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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Diamond Bar, California, Us

Diamond Bar, California, Us

Itasca, Il, Us

• Prepared and floated RFQ's for 10 NPI projects; aggressively reached out to supplier base in China, India, Vietnam and USA to get the best quotes for 50+parts spanning different projects• Worked proactively to mitigate parts supply shortages in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic by identifying and quantifying the critical shortages for 1000+ parts on a weekly basis to avoid line stoppages. Coordinated and communicated with 150+ suppliers, commodity analysts, site buyers and material planners from 3 manufacturing plants to expedite shipping plans• Worked with Engineering and Quality on identifying CTQ parameters, spec. completeness and gap analysis for several NPI projects• Performed Should Cost Analysis for NPI parts; prepared quote/bid analysis reports that helped to identify the most competitive suppliers to award business and assisted senior management in Make vs Buy decisions

• Developed traditional and machine-learning based time series models in R and Python to track and improve the demand forecast accuracy of over 25 product lines for NAFTA and LATAM regions.• Provided highly actionable monthly and annual forecast figures to upper management based on statistical data analysis of trends and seasonalities of past data that drove budget decisions for fiscal year 2019-2020.• Liaised with an external team of consultants to deploy sales prediction models in Microsoft Azure.• Co-synthesized and implemented a final logic for automated model selection.• Researched the correlation of external factors with sales data from global databases and included the feasible ones in the forecast models.• Sourced purchase orders using SAP ERP based on dealer orders, product lead time and plant capacity. • Conducted physical inventory checks alongside demand planners to locate and correct discrepancies in SAP and in-depot inventory. Coordinated with depot SPOC to monitor inventory data integrity in SAP. • Monitored KPI’s such as YOY, YTD trend, growth % to deconstruct the static and dynamic components of the product sales data and predict future trends.• Assisted the demand planning team by creating excel reports to prioritize retail orders, track pipeline inventory, check order status, identify fast pick configurations based on take-rates,etc. • Coordinated configuration changes and validated the data integrity of QlikSense BI applications.• Ensured timely movement of goods within the SAP system by quick resolution of query incidents in Microsoft Dynamics CRM

University Park, Pa, Us

• Conducted multiple weekly lab sessions for a senior class of 50 students for the capstone Simulation course ‘Analyzing Business and Industry’.• Instructed students on Total Quality Management, Production, Research and Development, Finance and Marketing and Human Resources modules and helped them strategize their decisions (promotional budgets and product demand estimates, sales forecasts, estimates of automation levels and product specifications depending on the market segment size and growth, labor negotiations, etc) in these modules throughout the 14 rounds of simulation.• Graded weekly assignments, evaluated students simulation performance and held office hours to help struggling students which led to an improvement in the student performance in subsequent simulation rounds

University Park, Pa, Us

• Performed annual inventory. • Created an online database of all the laboratory materials using CHIMS (Chemical Inventory Management System).• Identified and re-ordered consumables and key raw materials on a weekly basis.• Created Standard Operating Procedures for sample preparation.• Communicated with vendors and assisted with troubleshooting instrumental problems.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

• Optimized business process functionalities for various HRMS modules such as Human Resources, Benefits, Payroll, Absence Management, Workforce Administration,Recruiting. • Conceptualized and implemented Test Cases for Functional and Unit Testing and automated manual scripts within the Peoplesoft Framework. • Resolved Incident issues by providing solutions and converted client requirements into workable parameters by preparing Technical and Functional Design documents for new Enhancements. • Debugged day to day functional issues, troubleshooted maintenance issues that arrived post go-live of Peoplesoft 9.2 (hypercare support). • Prepared extensive reports and logs (for audit purposes) to keep track of weekly, monthly and quarterly progress during version upgrade in addition to preparing Minutes of Meeting after internal and external team meetings. • Oracle certified Peoplesoft practitioner.• Mentored new-hires through Knowledge Transfer sessions.

Vizag, Andhra Pradesh, In

• Provided recommendations that ultimately led to an increase in the process line efficiency by (upon implementation) of the ‘Raw Material Handling Plant’.

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• Reduced the production line wastage in the then ongoing Diesel Hydrotreater Project at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited by working closely with the Field Engineers and presented the findings in the form of a report to upper management. • Job shadowed mid-level executives to learn key aspects of Project Management (preparing feasibility reports, analyzing engineering drawings, tendering, order placement, monitoring executioning, commissioning, capitalization and closure activities) and Contingency Management.

Master'S Degree, Industrial Engineering And Operations Research

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering