Bhuvana Shiv Kumar Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

Developed an S&OP process to improve production forecasting¶Worked with the VP of Sales, VP of Supply Chain and CFO of the organization to develop a Sales & Operations system to forecast based on multiple production facilities, projected sales growth and to maintain inventory at the desired levelFacilitated new product transition projects involving multiple stakeholders internally and externally¶Managed product change and new product launch timelines with external partners and internal stakeholders; created and managed teams in Asana Recognized the absence of internal quality process and developed one from scratch. Worked with external partners to establish specifications and tests acceptable across the board, developed work instructions for employees and trained personnel in testing protocolsHelped drive analytics based Sales decisions Implemented a monthly business metrics reporting system for the C-SuiteCreated process maps and standardized operations protocol for business critical processes across functions¶Optimized the utilization of SAP across the company and developed SAP queries to automate report creation for key metrics and to assist other functions with their operations¶Created and implemented a standard complaint handling process and trained customer service personnel to adopt the process¶

Bad Girl Ventures is a highly localized micro-lending organization focused on women in CincinnatiDeveloped and implemented marketing strategy for the organization to maintain image consistency and to ensure constant communication with donors, applicants and other partnersLeveraged social media to drive customer engagement, acquisition and salesDeveloped, optimized and implemented direct to consumer advertising campaignsOversaw and facilitated re-branding operationsProvided business intelligence and performance analyticsCoordinated training programs for women entrepreneurs

A federal and state funded PACE program to provide comprehensive medical care to the elderlyDeveloped LEAN operations strategy to reduce overtime and costs in the participant transportation departmentRecommended staffing and scheduling changes to increase capacity while simultaneously decreasing costsExceeded customer expectation with recommendations, projected cost savings and on-time service levels

Maarga Systems is a specialist offshore Lotus Notes Development outsourcing firm based in IndiaInitiated and designed the Maarga-India email marketing campaign targeting over 100 business customers from all over India, with an objective of moving from inbound sales to outbound salesAchieved more than 90% open rate for the duration of the campaignTreasurer/ Secretary, Association for India's Development, Cincinnati 2008- 2010AID is a non-profit, voluntary organization funding sustainable developmental projects in IndiaIdentified developmental projects to support after careful review of proposals based on their feasibility, sustainability and impactPlanned, advertised and hosted several fund raising events each attended by more than 300 individuals and generating an average of $2,500 per event. Raised a total of $20,000 for the academic yearSubmitted funding requests to the University Funding Board and obtained budget approvals for up to $6,000/quarter. Facilitated prompt payments to all contractors and facilities

Designed and conducted research experiments in microbiology and stem cell biologyCo-authored a peer reviewed research paper in microbiology

· Optimized identification and characterization of E.coli bacterial genome elements by computational methods. · Identified and fixed errors in existing code, that led to a greater accuracy in tandem repeat prediction.

Optimized identification and characterization of E.coli bacterial genome elements by computational methodsIdentified and fixed errors in existing code, that led to a greater accuracy in tandem repeat prediction

Mba, Business

Activities and Societies: NAWMBA, Association for India's Development Awarded the merit based University Graduate Scholarship.

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Bioinformatics