EZHILARASAN M

Lead – Supply Chain Management & Data Analysis

Industry Preference : Automotive / Aerospace / Oil & Gas / Energy / Manufacturing

: +91-944******* ; : ad3vt7@r.postjobfree.com Chennai, Tamilandu https://www.linkedin.com/in/ezhil-arasan-66695510b Core Competencies Leadership Attributes

Demand forecasting

SCM Data Analysis & Management

Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management

SAP MM & PM

Inventory Management

Procurement & Purchase

New Vendor Development

Supplier Quality & CFT Coordination

Costing & Negotiation

Material Resource Planning (MRP)

Advanced Data Analysis & AI

Team Management

Problem Solving

Decision Making

Analytical Thinking

Process Improvement

Project Management

IT Skills

SAP HANA MM &PM

MS Office (Word, Excel, & PowerPoint).

CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management

Python (Jupyter Notebook), My SQL, Power BI

MS Projects, Microsoft Power Automate

Academics:

B. E (Mechanical) from VelTech Multi Tech Dr. RR Dr.SR College. Chennai (2010 – 2014)

Data Science & Machine Learning Pro-degree from KPMG (Jan 2021 - Dec2021)

Artificial Intelligence from Hope AI - Professional Certification (Sep 2021 – Feb 2022) Profile Summary

Supply Chain Leader with 9+ years of experience in Strategic Sourcing, SCM Data Analysis, Project Management & Subcontract activities related to manufacturing industries currently sociated with M/s. HYUNDAI TRANSYS LEAR, Chennai.

CFT Coordination - A strong history of building and managing cross-functional teams to refine seat assembly process equipment and full fillment processes. Adept at performing Equipment PM plan & Equipment commissioning of the seat assembly process equipment and complex business analysis to reduce costs across the supply chain.

Hands on Experience in Cost Reduction Activities, New Supplier Evaluation, assessment and roll out supplier quality program for improvement based on supplier Performance Monitoring and improvement actions.

Expertise in Material procurement, invoice creation, PO creation & able to troubleshoot the supply chain issues. Manage overall Procurement process including Purchase 2 Pay. Supply Base regions including India, China, Singapore, Vietnam, Germany, Korea etc.

Proven Track Record in Extensive data analysis, Data Extraction, Data transformation, Data cleaning(Regression analysis)and visualization for product cost reduction Demand forecasting, supply risk analysis and supplier development

Expertise in managing functions like Material planning in Vendors, Manpower management, Budget planning, monthly production planning, layout planning for developing the area and Material auditing. Hands-on Experience in Various Tools: PPAP, PFMEA, Lean Management, Kaizen – Continuous Improvement and various problem-solving techniques: 8D, A3, 5Whys, Six Sigma etc.

Proven skills in Industrial Management including Plant Layout, Industry 4.0 Concepts and Plant Maintenance Processes – Equipment Installation & Commissioning, Maintenance Management – Preventive & Break Down Maintenance.

Proven ability to work in different cultures, lead teams. Effective Internal & External Communication skills. Carrer Growth:

Work Experience

Lead Supply Chain Management

Major Roles & Responsibilities:

Leading Procurement and Sub Vendor Management for business volume of INR 10 CR+ with supplier bases in spread across international locations & products range-Electrical & Electronic, Plastics, Sheet Metals, Fabrication Parts, etc.

Works along with Quality & production team to develop the process for improving better methods to reduce time consumption and cost reduction to achieve productivity with zero errors without negotiating the quality norms & standards for effective functioning and achieved 99% of Quality conformation. Coordinating process audit, system audit & audit as per control plan at supplier end and timely closure of non-conformity found during audit.

Ensure On time closure Supplier Complaints. Coordinate with Supplier Quality team for Problem Solving Activities

(RCA & CAPA) at supplier place to improve product Quality.

Developed multiple sources for single operation helps to reduce monopoly & cost. Working with minimum inventory helps to save the inventory carrying cost to company.

Ensuring the inventory levels are matched or mapped with lead line/customer requirements & maintaining the same. Taking actions to clear more than 15days inventory levels at all the suppliers & ensuring same in entire value chain.

Participating Weekly review meeting with suppliers to review the status of open orders and addressing the gaps with necessary decisions. And following the loop until it gets closed.

Responsible for periodic Supplier stock audits including both vendor wise and project wise and addressing the discrepancies. Visiting the suppliers on periodic basis and having the discussions to improve the relationship and addressing the stock related issues. Responsible for periodic stock reconciliation of all the suppliers.

Creating Purchase order for every Fiscal year. And creating the schedule to same PO, sharing to supplier, and getting PO confirmation. Creating schedule for every sales plan or schedule. Sharing the same to supplier and getting Schedule confirmation. Following up & reviewing the same on daily basis.

Effective Inventory Management - ABC analysis for Inventory management: improve Inventory efficiency, Reduce lead times and enhanced customer satisfaction.

Quality Engineer Trainee

Major Roles & Responsibilities:

Reporting directly to head senior manager assist with vendor selection and bid evaluations.

Perform Daily Receiving Inspections & Communicate the Quality related issues to vendor immediately.

Support Document Management for TS16949/5 STAR/IATF, Manufacturing Process Audit Major Projects & Significant Accomplishments

Projects Handled: Hyundai Projects (New Santro, New gen verna, Nios/Aura, Venue, New Creta alcazar & new i20), Ashok Leyland Projects (Bada dost), Indian Navy captain Seats.

Performed root cause analysis of inventory management procedures for a warehouse with more than 3C in materials, identified process improvement opportunities, analyzed ERP systems & performed corrective actions, which reduced waste by 10%

Analyzed supplier performance data for a supply chain valued at 5M, conducted demand forecasting, and evaluated data analytics to inform sourcing decisions. Event performer award for JPH improvement from 19 to 34 JPH.

Recognized for maintaining Inventory reduction from six cores to four core fifty lacks using EDA analysis and ETL informatica.

Implementation of Auto Barcode App for Inventory Management Digitalization using Machine Learning Deep Learning.

Created Regression ML model for 2023 Car Seat Sales Prediction with 63% accuracy for HMI using Machine learning.

To use AI in supply chain management consider integrating automated robots. Such robots will streamline product picking, unloading pallets and even packing items. Cost reduction best idea VA/VE workshop 2018 in Hyundai transys Lear. Personal Details:

1. Nationality: Indian 2. Gender: Male 3. Marital status: Single 4. DOB: 21st Aug 1992 5. Passport#: Languages: 1. English - Good in all 3 modes 2. Tamil – Native 3 Hindi - Speak Quality Engineer Trainee

Minami Metals Pvt Ltd

Lead – SCM & Data Analysis

Hyundai Transys Lear Pvt.

July 2014 – June 2015 July 2015 – Till Date

Jul’ 15 to

Till Date

Jul’ 14 to

June 15

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