RANJANI RAMESH **** Caminito Toga San

Diego, CA *2126 abm93g@r.postjobfree.com 678-***-****

EDUCATION

. MS in Manufacturing Systems Engineering, North Carolina State

University

(GPA 3.8)

Major : Supply chain and Logistics, Minor : Business

Management, Co-Minor : Industrial Engineering Dec 2008

. BE in Industrial Engineering and Management, Vishweshwariah

Technological University, India (GPA 4.0)

Secured the 7th rank for the University consisting of over

4000 students.

June 2007

SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

. Lean Production Systems

. Business Process design, analysis and Improvement

. ASQ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt

. Supply Chain Cost Reductions

. 5S, Kaizen, ISO QMS/EMS

. Project management and Demand and supply management

. Qualified Lead Assessor for ISO 9001-2000, ISO 14001, ISO 13485

systems certified by Bureau Veritas Quality international (BVQI) and

recognized by IRCA, UK

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

. Quality Engineer - ASQ Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Snap-On Power Tools

Inc., Murphy, NC March 2009 - Present

o Implemented Six Sigma tools (Pareto Charts, MSA, Capability Analysis,

DOE, Capacity Analysis, SPC, Discrete Event Simulation and DMAIC) to

achieve 80% improvement in 2009 year-to-date Average Outgoing

Quality.

o Mentored over 6 Black and Green belt candidates to achieve over $

3.5M in cost savings throughout the year and subsequently their

certifications.

o Pioneered the design and automation of a new Production line for 3M

product SKUs. This semi-automated

assembly line is designed to integrate 3 existing product lines into

one self-sufficient line and accommodate 33

different product SKU's with additional expansion capabilities.

o Determined fixture requirements to reduce the number of fixtures by

60%, facilitated 43% decrease in setup times and an 83% reduction in

rework costs, Re-engineered the workflow resulting in a 50% staff

reduction and $100K cost reduction, Increased customer satisfaction

scores by 70%.

o Responsible for developing the long-term strategic planning of

operations and service levels globally which

are aligned to the overall, growth plans of the global business

o Identified and implemented supply chain process improvements through

collaboration with strategic supplier

partners.

o Worked with teams on product enhancements, analyzed and provided them

insight into data, process

performance metrics, and reports.

o Analyzed data from different sources, conducted FMEA's,identified

causes of variation and initiated corrective actions.

o Conducted risk assessment and identified potential risks and

initiated risk mitigation strategies.

o Responsible for establishing and implementing the strategy to reduce

overall logistics costs through

optimization of inventory and provider consolidation.

o Worked with design engineering to improve product designs,

initiated pilot builds and determined capability.

o Worked to establish and sustain process capability of machined parts

by control charting

o Worked with suppliers to study and improve their lean manufacturing

initiatives

o Facilitated working sessions and communicated project updates to

executive management and cross functional teams on a weekly basis.

o Responsible for working with manufacturing and R&D teams to develop

and revise inspection testing, in process and finished product

testing.

. Process Engineer - John Deere Turf Care, Fuquay Varina, NC

Aug 2007 - Dec 2008

o Formed and championed a team to develop an In-house weld ongoing weld

fixture certification plan and used Six Sigma methodologies to effect

process improvements in weld quality - Takt time was reduced by 80%

and the resulting cost savings was about $7.1MM annually.

o Developed a matrix to map out different approvals required on the

products and worked with supply management to prioritize supplier

paint certifications and audited them.

o Prepared, communicated and educated business partners and team on

changes in policies and practices within the organization. Acted as

liaison between Engineering, Purchasing, and Suppliers via meetings

visits and support manufacturing with resolving supplier issues on

the materials released to the production floor.

o Analyzed and formulated reporting and metric alternatives that met

defined business requirements (BRD's) using advanced SQL and

Relational Database.

o Control plans developed with information tracking the key

characteristics of each weldment, the Cpk capability, and the CMM

schedule for ongoing weld monitoring. This reduced the customer

complaints by 76% and new product warranties by 18%.

o Providing training documentation & training to both weld & quality

teams of over 10 people for expectations of weld monitoring. A manual

was developed to help understand the use of JDQView, a John Deere

proprietary software for quality and statistical analysis.

o Conducting PPAP approvals and First article inspection reports on all

new and in-production parts

. Qualified Lead Assessor and Associate Management consultant

Namagiri Associates - Bangalore, India

June 2006 - Aug 2007

o Assisted in conducting internal audits and training programs for

the implementation of ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management system

standard in over 20 companies which included Tata BP Solar, GE

Fanuc Systems Ltd., Haiwa India and Tyco Electronics, Bangalore,

India.

o Assisted in the implementation and documentation of TS 16949 :

2002 in various organizations like Vipra Machine tools Pvt ltd.,

Chaturvedi Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore and Saravana

Engineering Works, India.

. Research Assistant - Indian institute of Science, Bangalore,

India Nov 2006 -

July 2007

o Research based project titled "Solution Methodologies for

Scheduling and sequencing Batch Processors with incompatible joint

families along-with non-agreeable release time and due dates in

semiconductor manufacturing" in partial fulfillment of

Undergraduate thesis. This subsequently was converted into a

research paper and has been published in The International Journal

for production Research.

. Business process analyst- Intern - Namagiri

Associates - Bangalore, India Oct

2005 - June 2006

o Was involved in the preparation of ISO 9001:2000 documentation

specifically suited to construction projects in Honeywell India

Software Operations Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore.

o Assisted in preparing documentation and conducting training

programs enroute to obtaining ISO: 14001 (environmental management

system standard) in Telco Construction Ltd., Dharwad, India.

o Conducted 'Kaizen' and '5S' training programs for organizations

like BHEL (Manufacturers of electrical equipment, boilers,

turbines, generators and other power generation devices) and

Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF), Bangalore.

o Involved in the development of quality control plans and assisting

consultants in Total Quality Management initiatives.

COMPUTER SKILLS

. Platforms: Windows, Linux

. Programming, Scripting & Databases: C++, MS Visual Basic, MS SQL, MS

ACCESS, LINDO, LINGO

. Application Software : QSA, STORM, ARENA, Solid works, SAP

BusinessObjects, PRO E, MATLAB, SAS JMP 8.0, MS Project

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