Pranav Canchipuram Vijiaragavan https://www.linkedin.com/in/pranav-cv-2bb57074

Certified Global Supply Chain/Logistics Professional with focus in Analytics, SAP and lean. PROFILE 312-***-**** adgkdk@r.postjobfree.com PALATINE, IL-60067

• Certified “Lean six sigma Green belt” Supply Chain Professional with around 5 years of experience in the field of Industrial operation & maintenance with SAP ERP Certification & experience on supply/demand planning & basics of multi-echelon inventory optimization, Facility planning and design using statistical models and optimization solver.

• Areas of expertise are Designing the supply chain network, Materials Management, Data analysis in Excel, MODAPTS time studies, Supply network optimization with Llamasoft Supply Chain Guru, Demand/Supply analysis, production planning, Value stream mapping, route optimization using linear programming, algorithm-based optimization, Design for quality, Capacity planning and analysis, master production scheduling.

• Specialist in planning of inventory and rack configuration, inventory handling through proven strategies, optimization of inventory, inventory analysis and cycle counting, maintenance, new product development and product lifecycle management.

• Demonstrated record of positive attitude, creative thinking, and analytical approach, good written & oral communication.

• Passionate, creative, problem solver who is adaptable, independent, self-starter, directing others, commitment to work.

• Active Member of APICS & CSCMP. CPIM in progress, Python in progress, R programming in progress. SKILLS

SOFTWARES: SAP S/4 HANA Simple Logistics business flow, SAP (MM, PP, SD, FICO, EAM, PS, HCM), MS Visio Professional, Advanced MS excel 2019(VBA, Macros, power pivot, power query and DAX), MS outlook, MS Power point, CADD software, GD&T, Tableau, Qlik sense, ETL, Power BI, MS SharePoint, Oracle SQL/PL SQL, statistics and probability in Minitab 17. INDUSTRIAL/SUPPLY CHAIN SKILLS: Labor-machine analysis, Machine operations & maintenance, Lean Manufacturing, JIT, Kanban, Product cost analysis, SMED, Single piece flow modeling, MTM time studies, FMEA, Sales and operations planning. MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE:

One year of Management experience as a supervisor level in Clar aqua pvt ltd and 2-year project management experience with operators at different sites to improve the efficiency of the plant and the quality of the effluent. Directly supervising sourcing analyst at Eastek International and assisting in sourcing process, MOQ, lot sizing planning, MRP and S&OP.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Eastek International, Lake Zurich, IL 03/26/2018–Present Supply Chain Specialist-Electronics: Global supply Chain Department.

• Gained knowledge and research on electronic components like Semi-conductors, conductors, Mosfet, Microchip and analysis of AC/DC current, designing knowledge of PCB, knowledge on resistors and capacitors to analyze market trends and risks in the supply chain.

• Automated VMI process of MRP data sharing with suppliers using VBA coding.

• Researched forecasting, supply/demand curves using stochastic models and studied graphical outcomes with a set of variables.

• Achieved in LT reduction projects for accounts with complex supply chain model. Reviewed and approved engineering drawings with specifications, tolerance and design to adhere to the supplier design.

• Conducted quality audit at vendor’s facility as per ISO 9001 and ISO 13485.

• Managed vendors globally, negotiations for pricing, MOQ, packaging size, making decisions based on KPI’s, managed buyers in USA on sourcing requirements. Managed positive PPV (Purchase Price Variance) every month through negotiations.

• Made supply chain proposal and Kanban planning for strategic customers, planning for safety stock of inventory and making decision on VMI /Safety stock components based on Lead time.

• Alternate part sourcing for cost reduction, finding vendors and negotiating for longer NET payment terms for organizational cash flow. MPS and S&OP, managing RFQ’s, RFP’s and RFI from suppliers.

• Creating dashboards for KPI, weekly reports for management and following up with vendors to get regular updates on EOL, PCN and Obsolete electronics and electro-mechanical parts.

• Successfully reported on Conflict minerals for publicly traded companies (CMRT), providing ROHs, REACH and prop-65 declaration.

• Efficiently trained sourcing analysts on IHS BOM Intelligence on setting up a combined BOM, receiving alerts on part notification, End of Life and price change indexes. World Kitchen,LLC, Rosemont,IL.

Supply Planner-Plastics: Supply Planning Department 10/02/2017–01/31/2018

• Initiated one continuous improvement project in SAP to get the customized view of Bill of material, provided excellent customer service to retail stores on product availability working in close coordination with production team.

• Successfully balanced supply demand units through continuous coordination and follow-ups with inbound/outbound team to expedite the receiving/put away process for customer orders, planned for LTL, FTL, LSL, FSL load with cost analyzes.

• Achieved in robust planning for OTD process (Order to Cash) that includes order creation, ATP Check, STO transfer, post GI(PGI), post GR(PGR), shipment load building and planning for “A”,” B”,”C” type material for logistics.

• Executing transactions in SAP to analyze and report shipments status while also highlighting action plans for the shipments that are late and to find out the root cause, coordinating on MD codes for product labels and packaging.

• Worked with Sales, marketing and demand management team to proactively plan for production and to make PSI Charts

(Production, Shipment and Inventory).

Kohler Company, Wisconsin,USA 06/13/2016– 05/05/2017 Supply Chain Analyst [Intern/Co-Op: Plastics and Hardware: Supply Chain Department

• Carried out extensive deep capacity analysis on the work centers for new product launch with NPD team and accomplished.

• Made weekly charts and monthly charts for labor planning and machine planning from SAP scheduled CRP and MRP run.

• Handled a project on takt time for stabilizing the operations, production sc9 jun9hedule, setting a benchmark for data driven

production worked with engineering team for changes in product and maintaining inventory level to meet customer orders and carried out a project on Supply chain network optimization with SC Optimization department using COG method to find co-ordinates for facility and developed a mathematical model to optimize the network of supply chain.

• Managed BOM’s for large set of SKUs’ and calculated the optimum demand for purchasing department at component level.

• Achieved good results by working with Mexican Team on EOQ, batch size & pallet calculation, Kanban.

• Developed KPI’s for suppliers and tracked their performance based on OTD, Quality and defective deliveries. Handled supplier issues like capacity constraints, achieved consensus planning for sales plan, demand plan and supply plan for S&OP process.

Clar Aqua Pvt Ltd, Chennai, INDIA 06/09/2014– 05/29/2015 Industrial Engineer -Operations and Maintenance Department

• Managed the operations and maintenance of the 100 KLD water treatment plant worth $200k & supervised operators.

• Achieved improvement in effluent productivity per week by replacing low efficient pumps, bio-cultures and replacing the aerator from course bubble to fine bubble which is more effective, developed standard operating procedures, modules and manuals.

• Achieved good operations result (KLD/day) by carrying out a time/motion studies (MTM), formulated a standard practice for takt time/cycle time synchronization, developed action plans and tracked it on a weekly basis for continuous improvement.

• Instructed the operators about safety issues and 5S implementation in the workplace. EDUCATION

ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO, USA 08/17/2015 – 08/18/2017 Master’s degree in Industrial Technology and Operations. Concentration: Supply chain management/manufacturing GPA- 3.8 ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI, INDIA 09/07/2009 – 04/12/2013 Bachelor’s in mechanical Engineer. GPA- 3.3

CERTIFICATIONS:

Integrated Business process with SAP ERP Online in DUISBURG-ESSEN, GERMANY April 2017 – Sept 2017 Lean Six sigma -Green Belt in MSME, INDIA Feb 2015 – April 2015 PG Diploma in Mechanical CAD Software, INDIA. Sept 2011 – Oct 2012 Advanced Analytics using Macros, VBA and DAX Sept 2019 – Nov 2019 SAP ERP TERP10 super user April 2018- July2018

SAP SD Configuration and customization Mar 2019 – Aug2019 Alteryx Bootcamp April 2020 – April 2020

COMMUNITIES INVOLVED:

Member of Blood donations camp at Youth red cross & Volunteered in Habitat for humanity in Sheboygan,Wisconsin,USA. Monthly donation to the American Cancer society, Oklahoma City to help and create awareness.

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