Raj Thakkar Email & Phone Number

Santa Clara, California, United States

• Redesign and optimize industrial processes using VSM to align with cost-efficiency, component updates, and customer demands• Actively participate in new product introductions, ensuring manufacturability and supply chain compliance while managing the transition to production• Support the entire product lifecycle, from prototype to full-scale production• Collaborate with procurement, order fulfillment, and technical services to enhance products and processes• Work closely with… Show more • Redesign and optimize industrial processes using VSM to align with cost-efficiency, component updates, and customer demands• Actively participate in new product introductions, ensuring manufacturability and supply chain compliance while managing the transition to production• Support the entire product lifecycle, from prototype to full-scale production• Collaborate with procurement, order fulfillment, and technical services to enhance products and processes• Work closely with suppliers to achieve goals related to cost, quality, and material delivery• Manage critical ERP data, such as bills of material and routings, to support process design and supply chain optimization• Plan, evaluate, and recommend technical, quality, and cost specifications to support process design and business growth objectives Show less

United States

• Streamlined efficient inventory analysis, order fulfillment, and ghost pack audit using a Warehouse Management System (WMS)• Collaborated with logistics team to optimize warehouse inbound processes, increasing supplier compliance in ASN, packaging, and labeling from 60% to 72% • Utilized PowerBI to develop and maintain complex DAX code offering real-time insights and trends into production performance• Developed a Manager's Scorecard to analyze safety data for 1000+ employees… Show more • Streamlined efficient inventory analysis, order fulfillment, and ghost pack audit using a Warehouse Management System (WMS)• Collaborated with logistics team to optimize warehouse inbound processes, increasing supplier compliance in ASN, packaging, and labeling from 60% to 72% • Utilized PowerBI to develop and maintain complex DAX code offering real-time insights and trends into production performance• Developed a Manager's Scorecard to analyze safety data for 1000+ employees, enabling continuous improvement of safety risk management by monitoring KPIs and facilitating data-driven decision making• Formulated a downtime dashboard to trace major issues occurring on production line, achieving 10% reduction in lead time• Implemented Lean material flow principles, optimizing facility operations with Kanban, two-bin system, and 5S methodologies• Designed an enhanced warehouse plan using spaghetti and SIPOC diagrams with 13% footprint savings facilitating accessibility to parts and reducing non-value-added activities by 20% Show less

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Spearheaded international container planning and logistics, leading to an annual cost savings of $25K in transshipment storage• Evaluated RFQ, RFP using an ERP model to enhance supplier pricing and service alignment with organizational requirements • Managed issuance of Purchase Orders (POs), Bill of Lading (BLs), and commercial invoices, achieving a $2K reduction in document amendment charges compared to previous years• Forecasted and fulfilled demand for empty containers in… Show more • Spearheaded international container planning and logistics, leading to an annual cost savings of $25K in transshipment storage• Evaluated RFQ, RFP using an ERP model to enhance supplier pricing and service alignment with organizational requirements • Managed issuance of Purchase Orders (POs), Bill of Lading (BLs), and commercial invoices, achieving a $2K reduction in document amendment charges compared to previous years• Forecasted and fulfilled demand for empty containers in reverse logistics, driving 8% revenue growth through effective planning• Negotiated with vessel operators, agents, and a key set of suppliers to adeptly mitigate unforeseen issues, and resolved disputes to maintain supplier relationships and foster internal stakeholder satisfaction on all commercial matters• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to assess the due diligence of new customers through multi-criteria decision-making Show less

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Assisted port logistics team in day-to-day operations for data collection and scheduling management• Worked with R&D team to increase port operational efficiency by 10% with strategic and master planning• Co-ordinated with operations management team to implement value chain analysis to improve quality of services

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Performed Particle Sized Distribution on different samples, for one of the largest energy companies in India, to examine frequency by mass distribution • Interpreted width of distribution by collecting and organizing observatory data deploying sieve analysis • Summarized post- processing data analysis by plotting a frequency and cumulative distribution scatter plot, using a mathematical model.

Master Of Science - Ms, Industrial Engineering

Activities and Societies: - Indian Student Organization (ISO) Courses completed - ISE 140 : Operations Planning and Control ISE 167.

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: - ISHRAE (Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers) - CSI (Computer Society.