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Brussels, BE

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leading the customer fulfillment sourcing for country. Building IKEA India’s supply chain footprint in warehousing, transportation, last mile logistics & services. Developing a “Strategic Partnership model” for sustainable growth. Create & execute strategy for Zero Emission logistics for the country

Bengaluru Area, India

Building an outsourced supply chain delivering more than 2M orders/day with best in class NPS, flex & cost

Gurgaon, India

• Identify and implement sourcing initiatives to reduce cost and improve overall efficiency of the supply chain
• Negotiate & implement agreements with strategic suppliers to ensure greatest overall value to the company
• Co-ordinate seamlessly with Engineering, manufacturing & suppliers to ensure smooth flow of materials for production pilot runs.
• Assessing supplier capabilities and evaluating supplier performance to drive productivity, innovation & continuous improvements
• Developing vendor base to support the product localization at target quality, cost & delivery.

Gurgaon, India

Strategic sourcing

Lead strategic projects in manufacturing, supply management & quality at UTC's different business units: Sikorsky, Pratt & Whitney, UTC Aerospace Systems (UTAS), Otis elevators & Climate Control Systems (CCS)

Bangalore

- Operations Strategy & Development- Supplier development- Deployment of lean tools at suppliers to improve quality & OTD metrics

Bengaluru Area, India

Pratt & Whitney: Strategic sourcing- Worked closely with the P&W India suppliers to deploy lean tools - 5S, TPM & RRCA- Robust quality metric development & continual tracking - Supplier performance audits.- Lead supplier improvement programs

Hyderabad Area, India

- Global Transitions: A geographically & culturally diverse team involved in undertaking major transition projects throughout the globe. - Transitioning S-92 helicopter cabin assembly from MHI in Japan to TASL in India. Ramp up production to required TAKT.- Deploy metrics to improve the MRB process in aircraft manufacture- Developed a production dashboard.

Mumbai Area, India

- Benchmarking best practices in materials management for construction projects. - RFID implementation road map, identify vendors providing RFID solutions for materials management at the client construction site- Study the feasibility of ASN & third party store operations for the client

Pune Area, India

- Streamlined the supply chain for brake lever & gear shifter assembly resulting in elimination of material shortages.- TPM implementation: Jishu Hozen in Assembly

Mumbai Area, India

Project management, Engineering & Design, New business development (Marine - Shipbuilding)- Lead a team to execute hydraulic testing procedures for marine piping & equipment for a nuclear submarine project - INS Arihant- Managed & executed CAPEX project to setup hydraulic testing stations- Provide solutions to equipment installation issues at manufacturing.

Pune Area, India

- Designed & successfully executed the fabrication of a light weight universal trolley for the Body Paint shop to suit the mix model production. Estimated annual savings of INR 15.25 lakhs. - Prepared simulation models for an automated vehicle under body painting process using 3DS Max & Autocad.

Pune Area, India

- Design an automated clamping system for a drilling machine to reduce operator fatigue.- KAIZEN Implementation: Improving machine layout resulting in reduction of material movement by 35%

Bachelor Of Technology, Engineering

Activities and Societies: Robot Study Circle, Regatta, Mashaal Dance, Quiz Master1) Participated in ‘Regatta’, an event by the boat club.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Operations, Finance

Activities and Societies: Publicity & Creativity Committee, Sponsorship Committee, Students in Free Enterprise1) Team lead : Event.