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Manufacturing engineer with more than 6 years of work experience with Generating BOM for production, Production planning & control, Line balancing, Domestics & global supply chain management, Inventory control with consistent success in achieving productivity, quality, cost and on time delivery goals with lean manufacturing tools.

Possess high level of leadership and decision making skills.

Detailed oriented, quick learner, self-motivated, self-starter, able to work independently and collaboratively with all professional of plant management.

Effective communicator, able to motivate, influence and train people.

EXPERIENCE

(1) Concord Products Inc, Sewell, New Jersey

Manufacturing & Supply chain Engineer April 2014 - Present

Plans, directs and coordinates manufacturing processes in industrial plant.

Managing inbound material supply chain of raw materials, sheet metal based product & hardware components, plastic molded parts, plastic extrusions, aluminum extrusion parts and aluminum die cast parts from domestic and overseas vendors.

Responsible for scheduling outbound supply chain of finished product to meet on time delivery schedule based on customer requirements.

•To develop the most effective manufacturing processes to meet customer needs.

•Responsible to generate detailed bills of materials for production of all in house projects.

•Responsible to develop detailed cost estimation of in house project for management.

•Able to identify scheduling conflicts, production bottlenecks, and missing information identify key

components of manufacturing problems and formulate a solution.

Responsible for inventory control and inventory management with better economic quantity.

Working with research and development team to design and develop new Product.

Leading production team to review product design with respect to the most optimized, efficient and cost effective manufacturing methods.

Preparing component and assembly cost estimation to support financial decisions required to evaluate new business opportunities.

Conducting special studies to improve the throughput, lead-time and improve quality & Product flow.

(2) Deep Sheet Metal Components Pvt. Ltd, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Production Manager Nov 2013 – April 2014

Applied manufacturing engineering theory and principles to improve manufacturing productivity.

Managed daily meeting with the production supervisor, Line Lead, manufacturing technician for each line, and other manufacturing cell support staff to review the previous days production, any issues, and projected activities.

Reviewed the visual production board several times daily for issues related to productivity, downtime, equipment issues, and scrap.

Worked with the production supervisor, line lead, manufacturing technician, and associates to help them to improve processes, parts flow, balance issues, equipment issues to constantly improve productivity and reduce the over all manufacturing cost of the product.

Worked with the purchasing, production supervisor to ensure the appropriate material is present on the line.

Ensured the Line layout encouraged minimal WIP and emphasized continuous flow of the manufacturing process with minimum bottleneck in manufacturing process.

Worked with quality control department towards identification of root causes of manufacturing issues and supported the quality engineers presentation of customer complaint data and actions to the production line associates.

Rewarded employees by managing incentive programs that support continuous improvements.

(3) Sunrise Industries (India) Ltd, Garadhia, Gujarat, India

Assistant Manager - Production July 2013 - Oct 2013

Managed Production, Production procedure manual and maintenance work.

Planned duties of Engineers and supervisor for Production floor to meet production plan..

Ensured that plant and machineries are maintained and optimally utilized.

Conducted root cause analysis for frequent breakdowns and underutilized machines.

Conducted detailed study for area calculation of Pipe, Fittings and Tanks made out of fiber reinforced plastic for Oil Industry.

Managed client and potential clients visit to production floor.

Ensured streamline flow of production to meet timely dispatch of finished goods .

Managed Standard time for Production activity.

Co-ordinated with QC department for work in process inspection & clearance for further action.

Root cause analysis for reason if monthly production target are not met.

(4) Concord Products Inc, Bellmawr, New Jersey

Manufacturing Engineer Nov 2008 to May 2012

Developed, evaluated, and improved manufacturing methods, utilizing knowledge of product design, materials and parts fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods.

Evaluated manufacturing processes and developed proposals to either correct identified problems or for process improvements.

Generated production routings of work in process projects for Production.

Analyzed and planned work force utilization, workflow, layout of the workspace and equipment for maximum efficiency.

Developed process documentation for existing or new processes, new equipment, and design changes, Estimates production time, staffing requirements, and related cost to provide information for management decisions.

Worked with engineering and procurement departments to modify supplier requirements and organized material flow to ensure that production of customer deliveries is maintained, while minimizing work-in-process.

Maximized profitability through superior customer service, effective and prompt communication and

Follow up on all pending matters with the customers.

Conducted weekly cross training to educate employee for manufacturing & assembly.

(5) Ho-Ho-Kus Inc, Paterson, New Jersey

Manufacturing Engineer (summer internship) June 2008 to August 2008

Performed production planning to meet 100% on time delivery for customers like Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Bell helicopters, Lockheed martin.

Worked with team to organize production flow through the facilities using Toyota Production System and theory of constrains principles, implemented continuous improvement “kaizen”, and develop inventory controls.

Supervised and controlled metal stamping, welding, assembly and finishing (anodizing, wet and dry tumbling) department for the production of Aerospace standard and NAS standard components.

Generated BOM and developed production routings for the production of parts and final assembly.

(6) Polytechnic, The M.S University of Baroda, India

Lecturer December 2005 to December 2006

Conducted lectures and practical session of the subjects like Engineering Drawing, Machine Design,

Workshop practice.

Trained students on Design software like Auto CAD, ProE 2000

EDUCATION

MS Manufacturing Engineering December 2008

Polytechnic Institute of New York University, New York, USA

Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering June 2004

University of Pune, Pune, India

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering June 2000

The M.S University of Baroda, India

Professional Training and certification

Completed training program of CATIA V5 R16 from Smard CAD software solutions India Pvt.Ltd.

Completed 180hours training in Pro-Engineering CAD software, Engineering Technique, Vadodara, India

Completed diploma course in AUTOCAD.

SKILLS

Lean manufacturing, JIT, 5S, Kaizen, MRP, MPS, Line balancing, Value stream mapping

Hands on with using ERP software (MAS 90)

Microsoft office

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