LEGO
Vatsal Gokani
Boston,MA
Summary
Dedicated supply chain enthusiast with two years of experience in manufacturing and operations, managing production, inventory, customer support, and logistics. Specialist in working as a liaison with key suppliers, cross-multifunctional teams at all levels of management, with a talent for increasing sales through the development of production and quality checks and protocols. Inclined to offer experience to a business in need of a proactive, knowledgeable, and resourceful leader.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
10
10
Certification
5
5
Languages
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Production Manager
Jamnadas Dwarkadas & Co
Mumbai, Maharashtra
05.2020 - 07.2021
- Scrutinized BOM, SOP, MOQ, PFEP Product Specifications, Raw Material Disposition documents like LIR, QDR, COA
- Structured a systematic approach for efficient production, achieved 97.8 % quality control for 100 % pure camphor tablets
- Generated a minimal-cost MPS and MRP, preserved accurate product line material management, capacity planning using SAP ERP, and increased procurement by 18.6%
- Collaborated with 5 and more cross-functional teams (Supply Chain Operations, Manufacturing, Packaging, Inventory, Marketing, R&D) to receive and monitor incoming customer orders
- Led team of 14, conducted research on sub-assemblies of single punch m/c, designed &and developed 9 new product lines
- Strategized sourcing 117 (13*9) new parts and categorized suppliers using Active Scorecards & 5–point supplier selection criteria
- Preserved & enhanced business relations with toll manufacturing partners, ensured JIT delivery of micro-scale products
- Negotiated export rates with national, international 3PL carriers, redesigned shipping freight routes & optimized network configuration, saved over 11% per order dispatch, $ 6000 /annum
- Implemented demand planning in coordination with the department of Sales & Operations Planning to acquire EOQ, decreased cost to maintain inventory by 12.5%
Production Associate
PB-e Publishers, LLC
Navi-Mumbai, Maharashtra
05.2019 - 01.2020
- Implied operational improvements to crucial issues, uplifted production rate to 113.3% and productivity by 25% on critical equipment, to satisfy critical demands
- Modernized the process flow & workplace ergonomics for 25 machine and 75 workers
- Initiated process pattern, truncated delay time by 3 min between 2 intermediate processes, thus strengthening man-machine efficiency
- Anatomized failures of the system and performed FMEA, thus improving quality, reliability & safety of operations
- Performed Root Cause Analysis using Fishbone Diagram, diminished product testing time by 16.2% and optimize cost by 5.8%
- Enhanced product quality by 97.4%, implemented polishing methods on die of injection molding machine
- Administered inventory management, maximized availability & shrunk product wastage by using WOM, to ensure well-ordered flow of 949 outbound products
- Employed SQL queries to track inventories and eliminate back-orders by 14.7% achieved analytical evaluations of operational activities on WMS and TMS
Education
Master of Science - Engineering Management
Northeastern University
Boston, MA 09.2021 - 05.2023
Graduate Certification - Supply Chain Management
D'Amore - McKim School of Business
Boston, MA 09.2022 - 05.2023
Bachelor of Technology - Mechatronics Engineering
SVKM's NMIMS University - MPSTME
Mumbai, India 07.2016 - 08.2019
High School Diploma -
K. J. Somaiya Polytechnic
Mumbai, India 07.2013 - 06.2016
Skills
- SOFTWARE: SAP System SAP 4/HANA SQL Tableau Power BI Advance Excel Pivot Tables VBA Macros V-lookup JIRA MS Project LINGO Factory I/O
- LEAN: VSM Lean Manufacturing Shop Floor Designing 5S JIT Kanban Kaizen Root Cause Analysis Production Planning & Control MRO Team Management Process Mapping QA QC QM MFG Flow Diagrams
- SUPPLY CHAIN: Inventory Management MRP ERP System PFEP Risk & Resiliency Logistics Planning Demand Forecasting Inventory Analysis Carrier Management S & OP WMS TMS FTL & LTL Load calculations
- PROJECT MANAGEMENT: WBS Resource Allocation APM Operations Management Conflict Resolution Risk Management Business Project Management
Certification
- LAILEAN Academy - Green Belt
- Six SIGMA – DMAIC
- SAP ERP | SAP MM | SAP PP
- S. C. Fundamentals: Risk & Resilience
- GLI – Spring 2022
Projects
- DEVELOPING A SPORTS PORTAL FOR BUSINESS PROPOSITION
Engineering Project Management Jan 2023 – Ongoing
Project manager for a team of 7, to develop a business proposal for an application that connects players based on mutual interest and skills at sports
Demonstrated project plans, timelines, budgets, WBS, N/W Diagrams, Gantt Charts using MS Project, to monitor and ensured meeting milestones on schedule
Accomplished Agile methodologies, conduct daily scrum meetings, weekly to obtain better communication, target achievement through the continuous improvement methods
- IMPLEMENTATION OF BLOCKCHAIN TO HERSHEY'S
Global Supply Chain Strategy Sep 2022 – Dec 2022
Analyzed current trends of Global SCHM in FMCG industry affiliated to cocoa markets and evaluated risks
Investigated Hershey's historical data for the distribution channel using Time Series Analysis and Regression Analysis to comprehend seasonality and demand variability
Recommended blockchain to solve, first & last mile problems, providing transparency meeting, minimizing shortages, “smart labeling” with a focus on ingredients and processes
- EXECUTION OF LEAN AT CAMPHOR TABLET MANUFACTURING
Lean Concepts & Applications Jan 2022 - Jun 2022
Curated new plant layout architecture using Visio, optimizing space, providing crucial KPI’s to eliminate back-orders, improving flow of operations by 32%
Abridged Takt-Time & Cycle Time of 60kg camphor powder, from 160 to 109 min using VSM & improved warehousing efficiency by 39 % , implementing Ishikawa diagram
Augmented supplies & product inventory control using ABC-XYZ Stratification & Aging Analysis thus escalating profits to 78%
Interests
Die Cast Collector
Horseback Riding
Dancing
Sports
Traveling
Work Availability
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Quote
Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.
Winston S. Churchill
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