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> In charge of continous improvement and imparting lean culture and standardization.> Coached operators on various lean technologies and implementing plant-wide kaizen.> Process improvement projects with focus on improving business profitability through eliminating muda through lean and six sigma techniques.

> Management of shipping operations with a team size of up to 120 employees.> Led continuous improvement project to improve pick process accuracy from 91% to 95%.> Process Optimization through 5S and Lean methodologies.> Coached and trained new employees to help them achieve optimal KPIs.> Extracted and analyzed data related with shipping operations from WMS to set action plans.> Coordinated distribution center operations with departments such as Stock and… Show more > Management of shipping operations with a team size of up to 120 employees.> Led continuous improvement project to improve pick process accuracy from 91% to 95%.> Process Optimization through 5S and Lean methodologies.> Coached and trained new employees to help them achieve optimal KPIs.> Extracted and analyzed data related with shipping operations from WMS to set action plans.> Coordinated distribution center operations with departments such as Stock and Receiving. Show less

> Distribution centre operations management.> Implementation of core Industrial practices such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, and Process Optimization into operations to achieve maximum results by spearheading the inventory, supply chain, fulfillment and logistics operations; and coordinating staff in these respective departments.> Directly responsible for managing teams of up-to 60 associates and coordinators, to ensure that the daily KPI's are being met and are as per… Show more > Distribution centre operations management.> Implementation of core Industrial practices such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, and Process Optimization into operations to achieve maximum results by spearheading the inventory, supply chain, fulfillment and logistics operations; and coordinating staff in these respective departments.> Directly responsible for managing teams of up-to 60 associates and coordinators, to ensure that the daily KPI's are being met and are as per strict standards set by the corporation, while promoting an overall good work culture to upkeep morale and sprout team development.> Built SOP's to ensure proper effectiveness of processes, eliminate bottlenecks and safety hazards; with key objective to optimize all DC operations.> Tool and dashboard development for data storage and visualization mainly using Excel to help set up Ops. Show less

> Undertook key operations and processes involved in the fulfillment and inventory departments. > Spreadsheet utilization for data manipulation and storage. Being a Front-end-ERP-user and being involved in operations by coordinating between various departments such as inventory, production, fulfillment and shipping. > Material handling and effective space utilization and designation, while ensuring FIFO.> Quality assurance of resources to ensure optimal… Show more > Undertook key operations and processes involved in the fulfillment and inventory departments. > Spreadsheet utilization for data manipulation and storage. Being a Front-end-ERP-user and being involved in operations by coordinating between various departments such as inventory, production, fulfillment and shipping. > Material handling and effective space utilization and designation, while ensuring FIFO.> Quality assurance of resources to ensure optimal customer satisfaction. Show less

Worked on several research projects related to the fields of Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Advanced Quality Control, Applied Optimization, Scheduling Theory, Discrete Simulation.