KARTHIKEYAN KALIDASAN

601 Cross Street, Apt #19, College Station, Texas 77840, USA.  kkarthik_mit@yahoo.co.in  979-587-9470

OBJECTIVE
Seeking a full time employment opportunity to dedicate strong Industrial Engineering & Statistical skills to help company cut cost and
achieve superior operations result in related field.
SUMMARY
 APICS Certified Professional in Basics of Supply Chain Management
 Experienced in Facility & Capacity Planning, Project Management, Process Improvements, Supply Sourcing, Negotiations
 Excellent conceptual knowledge in Master Scheduling, Materials Requirement Planning, Forecasting & Inventory Control
 Hands on experience in Lean Six Sigma Tools -SPC, FMEA, PDCA, A3 Problem Solving, 5S, Kaizen, Kanban
 Appreciable knowledge in DBMS using MS Access / Oracle SQL and Data Analysis using MS Excel.
 Competent in SAP ECC 6.0 transactions in Production Planning, Sales & Distribution and Material Management
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University, India
Masters In Industrial Engineering - Aug 2013 Bachelors In Production Engineering - May 2009
CGPA: 3.60 / 4.0 CGPA: 8.32 / 10.0
RELATED COURSE WORK
Supply Chain & Logistics Management Project Management Engineering Management Warehouse Management
Operations Research Statistical Data Analysis Manufacturing Planning Lean Manufacturing
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Supply Chain& Lean Co-Op, Trane Ingersoll Rand, La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA. May 2012 – Dec 2012
 Saved up to $135000 annually by having in-house sheet metal assemblies sourced to an outside supplier.
 Managed full project cycle, project schedule, budget focusing on cost reduction and played a Project Leader role.
 Utilized historical data from SAP business objects and forecasted demand for components using Time Series Models.
 Reduced 16% Raw Material Inventory by implementing Just In Time manufacturing to meet Master Production Schedule.
 Analyzed supply chain risks and mitigated risks by developing and implementing verification, validation & control plan.
 Carried out Root Cause Analysis for TAKT misses, Plan For Every Part to reduce excess Inventory and Standardized work.

Process Engineer, Nissan Process Engineering, Renault-Nissan, India. Jul 2009 – Jun 2011
 Saved upto $54,000 by best optimizing resources to manufacture Nissan NV200 on existing assembly line.
 Resolved body shop related quality problems of Nissan Sunny and achieved over all vehicle body quality from 79% to 96%.
 Increased productivity of Micra by 20%by restructuring welding stations, remodeling bottlenecks and eliminating wastes.
 Optimized process designs for global parts by taking the required demand and capacity constraints into consideration.
 Selected supplier's to meet Quality, Cost & Delivery objectives and evaluated supplier capabilities through PPAP.
 Experienced in Process flow chart making, Time & Motion study, Value Stream Maps and Standard Operating Procedures.
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
 Warehouse: Increased storage by 45% on existing warehouse containing over 8000 SKU’s by redesigning layout & work flow.
 Line Balancing: Developed heuristic using Excel VBA to minimize maximum station imbalance in mixed model assembly lines.
 Heuristics: Compared solution performances of two Assignment Heuristics and analyzed data using MS Excel &MS Access.
 Value Chain: Analyzed value chain of coffee beans for Starbucks to satisfy the end customer with lowest possible cost.

COMPUTER SKILLS
Applications : MS Office (Word, Excel - Pivot tables/Vlook Ups/Macros/VBA/Data Analysis, PowerPoint, Project),
SAS, SAP/ERP, Arena,Minitab,MATLAB, AMPL, CPLEX, LINGO,JMP, @risk, AutoCad, CATIA, SOLID WORKS
Database Management : Oracle SQL, MS Access
LEADERSHIP & HONORS

 Awarded with prestigious Texas A & M Graduate Assistant Funding by Industrial Distribution department.
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Awarded 2 place at the Ninth National Conference on Quality Management for technical paper presentation contest.
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Secured 2 Place at Business Problem Solving contest at a national level symposium conducted by IIT, Madras, India.
 Youth Red Cross secretary -Conducted community services such as fund raising programs and blood donation drives.