SUMMARY
•Masters in Industrial Engineering and Bachelors in Industrial Engineering
•3 years experience as Lean Leader and Process Engineer focused on Continuous Improvement Initiatives through Lean Six Sigma tools, Manufacturing Cost analysis, New Product Launch, Distribution Center Operation, Assembly Operation, Productivity, Visual Management & 5S program.
•Academic Thesis on “Methodologies for Implementing Lean manufacturing for Cement Industry”. Selected for IIE Annual Conference & Expo 2015 (Nashville, TN).
•Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Green Belt Certification from Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE).
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
MS OFFICE: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, MS Project
Engineering Software and Languages: AutoCAD, Arena, RapidMiner, SQL
Lean Six Sigma Tools, Design to Value, Product Cost Analysis, DMAIC, VAVE & Operational Finance
Academic Knowledge in SAP & SharePoint site
WORK/RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Stanley Black & Decker, Dallas Operations (July 2013 – Present)
Lean Manufacturing (Stanley Leadership Program)
Responsibilities: Drive Process and Lead Time Improvement by implementing Lean Six Sigma.
•(2013-2014) Report Monthly Lean Scorecard for 8 Plants & 3 Distribution Center (NA & Europe) to Senior Management. Facilitate continuous improvement across 4 plants & 2 Distribution Centers by developing Lean Calendar. Responsibilities included follow up on Scorecard, Project updates & Kaizen events.
•2014-2015) Report Lead Time, Productivity & weekly Scrap for Dallas Operations to prioritize projects & achieve yearly target. Conducted weekly meeting for Productivity to stay on track.
•Facilitated 3 Kaizen events (Assembly Cell working on Kanban, Shipping Quantity Variance & VSM event for Master Scheduling) and participated in 6 including a VAVE (Value Analysis & Value Engineering) with annual savings of more than $250k. Performed a Six Sigma project to control rework from finishing department with annual savings of $34k.
•Analyzed Manufacturing Cost for more than 25 existing & new SKUs across different value stream for cost reduction opportunities and setting Margins (new SKU) for Product Development group.
•Assistant Operational Lead for 3 New Product launches (Responsible for Process capability, Manufacturing Cost analysis, Product flow & Standardized work). Conducted Process capability study for 3 new SKUs with Quality Dept., Programmers & Process Engineers resulting a cost avoidance of more than $90K in rework & scrap by increasing sigma level from 0.413 to >6.
•Conducted 5S+1 audit (Jan-June 2014) for Dallas facility and worked with Supervisors to close the findings. Performed my Behavioral Based Safety Audit monthly and submitted to EHS Coordinator.
•Developed a MS Access Database for Managing & Reporting Quality Metrics for Dallas Operations.
•Other supporting roles: Co ordinate workout for Design to Value, Fill Rate improvement, Quality Improvement and Employee Engagement initiatives.
Lamar University Beaumont, TX (Spring 2012- Spring 2013) Academic Thesis
•Worked on developing methodologies for implementing Lean Manufacturing for Cement Industry by using Simulation as a tool for implementing and analyzing the benefits of lean principles.
•Developed the simulation model for Kanban system, Production leveling (Heijunka), Capacity Planning and Pull System.
Surya Nepal Ltd. (August 2009- July 2011) Biratnagar, Nepal
Process Engineer
Responsibilities: Responsible for continuous improvement for Stitching and Assembly department. Develop Standard worksheet and streamline the flow of WIP through Capacity Planning, addition or rebalancing the Assembly line.
•Conducted Time Studies and calculated the Standard Allowable Minute (SAM) for each operation in Stitching and Assembly section of the plant.
•Assisted the Plant manager in redesigning the layout into cellular manufacturing resulting in 28% reduction in lead time and 36% reduction in average WIP.
•Supervised the production of three product lines and designed production capacity analysis sheet for identifying bottleneck in the operation.
Aarti Strips Ltd (January 2009- June 2009)Biratnagar, Nepal
Engineering Intern
•Participated in Total Prevented Maintenance ensuring optimal equipment uptime and conducted downtime study to determine efficiency for 3 equipments. Worked on impl...
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