Graduate Student in Supply Chain Management

DWARAKESH VIKRAM RAMAKRISHNAN

************.*@*****.***.*** www.linkedin.com/in/dwarakesh-ramakrishnan-a60a124b EDUCATION

Northeastern University, Boston, MA September 2014-May 2016 Master of Science, Engineering Management

Relevant Courses: Engineering Project Management, Lean Concepts, Supply Chain Management, Transportation Industries and Global Supply Chain Management. Anna University, Chennai, India June 2008 - April 2012 Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Catalog Associate-Retail Business Services-Amazon.com, Chennai, India July 2012- July 2014

• Reduced defects in the supply chain process

• Handled documentation on product inflow/outflow, packaging, inventory levels and created reports everyday

• Distributed and analyzed weekly fill rate reporting and store in-stock reporting while developing strategies to maintain a high fill rate for assigned areas at the amazon fulfillment centers

• Scheduled weekly team meetings and created reports on weekly metrics and analytics, Prioritized in partnership with the merchant teams as needed on incoming purchases and conveyed the priorities to the expediting team

• Communicated regularly with Category Managers, Vendors/buyers and Stakeholders on Inbound/Outbound Inventory

• Was a key part in the successful implementation of several process improvement projects such as ‘Mis-categorization’,

‘Refinements’ and ‘Image Scrubbing’ which helped refine the amazon web page

• Worked primarily on Data Analysis tasks such as creating pivot tables, process maps and maintained records on pur- chase orders, agreements, capacity utilizations etc.

• Implemented Value stream and Process mapping to understand and highlight the problem areas in the supply chain PROFESSIONAL PROJECTS

Mis-categorization Automation Project- Amazon.com August 2013

• Simplified an existing task on categorizing products and reduced headcount and increased productivity by 38%

• The project used a macro in MS Excel and automated work by categorizing products by triggering keywords ACADEMIC PROJECTS

5-S Improvement in Inpatient Supply rooms-Lean April 2015

• Implemented VSM to identify waste in the hospital supply and equipment rooms and designed a future value stream

• Improved cycle time using lean tools like 5S, Fishbone Diagram, Kanban and JIT Solar Power Plant Construction- Project Management April 2015

• Assumed the role of a PM, prepared and presented a 30 page project proposal on a solar power-plant construction and included all aspects of project managing such as Planning, Development, Execution, Risk Assessment, Resource Allo- cation, Budgeting, Monitoring and Control

Supply Chain Analysis- Ben and Jerry’s November 2015

• Gathered credible sources and performed a thorough analysis of Ben & Jerry’s supply chain

• Analyzed the critical processes and systems and as a manager provided market strategies, operational activities and changes to be made in the supply chain pipeline

CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Green Belt – Institute of Industrial Engineers(Ongoing) Graduate Certificate in Supply Chain – D’Amore-McKim School of Business, Northeastern University(Ongoing) SKILLS

Operating System: Windows 7/8/10, Mac OS X,Linux

MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Outlook, Access, Visio, and SharePoint Languages & Software: SQL, Basic C, C++

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