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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

• Responsible for overseeing and coordinating all services offered to the client at Oklahoma City (Oklahoma), Council Bluff (Iowa) & Trenton (New Jersey). • Primary responsibilities include the daily management and coordination of services offered for plant operations to meet business KPI’s including Production, Customer Delivery and Quality while ensuring compliance with all labour, safety, environmental and corporate policies and regulations.• Play’s a paramount role in adding up technical capabilities in the Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Service, including Lean manufacturing and Operational Excellence. • Enhance & focus on the four imperative points of the organization - Quality, Process, Speed and Performance.• Ensuring product outcome for the client while maintaining end product quality standards as per organizational standards and Customer requirement.• Identify employee training requirements and ensure that it is scheduled and successfully completed to maintain customer standards.• Prepare management reporting as required with detailed insight reporting for the client as well as the parent company. • Responsible for entire client detailed invoicing for all the 3 client locations. • Mentoring & leading a team of 8 at different locations to ensure performance targets are being met.• Participate in onsite / client interactions during meetings as hosted by onsite team and working on high level proposals, business case to meet and exceed customers’ expectations on the project objective. • Currently on H1B Visa in the United States of America since August 2021.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Execute lean tools and procedures within Value Stream atmosphere to minimize process variation.• Ensure to enhance quality as well as reduce waste.• Execute root cause issue solving procedure to all functions.• Execute Standard Work and develop SOP ’ s for Operations associated processes.• Ensure entire team staff are properly trained, resourced, supplied and managed to attain strategic objectives.• Identify improvement opportunities and perform under minimal supervision to attain results as well as process enhancements.• Perform with different projects at one time during working on necessary deadlines.Achievements Completed Value Stream mapping , current & future state for benchmarking processes in Caresoft Global.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Industrial Engineering -• Preparation of SOS (Standard Operating Sequence) using Assembly Planner.• Creating SOP’s (Standard Operating Procedure) using Deepex/ Vis mock-up.• Analyzing process and eliminating non-value added activities.• Conducting ergonomic (MURI) analysis to eliminate fatigue generating element from process• Project Management (Team Size: 7)Achievements JPH Improvement for client location in USA (Achievement – 23JPH to 55JPH)• Productivity Improvement 17% at chassis line for a client in USABenchmarking –• Perform “Design to Value/Cost”, Product cost estimation/optimization• Evaluate design concepts, seeking opportunities for improvement, anticipating feasibility challenges, and identifying risk areas.• Complete feasibility assessments, risk reviews, and cost/benefit analysis, using independent judgment, as well as consultation from others.• Adhere to collaborative project workflow process with project partners across all verticals and engineering teams within Caresoft Global. • Contribute to ongoing improvement and best practice efforts to build a world-class DFA team• Cost saving ideas by performing VA/VE• Project Management (Team Size: 12)Achievements • Engineered hours per vehicle for FORD & DODGE Trucks• DFA FORD & DODGE trucks comparison • Process Improvement Eliminated dependency on CAD for DFA (30% Time)

Pune, Maharashtra, India

• DFA for Tesla Model 3 (BIW Tear Down) at Detroit, Michigan, USA.• DFA For Tesla Model X & Chevy Bolt (General Assembly)• Provided implementation support & coordinated New Product launch at multiple client locations in USA Work Instructions Line Balancing Manpower planning Time Study  Project Execution Project execution strategy• Factory Expansion & Warehouse planning for a client in USAAchievements• Establishing a manufacturing line for General Motors Truck at a client location in USA. • Completed project within stipulated time and received appreciation from customer• Suggested changes in process for increasing productivity.• Conducted ergonomic analysis and suggested counter measures for processes generating fatigue.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

KVP/CIP Facilitator • Implementation of lean management and philosophy to achieve productivity, quality, financial targets (methods: 5S, Poka-yoke, Kaizen, value stream, value addition)• Value additions and Non value addition analysis and reduction in Non value addition throughimprovement projects and ideas• Responsible for conducting continues improvement process workshops in direct areas(Manufacturing Line) for assembly and body shop• Responsible for conducting process mapping workshops for indirect areas (white collaremployees)• Responsible for conducting 3P workshops (Production Planning Preparation) for new projects (ICS – Indian Compact Sedan [Volkswagen New Sub4meter])• Problem Solving co-ordination with a cross functional team, root cause analysis, brainstormingand finding solutions• Conduct Continuous Improvement Process workshops for optimization reducing productionhoursAchievements• Successfully conducted CIP workshops for productivity improvements in Assembly, Body and Paint Shop• Successfully conducted process mapping workshop for spare parts production• Successfully conducted pre-SOP process optimization workshops for new models and installations

Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Study Product description manuals (PDM) & BOM to understand technical requirements & constraints of product & processes.• Preparation of Line Plan (Assembly processes) considering manufacturing requirements - Productivity, Quality, Safety, Cost.• Analyzed labor work content & their time study.• Process Stabilization & Standardization.• Design & Modifications of layouts to meet target capacity.• Implemented flexible process flow.• Ergonomic Analysis for the operator & designing the workstation using EAWS.• Making awareness in Ergonomic flexibility in work environment.• Fix production norms, Time estimation, Method studies, Line balancing & Manpower planning as per monthly plan using MTM-UAS.• Simulation & Validation of processes in AP software.Achievements• 20 - 25% labor utilization improvement in various areas like Door line, Trim line,Supermarket• 60% space optimization in Supermarket to accommodate engine shop• Work balancing for left hand drive model on assembly line and Supermarket• New tact creation by work balancing and utilizing existing resources• 10 - 20% labor optimization in assembly shop