Operational Excellence, Operations & EHSQ Management

Ganapathy Subrahmaniam

*** ***** *****, ******* ****, LA 71111.

+1-313-***-**** / +1-318-***-**** / ************.*********@*****.***

http://www.linkedin.com/in/ganapathysubrahmaniam

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS SET SUMMARY

Operations Management

Operational Excellence (OpEx / Continuous Improvement [CI]) Management

Quality Assurance Management (QA)

Environmental, Health & Safety Management (HSE)

Manager & individual contributor in Semiconductors, Frozen Foods, Paper & Forest Products manufacturing industries

ASQ certified CMQ/OE, CQE & CSSBB

Makigami Business Process Mapping & associated data analyses aimed at reducing Lead Time for Invoicing, Sales & Orders processing

Expert in Lean Methodology (e.g. Kaizens, Value Stream Mapping [VSM], SMED, TPM, 5S, Shop Floor Management, 8D & A3 Problem Solving Process, 5 Whys etc.)

Capital Expenditure projects involving Return On Investment analysis

Product qualification & lifecycle management

Organizational business vision development & future state versus present state gap analysis (CI & ISO based)

Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing

Raw Materials sourcing, qualification, forecasting & purchase management

Annual Suppliers’ Ratings Management (internal & external suppliers located in North America, EMEA & Asia-Pacific)

Internal & External customers’ defects, complaints & claims management (products & processes)

Certified in ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 & 45001:2018 (inclusive of direct management of internal & external audits)

Employees training & development (Lean-Six Sigma, Quality Management Systems & EHS Management Systems)

Production Management (e.g. equipment uptime & downtime software) & ERP systems experience (SAP & JD Edwards)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Voith US Inc. (Shreveport, Louisiana): February 2014 - Present

Operational Excellence, Quality Assurance & Health-Safety-Environmental Manager

oDesignated Operations Manager (in the absence of the site’s Operations Manager)

oLead data analyst & decision influencer in capital expenditure projects of > $ 3,000K investment with > $ 1,500K annualized savings in sales increase & approximately $ 10K in overtime labour hours reduction

oSecured a successful registration to the ISO 9001:2015, 14001:2015 & 45001:2018 standards in January 2020 as the site’s lead representative during the external audit with TÜV SÜD

oExecute Lean & Sigma projects with annualized values of $ 400K+ each year

oLead the development of the site’s first current state Value Stream Map & future state Value Stream Design

oInvented the site’s first raw materials inventory forecasting system that provides 10+ months forward visibility thus optimizing raw materials inventory at 28 to 30 days (Sales Basis)

oDirectly manage 3 full-time employees

oEvaluate 30 to 40 employees’ ideas/suggestions each month from inception to cost versus benefit analysis followed by execution on the shop floor alongside the employees (average annualized benefit from ideas is approximately $ 25,000)

oExpert (key administrative user & manager) of Production Management software (equipment uptime/downtime real-time data oversight & management)

The Schwan Food Company (Salina, Kansas): November 2007 – February 2014

Continuous Improvement Analyst

oDeveloped the site’s first Zero Based Analysis financial model to identify Continuous Improvement opportunities/projects valued at $ 100K+ annually

oDeveloped & implemented the site’s first true electronic Statistical Process Control program (inclusive of hardware installation, software coding & employees’ training) that led to a 65% reduction in the top 3 customer complaints (measured in complaints per 1 million products sold) within 6 months of implementation

oLead data analyst & decision influencer in capital expenditure projects of > $ 1,000K investment with > $ 550K annualized savings in sales increase

oExecuted Lean & Sigma projects with annualized values of $ 50K+ each year

oLead the development of the site’s first current state Value Stream Map

oHired, trained & indirectly managed 2 full-time employees

Alien Technology Corporation (Fargo, North Dakota): July 2006 – August 2007

Associate Process Development Engineer

oKey contributor towards technology transfer & scale-up to full manufacturing status on site (transfer from Morgan Hill, California to Fargo, North Dakota facility)

oDeveloped & implemented Standard Operating Procedures & Work Instructions (chemical handling included) to hand over daily production to newly hired employees

oExecuted Lean & Sigma projects with annualized values of $ 20K+ each year

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

oMS Materials Science: Wayne State University; Detroit, MI; May 2006

oBachelor of Engineering (Chemical): University of Mumbai; India; June 2002

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