Nihar Shah
West Lafayette,IN
Summary
A highly motivated and effective operations leader with multi-functional experience in delivering tangible results to achieve KPI's and foster employee engagement/ continuous improvement culture. Proven track record of improving operational efficiency, reducing cost, and developing/implementing strategic plans to optimize plant operations. Strong leadership skills with experience in managing teams of up to 40 employees.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Operations Development Associate
Donaldson Company, Inc.
Monticello, IN
05.2023 - Current
- Implement/optimize inventory management and production scheduling process to help recover backlog and improve delivery metric to 97%
- Lead Six Sigma Green Belt project that resulted in $40k cost savings through scrap reduction
- Promote operator engagement and foster continuous improvement culture through tier accountability
- Drive key shop floor performance metrics to lead improvements in safety quality, delivery, and cost metrics
- Lead $200k cost savings initiative for improvement of plant's cost metric through tier accountability and process improvements projects
- Manage/develop team of 4 direct reports and 30 indirect reports.
- Oversee entire hiring process for 10 hourly positions.
Operations Development Associate: Rotation 2
Donaldson Co Inc
Stevens Point, WI
06.2022 - 05.2023
- Developed Capacity Planning Reports in Business Intelligence (BI) for two production departments through the use of production data and time studies
- Determined material storage requirements for incoming production lines based on production rates, MOQ, and supplier lead times
- Facilitated/lead lean manufacturing process improvement projects for production line including bottleneck Analysis and changeover kaizen (SMED) resulting in $50k in cost savings
- Lead 6S Kaizen project for tools/fixtures in production area
Operations Development Associate: Rotation 1
Donaldson Company, Inc.
Greeneville, TN
06.2021 - 06.2022
- Managed Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost metrics for multiple production lines.
- Managed operations/engineering validation for incoming product transfer of 3 production lines
- Lead tooling validation, fixture design, and production line layout design projects
- Utilized lean manufacturing tools/principles to lead process improvement project (Bottleneck Analysis) that resulted in $200k cost savings.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Wright State University
Dayton, OH05-2021
Skills
- Microsoft Office Suite
- AutoCAD
- Solidworks
- Continuous Improvement
- Process Improvement
- Operations Management
- Inventory Management
- Performance Management
- Interpersonal Communication
- Leadership
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma-Green Belt
- CPR/First Aid Certified
- Supervisor Training
Affiliations
- Hiking
- Basketball
- Tennis
- Fitness/Healthy Lifestyle
- Reading
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Senior Operations Development Associate
Donaldson Company, Inc.
05.2023 - Current
Operations Development Associate: Rotation 2
Donaldson Co Inc
06.2022 - 05.2023
Operations Development Associate: Rotation 1
Donaldson Company, Inc.
06.2021 - 06.2022
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Wright State University
- Lean Six Sigma-Green Belt
- CPR/First Aid Certified
- Supervisor Training
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