Sricharan Rangarajan Email & Phone Number

India

• Provide analytic support to clients on various complex analytical reports tofacilitate data enabled decision making• Worked on several projects related to identifying customer segments, performanceof competitor brands & assess own brand’s growth levers using extensive dataanalysis; conceptualized and created excel dashboards to track brand & productperformances

Chennai Area, India

• Generated revenue of INR 50 lakhs through various sales channels, corporate merchandising, e-commerce, direct sales• Actively built relationships with customers to build user stories for the development of customized products; ensured 90% client retention• Worked on a shoe-string budget and evaluated ROI and Profit & Loss Projections • Used a human centered design approach to explore consumer trends to adapt and diversify the product line• Conducted target market research to… Show more • Generated revenue of INR 50 lakhs through various sales channels, corporate merchandising, e-commerce, direct sales• Actively built relationships with customers to build user stories for the development of customized products; ensured 90% client retention• Worked on a shoe-string budget and evaluated ROI and Profit & Loss Projections • Used a human centered design approach to explore consumer trends to adapt and diversify the product line• Conducted target market research to understand market size, competition, pricing and identify industry trends which guided in competitive pricing of our products• Established strategy, branding and positioning to catalyze growth; defined the content strategy and constructed the website using WIX; increased inbound visits to website by 55% in the last 3 months using SEO• Built and maintained a network of reliable and high quality vendors and suppliers for mutual support Show less

Chennai Area, India

• Defined sales and marketing strategy to grow sales for a 70 year old book binding and manufacturing business• Increased the presence of Airbnb in South Indian vacation rental markets (in 3 locations) by 50% in 3 months as a host acquisition specialist• Primary and secondary market research through interviews for several companies in India, Middle East, North America and Africa

India

• Created a client/context specific process roadmap of their current manufacturing operations which aided in identifying process inefficiencies and bottlenecks and gained operational insights using data gathering and analysis • Part of a principle architect team which designed and implemented an integrated advanced planning and scheduling system; Worked in collaboration with the development team based in Canada to build and test the system; defined various test case scenarios by developing… Show more • Created a client/context specific process roadmap of their current manufacturing operations which aided in identifying process inefficiencies and bottlenecks and gained operational insights using data gathering and analysis • Part of a principle architect team which designed and implemented an integrated advanced planning and scheduling system; Worked in collaboration with the development team based in Canada to build and test the system; defined various test case scenarios by developing excel templates to assess and improve the scheduling and operational efficiencies; validated the data by comparing against the master database using SQL• In light with change management, created training programs at the client site and defined standard operating procedures and user manuals for internal operations Show less

India

Responsible for expanding airbnb's market presence in South Indian vacation rental markets.Identified hosts through secondary and field research, increased the awareness of airbnb as a concept and brought on hosts on-board; 50% increase in the number of hosts on Airbnb in 3 vacation rental markets in South India

Greater New York City Area

•• Determined KPIs for resources and processes; created dashboards for improved visibility of performance across the company• Performed time and work studies to assess the operational efficiency of different departments; identified the pain points and bottleneck in operations; suggested and implemented recommendations and established training schedules to improve the operational efficiency• Developed an automation process to ensure accurate information is reported to accounting… Show more •• Determined KPIs for resources and processes; created dashboards for improved visibility of performance across the company• Performed time and work studies to assess the operational efficiency of different departments; identified the pain points and bottleneck in operations; suggested and implemented recommendations and established training schedules to improve the operational efficiency• Developed an automation process to ensure accurate information is reported to accounting department to improve financial reporting Gathered requirements for reporting from various departments; analyzed the needs; performed UAT on the different reporting tools in MS SharePoint to ensure the data is accurate and the UI is user friendly• Assessed and modified the existing cross-docking system for improved inventory accuracies by means of value stream analysis• Performed inventory analysis; Improved inventory accuracy from 90% to 94%; Reduced on-hand inventory by 7%• Performed a value stream analysis of the shipping process; identified the bottleneck operation; Increased number of packages shipped per day by 3% upon implementing recommendations• GROWTH – Promoted to Sr. Analyst , Operations Excellence just after 15 months to assume more responsibilities Show less

Brooklyn, New York City

• Gathered and analyzed the products’ Bills of Materials and Labor standards to improve their business efficiencies• Lean Manufacturing on a progressive assembly line o Performed a detailed Value Stream Analysis and analyzed every process, down to its minutest of steps to identify delays in operations and the reasons causing the bottleneck o Recommended suggestions that brought down setup time by 50%, cycle time… Show more • Gathered and analyzed the products’ Bills of Materials and Labor standards to improve their business efficiencies• Lean Manufacturing on a progressive assembly line o Performed a detailed Value Stream Analysis and analyzed every process, down to its minutest of steps to identify delays in operations and the reasons causing the bottleneck o Recommended suggestions that brought down setup time by 50%, cycle time of operation by 50 minutes/day/3 operators and increased production of the mops by 800 dozen/year• Perform a ROI analysis to determine the payback for an extensive barcode system; Company saves $25,000 per year with an expected break-even of 2 years• Defined processes to establish quality standards for incoming material inspection• Suggested technical solutions of a hook tagging operation based on the process analysis to improve process and cost efficiencies Show less

• Applied Lean Methodologies to a sailing company to identify non-value added activities• Performed a Value Stream Analysis; reduced the lead time for organizing a trip by 15%

• Analyzed the entire supply chain of Dollar Tree Inc. and designed an alternate packaging technique for the products; resulting in reduced shipping costs and an increased profit of 14%

Brooklyn New York

• Studied Maple T.A. (mathematics software) and created tutorial videos for faculty and instructors• Easier for new users to learn and use the software and the course management system(Blackboard)

Brooklyn, New York

• Analyzed the manufacturing processes and applied statistical quality control methods to identify rework; recommended solutions to minimize rework; reduced material procurement costs by 15% (Estimated)

• Using DFM methods, simplified the current rack design resulting in a 10% reduction in manufacturing costs

Equipped with first-hand experience and competent skills regarding different industrial processes like shearing, cutting, folding involved in the manufacturing of hand rails, roofing systems, and space frames etc. using stainless steel.

Underwent rigorous training on post-fabrication/care of an automobile - service and maintenance

Gained industrial expertise on holistic process which goes into manufacturing a heavy vehicle.

Master Of Science, Industrial Engineering, 3.82

Activities and Societies: Graduate Indian Students Association - VP

Bachelor Of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

High School