Project Management, Demand/Supply Planning, Inventory Control, Lean

SANKET KULKARNI

Boston, MA ********@*****.*** 857-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/kmsanket

SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS

Software Skills: Advanced Excel, R SQL, Tableau, AMPL-CPLEX, Power Point, AutoCAD Core Competencies: Project Management, Demand/Supply Planning, Inventory Control, Lean, DMAIC, FMEA, Network Optimization, Procurement, VMI, JIT, Data Analysis, Data Visualization CPIM Candidate Mar 2018

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification – KPMG Mar 2015 EDUCATION:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA Apr 2018

M.S. in Industrial Engineering GPA 3.69

Teaching Assistant: Lean Concepts and Application

K. J. Somaiya College of Engineering, Mumbai, India Jun 2015 B.E in Mechanical Engineering with First Class GPA 3. EXPERIENCE

Volvo Group North America – Greensboro, NC May 2017-Aug 2017 Supply Chain Data Analyst Intern

• Managed central warehouse merge project (PRISCMA) consulting over 5 business divisions by securing move timeline, scenarios, and dealer demand planning

• Developed warehouse footprint by analyzing data for around 24000 SKUs based on activity levels, product dimensional profiles, product flow and transportation methods

• Developed manual order review which identified outliers in demand planning in- turn saving time and money

• Simplified performance review of critical suppliers by creating SRM KPI review dashboard resulting in 98%-time reduction in performance review

Seco Tools India Pvt. Ltd – Pune, India Nov 2015-Jun 2016 Graduate Engineer – Supply chain

• Challenged by an inefficient inventory order system, took an initiative to correct ERP auto-order function reducing inventory cost by $35700

• Incorporated vendor managed inventory(VMI) for high demand items with 5 suppliers, projected cost savings of $3000/year

• Executed material shortage analysis and conducted planning and purchase of bill of material (BOM)

• Collaborated with cross functional teams of QA and manufacturing to boost on-time and quality performance of over 8 suppliers

Kirloskar Pneumatic Company Ltd – Pune, India Jul 2015-Nov 2015 Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering Intern

• Worked on 5 production lines and Performed process mapping and time study of manufacturing and assembly processes to perform bottleneck analysis of cycle times to optimize manpower, time and implement IT solutions

• Administered manufacturing of jig and fixture for drilling operation of compressor component Grofers.com May 2015-Jun2015

Operations analyst Intern

• Optimized Manpower and time of a delivery station

• Assisted chief operations manager in the design of transportation models for the company PROJECTS

Backorder Prediction Jan 2018-Mar2018

• Visualized the data using Tableau to generate reports and charts by importing data from MySQL

• Analyzed over 1 million order lines with 23 features using R and Predicted the order Lead time by regression

• Predicted backorders using Machine Learning algorithms including all features using Synthetic Minority Over-Sampling Techniques to increase the accuracy to minimize the cost of misclassification Network Design Aug 2017-Dec 2017

• Improved a network data flow by redesigning locations of data transmitter and receivers

• Solved this NP hard problem with 0.5% of optimality gap resulting in huge time and money savings JIRA standardization – Consumer electronics company Jul 2017-Aug 2017

• Showcased importance of project burn down charts and user specific dashboards; improving tracking of project progress

• Investigated project and product categorization resulting in discovery of duplication in component names; recommended to remove duplication to avoid ambiguity and faster tracking of projects for upper management Effects of continuous repetitive work on quality and efficiency of manufacturing - Abiomed Inc. Aug 2017-Dec 2017

• Restructured quality inspection ergonomically to prevent long term health issues improving material flow

• Designed and implemented proactive ergonomics program which included workspace redesign and stretching exercises Team RedShift Racing India Jun 2012-Feb 2015

• Designed, analyzed, and fabricated tubular space frame chassis of an all-terrain vehicle for BAJA SAE South Africa

• Administered team of 25, managing team finances, taking administrative decisions and securing funding for prototype

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