Mechanical Engineer Supply Chain

Kunal M. Bhalerao

**** * **** *****, *** Angeles, CA 90007 • 817-***-**** • ac4d05@r.postjobfree.com

Linked-In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunalbhalerao EDUCATION

University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business – Los Angeles, CA Dec 2017 Master of Science, Global Supply Chain Management

Coursework: Enterprise Wide Information Systems, Operations Management, Application of Lean Six Sigma, Project Management

Teaching Assistant: Engineering Project Management, Membership: Global Supply Chain Club Pune University – Pune, India Nov 2014

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineer

Coursework: Industrial Engineering & Technology Management, Production Technology, Product Design

& Development

Class Representative: Association of Students of Mechanical Engineering EXPERIENCE

The Fresh Connection Simulation – Los Angeles, CA Aug - Jan 2018 VP of Supply Chain Management

Consistently maintained product stock availability close to 100% and service levels above 90%

Assessed the suppliers for reliability and lead times & effectively maintained the component stock levels

Collaborated with Purchasing, Operations and Sales teams to achieve the cost, service level and financial goals

MUFG Americas – Monterey Park, CA Summer 2017

Process Improvement Analyst Intern

Assisted the Management in Bank Transformation program to mitigate the gaps identified by the regulatory bodies

Identified and rectified discrepancies, accounting to 12% of the total IT Asset records, using MS excel

Made root cause analysis and identified the pain points in the IT Asset Management processes leading to discrepancies in the IT Asset records

Evaluated the pain points in the Asset Management processes and made recommendations with a potential for 100% accurate records

University of Southern California – Los Angeles, CA 2016 - 2017 Graduate Research Analyst – Lean Six Sigma

Mapped the processes for the Import-Export processes for Port of LA using MS Visio

Simulated the processes using Arena and analyzed the impact of different parameters on the process time and performed scenario analysis

Made recommendations to reduce the congestion at the yard and the turnaround time by 15% Kalyani Hayes Lemmerz Ltd – Pune, India 2014 - 2015 Product Development Analyst

Analyzed Manufacturing Processes and its impacts on the truck wheel unbalance

Conducted 5 Whys and Cause and Effect matrix analysis and shortlisted the potential factors in the manufacturing process causing truck wheel unbalance

Developed simplified methodologies to analyze the potential major factors leading to the wheel unbalance

Analyzed and reported the results for the impact of potential major factors causing truck wheel unbalance ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Certification: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

Computer: SAP S/4 HANA 2015 (MM, FI, CO), Microsoft Office, SQL, R, Python, Minitab, MS Visio

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