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Quality Control Sales

Location:
Indianapolis, IN, 46278
Salary:
Open
Posted:
June 07, 2011

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NITIN VALLAPUNENI

**** ******** *****,

Indianapolis, In-46278

Phone number: 601-***-****

Email: *******@*****.***

CAREER PROFILE

• Industrial Engineering Graduate with experience in manufacturing, operations management, logistics, supply chain management, statistics and quality control

• Experienced in handling projects from planning through implementation

• Pursuing Six Sigma Black belt certification

• Strong problem solving ability

• Ability to work under pressure in time-sensitive, fast-paced environments

EDUCATION

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (Aug ‘08 – Dec ‘10)

Master of Science, Industrial Engineering (GPA - 3.6/4.0)

Pad Dr.D.Y.Patil College of Engineering, Akurdi, Pune, India (Aug ‘03 – May ‘07)

Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering (First Class with Distinction)

WORK EXPERIENCE

United Health Group, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Industrial Engineering Consultant, Innovations and global operations, (Feb ’11 - Present)

• Assisted in implementing Business Process Management (BPM) across the organization

• Designed time and motion studies, created process maps and performed SIPOC analysis

Business Analyst: Kimberly Clark Corporation, Roswell, GA (May ‘10 – Aug ‘10)

• Conceptualized a forecasting model to resolve inconsistency in forecast accuracy

• Performed extensive data analysis using SAS to identify factors influential for forecast

• Designed an automated and robust forecast tool by integrating excel and SAS Enterprise Miner

• Developed a new tool that enhanced the SKU level sales forecast accuracy by 5.6%

Research Analyst, PRISM center, West Lafayette, IN (Nov ‘08 – May ’10)

• Developed a tool for market segmentation which included decisions like product mix, sales prediction and promotions planning

• Developed inventory and sales monitoring mechanisms to reduce out of stocks and excess inventory

• Conducted workshops to train company personnel with decision support tools

Baxter India Private Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Team Leader, Engineering (Jun ‘07 – Jul ‘08)

• Coordinated with quality and purchase departments for successful JDEdwards (ERP) implementation

• Implemented line balance and work standardization

• Monitored machine utilization & downtime with responsibility for the implementation of corrective and preventative actions

• Conducted Kaizen workshops to identify and implement continuous improvement ideas.

• Entrusted with the responsibility of heading Value Improvement Process (VIP) as a result of my leadership and identify potential gains in process improvement initiatives

• Six Sigma Project: Identification of bottleneck and increased output by 35%

Manufacturing Intern, Mather and Platt Pumps Ltd. (Jun ‘06 – May ‘07)

• Performed an in-depth time and motion study to identify non value adding steps in the Hydro-Testing station

• Designed and developed a new fixture which resulted in reduction of head count by 2 and cycle time by 3.2%

PROJECT (Aug ‘08 – Dec ‘10)

• Thesis: A hybrid model for supplier selection

- Developed a Fuzzy logic based cluster analysis tool coupled with neural network techniques to select and rank the suppliers

• Risk and failure mode analysis: Impact of RFID systems on accuracy of Inventory information and lead time

COMPUTER SKILLS

Languages: C, C++, HTML and Action Script, SQL

Software Packages: MS Office, SAS, Matlab, AutoMOD, Minitab, Arena, SAS E Miner, AutoCAD, Latex

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Systems Simulation, Applied Regression Analysis, Engineering Economic Analysis, Linear Programming, Statistical Quality control, Design and control of Production systems

ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS

• Mathematics scholarships from state government for 2 years

• Won District level volleyball championships for 2 consecutive years

• One of the organizers of national level technical event - Mechtrix 2005, Pune, India



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