Manager Quality Assurance

Ojas Sushilkumar Ghate

****, **** ***** ******, *********, OH 44106. Phone: +1-216-***-****

Email: ****@****.***

Education

Master in Engineering Management, GPA 3.85, Case Western Reserve

University, Cleveland OH (Class of 2014).

Bachelors of Engineering in Printing Tech., First Class with Distinction,

University of Pune, India (Class of 2009).

Professional Experience

Innow, Technology based angel investor

Research Analyst Intern (April 2014 - Present)

. Market & technology research & technology commercialization

opportunity analysis.

John Deere India Pvt. Ltd., Fortune 100, largest manufacturer of machinery

& agricultural equipment

Six Sigma Projects Manager (January 2013 - May 2013)

. Project Management and mentoring green belt project leaders for

process improvements across functions.

. Redesigned employee bus transport system and improved employee

satisfaction by 15%.

Avery Dennison India Pvt. Ltd., Fortune 500, largest manufacturer of

apparel tags & accessories

Assistant Manager Quality & Lean Sigma (August 2011 - December 2012)

. Strategic planning to achieve cost savings of $1.2 million through

kaizen, for India operations.

. Reduced resolution time of customer complaints by 40%, by redesigning

complaint handling process.

. Interim Manager Planning & Control, responsible for plant service

metrics, 9 direct reports for 6 Months.

. Reduced order processing lead time by 20% through VSM, root cause

analysis and multiple kaizen events.

GOLD Associate (Global Operations Leadership Development Program) (July

2009 - August 2011)

. Achieved annual cost saving of $30000 with 1.2% scrap & consumable

consumption reduction in A3 projects.

. Improved productivity - 26% in screen & 32% in rotary printing,

through SMED & waste elimination.

. Led plant migration project, designed & set up new plant based on lean

manufacturing principles.

. Interim Manager Quality Assurance, responsible for plant quality

metrics, 5 direct reports for 8 months.

. Improved supplier quality by 20% through supplier quality

standardization & audits.

Projects

Six Sigma at Progressive Insurance, Cleveland OH, USA (December 2013)

. To improve Net Promoter Score (NPS) and customer retention at

Progressive; collected & analyzed VOC, studied Progressive's

processes. Provided actionable recommendations.

Product Development at Keithley Instruments, Cleveland OH, USA (April 2014)

. New product developed for Li-ion battery life cycle testing based on

core SMU technology. Performed technology, market & competitor study

to pinpoint market need, potential and opportunity.

Professional Awards

. Merit Scholarship (25%) awarded by Case Western Reserve University,

2013.

. 'Drive & Execution Excellence' award of the year at Avery, for work in

quality & production planning, 2012.

. 'Thank you' award for lean sigma champion role in global ELS plant

assessment, 2011.

Certifications

. Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Weatherhead School of Management,

CWRU, 2013.

. Certified Mentor for Six Sigma, BMGI (John Deere), 2013.

. Trained Six Sigma Black Belt and certified Six Sigma Green Belt,

Macobie', 2011.

Software Expertise

. Minitab, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Visio, MS Project.

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