Vijay Vembuli

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Program Manager, Npd & Product Ops

   YETI

   Apr 2023 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Leading ten-plus complex multi-million dollar New product Introductions and Sustaining Product programs across Hard Goods and Cargo categories at YETI.• Lead full lifecycle of complex cross-functional programs with considerable impact across multiple organizations• Scoping and creating project plans, developing processes, coordinating and driving execution, and communicating to senior management on status, risks, and process/product changes• Lead team engagements that drive cross-functional deliverables• Manage relationships with vendors and supply chain partners across the globe• Development of the overall program strategy, tactically driving teams in and outside of your organization to deliver• Partner with teams across the business you support and beyond to source, allocate, and coordinate resources• Partners with customers and internal/external teams to determine what projects move forward and in what priority order• Oversee gaps between teams, processes, and systems, helping teams reduce exposure to classic failure modes (e.g, requirements not sufficiently understood or documented, ineffective cross-team collaboration, long-term impact(s) from third-party solutions, security not considered, insufficient stakeholder review, etc.)• Solve ambiguous problems and proactively identify and mitigate risks (before they become roadblocks)• Work with other program managers, business leaders, and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives• Develop, implement, and govern KPI reporting for a portfolio of programs, providing visibility to the milestones, and performance across all projects• Work with other program managers, business leaders, and executive team to communicate and impact critical business initiatives• Partnered with IT & internal teams to develop an automated Engineering Change Management tool. This tool saves 150 manual hours per week across teams or 600 hours per month across YETI.

Education

• Anna University Chennai

  Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering

• Texas McCombs School of Business

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

• Rutgers University

  Master’s Degree, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Skills

• Matlab
• Fluid Mechanics
• Solidworks
• Heat Transfer
• Ansys
• Comsol
• Cfd
• Simulink
• Finite Element Analysis
• Labview
• Numerical Analysis
• Microsoft Office
• C
• Fortran
• Fluid Dynamics
• Manufacturing
• Engineering
• Thermal
• Thermal Management
• Electronic Equipment Cooling
• Thermoelectrics
• Maple
• Catia
• Adams
• Heat Sinks
• Microsoft Excel
• Ni Labview
• Sap
• Product Optimization
• Autocad
• Process Engineering
• Research and Development (R&D)
• Optimization
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Data Analysis
• Materials Science
• Automation
• Lean Six Sigma
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Minitab