MAHEK MANDEWALA

Binghamton, NY *****• 607-***-****• ac2ezz@r.postjobfree.com• http://www.linkedin.com/in/mahekmandewala

SUMMARY

LSSGB certified industrial engineer and result oriented professional with 4+ years’ experience in Supply Chain execution, inventory management, lean manufacturing, continuous improvement and scheduling the availability of raw materials utilizing SAP. A strong leader with proven ability to manage multiple projects under strict deadlines, reduce cost and improve productivity.

EDUCATION

Binghamton University, State University of New York - Watson School of Engineering May 2017

Master of Science in Industrial and Systems Engineering

•Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt January 2017

Relevant courses: Operation management supply chain, Statistical quality assurance, Modeling and Simulation, Operation research, Applied Multivariate and data analysis, Probability and statistics

Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai, India May 2013

Bachelor of Technology in Production Engineering

Relevant courses: Manufacturing technology, Metrology and quality control, Process engineering, Manufacturing strategies

CORE COMPETENCIES

Supply Chain: Demand Forecasting, Distribution, SAP, Client Negotiations, Inventory management, Team building, Cost reduction

Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma: Continuous Improvement, Kanban, Poka Yoke, Scatter Diagram, 5S, DMAIC, SPC

Software: MySQL, SAS, ARENA, R, MiniTab, MS Excel, Expert-fit, AutoCAD, Tableau, Solidworks

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Student Manager and Representative, Sodexo, Binghamton, NY, USA October 2015 - May 2017

•Supervised and directed 53 student employees to set up fine dining events, ensuring collaborative working environment for all peers

•Delivered suggestions to increase efficiency and productivity by implementing a Heijunka Box, ensured smooth functioning

•Assigned responsibilities to student workers, train them and lead events individually to ensure smooth functioning

•Enhance student employee working environment by recommending new strategies and ideas, working as an active team member of Student Employee Advisory Team (S.E.A.T.) serving as a link to Community Liaison to settle employee grievances

Senior Executive (SCM), Dimexon Diamond Ltd., Mumbai, India July 2013 - March 2015

•Resource allocation and distribution– Administered the availability and distributed products to the sales offices across the globe and in the required assorted order whereby reducing the inventory levels by 25.7% by carrying ‘ABC’ analysis

•Leveraging the use of SAP software (MM module, R/3 system) and tracked the inventories using Microsoft Excel

•Boosted the productivity by 2.5% by installing a weighing machine in the scaife maintenance section using kaizen techniques

•Implemented 5S and waste walk programs into powder coating facility and operations to ensure sustainment and efficient utilization of space reducing delays in process time/cycle time by 20%

•Accomplished a detailed understanding of clients’ requirements to enable better service delivery and enriched client relationships

•Developed and implemented effective inventory controls, eliminating shortage to improve rapport with outside vendors

•Established sales and operations planning meetings to discuss sales forecast and make decisions on non-move and obsolete inventory

Manufacturing Intern (Research and Development Department), Siemens Ltd., Mumbai, India June 2012 - December 2012

•Incoming and outgoing inspection of switchboard using control charts to verify specific limits, assembly processes and mechanical endurance testing of the earth switch

•Administer inventory, keep the record of all supplies and divide them for everyday activities

•Executed lean methodology, minimizing the assembly time from 30 min to 17 min amplifying the efficiency by 43.33%

PROJECTS

Forecasting of Global Diamond Production January 2017 - May 2017

•Forecasted using exponential and moving range method to analyze the data and predict the demand for the next decade

•Analyzed the smoothing constant to minimize the error and selected the method having the least error among the two

Performance Analysis of English Premier League using Multivariate Techniques January 2016 - May 2016

•Wrote a paper which developed a robust, statistically significant model using factor analysis and cluster analyses on SAS

•Accounted the performances of English Premier League based on 12 different game related statistics during the 2014-15 season

Queuing Simulation and Analysis of College in the Woods Dining Hall January 2016 - May 2016

•Performed and headed various simulation techniques using ARENA software and developed an optimized model for the Dining Hall

•Reduced the waiting time by half during peak hours and increasing the productivity, and successfully tested the model

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