Project Manager Six Sigma
Resume:
Karthik Visvanathan
Collierville, TN 38017
Ciresi & Morek LLC
**** ******* ***** *******, ***** 250
Richfield, OH 44286
Ref ID: Plant Manager
Dear Sir / Madam.
I would like to submit my credentials for the position of Plant Manager
at your client. Upon reviewing my resume, you would find my skills well
suited for this position. I have strong management experience coupled with
solid technical and communication skills that make me a valuable addition
to your team.
My core Competency is leading the entire operations from Production,
Materials and Engineering departments.
Some highlights of my background are:
* Leading Large teams with all aspects of Operations - Production
Planning, Supply Chain, Engineering (Process, Quality and Test),
Inventory Control and Logistics.
* Very Strong Financial Background as I have full P&L ownership of a
$430M Computing Data Storage Business as Business Unit Manager for
Jabil Circuits.
* Over 20+ Years of Experience which includes working for:
> Jabil Circuits
> United Technologies
> Parker Hannifin Corporation
> Festo KG - Germany / India
* I have trained, mentored, and evaluated teams across multiple
departments and functions.
* Profit building and sustained growth have been the basis and result
from our sustained efforts; we have achieved over $1 Million in
cost savings from various continuous improvement.
I have an MBA from Indiana University. I also have a Master of Science in
Manufacturing Systems Engineering. I am also a certified Six Sigma Black
Belt practitioner.
I would appreciate an opportunity to meet with your company to discuss how
my skills can benefit your client. I can be reached at 901-***-****. I
shall be happy to provide any additional information. I am a US. Citizen
and do not require any work visa.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Karthik Visvanathan
Karthik Visvanathan
1315 River Pine Drive, Collierville, TN 38017
Phone: 901-***-****
*******************@*****.***
SUMMARY
MSMSE and MBA complemented by 20+ years of experience in Business,
Manufacturing, Engineering Quality and Inventory Management. Proven
leadership in the development of high technology products for varied
industries. Combine astute strategic, organizational and interpersonal
skills with dynamic results-driven leadership capabilities to deliver
revenue growth, decreased expenses, streamlined processes, and positive
impact on culture and productivity. Created innovative business models and
developed staff to implement effective solutions and achieve aggressive
goals. Built strong partnerships with key stakeholders to maximize
opportunities, profit, and customer satisfaction. Implemented continuous
process improvement across areas of quality, engineering, and team
performance, seamlessly creating competitive advantage.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
* Business Development: Develop Productive Business Relationships,
Internal/External Customer Satisfaction
* Leadership and Management: Strategy Development,Product Life-Cycle
Management, Continuous Improvement, Specification/Standards
Creation, Personnel Management, Recruiting/Hiring
* Operations: Fierce Negotiation Skills, Cost Reduction, Quality &
lean Six Sigma, Productivity Imrovements
* Financials: Cost Benefit Analysis, Budgeting, Strategic Planning,
MPC Analysis
EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS
Master of Business Administration
Indiana University, Bloomington, IN- Kelley School of Business
Master of Science in Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering
Bangalore University, Bangalore, India
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certificate
Villanova University, PA
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT SUMMARY
JABIL CIRCUITS (Memphis, TN)
A manager with demonstrated abilities in leading, managing and
mentoring large multi-functional teams. Managed complex multi-million
dollar customer launches, which involved detailed preparation and execution
of project plans starting from requisition of capital appropriation
request, ROI and NPV calculations, to a training plan for IL and DL staff
Managed several projects, improving efficiency of operations, team
building, and detailing critical information to determine effective
processes for operations. Able to identify areas of strength and weakness
and implement company policies, standards, changes in operation and systems
that optimize productivity and bottom line.
Demonstrated leadership by managing during tough economic times when
downsizing and exit of the HP workcell to the successful launch of NetApp,
Isilon IBM and Riverbed.
Business Unit Manger June,
2011-PRESENT
. Full P&L Responsibility managing a $430M Customer. Responsibilities
include negotiating pricing, and establishing a pricing strategy.
. Directly in charge of a staff of 52 salaried employees and over 450
Direct Labor Force.
. Responsible for the Request for Proposal (RFP) process for assigned
customer accounts. Also supported RFP processes for other accounts.
. Managed and driven the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process with
the customer managing key metrics of Customer satisfaction (Safety,
Quality, On Time Delivery and Cost.)
. Strong operational knowledge in manufacturing and supply chain
. Strong knowledge of global and regional logistics operations and
industry
. Currently working on improving Margins by working on Lean
Initiatives. Targeting a Net Income of 5% in a very competitive low
margin contract manufacturing industry.
. Specialized in the BTO / CTO Model of High demand variability Models.
(Month end / Quarter end Hockey Stick Models)
. Currently working on Organic growth of Business in the areas of CTO
and Logistics.
Workcell (Operations) Manager 2009-
May, 2011
. Manage all Operational aspects of a Large Computer Data Storage
Device Manufacturer in Memphis, Which includes Planning, Purchasing,
IC, Manufacturing and Engineering.
. Transformed from Project Manager managing the transfer of businesses
from San Jose to Memphis. Worked very early on with the Business
Units in providing several Quotes and product pricing to solidify the
RFQ from Riverbed. In the process several volume sensitivity
analysis were performed to set pricing to maintain %COI.
. Successfully transferred production from San Jose plant to Memphis,
within a 3 Month Window and hit every customer commitment from NPI in
08/10, Ramp-up in 09/09, to full production. Met and surpassed all
Quality %FPY and OTD metric.
Quality & Industrial Engineering Manager
2007-2009
. Managed a Staff of over 30 Engineers and Techs.
. Under my guidance HP saw productivity gains quarter over quarter,
identified and implemented productivity improvements of "Blocking &
Starving" on assembly lines, this increased UPH
. Effectively migrated in HP from a low mix high volume to a high mix
and low volume, developed the first Kaizen for change over
improvements
. Successfully worked on setting up the first Forced production line
for the IBM Pick Pack area. This increased the productivity by 30%.
. Reduced the foot print of the IBM work cell from 350K Sq. Ft. to 260K
Sq. Ft. in the process consolidated all operations to one building
driving nearly half a million dollars in cost avoidances, with
increased productivity.
. Worked as a key member of the award winning NetApp launch. Received
praises from the customer for setting up a scalable and flexible
assembly process by eliminating a lot of wastes. Introduced the
concepts of lean manufacturing to the engineering group and taught
them the concept of Takt Time and the Yamazumi diagram
. Integral part of the Isilon launch took upon critical roles on a
necessary basis. Set up a U- Line assembly concept successfully
convinced the customer to take away extra burn in test for Hard
Drives. Developed the Test Networking Topography with the Isilon
engineering team during the launch period.
. Lead the IBM Storage Launch ran it thru 2 very successful supplier
readiness reviews and completed all NPI's 2 week in advance.
Provided management on critical resource requirements well in advance
to mitigate potential risk. This is the first workcell to make a
positive PC during its first month in production. Ramped up from 20%
to 100% in a matter of a week. Managed a difficult customer.
. Responsible for the initial launch of lean initiatives in the plant.
Was successfully mentoring all engineering activities by driving with
data.
. Developed the first process capabilities by product family for the
NetApp workcell, worked with the Quality teams developing p & u-
charts.
. Sent all QE to get a college online class to learn to use six sigma
tools. Mentored the Maintenance Supervisor and a Lead IE to go back
to school. Prompt in providing feedback to employees.
CARRIER CORPORATION (Collierville, TN)
Senior Project Manager
2002-2007
Headed a team of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineers.
Accomplishments in several key projects include:
. Lead a Six Week Kaizen Blitz, which demonstrated product quality
improvement through ACE (Six Sigma) principles and increased
productivity by 9%.
. Provided several analytical reports and recommendations to the Senior
Management for Capacity Constraints, Inventory Analysis and Product
Costing for critical decision making.
. Implemented a new scheduling and inventory management system for the
coils shop incorporating a Kanban System. Deviated from existing
philosophy of dedicating equipment to assembly lines to dedicating
equipment to a part. This was a cost avoidance of 6 million dollars.
. Set up and implemented ERP System Glovia for the back shops to mange
WIP inventory and back flush process.
. Initiated an entire system to schedule the back shops and developed
detailed machine level scheduling systems.
. Installed an entire back belt on Assembly line which included laying
new conveyors, modifications to the palletizer, and the installation
of new banders. This was done to dedicate Heat Pump Products to
single line thereby improving line efficiencies.
PARKER HANNIFIN CORPORATION (Richland, Michigan)
Project Engineer
2000-2002
Worked on Serial communication devices, for factory automation. Possess
broad knowledge on serial communication protocols, such as Devicenet,
Profibus-DP, Interbus-S, ASI, and Remote I/O.
Manufacturing Engineer
1994-2000
Designed and developed several projects including the following:
. Process sheets using CTC-Parker P2 Series Operator Interface for the
FRL Cell.
. Devised 8-D analysis and PFMEA to provide solutions to several
assembly and quality-related problems, which reduced assembly
variances and increased throughput through assembly Cells. Generated
BOM on all products for assembly line operations. Capable of
developing assembly and operation process sheets.
. Perfected routing sheets, Gantt charts and flow process charts.
Performed cost evaluations for assembly operations.
FESTO KG (Bangalore, India and Esslingen, Germany)
Production Engineer
1988 -1991
. Designed plant layout for all the Traub CNC lathes. Stama and Chiron
Drilling machines during the installation phase. Written extensive
APT codes for the Stama Drilling machine.
. Developed single and double sampling plan by using MIL -STD 105D.
Capable of drawing out quality control plans for inspecting raw
materials and products.
COMPUTER AND PLC SKILLS
PLC's - Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE Fanuc, Koyo (PLC Direct) and Festo
Controllers.
Languages - C, FROTRAN 77, Visual Basic 6.0,
Operating system - Windows XP, M.S.DOS, Macintosh, UNIX
Software -Auto Cad 14, RSLogix 500, RSNetworx, DirectSoft, LogicMaster,
Interact 5.0, Label View5.0, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Projects,
Glovia, SAP
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