Engineer Customer Service

PUNIT S. NAHAR

** ******** ***, *** #***, Boston, MA 02115 ? 617-***-**** ?

**********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE

A challenging career in the field of Supply Chain Management proving to be

an asset rather than investment

SUMMARY

. Strong academic background in the field of mechanical engineering and

manufacturing processes.

. Broad understanding of purchasing, forecasting, demand planning,

inventory and vendor management.

. Negotiation and business skills developed through experience from small

to large scale environment.

. Project in Lean manufacturing including study of Kaizen, JIT, 5S, Kanban,

Poka Yoke and SMED.

. Understanding of operations management principles and SAP through work

experience.

. Equipped with strong leadership, communication, analytical and problem

solving skills.

. Promoted from Graduate Engineer Trainee to Purchase Engineer before

completion of the training.

EDUCATION

. Master of Science in Engineering Management, Northeastern University,

Boston, MA May 2009

. Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain Management, Northeastern University,

Boston, MA May 2009

. Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Pune University, Pune, India

July 2006

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Graduate Engineer Trainee, Force Motors Ltd., Pune, India

June 06 - February 07

. Forecasted requirements and achieved monthly procurement targets of raw

material and machined components required for production line, buffer

inventory and spares to comply with MRP.

. Planned the schedule and quantities of incoming material as per plant

capacity and need.

. Constantly interacted with vendors to maintain or expedite material

dispatch schedules and quality.

. Requested, processed and released RFQ from vendors within as well as

outside the source list.

. Negotiated quotations and contract agreements

. Carried out daily purchasing activities using SAP Material Management

(MM).

. Negotiated and released Purchase Orders or Amendment (POA/ECO) of new or

existing products.

. Reduced OC for the Materials department by identifying and eliminating

non-value added services like pallet organization, warehouse space

utilization, optimized material transport within the plant.

. Attended daily meeting of production, warehouse and spares personnel to

analyze any discrepancies in material for the day's production or

operation.

. Built and maintained strong relations with vendors, transporters and

freight forwarders to attain cost effective demand-supply ratios.

Achievements:

. Successfully revived inventory worth INR 0.2 millions from obsolete

vendors.

. Toured vendors across the country to solve issues regarding supply,

quality and vendor satisfaction.

Purchase Engineer, Force Motors Ltd., Pune, India

March 07 - June 07

. Responsible for development and procurement of new or existing components

in new projects.

. Aided the Quality, Production and R&D departments for quality, quantity

and development of components with various vendors.

. Sourced components like forgings, castings, sheet metal parts,

fabrications and proprietary items.

. Managed entire RFQ and PO processing of the samples for various projects.

. Arranged bi-weekly PowerPoint presentations to update the management on

the projects.

Achievements:

. Successfully initiated practice to utilize obsolete tooling to

substantially reduce development costs.

Entrepreneur, Punit Engineerings, Pune, India

June 06 - July 07

. Managed the small unit consisting of 5 employees and annual revenue of

INR 1.2 millions.

. Manufactured, marketed and sold sheet metal parts required for engine and

body assembly in two and three wheelers as a third party vendor.

. Fabricated stainless steel mixing containers (cylinders) for dairy,

chemical and textile industry as per client specifications and drawings.

Intern Engineer, Shri Precisions, Pune, India

Jan 06 - May 06

. Carried out administrative and supervisory activities in welding

inspection, sheet metal and pipe bending and die exchange for the

automobile ancillary and responsible for on time deliveries.

. Negotiated purchase of raw material and sales of finished goods to

OEMs.

. Marketed products by meeting and presenting to OEMs for obtaining

purchase orders.

. Prepared production plans for optimal use of men, machines and

materials.

Cashier (Part time), Au Bon Pain, Boston, MA

Oct 07 - May 09

. Functioned as the point of sale for the caf 's products and source of

information for the customers.

. Undertook hygiene, food safety and customer service training.

CORE COMPETENCIES AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

. Just-In-Time (JIT) . MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access, MS

Project

. Inventory Management . SAP

. Forecasting and Demand Planning, . AutoCAD, ANSYS

Scheduling

. 5S, Lean Manufacturing . Decision making and Conflict

resolution skills

PROJECTS

Optimal location of service facilities for reliable networks, Northeastern

University Current

Assisting Prof. Emanuel Melachrinoudis to collect, sort and study

information for the project.

TSA Security Screening of Cargo Shipped Via Passenger Aircraft, General

Electric, Aviation 2009

Evaluated different cargo screening solutions, their pros cons, financial

feasibility and impact on the GE supply chain as per the new TSA

regulations

International Market Entry, Northeastern University, Boston, MA

2008

Studied factors governing the entry of a commercial establishment in

a foreign country

Waste Reduction, Au Bon Pain, Boston, MA

2008

Identified primary sources of waste and opportunities to reduce the

same

Cost Reduction, Punit Engineerings, Pune, India

2007

Reduced assembly time and thereby fabrication costs by 20% by designing

fixtures for accurate welding assembly eliminating errors as well as in-

process inspection.

Lean Management - Poka Yoke, TATA Motors Ltd, Pune India

2005

. Error-proofed crank-pin milling operation to lower the rejection rate

from 10% to 4% saving around INR6000/day thus improving efficiency by

designing a small length measurement device with a cost of only INR130.

. Studied and observed concepts like JIT, SMED, Kaizen, 5S, 5Whys, Kanban

etc.

Gasoline Direct Injection Engine, Pune University

2005

Studied the construction, working, advantages and disadvantages of the GDI

Engine and how improved fuel efficiency can be obtained along with improved

power from gasoline engines.

Aesthetics & Ergonomics in Modern Cars, Pune University

2004

Studied the concepts of car design with regards to achieving unbelievable

aesthetics, while simultaneously improving the ergonomics and safety of

modern cars

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