Supply Chain Project

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

. Operations professional seeking to leverage diversified Fortune 500

experience and boutique consulting exposure to gain position in operation

management and leverage expertise in process improvement, lean

methodology and six sigma frameworks towards optimizing operations across

any industry

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tefen Consulting - New York, NY

Operations consultant

(June 09 - Jan

10)

o Leveraged lean methodology to assess linen operations of

Healthcare client. Identified and validated $750K savings for

multi - facility metro hospital system. Delivered solutions and

recommendations addressing linen utilization policy, industry

best practices, site standardization and product mix to realize

savings associated with capital expenditures

o Delivered operational insights to client (personal care).

Successfully managed 4 - member client team to execute project

(overall equipment efficiency study) to evaluate performance of

manufacturing system. Achieved 18% gain in productivity through

implementing performance levers such as bottleneck elimination

and structured problem solving

o Collaborated with and mentored client team to implement

Workplace organization (5S) across shop floor (mouth wash

production). Implemented and successfully delivered long - term

shop floor maintenance plan for client. Deliverables included re-

designed shop floor layout, gemba walk questionnaire and 5S

audit schedule, shop floor color, tooling and labeling standard.

MeadWestvaco Corporation - Richmond, VA

Senior associate

(Aug 08 -

Feb 09)

Senior Global associate

(Aug 07 - Jul

08)

Global associate

(Aug 06 -

Jul 07)

o Advised European M&A team on acquisition via operations strategy

alignment project. Presented recommendations by analyzing

competitor - plant consolidation and relocation of production

capacity across Europe. Presented supply chain models

highlighting flow of goods across all supply chain elements such

as packaging supplier, fulfillment provider, warehouse, design

and raw material supplier

o Executed continuous improvement project with 3 - year timeline.

Key responsibilities included building, refining and providing

tools to business units to obtain sustainable productivity

driving earnings improvements. Designed survey to analyze "cost

to serve" components such as costs associated with freight,

warehousing and pre-press. Eventual savings were part of an

annual $15MM cost savings to food & beverage packaging business

o Collaborated with sales organization to analyze decision-making

in pharmaceutical industry. Study involved analysis of supply

chain associated with healthcare packaging industry. Presented

recommendations highlighting strategies to gain entry into

patient starter kit market as packaging supplier

Production Specialties Group PLC - Milwaukee, WI

Project Engineer

(Jan 05 -

Jun 06)

o Leveraged engineering design skills towards creating product

development framework for custom wheel design. Implemented

DFM(Design for manufacturing) techniques to reduce cycle time of

product from concept to finished goods by 20%

o Successfully project managed supply chain of custom wheel

production & delivery. Coordinated with production, sales and

customer to ensure design specifications and re-engineering

requests were fulfilled in a timely manner. Implemented lean

frame work (value stream mapping) to identify bottlenecks in

supply chain and consequently reduced costs associated with

scrap by 15%

o Implement material sourcing strategy resulting in reduction of

raw material cost by 15%. Project involved developing survey to

evaluate supplier performance criteria such as on-time delivery,

quality, volume of product and financial stability. Resulted in

reducing supplier base by 40%

EDUCATION

Master of Science (Manufacturing Engineering), Syracuse University,

Syracuse, NY (Jan 03 - Dec 04)

Cum laude, L.C.Smith College of engineering graduate scholarship,

Himalaya Drug Company study grant

Multi-disciplinary program with coursework from Business school - Whitman

school of management

Bachelor of Science (Mechanical Engineering), M.S.R Institute of Tech,

Bangalore, India (Jun 98 - Jun 02)

Honors program, Visweswariah Technological University scholarship

AFFILIATIONS/SKILLSET

. Society of manufacturing engineers, society of mechanical engineers

. Advanced MS PowerPoint, Project & Excel skills, Minitab, Lean six sigma

black belt certification

. Analytical, detail oriented and deadline driven

EXTRA-CURRICULARS/VOLUNTEERISM

. Virginia Home for Boys and Girls (Non-profit school): Volunteer tutor in

math/science (2006)

. Chattering Children (Non-profit aimed at hearing impaired children):

Volunteer fund raiser (2007)

. Syracuse University Career Services: Volunteer mentor (2005)

. Kirthi House Captain: Headed 800 member student fraternity in high school

(1998)

. Photography (B&W, Portrait, Travel) & International Cin ma

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