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San Jose, CA, US

Livermore, California, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Resolved issues of Northeastern staff, guests, residents, and interns regarding facilities, housing access, lockouts & security
• Served as a Point of Contact for residents, guests, Northeastern Police department and emergency services in student residences while utilizing a computerized electronic access control system and various alarms

Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

• Identified suppliers for critical raw materials; assisted procurement department with negotiations, successfully replacing +10 old, high-cost suppliers with economical options
• Boosted project efficiencies 30% by pioneering tracking metrics and creating production and Master Requirement Planning systems to administer customer forecast and on-time delivery rate of +95%
• Led two annual physical inventory counts for low turn and critical materials, generating 37% improvement in net variance under established controls
• Coordinated $50K Non-Working Inventory disposition over +150 SKUs; executed ABC cycle count program to revise inventory accuracy by 32% and facilitate FIFO
• Drove critical supplier negotiations and advanced supplier OTIF 75% via forecasting and superior supplier relationship management, delivering an 11% reduction in purchasing expenses

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Implemented strategic sales planning and material forecasting of 40+ suppliers’ commodities with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) for developing efficient inventory control & supply planning process improvements
• Assisted with the procurement process of 450 Industrial Air Compressor Components along with interfacing with the suppliers on product specification, pricing issues, shipment tracking & maintaining on-time delivery.
• Optimized the value of on-hand inventory by 12% using KANBAN system for material replenishment and Just-In-Time inventory management system resulting in annual cost savings of $290K for the company
• Enhanced the transportation shipments for customers while balancing service and cost using a transportation management system (TMS) which reduced the supplier turn-around time by almost 21%
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams including New Product development, Engineering Research and Design, Manufacturing and Finance to increase supply chain transparency and synchronize demand planning activities
• Managed the entire Packaging department for Industrial Air Compressors division by ensuring timely deliveries and zero defects increasing the on-time shipping rate performance by 15%

Master'S Degree, Engineering/Industrial Management

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ISHRAE) Pune, India Member, Student.