JULIA CAO Email: *****.***.***@*****.*** Cell Phone: 647-***-****
Highlights of Qualifications
* *****’ extensive experience in operations and reporting analysis
Identify potential operation process problem in the engineering environment, execute root cause analysis to offer suggestions for improvement by increasing the cycle time by 30%
Analyze the production process from start to end according to the data in order to achieve the lean manufacturing (reduce the lead time, cycle time, manpower etc.; improve the quality of products to satisfy customers and increase profit)
Decrease inventory level by approximately 20% by analyzing the operating performance in order to reduce the inventory cost
Hands-on experience in data visualization (MS Excel, Tableau etc.) based on different criteria of KPI’s to support management group to make improvement more efficiency and directly
In-depth knowledge of project metrics analysis including schedule performance index, cost performance index, sensitive analysis, impact analysis; risk management in manufacturing field
Knowledge of lean manufacturing, six sigma theory, and project management
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills within cross-functional team; fast-paced competitive environment; Strong problem-solving, critical thinking, self-motivated, creativity
Skills: MS Excel/VBA, SAS, SQL, Tableau
Experience
Vitafoam Product Canada Toronto, ON
Operations/Project Analyst 07/2016-07/2017
Achievements:
Boosted yield efficiency by 30% in one operation step by executing root cause analysis to save 10% cost
Decrease inventory level by approximately 20% by analyzing the yield of product with more than 100 different categories of products by analyzing yield data
Responsibilities:
Identify several CapEx projects, lean manufacturing projects, and continuous improvement projects requirements by communicating with marketing and sales, production, and engineering departments
Reduce the wait and transfer time during the production process by relocating production equipment in the plant after investigating the procedures
Cooperate with multi-function teams to analyze the KPI’s by building data modules in manufacturing process to improve the fabrication time efficiency by about 30%
Explore historical and current yield data with internal stakeholder to identify risk of the operations or projects to increase project success.
Accelerate at least 40% to build a connection between MS Excel/VBA to update MS Access database automatically for data sharing across company 8 locations around Canada to summary the operation and projects efficiency performance
Launch weekly/monthly/quarterly and ad-hocs reports and visualized dashboard by using MS Excel/ Tableau to support senior management group make further business and strategy decisions decision easily
MPR Consulting Inc. Toronto, ON
Reporting Analyst 11/2015-05/2016
Clarify client requirements of the project, keep follow up any updates or modify requirements
Address clarity data quality issues, corrects errors depends on the client demand
Maintain and create custom reports and interpreting data for analysis using SQL query in Access
Import data from data base by using VBA from MS Access and create pivot table automatically
Pull meaning from data to inform data-driven decisions for projects and recommendations on improvement opportunities
Analyze business needs for information and providing data and recommendations that are in line with best practices
Work with stakeholders up to Director level to deliver presentations and provide recommendations based on what the data says
Education
Master of Engineering of Mechanical Engineering 09/2012-06/2014
Faculty of Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bachelor of Engineering of Manufacturing System Engineering with Honours, Class I 09/2008-07/2012
Faculty of Engineering, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK
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