Project Manager Sales

Anurag Tiwari, CPIM *** H Oak Lake Run

*******.******@*****.*** Chesapeake

313-***-**** VA 23320

Objective

• Looking for a position in the field of supply chain management to utilize my knowledge, experience and skill set

Summary

• W orking as Materials Manager: Responsible for managing Inventory Management, Procurement and Production

planning functions.

• Responsible for annual inventory worth $60 M.

• APICS CPIM certified

• 4 direct reports and 4 indirect reports

• Cost savings of more than $1.5M through negotiations and process improvements

• 15% increase in inventory turns

• 10 - 20% increase in OTD

• Planning and implementation of cycle count program to improve inventory accuracy.

• Successfully transitioning inventory management processes from being reactive Push system to Pull planning.

• Excellent team player, consistent record of meeting deadlines & service levels

• Strong communication & leadership skills

• T ravelled internationally to Vietnam, Japan, Mexico, Canada for supplier development

• Member of company’s strategic investment project team. All strategic investment proposals are in process of

implementation

• Participated in and successfully completed SMAs Leadership Development Program

• Excellent project management skills

Education

• MS Industrial Engineering, Wayne State University

• BS Industrial and Production Engineering, SGSITS

Work Experience

Sumitomo Drive Technologies Materials Manager Nov 07- Present

• Responsible for planning and directing all aspects of material management policies, objectives and initiatives

• Managing purchase of raw materials, supplies, and equipments

• Responsible for managing inventory, based on organizations’ sales commitment and desired service levels

• Instrumental in implementation of electronic pull planning system which resulted in increased inventory turns and

savings in transaction time

• Negotiated contracts for services and components. Cost savings of more then $1M through contract negotiations.

• Manage inbound logistics and transportation; participated in the freight bid process and carrier selection along

with the shipping manager

• Implementation and management of supplier chargeback program

• Responsible for pushing 100% bar-coding on inventory items. Suppliers also supplying parts with bar-coded

packing slips and tags

• Introduced handheld wireless scanners for physical inventory scanning process in warehouse. Extended the

scope of use in receiving and shipping areas

• Slow move inventory review and reduction

• Kanban implementation for replenishing inventory from machine shop

• Planned and implemented the cycle count program to ensure inventory accuracy

• Member of margin analysis team to review sales margins and perform Root Cause Analysis on Negative margin

orders with accounting and sales team

Sumitomo Drive Technologies Strategic sourcing specialist Jul 06- Nov 07

• W orked on national and international commodity procurement, inventory control and source selection

• Coordinated with plant engineering & production to assure timely execution of products and services

• Managed contacts with suppliers to ensure consistency with corporate objectives

• Responsible for Inventory planning of various fabricated components

• Instrumental in developing vendor report card system

• Assisted in providing functional specifications to IT team for creating ‘Quote management system’

• Analyzed purchasing data to forecast usage to create contractual programs for different commodities

Anurag Tiwari, CPIM 232 H Oak Lake Run

*******.******@*****.*** Chesapeake

313-***-**** VA 23320

• Designed & analyzed process maps to improve the flow of material for rework / rejected parts

• Participated in a six-sigma project to improve the design accuracy

• Member of scanning, auditing team in physical inventory count

• Assisted in final verification and inventory adjustment to post final results of physical inventory count

General Electric, NY Systems Design and Accessories Aug 04- May 05

• Coordinated the cost estimation process by working with a cross-functional team of engineering, applications,

requisition, vendors and sales

• Analyzed and outlined risk, cycle impact and cost for customer’s special requirements to support application and

requisition engineering team

• Collected & analyzed cost & cycle time data for product structuring

• Created integrated data sets from multiple sources to conduct cost analysis

• Managed multiple activities simultaneously, meeting service levels & time deadlines

• Evaluated supplier proposals submitted in response to RFP/RFQs

• Compared market trends to the historical data & reported them to project manager as input for forecasting

• Used structuring methodologies to reduce redundant cost & cycle requests and to make the standard offering

more compatible with market’s need

• Actively participated in GE Energy’s ISO training & red team audit trainings

• Completed GE’s Six-Sigma DMAIC training

• Developed training material for new hires

• Responsible for training of new hire from Mexican subsidiary

NIBCO Inc, VA Design Engineering June 04- Aug 04

• Assisted the design engineering team in converting old paper drawings into CAD drawings

• Modeled and detailed drawings using Unigraphics

• Participated in training session of mySAP, product life cycle management software

• Assisted the engineering team during transition from old system to mySAP PLM

Softek, India Functional consultant July 02- Aug 03

• Line side storage planning to introduce mix model capability in LCV/HCV assembly line of truck manufacturing

plant

• Shelving redesign and layout planning to store parts close to the point-of-use in assembly line

• CAD designing of plant layout

Skill Set

Computer skills:

Languages C, Java, Fortran, HTML

Packages MS office suite, Visio, VB, Minitab, QFD capture, COPICS, Arena

Design Software AutoCAD 2000, Unigraphics NX2

ERP Package SAP R/3 4.7, AS/400 (PGN)

T echnical skills:

Quality Quality management system, Quality function deployment, Root cause analysis, FMEA

Lean JIT, continuous improvement, Kanban, Kaizen, 5S, Value stream mapping

Statistics ANOVA, DOE, Regression analysis

Finance Capital Budgeting, Investment analysis, ROI analysis, Budget control, Variance analysis

Sourcing RFQs/RFPs, Work order processing, cost analysis, supplier metrics, strategic cost reduction

Inventory ABC analysis, cycle count, Service level VS Inventory investment metrics, Inventory turns

References: Available upon request

Work Status: On work visa. Eligible to work for any employer in US

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