Management Supply Chain

Objective

To obtain a full-time position in Industrial Engineering and Management, where I can

further enhance my skills and knowledge and contribute in development of Production &

Distribution Management Systems, Operations Management, Logistics and Supply Chain

Modeling, Risk Management and Decision Analysis

Summary of Skills

Strategic Global Sourcing & Procurement

Systems Management

Computer Programming & Simulation

Financial Management

Statistical Modeling

SQL Database Design

Process Design

Data Analysis

Academic Qualifications

Masters of Science. Industrial Engineering (Production Systems and Operations Management),

Purdue University, Expected Dec 2010

Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Pune University, India: Graduated with

Honors, May 2008

Work Experience

The Walt Disney Company, Orlando, Florida June 2010-Current

Global Merchandise Sourcing Intern

Strategic Global Sourcing, Procurement & Technical Design for Walt Disney Theme Parks

Merchandise (WDTPM):

Analyzing and communicating information for the Sourcing Mgr. on our worldwide vendor base

Manage a stable base of socially compliant suppliers that meet our cost, quality and

delivery objectives

Analyze information on how to leverage global theme park product demand across categories

and business units

Assist implementation of sourcing strategies to maximize financial results

Current Projects & Achievements:

Supplier Performance Scorecard: MS Access Database design and implementation to formally

document Supplier Performance

Business Objects Reporting using SQL: Building, analyzing and developing user-defined

financial and accounting reports

Product Lifecycle Management: available business options based on current systems and our

IT infrastructure and constraints

Monthly Vendors Failures Analysis: ILS Compliance and Failures results analysis to improve

efficiency

Process Mapping for Disneyland HK Merchandise Sourcing: help implement standardized global

process

Vinylmation Tiered Costing: cost classification based on production difficulty for this

toy product line

Supplier Success Stories: supplier recognition based on social responsibility and employee

benefits

Panjiva.com Supplier Dashboard Analysis: skilled in use of Panjiva to research global

suppliers and analyze key performance indicators

Commodities Cost Impact on Global Sourcing: studied and reported the effects of key

commodities (crude oil, metal, and paper, plastic) price increases on our cost base.

Spear Logistics Inc., India July 2008-July 2009

Supply Chain Trainee

Completed Projects in Distributed Control and Systems, Operations Management: Siemens AG

Warehousing, improved Process flows and Transportation models

Acquired skills in Warehousing Management, Facility Planning, Logistics, Transportation

and Container Optimized Shipping

Worked on Process Mapping, Flow-Charting, and Standard Practices (SP's) for improvement

Completed installation of Enterprise Resource Planning System and Database Management

System for Inventory Control, reduced inventory backlog by 10%.

Achieved enhancements in Layout and Material Handling Systems in Indiabulls Megastore, a

leading Retail Chain in India Resulted in Order Picking time reduced by 30%, Average

Waiting time by 20%

Purdue University,Indiana September 2009-May 2010

Graduate Tutor

Guided students towards improved grades in Statistics Modeling, HTML, MS Access Design and

Process Mapping courses

Technical Book Stores, India January 2009-June 2009

Store Manager, Part time

Successfully implemented Inventory Management by designing a Database Management System

using Microsoft Access; reduced dead stock by 17%

Software Skills

Business Objects Reporting

MS Access Database Design

Minitab

SAS Interpretation

Auto-Mod Simulation

HTML

SQL

Process Mapping

Crystal Ball Forecasting

Visual Basic

C,C++

MS Office Suite

Research Projects

Hospital Transportation Simulation Analysis, Optimization& Statistical Modeling, Aug-Dec

2009

Process Optimization and Layout Improvement, Jan-May 2008

Earthquake Predictions: Tools and Techniques, Jan-May 2007

Activities

Volunteer member for Purdue Graduate Students Government ( PGSG), to manage Career Fair

related activities: In charge of supervising Company Networking activities

Active Member of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES), IEGSO, IIE at the Purdue

University Chapter.

Languages

English, Basic Spanish and other Indian languages (Hindi, Marathi)

Tushar Arora

E-mail: abkinu@r.postjobfree.com, abkinu@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 480-***-****

GPA: 3.5/4.0

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