Vinayaka Shanmukha

Production Engineering Specialist at Sedia Inc
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Greater Chicago Area, US
Languages
  • Kannada Professional working proficiency
  • Hindi Elementary proficiency
  • English Full professional proficiency

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Pamela Houser

In completing his master's degree, Vinayaka worked diligently to absorb as much information as possible related to supply chain management activities and focused on securing a comprehensive skill set. His pursuit of the CPIM is applauded, and demonstrates his solid work ethic and desire to align his knowledge and skills with the needs and demands of industry.

Robert Dunn

Vinayaka was one of my best students in the Distribution and Warehousing course I taught at IIT in Fall 2017, His work was very solid and he did quite well on the group projects.

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Credentials

  • Automobile Technology
    Gedee Naidu Training Institute in automobile technology & Maintenance
  • CPIM - In Progress
    APICS
  • Diploma Project Planning and Management
    CADD Centre Training Services Pvt Ltd.
  • Project design
    CADD Centre Training Services Pvt Ltd.

Experience

    • Truck Transportation
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Production Engineering Specialist
      • Jan 2020 - Present

    • Supply Chain Planner
      • Jul 2018 - Jan 2020

      ▪ Designed control systems to co-ordinate process and production planning to ensure that products meet quality standards ▪ Review Production schedules, process flows and engineering specs to analyze and trouble shoot production breakdowns ▪ Create MRP tools using VBA Macros and SQL to increase the productivity of the team▪ Served as a liaison between the Engineering and manufacturing to maintain optimal supply chain▪ Evaluate performance of key suppliers on the grounds of rejection rate and delays in meeting due date▪ Design control systems to minimize obsolete inventory and resolve production issues as well as project total cost▪ Led a cross-functional team of 10 people and reconciled job variances over million $ quarterly▪ Develops methods to present material requirement data to improve date being used to make material management decisions ▪ Improve labor productivity through the development/deployment of best-known methods and Lean Manufacturing principles ▪ Redefined kitting process which improved JIT assembly and productivity improvement of 28%▪ Performed BOM and Routing updates in the ERP system ensuring accurate back scheduling▪ Review Purchase orders and automate due date optimization in outlook▪ Developed a new process for work order issue and completion that reduced the WIP cycle by 42%▪ Implemented KPIs for various manufacturing departments to help measure Managing Daily Improvement (MDI)▪ Developing formal production schedules and updates as required, to ensure that raw materials are availability▪ Follows up on Production schedule and prioritizes job-orders for production optimization▪ Interacts with shop floor management on a daily basis to resolve issues regarding manufacturing efficiencies▪ Provides accurate sales and late deliveries forecasts (3 month’s forecast) and report status on a weekly basis▪ Establish re-order points, safety stock, replenishment quantity control and replenishment cycles.

    • Egypt
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Industrial Risk Engineer
      • Mar 2014 - Aug 2016

      ▪ Constructed accurate production standards through extensive time studies.▪ Worked with latest supply chain tools and processes and streamlined flow of goods from one end to another▪ Generated and provided baseline analysis on a depot, region and network level. Conducted and supported ad-hoc analysis.▪ Created and maintained key performance metrics (KPI's) using analytical models and mathematical analysis.▪ Improved equipment/processes to facilitate less downtime and scrap while improving throughput 20-30%▪ Work with global supply chain team to streamline the overseas suppliers and reduce material shortages up to 25%▪ Continuously work to improve the planning and scheduling process by maintaining data integrity and accuracy.▪ Investigated and resolved inventory discrepancies for accurate production flow▪ Successfully trained a group of Interns regarding the basics of Industrial risk and the existent work flow in the team▪ Demonstrated ability to analyze logistics data by using methods such as data mining and cost or benefit analysis▪ Schedules to minimize waste, optimize efficiencies, and utilize capacities▪ Obtains forecasts from customers for future planning and expedites customer orders as required▪ Analyze forecasts and sales performances and provide recommendations for improvement

    • India
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • Junior Industrial Engineer
      • Jul 2013 - Feb 2014

      ▪ Participated in the advanced product quality planning FMEA activities for the development of the control plan.▪ Performed labor analyses in warehousing, identifying and eliminating non value added activities, reducing labor costs by $90,000/year▪ Expertly support and manage day-to-day purchasing operations Strategically source new vendors▪ Facilitated weekly value stream team meetings to track production improvement projects▪ Managed implementation of Bar-coding System across the shop floors improve order traceability inventory accuracy▪ Provided technical, analytical leadership and support to improve the quality and timeliness of the S&OP process▪ Hands-on experience in analyzing forecast and sales performances and recommending actions and solutions▪ Saved approximately $14,000/year per cell (up to 20 machines each), by installing in-line shut-off valves that could be turned on and off by management to control the amount of air compressor run time. Design, develop and implement mathematical, statistical and econometric methods to analyses management problems

Education

  • Illinois Institute of Technology
    Masters, Industrial Engineering
    2016 - 2018
  • Atria Institute Of Technology
    Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Mechanical Engineering
    2009 - 2013

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