Process Improvement Specialist

Kathy Alavi, PMP, CSSGB

San Jose, CA *****

*****.*****@*****.***

408-***-**** (m)

http://www.linkedin.com/in/kathyalavi

Senior Industrial Engineer with fourteen years of experience & strong track record in developing & implementing optimization algorithm & analysis to improve productivity & efficiency, reduce cost & generate revenue. Project Management Professional (PMP) & Certified Six Sigma Green Belt (CSSGB).

Areas of expertise include:

Lean Six Sigma methodologies, continuous process improvement

Process mapping, process documentation, SOP development

Metrics & Key Performance Indicator (KPI) development & periodic reporting

Optimization modeling & simulation

Facility layout & material flow analysis & design

Capacity modeling, bottlenecks & constraint analysis, Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)

Advanced Statistics, forecasting & predictive analysis, risk analysis

Project management, project planning, time scheduling, resource & budget planning, progress reporting

Cross-functional team leadership

PROJECT ACHIEVEMENTS

Created fully customized, mathematically-based capacity planning models utilizing customers’ technical & contractual requirements that developed company strategies effectively

Modeled large scale inventory processes, collected & analyzed data to reduce $500K worth of inventory adjustment, generated strategic guideline to implement the recommendations

Eliminated inaccuracy in customer monthly & quarterly billings by developing analytical tools to process data & communicated the recommendations to upper level management & implemented the solutions

Identified root causes of unscheduled tool down events by using business intelligence tools & driving data analysis methods which improved equipment efficiency by 40%

Developed time scheduling & resource planning for projects with more than 5,000 activities by 95% accuracy

Created financial models to forecast weekly & monthly revenue with more than 98% accuracy

Improved cycle time by reducing waiting time & improving operational KPI’s by 25%

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Apple Inc. Cupertino, California Jun, 2017 – Feb, 2018

Industrial Engineering Consultant

Create process maps for the current state operations, purchasing, shipping & receiving functions

Develop “Road map to 5S” for battery testing department, conduct lean & 5S trainings, execute 5S program at metrology lab & stock rooms

Conduct Value Stream Analysis, identify, measure & evaluate non-value add activities & make recommendation for reducing cycle time

Evaluate the existent Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for battery testing department, analyze the gap between required & existent documents. Create & update new SOP’s by working closely with Subject Matter Experts (SME’s)

Design process map & material flow of a new facility & recommend solutions for storage, workstations & material handling systems

Analyze & estimate the required quantity of equipment in a new facility & design the layout of the new metrology lab

Create Proposal for process improvement roadmap at battery testing department, recommend optimization solutions for on-going processes, NPI projects & investment projects

BMC Building Material Pleasanton, California Aug, 2015 – Sep 2016

Industrial Engineer III

Led a lean-six sigma project from conception through implementation to save $500K worth of inventory adjustments

Created workflow, mapped current & future processes & developed requirements for new Fixed Asset system

Determined & developed statistical models to analyze & identify inventory improvement opportunities

Defined & implemented operational & financial metrics & KPI’s for 15 markets & 83 sites

Created project prioritization template for project managers to select high priority projects

Mapped & evaluated Design to Build (DTB) & Procure to Pay (PTP) workflows, identify process improvement opportunities & make recommendations

Developed office plan layout for new location

Medical leave of absence & family care leaves Sep, 2011 –July, 2015

Cypress Semiconductor San Jose, California Apr, 2011 – Aug, 2011

Operations Manager

Managed revenue & demand forecast of a $120M line of business. Interface sales & operations Managed built-plan for more than 2000 products per customers

Analyzed forecast defects & defined statistical analysis to improve forecasting models

Developed supply chain analytical reports

SVTC Technologies San Jose, California July, 2007 – Apr, 2011

Senior Industrial Engineer

Designed optimization model to identify optimum production rates for different business lines with capacity/demand constraints, applied sensibility analysis & made pricing recommendations

Created fully customized, mathematically-based capacity models utilizing customers’ technical & contractual requirements that developed company strategies effectively

Established a model to simulate the effect of process & technology variability on overall capacity, identified complexity effects, calculated Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) for bottleneck equipment & made recommendations to improve the overall capacity for future developments

Utilized Failure Mode & Effect Analysis (FMEA) to create a unique company-wide risk management model

Designed & developed metrics, Key Performance Indicators (KPI) & dashboards, managed weekly performance reports

Interviewed, trained & supervised junior engineers & new hires

Cognizant Technology Solution San Francisco, California Feb, 2005 – Apr, 2007

Assistant Director, Finance & Contracts

Stablished correct billing systems by collaborating with IT & finance departments, monitored progress of more than 40 active accounts, calculated monthly revenue of all projects, stablished a system to resolve invoice issues

Tracked contracts, generated & renewed Statements of Work (SOWs), estimated budgets, time & resources & calculated project pricing

Developed metrics to calculate the efficiency of engineering performance

Iran Offshore Engineering & Construction Company (IOEC) Tehran, Iran Sep, 1996 – Dec, 2001

Planning Manager

Developed & implemented projects plan for EPC (Engineering, Procurement & Construction) infrastructure projects

Developed progress measurement procedure &Coordination procedure for EPC projects

Created work breakdown structure (WBS), identified activities, resources & budget needed to implement project from start to end

Applied Critical Path Method (CPM) techniques, developed resource planning

Created metrics to measure physical progress, developed S-curves, standardized & updated progress reports

Monitored financial progress & provided invoice documents for clients, monitored consultants & sub-contractors’ invoices, assisted finance department in calculating project cash flow

Applied Critical Chain Method to develop project scheduling & resource planning for engineering & logistic projects

Developed proposals for projects pursuits

Ehdos Management Company Tehran, Iran May 1994 – Sep, 1996

Project Planner & Scheduler

Created master project plan for a mega project, including onshore & offshore facilities, introduced 22 sub-projects

Created standardize weekly progress report for more than ten active projects

Developed standardize method for WBS development, time scheduling & progress measurement techniques

EDUCATION

M.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering, San Jose State University, 2005

B.S., Industrial & Systems Engineering, University of Science & Technology, Iran, 1994

CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management Professional (PMP), Since 2014

ASQ Six Sigma Green Belt, Since 2010

APPLICATIONS

Minitab, JMP, Visio, OmniGraffle, Lindo, Primavera, MS Project, SAP, NetSuite, ARENA, PowerPoint

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