Vineet Nair

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SUMMARY

Packaging Engineer from Rochester Institute of Technology(RIT) with 7 years of global experience in Printing & Packaging technology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Packaging Engineer, Philips, Stamford, CT, USA (January 2021- Present)

Successfully developing packages using package design and testing techniques for 3 Business units- Philips Norelco, Avent and Domestic Appliances, enabling the organization to achieve sale of 250million USD/yr.

Have been able to successfully support New product introduction (NPI) by supporting development & sustaining continuous improvement of packaging operations, processes and systems that has allowed Philips to meet its customer commitments

Developing workflow associated with the building of seasonal displays, product packaging and repackaging activities to achieve continuous packaging improvements and reduce the customer returns by 25%

Competently teamed up with the 3PL to troubleshoot the production issue and improve the packaging process, enabling quick production turnaround time and savings of 10 million USD/yr. by preventing line stoppages Packaging Developer, Philips Avent, Stamford, CT, USA (April 2017-December 2020)

Efficaciously led packaging development projects for all the Philips Avent products developed for the United States & Canada

Designed over 200 new packaging structures to achieve a sale of 100million USD/yr., saving 5million USD by optimizing the packaging structures

Transferred package testing from Netherlands to US by setting up packaging test lab & conducted package testing on the new structures using ISTA & GTS test standard, enabling local customization and achieved saving of 1200 hours/yr.

Collaborated with marketing, purchasing, operations to create over 500 different artworks & Bill of Materials (BOM) per the Philips Quality Standards and enabled a sale of 150 million USD/yr. Packaging Commodity Intern, Philips, Pittsburgh, PA, USA (May 2016-April 2017)

Standardized/Harmonized Corrugated Boxes used for all the Philips healthcare business units in North America by analyzing & re-designing the existing packs through which a cost saving of 2 million USD was achieved

Tested and developed 20 new packaging structures for Sleep and Respiratory Business Unit enabling the team to develop the package in-house, thus saving 1million USD

Structural Design Intern, Climax Manufacturing Company, Lowville, NY, USA (Sept 2015- Dec 2015)

Successfully designed and developed over 100 CAD cut samples, drawings, and layouts using Adobe Impact as per the customer requirements, allowing a sale of 1million USD/yr.

Served as a project manager, to formulate a process improvement plan to reduce the machine changeover time, with the production & engineering team. Optimized the machine changeover time by 25% EDUCATION

Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA Master of Science in Packaging Science, August 2017

SIES Graduate School Of Technology, Mumbai, India Bachelor of Engineering in Printing and Packaging Technology, May 2011 Certification

Green Belt Six Sigma, RABSQA

M.O.S.T Certification (currently undergoing)