Supply Chain Manager

AKSHAT MATHUR

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Operations Management, Lean Transformation, Supply Chain / Procurement

Seasoned and highly accomplished Operations Manager offering over 12 years'

progressive management experience and certifications in Six Sigma,

production planning, and supply chain management.

. Big-picture thinker with exceptional financial / valuation and

relationship / negotiation skills, useful for formulating business

strategy / business development plans and establishing profitable, long-

lasting strategic alliances with partners, suppliers, and customers.

. Offer strong technical, analytical, and problem solving skills; able to

optimize efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction by

implementing continuous improvement tools such as Six Sigma and Lean

Manufacturing across diverse functions within the organization

(manufacturing, production, quality assurance, supply chain, asset

utilization, safety, etc.).

Lean / Six Sigma . Process Improvement . Process Reengineering . Business

Transformation

Corporate Finance / Valuation . P&L Management . Risk Assessment / Risk

Management

Production Scheduling . Supply Chain . Procurement . Strategic Sourcing .

Negotiation

Vendor / Customer Relationships . Service / Quality Optimization

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Management and Engineering (anticipated April 2010)

Operations Strategy . Corporate Finance . Supply Chain Management . System

Dynamics

System Design & Management (SDM) Fellow 2008 -2010

GPA: 4.7/ 5.0, GMAT: 760

MIT Sloan School of Management and MIT School of Engineering

Massachusetts Institute of Technology . Cambridge, Massachusetts

Thesis:

The Evolution of Business Ecosystems: Interspecies Competition in Commodity

industries

Advisor: Prof. Charles Fine, MIT Sloan School of Management

Co-Advisor: Theodore Piepenbrock, Oxford University - Said Business School

Research results taught at the MIT Sloan Exec. Education class

Supply Chain Strategy: "Architecting and Evolving World Class Value

Chains"

Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering, with Honors

Malaviya National Institute of Technology . Jaipur, India

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA / BHILAI STEEL PLANT (Rail & Structural Mill) .

1995-2007

Bhilai / Chhatisgarh, India

Owned largely by the Indian Government, Steel Authority of India Limited

(SAIL) is one of the county's largest integrated steel manufacturers,

providing construction, engineering, utilities, railway, automotive, and

defense industries with more than 15 million tons of steel products per

year. Bhilai Steel Plant, a division of SAIL, produces over 4 million tons

of saleable steel annually. Its Rail & Structural Mill is India's largest

producer of steel rails and heavy structurals and is the sole supplier of

rails to Indian Railways.

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Manager of Operations (2005-2007); Deputy Manager of Operations (2002-

2005);

Assistant Manager of Operations (1999-2002); Junior Manager of Operations

(1995-1999)

Promoted 3 times in 10 years to hold full accountability for ensuring that

production and quality goals were met at the Rail & Structural Mill.

Worked closely with suppliers to plan delivery of raw materials; with

maintenance personnel, to coordinate production runs and scheduled

maintenance; and with shipping and customer relations personnel, to manage

shipping schedules and address quality and delivery related concerns.

Played a key role in leading quality / process improvement and cost

reduction initiatives such as Lean, Six Sigma, etc. Ensured complete

customer satisfaction by providing ongoing interaction with representatives

of Indian Railways, SAIL's largest rail customer. Led negotiations with

labor union representatives as needed. Supervised an organization of 100

people including 3 managers.

STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA / BHILAI STEEL PLANT (Rail & Structural Mill)

Manager of Operations continued . . .

Operational Highlights:

. Led remarkable "worst-to-first" transformation, from underperforming

manufacturing operation to top performer in production and quality, in

less than 5 months through reorganization, goal setting, training and

motivation, and fostering a spirit of collaboration / teamwork.

. Enhanced training of new recruits as well as seasoned engineers by

developing an exhaustive, searchable repository / ready reference of

standard troubleshooting procedures related to rail rolling technology

and rail pass design.

. Settled a labor dispute by convincing union representatives that

employees would benefit from and attend a mandatory weekly skill-based

training initiative for no additional pay.

. As ISO internal auditor, prepared Standard Operating Practices and work

instruction documentation for ISO 9001 and ISO 9002 compliance.

Production Highlights:

. Saved an estimated $1M/year by identifying and resolving the origin of a

production defect in the rolling of steel rails, reducing rejection of

finished product on account of this defect from 5% to less than 2% (six

sigma project)

. Saved an additional $750K/year by leading a Quality Circle Project that

led to the reduction of rejection of R60 rails on account of "guide

marks" from 2% to almost nil.

. Lowered rejection on account of "out of tolerance" profile measurements

by more than half, saving the company about $750K/year (six sigma

project)

. Eliminated production stoppages and delays caused by inventory shortages

by designing and implementing a sophisticated inventory management system

for operational spares and process consumables (based on JIT / Kanban

systems) that resulted in 100% availability and a constant, minimum

inventory.

. Formally commended for establishing several production benchmarks - 6 of

them in just 3 years.

Financial Highlights:

. Contributed to millions of dollars in annual revenue potential by co-

leading a team in the design and roll-out of a new, extremely high-margin

product, thick web asymmetric rails.

. Eliminated a significant impediment to future orders from Indian Railways

by negotiating and securing approval of Bhilai Steel Plant's internally

designed gauges (used for measuring the "crown" of steel rails).

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ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

(as part of MIT master's degree program)

. Teaching Assistant - System Dynamics at MIT Sloan School of Management

. Created significant savings for an actual client of ATKEARNEY through

strategic sourcing and supply management.

. Designed the structure of the organization that would oversee the

construction, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of a proposed

HIGH SPEED RAIL network in Portugal.

. Assessed environmental risk of a FORTUNE 500 client's large energy

infrastructure project by developing sophisticated risk modeling

techniques.

TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

Six Sigma Green Belt

Breakthrough Management Group India (BMGI) for the Steel Authority of India

SAP 4.6C (Production Planning)

SAP Labs, LLC

Certified Supply Chain Professional

APICS, The Association for Operations Management

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

SAP 4.6C - PP module . Java . HTML/ XML/ ASP/ JavaScript . Minitab/ SPSS

(Statistical Software)

Vensim (System Dynamics modeling software) . Opcat / SysML (Systems

Architecting software)

MS Office (including advanced MS excel applications such as Monte Carlo

simulation,

Crystal Ball, Solver/ Solver Table, Goal Seek etc.)

MS Project

AFFILIATIONS

APICS - North Shore Chapter

System Dynamics Society

LANGUAGE FLUENCY

English . Hindi

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