
Cepheid
11.2014 - 12.2016
Associate of Arts - AA - Accounting
San Joaquin Delta College
Bachelor of Business Administration And Management -
California State University, Stanislaus
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