Prasad

8/13/2014
Hopkinsville, KY

Position Desired

Manufacturing Engineering
Anywhere in the U.S.
Yes

Resume

Profile
• 2 years of experience as project manager for TRANE blower outsourcing project with ComefriUSA Inc
• 6 years of experience as Manufacturing engineer in HVAC fans and blowers industry
• Proficient in the implementation of LEAN and 6-Sigma tools (Kanban, Kaisan, 5S, Green Belt) (green belt)
• Head of Cost control department with responsibilities to manage and maintain the product cost and industrial cost
• Experienced in using DFMA (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) software for new product costing and alternative assembling process and materials for existing products
• Optimized the material flow, which resulted in reducing total inventory cost by 40% using JIT (Just in Time) techniques
• Lead the planning & scheduling departments about 4 years efficiently, and solved several bottleneck problems in the production flow and improved OTD (On Time Delivery) from 61% to 99%.
• Experienced in using SPC (Statistical Process Control) and TQC (Total Quality Control) tools such as PDCA (Plan Do Check Act) and DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Implement and Control)
• Developed Quality check sheets using PFMEA analysis
• Developed work instructions for the new equipments and assembling processes
• Extensive experience in using ERP software for material and production requirements
• 2 years experience in modeling single phase and multiphase flows in Fluent (CFD flow software)
• Strong education background with Masters in Mechanical Engineering.
• Excellent communication skills and exceptional computational/analytical skills.

Employment Experience
Comefri USA, Hopkinsville, KY August 2005- Present

Currently working as a Manufacturing engineer at Comefri USA. ComefriUSA is a medium scale Industrial and HVAC blower manufacturing company, as a manufacturing engineer I am responsible for managing the entire manufacturing activities at Hopkinsville plant location also responsible for cost control and production planning and scheduling.

Project manager for TRANE FC production out sourcing (January 2006 – July 2007)
• Managed the “TRANE outsourcing project FC blower production to ComefriUSA Inc
• Reported directly to General Manager during the project
• The project involves the moving of equipment and tooling from Customer (TRANE) location to ComefriUSA, Hopkinsville facility
• Carefully analyzed the technical documents, drawings and created the SOP (Standard Operating Procedures), BOM (Bill Of Materials)
• Created the product line with effective layout to minimize the material movement. Trained the supervisors and team leaders during the startup of the production
• Helped technical and engineering departments to understand the product and its engineering aspects, and also providing the necessary information to purchasing to plan the material needs
• Worked closely with the quality department to implement TQC for the new product line, supervised Gauge R&R for the templates and other control charts
• Developed cross functional teams to perform PFMEA analysis



Head of the Cost Control Department, (September 2007 – Present)
• Report directly to COO (Chief Operating Officer)
• Responsible for preparing yearly labor budget for the manufacturing operations and review targets monthly
• Responsible for preparing the yearly budget for industrial expenses and production over heads. Oversee the expenses and report to COO on monthly basis
• Review the investment proposals with production manager for expansion and improvement of machinery and tools
• Introduced JIT (Just in time) tools to the production processes, like Kanban, lean production, and Kaizen. With the help of these tools the inventory levels were brought from $5 M in 2009 to less than $3M by year 2012
• Developing product cost for new models
• Develop the standard product cost for entire product line every year and also maintain the cost throughout the year
• Manage and maintain the COGS (Cost Of Goods Sold) every quarter and compare it with actual expenses from accounting and reconcile the cost difference along with accounts manager
• Responsible for supervising the year end physical inventory
• Supervising cost control engineer in maintaining the standard and actual cost throughout the year and also supervise cost saving projects


Head for planning and scheduling department, (June 2009 – Present)

• Responsible for supervising the weekly master scheduling for the entire production plant
• Responsible for maintaining the on time delivery for customers, brought the late deliveries from 39% in 2008 to less than 1% by 2011
• Responsible for managing the warehouse stock variable, introduced supermarkets to cut down the huge raw material inventory levels
• Improved Work In Progress (WIP) stock and reduced raw material stock considerably
• Supervising the team of planning and logistics engineers

Other work experience
• Highly experienced in using Galileo, ERP software. Use the software to input and retrieve the production statistics and also used Galileo in planning and scheduling. Worked with the ERP Software developers to find new solutions
• Worked with production manager in monitoring the production process and help improving the productivity in the plant
• Worked with the tea...

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