Supply Chain Chemical Engineering

Preksha Pattani

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SUMMARY

Self-motivated and results driven solution thinker with comprehensive knowledge of production planning and supply chain management, aiming to obtain a challenging position in Supply Chain, one which will make best use of my skills and experience and further my personal and professional development.

EDUCATION

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL GPA: 3.44 May 2019

Master of Science- Industrial Technology and Operations

Specialization- Supply Chain Management

Nirma Institute of Technology, Ahmadabad, India GPA: 3.40 May 2016

Bachelor of Engineering- Chemical Engineering

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Value stream mapping & continuous improvement on food process line Aug 2018-Dec 2018

Reduced cycle time from 67.2 sec to 63.6 sec by performing value stream mapping on jimmy john’s preparation line.

Minimized the WIP and reduced the bottlenecks, which helped to increase the yield by 31 units per day.

Performed RULA analysis and suggested redesign for workbench and layout.

Implemented line-balancing technique and job-breakdown sheets on the shop-floor to improve overall performance.

Supplier selection and rate negotiation for King Corporation Oct 2018-Dec 2018

Selected Cybaris Corp.as sole-supplier of fabric for King Corp., considering higher on-time delivery %, lower PPM defects as major KPIs.

Negotiated rate of fabric by 8.8% from $15 (initially offered by Cybaris) to $13.68/yard, which was lower than our must-have rate of $14.35/yard.

Implementation of Oracle advanced planning and scheduling in a manufacturing company Jan 2018- May 2018

Studied the current ERP system issues and suggested to implement Oracle APS.

Prepared the project time-line and calculated the project resources by considering future risks.

Calculated ROI by calculating total cost of ownership and profit change.

EXPERIENCE

Purchasing Planner Participant Inchainge The Fresh Connection Chicago, IL Feb 2019-Present

Working with goal to achieve ROI more than 5% (-4% ROI given at the starting of this simulation).

Selecting and negotiating the terms of delivery with suppliers.

Making contracts with four globally located suppliers based on delivery reliability, quality, rejection component %, and delivery window.

Working with company's cross-functional team, Supply Chain Management, Sales, Operations, etc., by making sure company’s overall revenue stays in line.

Maintained component trade unit according to safety stock level and component lot size.

Assistant Production Supervisor Polygold Precured Systems Pvt. Ltd., India July 2016-July 2017

Performed DMAIC cycle to improve process efficiency by 8% and reduced bottlenecks from butyl inner tube’s production line.

Created customized actionable market reports using pivot tables & charts and advanced formulas.

Developed the master production schedule for assigned production lines while minimizing changeovers, takt time and

inventory.

Analyzed data and made recommendations to drive performance across the global supply chain.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Process Improvement: Lean Six Sigma, Regression Analysis, Cycle Counting, Statistical Process Control

Inventory Management: Capacity Planning, Cycle Counting, Forecasting and Demand Planning, MRP

Production Planning & Control: ERP, Gantt Charts, ABC Analysis

TOOLS

Advanced Microsoft Excel: VBA, Pivot Charts & Tables, V-Lookups, Macros

Data Analysis: Tableau, JDA Software, LLamasoft

CERTIFICATIONS

Introduction to Data Analysis Using Excel Microsoft March-2019

Six Sigma: Define and Measure Technical University of Munich April-2019

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