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Fremont, California, United States

Concord, California, United States

Driving a continuous improvement project based on Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC) as a team lead to increase throughput by over 100% for a high demand product family. Divided the project in three sectors; Inventory, Quality and Layout while employing 5S, 8D, Poke-Yoke, SPC, Spaghetti maps, value stream map, RAIL (Rolling Action Item List) and other tools in all three sectors to work towards the project goals.Working on implementing an inventory management system (VLM - Vertical Lift Module) at Point-of-Use that will reduce wastage of movement, improve efficiency and offers annual cost savings over $100K.Managed team members to carry out Gemba walks, DMR (Defective Material Report) data collection and analysis, designing tools and fixtures, error proofing drawing and part specifications and designing and implementing assembly line layout.Conducted weekly meeting with management and SMEs (Subject Matter Experts) to provide update on project, to receive their inputs. Also brought up the issues and its suggested solutions that requires actions from senior management team.Organized regular training sessions on topics like Lean Six Sigma, ERP modifications, updating and implementing updated procedures and processes and reading, understanding and following work instructions for engineers, manufacturing technicians and workers. Also Coordinated weekly meetings with the team to discuss their issues, concerns, short-term and long-term targets and the future scope of the project.Eliminated bottlenecks by collaborating with stakeholders like planners, buyers, suppliers and customer resulting in improvised process. Working on integrating automation within the process to reduce human errors and improve efficiency.Managed a project to implement standardization across the organization to remove complications for the shop floor workers. Developed a short training for engineering and production team to educate about the updated procedures and communicate requirements.

Boynton Beach, Florida, United States

Hands-on experience of set-up, installation, maintenance and troubleshooting of drug compounding equipment and hand tools.Managed the inventory to employ JIT (Just-In-Time) concept for resourceful stocking with easier access to different items and efficient utilization of floor space to reduce dead-zones. Enhanced procurement to reduce the overall purchase cost by 40%.Cooperated in designing process flow layout using Draw.IO for optimized manufacturing of varieties of drugs. Additionally, refined the floor layout of the entire production line to minimize idle-time.Organized the logistical layout and operations, using Lucid Charts for preparation of shipments for clients and patients. Also worked on decreasing the lead time for packages by employing 5S technique for processes.Collaborated with vendors and consultants for installation of equipment to set-up temperature and air pressure-controlled laboratory with multiple rooms adhering to the established industry standards.

Boynton Beach, Florida, United States

New Paltz, New York, United States

Mentored 3 teams for final year projects to achieve their goals on time and to address the real-world problems and solutions in the scope of their projects. Organised meetings with teams to monitor progress and provided weekly report to the professor, using MS Office suite. Conducted doubt solving sessions to help students with their final exam preparations.Assisted the professor in preparing a research manuscript for submission to Journal of Business Research. Aided with analysing business data using Tableau, for a case about Patalnjali Group. Assisted professor of marketing with design and evaluation of courses; Marketing, Marketing Research and International Marketing. Prepared lecture notes, presentations and assignments for the courses.

Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Interned in Product Development Division for Advanced Composites and conducted study on the division to understand operations. Developed a database to predict the shelf life of a material by designing and conducting a 2 months experimental study. This resulted in improvised material procurement and reduction in the overall cost and wastage.Worked on improvement of manufacturing process for missile canister to reduce defects by employing root cause analysis.

Master Of Science - Ms, Engineering/Industrial Management

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Mechanical Engineering