SRUJAN GOUNI
Naperville,IL
Summary
Engineering leader with expertise in leading people, managing processes, and facilitating projects involving Facility Engineering, Process Engineering, and Innovation engineering. Experience in successfully implementing Lean manufacturing in warehouses and distribution centers. Clear communicator, decision maker, and problem solver.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager - Engineering and Quality
PlanetArt
09.2021 - Current
- Facilitated state-of-art manufacturing and fulfillment processes involving ~10M capital purchases in 3 years
- Coordinated engineering team for projects by designing and deploying best in class solutions to achieve efficiencies in inbound and outbound fulfillment processes.
- Lead Industrial Engineering team in developing and deploying Capex, Opex, and process improvement projects to achieve "perfect order"
- Developed multiple innovative work cells involving Robots, Cobots, and AMRs
- Experience in installing VNA racking, conveyors, autonomous mobile robots, and automatic storage and retrieval systems leading to increased capacities and efficiencies
- Developed multiple innovative solutions using DFSS methodology and achieved 99% effectiveness
- Assist in providing packaging expertise to gain shipping efficiencies by reducing shipping upgrades
- Led multiple continuous improvement projects that led to an increase in yield to 98%
- Led multiple Kaizen events that helped in reducing returns and replacements by 60%
- Manage 3 direct reports and 100+ seasonal workers across order picking, consolidation, and shipping in third-shift operations during peak season.
Senior Operations Engineer
FTD/PlanetArt
03.2019 - 08.2021
- Scheduled, directed, and supervised external contractors for facility projects.
- Wrote safety procedures for industrial facilities, enforcing or exceeding industry standards.
- Developed and deployed industrial automation systems, increasing efficiency and reducing costs.
- Re-slotted the entire warehouse after simulating multiple scenarios, directly improving efficiency by over 50%
- Worked closely with Product Managers in launching shipping to 60+ countries by optimizing existing process flow and introducing new work cells in fulfillment
- Relaunched Continuous improvement program by actively involving Floor associates.
- Monitored and optimized production processes to increase throughput and improve quality.
- Developed and implemented process improvements to reduce costs and increase efficiency in industrial production.
- Conducted research to address shipping errors and packaging mistakes.
- Led improvement initiatives to advance operational efficiencies and increase revenue.
Manufacturing Process Engineer
Rust-Oleum Corporation
06.2015 - 03.2019
- Led multiple process improvement projects to Improve OEE from 22% to 47% in the span of 3.5 years which boosted savings by over $0.5 million.
- Performed concurrent design, manufacturing, and engineering, reducing the time required to bring products to market.
- Initiated and implemented a Six Sigma Green belt project to eliminate variations in filling weights.
- Redesigned the entire plant layout and introduced U-cells to improve material and process flow.
- Implemented designs for Six Sigma to reduce variations during the process of scale-ups from Research and development to production for Rust-Oleum's flagship products.
Education
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL05.2015
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
GITAM
India05.2013
Skills
- Expertise:
- DMAIC, Leadership development, Statistical process control, Kaizen
- Process Mapping, 5S, Root cause analysis, Six Sigma, Lean manufacturing
- Lean management system
- Technical skills: AutoCAD, Simulation, Microsoft suite, Python, Tableau
Timeline
Manager - Engineering and Quality
PlanetArt
09.2021 - Current
Senior Operations Engineer
FTD/PlanetArt
03.2019 - 08.2021
Manufacturing Process Engineer
Rust-Oleum Corporation
06.2015 - 03.2019
Master of Science - Industrial Engineering
Northern Illinois University
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
GITAM
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