SWARA VAIDYA

West Lafayette, IN 765-***-**** ad15cs@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE

Detailed and quality-driven professional motivated to push operational solutions by continuous improvement. Eager to lead teammates in optimizing organizational processes for increased efficiency and profitability. EDUCATION

Purdue University, Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. School of Business West Lafayette, IN Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management December 2023 University of Mumbai Mumbai, India

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Telecommunication May 2019 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Grand Design RV Middlebury, IN

Supply Chain Intern June 2023 – July 2023

• Implemented a 2D barcode (PDF417) in Inventory Tags used complex wide to futureproof the tags.

• Created a Defect Tracking Tool in MS Excel to help in tracking common defects in a widely used part by collaborating with the Supplier, Internal Supplier Quality Team, and Production Staff.

• Enhanced critical processes resulting in 20% reduction in time taken to fill Log Nonconformance forms. Zeus Learning Mumbai, India

Senior Quality Engineer October 2021 – May 2022

• Drafted and reviewed over 200 complex questions and comments maintaining a clear line of communication with Quality Control and Validation personnel on Confluence and JIRA.

• Conducted daily standup meetings to ensure effective communication in a team of 10+ members. Quality Engineer July 2019 – September 2021

• Managed the Quality Assurance team of 4 members in the project since June 2020, apportioning workload and delivering every sprint goal in a timely manner.

• Identified the 7 most common bugs in the algorithms and developed a Self-QA checklist for all software engineers resulting in 80% decline of bugs.

• Used shortcuts in Google Sheets resulting in 20% reduction in time spent on drafting weekly report.

• Collaborated with the Development team, QA team and the Project coordinator.

• Conducted quality assurance on 1100+ Math and Chemistry algorithms by identifying and reporting over 4000 bugs using Redmine (Issue tracker).

• Trained and mentored 2 junior quality engineers while handling weekly workload. SKILLS

• Analytical tools: MS Excel (Vlookup, Pivot Tables, Solver), MS Power BI, Tableau, Google Data Studio

• More skills: NetSuite, Six Sigma Methodology, Lean Management, SAP, Customer Service, Confluence PROJECT

Indi-Rica LLC: Supermarket Operations Ramp-Up for a Low Wait Time Service October 2022

• Led the Data collection process at Walmart Supercenter and calculated the average interarrival times, waiting times and processing times at the Self-checkout and Cashier checkout counters.

• Calculated the ideal number of cashier and self-checkout counters needed at the store to keep the waiting time of customers minimum during both off-peak and peak times using Solver in MS Excel.