Supply Chain Project

P R I Y AN K A S O N I

* ** ** ** * NT O CT, HUR CUL E S, CALI F O RNI A 945 47 .

PHO NE NO 68 2- 2 34- 51 29

E - MAI L : SO NI _ PRI Y ANK A@ HO T MAI L.CO M

O BJE CTIVE

To emerge as a globally compatible technical and management professional by

continuous learning and research and to excel in providing engineering solutions in

the field of supply chain.

QUALIFICATION

MS in Engineering Management from UT Arlington - Dec 2008 (GPA : 3.833)

BE in Electronics from University Of Mumbai - July 2004

PROFICIE NCY IN

Global Supply chain Management, Production & Inventory Control, MRP, Quality

Control, Project Management, Product Management, Automation and Adv Mfg,

Lean Six Sigma, E- Commerce, SAP, Value Stream Mapping, Time Studies,

Manugistics, 5S implementation.

PROFE SSIONAL ACHIE VE ME NTS

Aug 07 to Dec 08

Teaching Assistant

IMSE Dept, University of Texas

May 06 to Aug 07

Thermo-well Sensors

Industrial Engineer

Standardized operations and implemented total productive maintenance to reduce

manufacturing lead times by 25%.

E nsured vendor rationalization, development of supplier base (supplier evaluation

and certification) and development of long-term strategic supplier alliances.

Optimized safety stock and rawmaterial levels to increase annual inventory turns.

Assisted in organizational transition to Lean processes and JIT production.

Integrated demand planning and forecasting with production and sales planning.

Managed master production scheduling and BOM.

Contributed towards improving on-time delivery and reducing customer lead

times.

Assisted in establishing of KPI’s.

Assisted in negotiation of purchasing contracts.

Oct 04 to April 06

CNBC TV 18

Master Control Room Engineer

Responsible for operation and maintenance of transmission equipments,

monitoring signals and troubleshooting faults to ensure error free broadcast.

July 03 to Dec 03

Indian Link Chain Mfrs Ltd

Industrial/Supply Chain Intern

Planned supply chain activities: transportation, warehousing and product

movement so as to minimize lead times and transportation costs.

Assisted in implementation of Gemba Kaizen philosophy (eliminating non value

adding activities and application of PDCA) to improve the chain forming,

bending and welding process.

Designed an inventory optimization plan by analyzing the inventory data,

identifying optimal shipment modes and quantities and setting appropriate

reorder points thereby reducing inventory carrying costs from 40% to 15%.

Implemented appropriate cycle counting and inventory reconciliation

methodologies to improve inventory accuracy.

Member of the collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment team.

Feb 09

Member of the Golden Key Honour Society

PROJE CTS

Global Supply Chain Project- Alcon Labs

Redesigned the supply chain system by identifying factors causing disruption and

modeling an optimum distribution strategy.

Implemented a Hub and Spoke system for deployment of finished goods

inventory to distribution centers which lead to a reduction of lead times from

7days to 2 days with a service level of 90%.

Quality Control

Implemented effective controls to improve an electronic appliance and its

associated processes using the PDCA continuous improvement approach.

Project Management

Project Planning for a Link Chain Manufacturing Unit.

Developed a thorough plan to implement the project (including necessary

tasks, WBS, budgeting, personnel, risk-analysis and schedules-Gantt charts).

Used EVMS to evaluate project progress and to implement changes in a timely

manner.

E valuated various projects based on the economic desirability of their

investments.

Final Year Project for BE- VSNL, Mumbai.

Design and Implementation of Optical Card.

O PE RATING SYSTE M AND APPLICATIONS

DOS, Windows 2000/NT, Windows 95/98/XP/Vista, MS-Office Suite, MS-Project,

MS-Visio, MS-Works, Solid-works, AutoCAD, SAS, Oracle Transportation

Management, JDE, COGNOS, Mercury Test Detector, Solutions Manager.

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE S

Pascal, C, C++, SQL, Matlab.

STRE NGTHS

Strong negotiation, written and oral communication skills.

Strong analytical, interpersonal, learning and organizing skills.

Ability to multitask and to manage stress, time and people effectively.

Contact this candidate