ADITYA VAZE

*** ******* ******, *** **, Clemson, SC, 29631

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SUMMARY

I am pursuing a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and seeking a Full Time Role as a Quality Engineer / Process Improvement

Engineer / Industrial Engineer. I have worked at Mahindra Intertrade as Business Analyst / Assistant to one of India’s top CEOs /

Managing Directors in the steel processing industry, which enabled me to gain a number of skills related to the fields of quality control

and supply chain management. I am currently working as Teaching Assistant at Clemson University and will graduate in May ’15.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Industrial Engineering (GPA: 3.51)

Clemson University, Clemson, SC

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai University, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Clemson University, Teaching Assistant, Systems Design – II (Process Improvement) (Jan 2015 – Present)

Project Mentor to 4 groups of undergraduate students, in their Process Imp rovement related Capstone projects

Mahindra Intertrade (Automotive Steel Processing Company), Business Analyst, Managing Director’s Office (Dec 2011 – July 2013)

Aided the Top Management in achieving Level 4 in the Mahindra Quality Way (TQM equivalent) annual internal audit,

conducted by Mahindra & Mahindra Farm Equipment Sector (Winners of the Deming Award / MQW Level 7)

Prepared the Quality, Environment, Health and Safety (QEHS) document which included improving OEE, ISO 9001 and 14001

Standards adherence, TPM practices, Sustainability related practices and Corporate Social Responsibility activities.

Ensured scrap reduction at the plants; Automotive, CRGO / CRNO steel coil scrap was seen to reduce by close to 5 %

Created a Risk Management Register to analyze and mitigate quality control, logistics, administrative and sustainability, related

risks which was seen to reduce redundant risk entries by close to 50 %

Lead the ‘Annual Strategy Review’ and ‘Annual Operations Review’ War Rooms to be presented to the Top Management

(May 2014 – Aug 2014)

Mahindra Logistics (Command Center at the M&M Auto Plant), Engineering Intern

A trailer utilization project with data analysis performed using Excel and the Oracle Transport Management software. Excel

analysis helped point out to a 10 % error in the manually entered OTM results, in the > 90 % utilization category.

Benchmarked company data related to TPM, Lean, Push / Pull, Scrap reduction and Inventory Management practices applied at

the Mahindra and Mahindra Auto Plant, while assembling the parts received on the trailers

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Study & Design of a Racing Car’s Impact Attenuator, Formula Student Germany, Hockenheim F1 track (July 2009 – May 2010)

Design, development and testing of the Impact Attenuator of a racing car using the SolidWorks software. The new design showed an

improvement of 30 % in the ability to absorb shock

(Jan 2014 – May 2014)

Redfern Healthcenter Checkout, Process Improvement Initiative

Developed a product / methodology to improve the checkout process, which was seen to reduce checkout time by 22 %, by usage of

various concepts like reminder emails, LED signs and mascots

(Aug 2014– Dec 2014)

Diet Problem Optimization using VBA in Excel

Creation of a Decision Support System using VBA in Excel. It involved the creation of the user interface, which consisted of forms and

macros. This enabled the user to get an optimal diet solution for the various foods selected, thus minimizing overall cost

SKILLS, COURSEWORK & CERTIFICATIONS

Technical Skills : Regression Analysis, Kaizen, 5S, TQM, TPM, ANOVA, Value Stream Mapping, Poka Yoke, Process Flow Chart,

Continuous Improvement, Benchmarking, Hypothesis Testing, Quality-Environment-Health-Safety, Risk Analysis, Product Design &

Development, MRP, Forecasting, Queuing & Scheduling, WIP & Inventory Management, JIT, Kanban, Push/Pull, Supply Contracts,

Risk Pooling Lean, FMEA, DOE, DMAIC, Pareto Analysis & Root Cause Analysis (by end of Jan’15) Statistical Process Control,

Gage R&R and Process Capability Analysis (Cp, Cpk), PPAP, APQP (Ongoing: by Mar ’15)

Software Skills : Microsoft Office Suite, AnyLogic Simulation, SAS,Visual Basic Applications for Excel, Minitab

Coursework : Probability & Statistics, Human Factors Engineering, Operations Research, Design & Analysis of Human Machine

Systems, Quality Improvement Methods, Statistical Methods, Transportation and Logistics Engineering, Decision Support Systems in

Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Design & Control, Modeling Logistics & Behavior using Simulation, Quality Assurance for

Automotive Manufacturing Systems (ongoing)

Certifications : Six Sigma Green Belt from the Institute of Industrial Engineers (course completion by end of Jan ’15)

MISCELLANOUS

(Aug 2013 – May 2014)

Graduate Student Senator, Industrial Engineering Department, Clemson University

Marketing & Publicity Head for Orion Racing, K.J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Formula Student Germany (FSAE) (2008-2009)

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