HARI KUMAR RAJENDRAN

**** ****** **. * ***#D***, Renton, WA, 98055 E-Mail: acqkyu@r.postjobfree.com

Phone: 253-***-****

OBJECTIVE:

To be part of a world class organization and achieve operational excellence through flawless execution across the supply chain.

PROFILE SUMMARY:

•Eleven years of Lean/Operational Excellence Transformation experience in an Aerospace manufacturing environment. Director Operational Excellence, ThyssenKrupp Aerospace, NA (Current). Six years of Total Value Management and Continuous Improvement experience at Bombardier Aerospace-Learjet and two years of Operations Head experience at ELGI Equipments Ltd., India with P&L responsibilities

•Successfully planned and executed Operational Excellence/Continuous Improvement Programs with multiple-site operations with over 780 employees. Lead transformation for a site with over 2700 employees. Resulting in 15% EBIT, 25% productivity and 40% employee engagement improvement

•Successfully carried out more than 40 Lean six Sigma projects across all functions

•Hold a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering and a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, Certified Quality Improvement Associate and Lean Engineer

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Director, Operational Excellence NA, ThyssenKrupp Aerospace, July 15th 2014 to Present

Primary role is to lead Lean sigma implementation and standardize training across North America (12 sites). Lead the development of Global operational excellence deployment.

•Currently leading Rapid Flow project to reduce order to delivery lead time by 90%

•Developed global operational excellence strategy for NA, EU and Asia pacific

•Lead the development & training of Yellow belt certification for all supervisors and managers

•Lead Capital Expense budgeting, analysis and project management of over $6M

•Lead supply chain analytics project for Rolls-Royce increasing inventory turns by 50%

•Support the development of global resources and provide technical assistance for site start up

•Leading cost reduction projects for FY15 estimated over $3.5M in bottom-line savings

•Over achieved cost savings targets for 2014 by 160% resulting in a net savings of $5.4M for 2014

Sr.Manager, Operational Excellence NA, ThyssenKrupp Aerospace, Oct 31st 2011to July 15th 2014

Primary role is to Lead Leansigma implementation across North America 12 sites in USA and Canada

•Consistently achieved over 10% of Labor and equipment productivity improvement year over year across all sites, contributing over $15 Million in EBIT

•Logistics project cost reduction for North America, achieved savings of over $4.5M

•Project Manager for new business development and for NA sites portfolio management

•Developed Operational Excellence Scorecard for 27 sites across the globe focusing on standardization

•Deployed Autonomous Maintenance resulting in $150K reduction in Maintenance

•Responsible for new assets/Capex. operational study and approval for all sites

•Developed Operations Maturity Model for ThyssenKrupp Aerospace Global including USA, Canada, Europe and Asia-Pacific

•Lead composite cutting and kitting new business development project est. $2M in revenue

Project Leader/Manager, Total Value Management, Bombardier Learjet Inc., July 1st ‘10-Oct 28th ‘11

Primary role is to identify and implement site level and Tier 1 suppliers cost reduction programs

•Reduced cost on L40.45 Wing by $150K using Total Value Management Methodologies

•Developed plans to optimizing the Learjet Value Stream resulting in a WIP reduction of 25%

•Develop transfer scenarios for various structures with a minimum cost reduction of 20%

•Facilitated cost reduction workshop at Toronto resulting in $80K reduction per aircraft

•Developed Learjet Site Diagnostics, a high level cost management and structured cost reduction program for all existing programs

Methods/Continuous Improvement Specialist Grade 7, Continuous Improvement Team, Bombardier Learjet Inc., Aug 01st 08 to July 1st 10

•Developed 5 Year Strategic Transformation Plan for Engineering, Quality, EHS, Operations, Service center and Logistics department laying the roadmap to become a World Class Manufacturing focusing on Safety, Quality, Cost, Productivity and Human Development

•Lead Single piece flow project across the detail shops focusing on capacity based planning resulting in Lead Time reduction of 35% and increased throughput of 25%

•Lead internal Problem Solving Kaizen event reducing fuel leak issues saving 3 days in cycle time and over $45,000 in cost per aircraft

•Lead internal Scrap Reduction program reducing over 3848 tags saving over $1.9 Million in scrap handling cost and reducing non conformance by 50%

•Lead implementation of TPM for 150 critical machines, resulting in down time reduction of 65%

•Facilitated the design of cascading communication, governance and KPI’s development, maintenance and alignment across the business units

•Lead implementation of Visual Management Tools to improve operations effectiveness and reduce assembly hours by 25%

•Coached over 800 People on Problem Solving Techniques and lead over 30 different problem solving Kaizen events, coaching and developing local leaders

Methods/Continuous Improvement Engineer Grade 5, Continuous Improvement Team, Bombardier Learjet Inc., Oct 01st 07 to Aug 01st 08

• Lead Vendor Drawing Release Kaizen event for engineering increased throughput by 30%

• Facilitated facility redesign for M60 wing and fuse assembly, estimated reduction in space by 35%

• Standardized Communication process across the site by implementing visual management tools

• Lead Process Optimization Kaizen event in sheet metal shop increased productivity by 40%

• Facilitated internal Kaizen event in Fiber glass shop with reduction in cycle time by 50%

• Lead Supply Chain Optimization Project in all detail shops reducing lead time by 30%

• Performed Design of Experiments study on a Auto Riveting Machine improving efficiency by 30%

• Paint and process Shop involved in process improvement, improved productivity by 50%

• Formally trained more than 300 mechanics and sheet metal assembler in Lean Techniques

Methods/Continuous Improvement Engineer Intern, Continuous Improvement Team, Bombardier Learjet Inc., April 10th 06 to Sep 28th 07

•Performed Group Timing Technique Study (GTT) across all business units

•Lead 5S projects in various shops leading to 15% space savings

•Facilitated internal kaizen events

•Created Value Stream Maps (VSM) for fabrication, machine, Assembly and other shops

•Paint and process Shop involved in process improvement, improved productivity by 50%

Operations Head, Electric Powered Screw Air Compressor Assembly, ELGI Equipments Ltd.,

(INDIA), May 04 to Dec 05

•Focal for implementation of Lean manufacturing system and Six Sigma

•Redesigned Assembly layout based on DFSS for Electric Powered Screw Air Compressor increasing flow and reducing distance traveled by employee and product

•Lead over 20 Six Sigma Projects using Quality Circles for resolving engineering related customer issues

•Designed and developed combined control block with dual control system for Electric Powered Screw Air Compressor using DFMA resulting in savings of about Rs.4.8 Million per year ($1.2 Million)

•Process Optimization including Value Engineering resulting in product cost reduction of 18%

EDUCATION:

Wichita State University (WSU), Wichita, Kansas GPA: 3.66

M.S. Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Concentration: Manufacturing Systems, March 2008

Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India GPA: 3.7

B.S. Mechanical Engineering, April 2004

SOFTWARE SKILLS:

Pro/ENGINEER, Mechanical Desktop, Inventor, Supply Chain Designer, Design Expert, Stat Graphics, MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc.), MS VISIO, MS Project, Baan (ERP), Hummingbird (ERP)

TRAINING & CERTIFICATION:

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt (CSSBB) from ASQ

Certified Quality Improvement Associate (CQIA) from ASQ

Certified LEAN Engineer from Festo, Germany

Trained and certified in Value Stream Mapping, 5S, Cellular Flow, Lean 101, TPM, Error Proofing from MAMTC

Undergone Dupont Safety training for operations Managers

Process Based Leadership (PBL) trained by CSI group

KT Problem Solving trained in the Kepner Tregoe Method of problem solving

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

President of American Society for Quality (ASQ) Wichita state student chapter Aug 06-April 07

Active Member of Institute For Industrial Engineers (IIE)

Vice President of Indian Student Association (ISA), WSU (2006-2007)

Solar Powered Sterling Engine: Presented at PSG College of Technology at International Conference on Renewable Energies, (India)

Recent Advances in CFD: Industrial Applications – Presented at Kumara guru College of Technology, Coimbatore, (India)

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