Manigandan Natarajan

**** ******* ******* *** *****, CA 92122 480-***-****

aczoxr@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

I am a Masters Graduate from the Engineering MS (Manufacturing) program at Arizona State University and a certified Six Sigma Black Belt, with 3 years of Lean-Six Sigma Experience in Manufacturing and Healthcare Industry. My experience as Black Belt has fostered in me excellent independent Analytical skills while having provided the opportunity to mentor several Green Belts and work in cross-functional teams.

SKILLS

Data Analytics & Visualization Coaching /Mentorship Statistical Quality Control

Factory Simulation Continuous Improvement Lean Deployment

Applied Statistics Problem Solving Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Goodyear, AZ Sep 2015 – Present

Lean Six Sigma Data Analyst

Estimate the Cost of Poor Quality in 67 departments and continuously improve

Support data analytical needs; promote data guided problem solving and kaizen events.

Standardize operations across 5 sites (Operational Variance Reduction)

Key Results

Developed SIPOC, Tracked, Reduced defects ranging from 10-80% in 67 departments.

Supported Clinical, Operational, Business, Finance and HR analytics, co-lead 4 kaizen events, and tailored problem solving and performance management tools for Inpatient and outpatient clinic.

Improved OR utilization from 36 to 67% in 3 months and reduced cancellations & reschedules by 27%

Value Stream mapped 8 key functions across 5 sites to standardize and sustain operations.

Medtronic, Tempe, AZ Dec 2014 – June 2015

Six Sigma Black Belt Industrial Internship

Research the impact of Lean tools in a Non-Lean Factory Environment

Improve the OEE and Throughput of Linq product line

Evaluate necessity for new equipment purchases and labor requirements

Key Results

Cost savings of $640,000 at the Tempe Medtronic Facility

Improved the Throughput by 31% with existing equipment

Reduced Lead time from 17 days to 7 by deploying Lean tools

EDUCATION

Arizona State University- Master of Science, Manufacturing Engineering 2015

St.Joseph’s college of Engineering- Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Instrumentation 2012

CERTIFICATIONS

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

SOFT SKILLS

Minitab, Advanced Excel, SPSS, SQL, VISIO, SPSS, SIMUL8, Arena, MS Office, Tableau

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