Lean Six Manager, Procurement, Six Sigma Green Belt, Change Management

MANOJ MALAE

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University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business – Los Angeles, CA December 2021 Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management (STEM)

• Relevant courses: Operations management, Lean Six Sigma, Business Analytics, ERP Systems.

• GPA: 3.7/4.0 (Dean’s Honor List)

• Certifications: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research – Mumbai, India August 2020 Global Management Program, First Division

• Relevant courses: Consulting Tools, Marketing, Design Thinking, Finance and Accounting, International Business. Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad, JNTUH-CEH – Hyderabad, India July 2016 Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, First Division

• Relevant courses: Operations research, Refrigeration & Air-conditioning, Automobiles. EXPERIENCE

AdOnMo Private Limited – Hyderabad, India 2018 – 2020 Associate Manager- Supply Chain & Operations

• Key Activities: Procurement, Warehouse Management, Exports/Imports/Customs, Projects

• Implemented and conducted training programs on AdOnMo Inventory Management software (AIMS) to help in purchase components and track inventory details at warehouses.

• Led team of 8 members and ensured procurement, production & imports/exports of digital advertisement boards.

• Improved payment process and ensured all vendor payments are done within 15-days of goods receipt.

• Worked with design and innovation team for developing 3 new digital advertisement projects across India generating

$0.1million additional revenue.

Mahindra and Mahindra Limited – Zaheerabad, India 2016 – 2018 Assistant Manager (Buyer) - Supply Chain Management

• Key Activities: Procurement, Change Management, Logistic Coordination, Digitization Projects

• Led weekly CFT meetings on Change Management implementation projects

• Analyzed and improved Dynamic Buffer Management (DBM) percentage from 62% to 88% of Zaheerabad SCM team

• Coordinated with over 50 suppliers, 8 logistic partners and internal stores for timely delivery of material to production

• Responsible for sourcing of over 300 components consisting Proprietary & Sheet metal by evaluating MRP, RFQ’s/RFP’s

• Enhanced Green supply chain by improvising packaging of over 10 components by working hand in hand with suppliers

• Managed VAVE project implementations in collaboration with central design team and sheet metal vendors resulted in

$0.6million of cost saving.

Signode India Limited – Hyderabad, India Summer 2015 Operations Intern

• Analyzed processes of packing steel cargo in rail wagons with operations department at TATA and JSW steel plants.

• Performed time study, motion study and decreased 1 manpower by eliminating non-value adding activities.

• Developed a new set of processes for transporting steel cargo on rail wagons which helps in reducing loading time by 20%. PROJECTS

Process improvement of supplier invoice payment - DAMCO USC Marshall – Los Angeles Fall 2020

• Examined the existing processes and KPI’s of the supplier invoice payment system.

• Performed DMAIC framework and worked on various tools such as control charts, regression analysis as a part of project. Manufacturing of Formula type car for Formula Student India Competition JNTUH – Hyderabad 2015 – 2016 Purchase Incharge

• Built a formula type car for FSI competition with Rs.4lakhs and participated at Budh International Circuit, New Delhi.

• Supervised vendor selection and quality material procurement in a team of 16 members. SKILLS & INTERESTS

• Technical: SAP(MM), Microsoft Excel (Solver, V-look up), Crystal Ball, Visio, SQL, SAS, Tableau, R Studio, Azure.

• Industrial skills: Strategic Buying, Price Negotiation, Cash-to-Cash Cycle, Inventory Management, Supplier relations, Critical thinking, MRP, Import/Export, Regression, Outsourcing, Continuous improvement, Material Management, DMAIC, RFP/RFQ/RFI.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• Vice President of Events at Global Supply Chain Club (2020-21) at USC.

• Fundraising Volunteer at M.A.D, a Non-Profit organization working for upliftment of vulnerable children.

• Served as Chief Placement Coordinator at JNTUH-CEH for 2015-16 academic year to assure smooth placement processes.

• Received Best Student Project award from Tata Consultancy Services at JNTUH-CEH in 2016.

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