KAUSTUBH KUMAR SHARMA

Phone: 716-***-****

Email: actcew@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Certified Lean, Six Sigma Black Belt and Project Management Professional with excellent statistical and analytical skills

Demonstrated success and financial results leading Process Improvement and Lean Six Sigma projects of more than $10MM

Experienced in driving continuous improvement throughout the value stream to improve operational efficiencies and reduce defects

Strong Project Management (PMO) Skills

Strong Leadership, excellent communication, organizational and interpersonal skills

EDUCATION

State University of New York, University at Buffalo

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering, Feb 2011

GPA: 3.4/4.0

University of Pune, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, June 2006

GPA: 3.8/4.0

Certified Project Manager

June 2014

Certified Six Sigma Black Belt

Feb 2011

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Serta Mattress Company, Beloit, WI

Kaizen Promotion Officer, Continuous Improvement Manager

07/2014 – present

Lead plant to become "Lean Plant of the Year" for 2 years back to back among 40 other plants

Leading site lean transformation journey and implementing pull system

Leading Kanban deployment initiative across 40 plants. Implemented kanban on more than 1500 parts in 6 months.

Training and mentoring site leadership in Lean principles to support the Lean transformation journey

Lead more than 12 Kaizens focused on various different aspects of the business

Supporting Central transformation team on developing key lean strategies to be deployed network wide.

Revamped plant SQDC metrics and instated 3 tiered MDI process.

Improved productivity by 17% and helped drive obsolescence cost by 55% with a robust and easy to use and monitor Kanban process

CCL Design (former Avery Dennison), Strongsville, OH

Enterprise Lean Sigma Process Engineer

06/2011 –07/2014

Project Manager of various Six Sigma projects in plant operations to increase production and efficiencies and to reduce production variability, defects, downtime, and waste - Completed projects totaling more than $2MM in savings or revenue

Leader of Six Sigma and Lean activities, including program development, training activities, project leader development, and operational deployment

Leading and providing analytical support for various continuous improvement projects for improving operational efficiencies, scrap reduction and capacity improvement

Trained, mentored and developed 10 Six Sigma Green Belt candidates to achieve bottom line results of more than $5M and support certification

Instrumental in creation of High Performing Work Teams based on a culture of empowerment, respect and continuous improvement to improve operational efficiency of more than 5%

Created and implemented a site wide savings plan to improve the bottom line. Exceeded the savings target for 2012 by 77%. (Target $1MM, Actual $1.8MM)

Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Buffalo, NY

Six Sigma Black Belt Intern

07/2010 – 01/2011

Improved the equity of the resource allocation for the process of funding patient care

Led value stream mapping exercise for the internal workload capture system for complex care patients and helped identify gaps in the process

Redesigned the process for monitoring the healthcare progress of complex care patients

Maximized the credited patient workload within the internal workload capture system

Used advanced statistical tools to analyze and eliminate root cause for incorrect allocation of funds

Total revenue generated more than $5MM

Division of Buildings, City of Buffalo, NY

Process Improvement Intern

09/2008 – 09/2009

Helped in the development, and implementation of Knowledge Management (KM) strategies

Developed a Quality Management System for ISO 9000:2001 compliance

Developed test plans to validate the current state process performance using Six Sigma tools

Deployed information management and succession plans for critical positions

John Deere Equipment Private Limited, Pune, India

Associate Section Manager, Product Management

08/2006 – 07/2008

Led cross functional teams for new product development programs (EPDP) and to replace existing product lines and increase annual unit sales from 3,000 to 12,000

Conducted market research for growth opportunities and for developing new products

Managed phase-wise execution, project deliverables, schedule and metrics of various domestic projects

Asha Gems & Precious Stones, Pune, India

Process Improvement Engineer

04/2003 – 07/2006

Led various VSM, Kaizens focused on SMED, Kanban, 5S and standard work

Lead and sustained various Six Sigma, DFSS and Lean projects from conception to completion

Instated (QMS) Quality Management System implementation for ISO 9001:2000 certification

Estimated savings more than $450,000 and lead time reduction of 23%

Achieved productivity improvement of 72% and 19% reduction in setup / changeover time

COMPUTER SKILLS

Software Packages: SAP, Minitab 16, MS Project, OPL, Arena 10, MS Office, Visio, Mfg Pro, Lotus Notes

Mechanical Design Software: AutoCAD, ProE Wildfire, CATIA V5R14, Ansys, Solidworks

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