Tejas Chitnis
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Tejas Chitnis is from Seattle, Washington. Tejas works in the following industries: "Internet", "Retail", "Electrical & Electronic Manufacturing", and "Computer & Network Security". Tejas is currently Senior Product Manager - Physical Stores Private Brands (Aplenty - an Amazon Brand) at Amazon, located in Seattle, Washington. In Tejas's previous role as a Senior Product Manager - Amazon Private Brands (AmazonBasics) at Amazon, Tejas worked in Seattle, Washington until Jan 2020. Prior to joining Amazon, Tejas was a Senior Product Manager - Amazon EU Private Brands (AmazonBasics) at Amazon and held the position of Senior Product Manager - Amazon EU Private Brands (AmazonBasics) at Luxembourg. Prior to that, Tejas was a EU MBA Intern (Consumer Leadership Development Program) at Amazon, based in Luxembourg from Jun 2016 to Aug 2016. Tejas started working as Sr. Product Engineer at CoreCentric Solutions, Inc. in Glendale Heights, IL in May 2013. From Aug 2010 to May 2013, Tejas was Remanufacturing Engineer at CoreCentric Solutions, Inc., based in Glendale Heights, IL. Prior to that, Tejas was a Research Engineer at UNIKEN Inc., based in Pune Area, India from Aug 2007 to Jan 2008.
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Developed and executed strategy to enter and expand the footprint of AmazonBasics selection in the Home Electrics space (Home Environment, Floorcare and other Small and Major Domestic Appliances). Managed the launch of over 50 new products ranging from fans and heaters to air conditioners and de-humidifiers in the portfolio.
Owned the pan-EU P&L for consumer electronic categories that accounted for 30% of the Amazon Owned Brands European portfolio. My responsibilities spanned the breadth of product development and business management activities. Key Business Skills: Category management, Product Development, Vendor negotiations, Project management
Project: Pan-EU Supply Chain optimization for Private Brands (AmazonBasics) Designed an optimized pan-EU supply chain network for Private Brands (AmazonBasics) targeting a CM increase of 700 bps
• Managed a cross continental team of 8 engineers in USA and India • Created and executed annual launch plans for over 60 new products • Designed visual monitoring tools to track team progress and for effective performance reporting to senior management • Spearheaded the development of new remanufacturing processes for three major product lines that accounted for $10M of CoreCentric’s annual revenue – exceeded annual targets by 10 - 15% in 2013 and 2014 • Conceptualized and implemented a streamlined process for coordinating projects between the Indian and US engineering teams, led to a 40% reduction in turnaround time • Performed feasibility study for rebuilding the inverter modules of Toyota Hybrid vehicles - Developed and implemented the remanufacturing process that accounts for $1.5M in annual revenue for CoreCentric • Collaborated with the business development team to assess the addition of new products to the company portfolio – provided engineering insights and feasibility analysis • Improved the layout for production cell dealing with single piece flow operation, instituted binning process and reduced inefficiencies in part handling by enforcing unidirectional process flow – increased cell efficiency by 30%
• Analyzed failure modes and developed re-manufacturing processes that accounted for $2M in annual revenue • Prepared internal cost quotes, based on time studies of developed processes and cost of raw materials • Managed daily operation of the Pilot cell, a special production cell that dry ran new engineering processes in a pseudo production environment – monitored and analyzed process, suggested improvements to increase efficiency • Redesigned hardware and upgraded firmware to provide a unique solution to support several multi-featured appliances of a leading OEM with a single control platform – extending the lives of about 50,000 units annually • Supported the supply chain for a popular Whirlpool branded refrigerator platform, disrupted by the tsunami in Japan in 2011, by developing a process that continues to save thousands of appliances annually from electronic landfills
• Developed the concept of the MEMS (Micro Electro-Mechanical Systems) based Dual Axis Solar Tracker to improve the efficiency of converting solar energy to electricity by reducing reflection and refraction losses • Organized brain-storming sessions with senior management on commercial viability of design