Manager Engineer

SNEHAL I. PATEL

***** *** ***** **. • North Tustin, CA 92705 • ****************@*****.*** • 949-***-****

Education

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, 1997

Emphasis in Cost Engineering, Work Analysis, and Project Management

Professional Experience

Areas of Expertise:

Full Life Cycle Project Management

Lean Manufacturing & SAP Strategies

WMS (Red Prairie) Implementation

Process Redesign & Change Management

Experienced in Food Manufacturing Env.

Process Flow Instruction Development

Corporate Cost Analysis & Feasibility

Experienced in ERP, LEAN, JIT, & TQM

Troubleshooting & Problem Resolution

Six Sigma (Green Belt)

Catia V5/AutoCad Design.

Qualifications Profile

Engineering Management: Serving as Corporate General Manager of Process Improvement Team Program (PITs) in multiple plants. Functioning as Corporate General Manager of Cross Functional / Improvements Team Program (CITs) in multiple plants. Developing Process Flow Instructions (PFIs) for all product lines. Creating assembly instructions and time standards for new and existing products. Performing corporate cost analysis and feasibility studies for up to six manufacturing plants. Training Industrial Engineers at several plants.

Project Management: Preparing cost justification reports for specific projects. Starting up new manufacturing. Designing production lines. Working with other departments to ensure efficient production of new products. Creating systems to track production and quality. Performing and updating work measurements.

Computers: Operating Windows systems with numerous software applications: AutoCad 2014, Red Prairie, Manugistics, SAP, Promodel, Arena, Quant, Visio, Citrix, Outlook, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Catia V5, and various statistical and simulation programs.

Key Strengths: Strong team-building and leadership abilities. Highly effective analytical and problem-solving skills. Committed to personal and professional growth.

Accomplishments: Consistently increased productivity and quality while reducing costs. Participated in bringing in processes that saved up to $4.0 million per year. Improved quality and on-time delivery from vendors, while decreasing part and material costs. Reduction of cash register lanes at stores which were not used in over 500 stores with over $500K in savings.

2013 To Present CARPENTER. CO.

Senior Industrial Engineer

2011 To 2013 ZODIAC AEROSPACE CA, La Palma

Manufacturing Engineer

Supports the Engineering and Production Department with respect to the manufacturing of aircraft interior products by solving manufacturing issues and reducing the time to manufacture products with the implementation of time saving measures while ensuring the quality, integrity and certification properties of products manufactured is maintained or improved.

Act as shop liaison between Design Engineers and Production to ensure products are built to specifications and engineering documents.

Provide feedback to Design Engineering to improve product design for ease of manufacturing, optimization of cost, weight reduction and time to manufacture product.

Prepare engineering change notices (ECNs) as required to support manufacturing and quality of parts produced.

Identify and if necessary, design and deploy tooling to aid in production processes.

Ensure standardization and compliance to engineering, customer and company specification for processes employed in the production of interior products.

Solve manufacturing issues and communicate solutions to Design Engineering.

Establish manufacturing line set up for new products for optimal production with respect to time and cost, and/or provide suggestions for existing production lines to Production and General Manager.

Provide assistance to production personal for all facets related to manufacturing of product.

Provide training to new hire production personnel.

2011-2011 PETCO CORPORATION CA, San Diego

Sr. Industrial Engineer

Responsible for cost justification of capital projects. Worked on time studies and process flow analysis to figure out inefficiencies in different processes.

Laid off due to the company moving to San Antonio

Reduced cleaning of hermit crab habitat by utilizing ergonomics, process change, and decrease in clean time.

Worked on reduction of register lanes at various store due to underutilization; with the savings at $500,000.00.

Worked on layout changes for stores so that the products are seen and sold.

2009-2010 VENTURA FOODS, LLC CA, Ontario

Cost Controls Manager

Manager of the MSS System which calculates and determines what is needed to produce needed product quantity. Ensure yields for over 30 lines are accurate along with the cost. Handling capacity for each line to ensure new business that is quoted could be produced without loss. Ensure accuracy of the system manning, machine speed, yields, and formulas. Working on cost justification of products that may produce savings within all lines. Liaison with production manager to make sure that SIS numbers and labor hours are placed in correct accounts. Worked in high paced manufacturing environment which utilized bottling systems.

Reduced changeover of lines by 25% with the use of new material.

Worked on cost justification of combining 3 lines into 1 with the use of conveyors.

Worked on layout changes for the plant and warehouse

Reduction the use of warehouse space by 30% so that it could be rented by third party.

2003-2009 KRAFT FOODS, GLOBAL IL, Norcross DC

Catalyst Project Member 2008-2009

Continued forward precession with this leading worldwide food manufacturing company to coordinate SAP and Lean Manufacturing tool development project. Provided business process improvement and SAP functionality expertise in support of proposed solutions. Provided onsite team support through all phases of the SAP Tool deployment processes. Maintained communication with project managers and engineer’s to document change processes.

Key Achievements:

Spearheaded training of onsite team on proper use of SAP tool to successfully bring in raw, packaging, and primary materials for production into manufacturing warehouse.

Played key role in implementing new tool without any disrupting manufacturing and delivery schedules.

Implemented strategies to track and report problems regarding inbound raw material solutions and documented modification for future reference.

Advanced Demand Forecasting Project Configurator (2007 – 2008)

Earned a promotion to oversee development, training, and implementation of the Advanced Demand Forecasting Tool (Manugistics) to improve manufacturing forecast accuracy. Provided technical / engineering statistical background that established new Forecasting Models with Demand Planners in support of all Kraft business lines.

Key Achievements:

Collaborated with National Forecasting Managers to implement and train Demand Planners regarding the efficient and proper use of new forecasting tool.

Provided detailed documentation and process support to ensure high-level of forecast accuracy during go-live period for Kraft Business lines.

Distribution Design Project Engineer (2003-2007)

Responsible for creating engineering standards for all warehouse processes and installation of Warehouse Task Optimization (WTO) at 33 warehouses and distribution centers. Responsible for revisits and audits at 20 warehouses and distribution centers. Performed mapping changes for all Mixing Centers. Provided analysis to support racking change proposals at the warehouse and mixing centers. Developed and implemented new WTO reporting tools for daily site usage, including an indirect scanning report and a distance traveled by SKU report and hosted the training module for indirect scanning. Held training sessions through the use of Net meeting and Conference Call rather than conducting it at Northfield, eliminating Travel to corporate HQ.

Key Achievements:

Successfully engineered WTO Revisit process, enabling $2.5MM annual productivity.

Sussex Indirect Reduction - Partnered with Sussex to develop a roadmap to reduce indirect from 45% to 28%.

Fresno - Made layout and mapping changes to Fresno’s pick line (changing from static to moving). Resulted in capacity increase.

Champaign Pick Standards Audit - Led the picking standards audit at Champaign by coordinating activities with the site and the engineering consultant. Identified savings through process improvement of $100K

Norcross - Participated in team that delivered over $800K in productivity with Direct standards and indirect management

Ontario - Leading the Revisit effort. Savings of ~$200K identified.

Norcal GRP - Increased capacity of Fresno and Sacramento buffer by 7-8%

1999 to 2001, 2002--2003 GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES GA, MI, KY, and IN

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineer/Corporate Lean Manufacturing Engineer

Responsible for corporate cost analysis for six manufacturing plants. Evaluated cost problems and escalated solutions to upper management. Served as lean liaison to corporate vendors and customers. Worked with purchasing, costing, and engineering departments to ensure efficient production of new products. Trained five Industrial Engineers at each plastics plant. Reported all unique Lean Principles utilized by Industrial Engineers to Vice President of Manufacturing. Served as Corporate General Manager of Process Improvement Team Program (PITs) across all plants. Program consisted of cross-functional teams, led by Industrial Engineers at each plant, to solve problems within pre-set period. Functioned as Corporate General Manager of Cross Functional Team Program (CITs) across all plants. Program was set up to capture suggestions from management and employees to ensure reduction of waste. Served as Guardian Automotive liaison for Ford Automotive Group in implementation of Ford’s Lean Manufacturing Program within Guardian Automotive plants.

Redesigned workspace, flow, and made LH (Dodge Intrepid and Chrysler Concorde) line lean by reducing four operators, saving plant over $200,000 per year in labor and floor space.

Designed lean module for U204 program (Ford Escape and Mazda Tribute) with minimal waste in space, processing, and labor.

Created cost analysis to verify profits and losses within several engineering programs assigned. Measured productivity while adjusting and creating efficiencies and process flow diagrams.

Assisted with QS9000 Certification within all six plants.

Updated CAD drawings for new parts from GM, Ford, and Chrysler into a corporate CAD mold program which would fit to help mold makers, and Guardian to order equipment to make secondary equipment for assembly.

1997 to 1999 STM WIRELESS Duluth, GA

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineer

Created system to track production and quality. Performed and updated work measurements. Developed Process Flow Instructions (PFIs) for all product lines. Created assembly instructions and time standards for new and existing products. Developed Routers using INFO FLO MRP program. Served as manufacturing representative for Materials Review Board and Engineering Change Board. Performed cost analysis and feasibility studies for manufacturing. Assisted with ISO 9000 Certification. Updated CAD drawings for entire plant. Moved all of manufacturing and warehouse from Irvine, CA to Duluth, GA. With an earlier than expected manufacturing down time. From 4 weeks to 2 weeks.

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