Seeking Full-time position as Manufacturing Engineer to utilize my 8+years of Management experience in Operations. Proficient in Lean Manufacturing (JIT), Six Sigma, Statistical Analysis, Continuous Improvement, Advanced Analytical supply chain Skills, Design Of Experiments, Simulations, Root Cause, Assembly line design and time and motions studies analysis to define standard work in terms of Lean Manufacturing. Self-motivated and curious to learn about engineering drives me. Strong Organizational skills, problem solver, written communication and honest team player. Have ability to play a key role in developing significant engineering strategies.

QUALIFICATIONS

JANUARY 2016 - Present

M.S., Industrial and Systems Engineering- Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech, USA

Overall: 3.6 Thesis topic: Modelling and Optimization of Parallel U shaped Assembly lines with cross over points using lean concepts.

AUGUST 2004 - JUNE 2008

B.S., Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli (NITT), India GPA 3.6 Familiar with topics like hydraulics, robotics, Electronics, Test Automation design and cnc programming.

WORK EXPERIENCE

OCTOBER 2016 - Present

Associate Manager – Hokie centric - Authorized Apple Campus Store for Virginia Tech

As an Associate Manager, responsible for department procurement Specification, ensure services meet world class standards. Oversee all functional approvals and other Delegation like Scheduling. Managed and support a direct team of 40 individuals and 7+ supervisors and there staffing also. Responsible to develop a comprehensive strategy to promote cross training, job flexibility to optimize staff productivity and efficiency. The promoted store ranking to number 1 on the east coast for its customer-centric environment.

Implementation of Six-Sigma Data Acquisition plans to benchmark sales and cost management. This propelled to ensure accuracy with zero-defect orders and helped to create new best practices.

MAY 2016 - OCTOBER 2016

Supervisor – Hokie centric - Authorized Apple Campus Store for Virginia Tech

Vendor Key Performance Index (KPIs) metrics reporting, inventory metrics and sales fulfillment reports. Facilitator for new hires & the organization. Building a cross functional team for goods to be stocked in receiving room, for distribution of purchases as per purchase invoices using required packages. JIT approach employed to control inventory levels.

AUGUST 2016 - Present

Catalyst Cohort - Apex Systems, Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (APEX - CIE)

Pamplin School of Business - Virginia Tech

GRADUATE RESERCHER – One of the 5 selected students, amongst 300 graduate and undergraduate students’ applicants to represent the APEX-CIE - Virginia Tech.

Awarded $1000 scholarship for contribution in TwinThread Project which was to enhance Experience in a Manufacturing process Simulations.

DECEMBER 2011 - DECEMBER 2015

Deputy Manager - NTPC Ltd. (Mechanical Electrical Operations), NEW DELHI

Team Lead Engineer for a thermal power generation, Functional knowledge of Six Sigma, Continuous Improvement, Kaizen, Change Management and advanced negotiation management skills.

Strong expertise in SAP/ERP implementation.

Ability to understand code in Scada PLC.

Responsible for process improvement of the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) of large size equipment, which reduced the turbine capital MRO (bar to bar) time to 32 days, thus saving approx. $ 1 million /day in expenses of repair. Written communication for further use as per operational excellence.

Part of a Test Product development team for Product design to build a Beta prototype of PI (Process Intelligence) for collecting all critical parameters in a single dashboard to ensure accuracy. This was completed in the given allocated budget using principles of cost management.

AUGUST 2008 - DECEMBER 2011

Engineer (Planning and Systems) – Punjab, India - NTPC (660*4 MW)

Demonstrated ability of Project Management skills as dealt with all Project Requirements.

Collaboration with General Manager to ensure project safety. Proactive in conducted Presentations as Supervising manager for project key performance index (KPI) like failure Investigations, goals achieved, System Performance and pending targets. Also appointed Safety Manager for department for developing policies and Specifications for maintaining health and wellness of employees.

Responsible for handle troubleshooting for bottleneck issues with Vendors/external suppliers to ensure the continuation of supplies and enhancements of services by negotiation of pricing and fees.

Received “Letter of Appreciation” from general manager for improvement of safety Specifications and implementation of Quality Management systems in NTPC-India in order to meet ISO Quality Regulatory compliance.

LANGUAGE EXPERTISE

Microsoft Excel, VBA, R, Minitab, Microsoft Office, Lingo, Ms Project, ms office, Autocad

LEADERSHIP SKILLS & AWARDS

Support development activities for training the staff of NPTI (National Power Training Institute) – 2012-2015 motivated fresh graduate engineers about scope in industry.

Performed role of PFMEA Manager for PSI team (SAE India - Baja event).Design and build All-terrain vehicle (ATV) on CAD and solidworks. Key team player in this event

PAPERS & CERTIFICATION

Financial Evaluation of (Industrial) Projects and Processes for Tesla.

Implementation of Engineering Management (PMI Approach) in establishing Dairy Farms across USA.

IoT (Internet of Things) -Sensors and Actuators – Practical approach in Manufacturing Industry

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