SAMRADDHI UPADHYAY
Houston,TX
Summary
Dynamic Senior Production & Procurement Engineer at Precision Glass Industries, excelling in supply chain management and data analytics. Achieved a remarkable increase in capacity utilization and reduced inventory costs by $1.3M. Proven leader with exceptional negotiation skills, driving customer satisfaction to 96% through innovative process improvements and effective team collaboration.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Production & Procurement Engineer
Precision Glass Industries
, USA
04.2021 - Current
- Strengthened visual management for production capacity planning, increasing machinery utilization from 82% to 95%.
- Executed value stream mapping to reduce wait times across all product lines.
- Introduced ABC and JIT strategies, enhancing product quality and reducing obsolescence from 30% to 20%.
- Coordinated with maintenance teams to schedule timely equipment upkeep, minimizing machine errors.
- Managed stock replenishment and MRP signals, decreasing stock-outs from 10% to less than 3%.
- Implemented 5S lean principles, optimizing work orders and boosting yield from 70% to 89%, reducing glass waste from 58% to 36%.
- Designed dynamic dashboards using VBA Macros to monitor glass breakage against targets.
- Increased customer satisfaction to 96% by facilitating weekly meetings among supervisors and supply chain teams.
- Maintained optimal stock levels by monitoring inventory and making informed purchasing decisions.
- Implemented cost-saving strategies based on analysis of market trends in procurement.
- Mitigated risks related to procurement, addressing supply disruptions and market volatility.
- Verified that all purchased materials and equipment met established quality specifications.
Optimization & Production Engineer
Precision Glass Industries
, USA
02.2020 - 03.2021
- Streamlined station planning processes, boosting on-time delivery of customer requests from 82% to 96%.
- Promoted customer service culture through timely reschedule notifications and effective communication with sales during disruptions.
- Prioritized work orders with Optima 6.8 for cutting-table station, reducing waste from 45% to 16%.
- Established push-pull system, enhancing productivity by applying KANBAN principles.
- Implemented drop inventory system, recycling waste while fulfilling customer expedite requests ahead of deadlines.
- Analyzed material usage with Advanced Excel, securing inventory carrying costs from 25% to 17% of total inventory cost.
Supply Chain Manager
RJ & Company
Bhopal, India
09.2016 - 06.2017
- Served as primary interface for suppliers, managing scheduling changes and notifying operations staff of material availability.
- Implemented supplier scorecard, enhancing on-time delivery and reducing landed cost by $2.3 million for top 30% core suppliers.
- Led team of Supply Chain coordinators to achieve 95% service levels in fulfilling customer requirements.
- Identified and realized annual savings of $2.8 million through strategic negotiations and process enhancements.
- Managed $2 million inventory, optimizing safety stock and reorder points while decreasing inventory by 17%.
- Prepared RFQs and POs for raw materials utilizing ERP systems to streamline procurement processes.
- Evaluated potential suppliers using decision matrix analysis based on Carter’s 10 Cs, securing discounts up to 50% and improving on-time delivery by over 40%.
Education
Professional MBA - Supply Chain and Logistics
Campbellsville University
Kentucky12.2024
Master of Engineering Management -
University of Houston Clear Lake
TX12.2019
Bachelor of Electronics & Comms. Engineering -
RGPV University
India07.2016
Skills
- Supply chain management
- Demand forecasting
- Inventory management
- Lean Six Sigma
- Production process control
- ERP systems
- MRP systems
- Data analytics
- Quality assurance
- Linear optimization
- Probability and statistics
- Cost analysis
- Negotiation skills
- International trade
- Contract negotiation
- Excel VBA programming
- NetSuite proficiency
- Tableau visualization
- SQL database management
- AutoCAD design
- Optima software proficiency
- R programming
Projects
Implemented strategic sourcing initiative, 30% supplier base expansion and 20% reduced lead time. April 2024
Negotiated new contracts terms with key supplier, 15% reduction in material cost. March 2022
Research Paper: Execution of DMAIC for SWARA International Inc.’s product - Screen Protector. July 2019 - Dec 2019
Designed & Manufacture Boat, Using project management fundamentals such as project leveling, . April 2019 - June 2019
Truckload Optimization for University Cafeteria, Using Excel demand forecasting. Jan 2019 - Mar 2019
Design & Development of Biometric Security System, Using project management frameworks. July 2018 - Dec 2018
Personal Information
Relocation: Open to relocation in the US
Timeline
Senior Production & Procurement Engineer
Precision Glass Industries
04.2021 - Current
Optimization & Production Engineer
Precision Glass Industries
02.2020 - 03.2021
Supply Chain Manager
RJ & Company
09.2016 - 06.2017
Professional MBA - Supply Chain and Logistics
Campbellsville University
Master of Engineering Management -
University of Houston Clear Lake
Bachelor of Electronics & Comms. Engineering -
RGPV University
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