Ashrut Thapar Email & Phone Number

Ludhiana

Houston, Texas Area

Glassport, Pa

• In-house consultant advising senior management and functional leads on several cost saving initiatives falling under the umbrella of an enterprise-wide $15 million ERP implementation • Reviewed the business process management project dashboard, created benchmark processes and designed value flow models

Pittsburgh, Pa

• Consulted innovation team in stage gate product development process by developing a preliminary business development plan• Evaluated the opportunities provided by an emerging technology on the organization’s business and provided actionable recommendations to leverage on capabilities provided by this disruptive technology

• Develop content for student entrepreneurship web, social media, promotional events, and competitions.• Manage the application process for Big Idea Competition on Gust, a software platform used by angel investors worldwide.

Haridwar Area, India

Manufactures automotive products• Spearheaded production scheduling of a $3M plant with over 350 personnel; hired, trained, and developed key supervisors• Ramped up sales revenues to $1M per month in the first six months of production against a target timeline of one year set by the board• Launched sustainability initiatives using Kaizen & 5S methodologies to reduce operational expenditures increasing long term profits• Identified bottlenecks and streamlined production using… Show more Manufactures automotive products• Spearheaded production scheduling of a $3M plant with over 350 personnel; hired, trained, and developed key supervisors• Ramped up sales revenues to $1M per month in the first six months of production against a target timeline of one year set by the board• Launched sustainability initiatives using Kaizen & 5S methodologies to reduce operational expenditures increasing long term profits• Identified bottlenecks and streamlined production using industrial engineering techniques, increasing productivity by 10%• Increased cost effectiveness by developing local suppliers and by outsourcing non core products leading to savings of $100k per annum• Introduced automation by setting up Special Purpose Machines for specialized processes which increased production levels by 20% Show less

New Delhi Area, India

First Private DNA Paternity Testing Company in India.• Set up ‘Partner Clinics’ for building up the B2B arm of the business; expanded from 5 to 25 increasing company profits by 20%• Forged strategic alliances for entry into new markets to appropriately position the company in targeted segments of Indian market

Gurgaon, India

• Managed software and hardware upgrades of Huawei equipments, resulting in increase of mobile subscriber base from zero to 1 million• Created management level reports to analyze key performance indicators,thereby reducing call drop ratio from 2% to 0.5%

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Operations Management, 3.86

Activities and Societies: APICS Pittsburgh Chapter, Operations Club, Consulting Club Led the teams placed either 1st or 2nd positions.

Bachelor Of Engineering, Electronics Engineering