Anuj Nirwal
Chief Operations Officer @Liquid Lumens
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Operations Officer @Liquid Lumens
Salt Lake City, UT, US
Negotiated and convinced two major overseas vendors to accept 50% Net-30 payment terms, resulting in a monthly boost of nearly in working capital for the company. • Enhanced the organization\'s supply chain flexibility by engaging with 2-3 vendors for different parts categories instead of being dependent on a single supplier. • Led a team consisting of 21 staff members, such as engineers, production managers, purchasing managers, inventory specialists, shipping specialists, and assembly technicians. • Collaborated with all departments within the organization, including sales, engineering, inventory, quality assurance, shipping, procurement, marketing, and production. • Oversaw the Global Shop Solutions, Enterprise Resource Planning, and Materials Resource Planning software\'s initial and continuing implementation. • Implemented lean manufacturing methodologies, such as 5S, value stream mapping, and PDCA, to enhance productivity and efficiency across the organization by 6%. • Partnered with a medium-sized freight forwarder to decrease inbound-shipping expenses by 22% annually. • Performed cost-benefit analysis for machined metal parts, and convinced executive stakeholders for tapered integration by acquiring CNC lathe and Milling machines. • Provided guidance to inventory specialist to analyze and optimize on-hand inventory, which resulted in improving the inventory turnover ratio from 3.3 to 5.4. • Collaborated with CEO to develop and implement standard operating procedures designed to achieve strategic objectives and support the development of short-term and long-term organizational strategy. • Generated and implemented procurement, sourcing and purchasing processes, and trained purchasing manager on each task. • Identified and established relationships with alternative vendors located in Asian and South American countries to create multiple suppliers for scarce resources, which resulted in reduction of landed cost by 11%.
EDUCATION
Maharshi Dayanand University
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), mechanical engineering, A
Case Western Reserve University
Full Time MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations, 3.85
ABOUT ANUJ NIRWAL
I am a very high energy, focused and agile individual with strong analytical and critical thinking skills. Having worked in the largest energy equipment manufacturing company (BHEL) in India and managed 5 different projects of worth ranging from $10 million to $100 million, I understand the dynamics of business and projects, and financial implications of a business decision very well. I worked in this company in different roles from Engineer to team leader to Senior Engineer. Apart from having strong background in mechanical engineering, I have very diverse experience in leading diverse teams, managing vendors and customers. I have recently completed my MBA with Beta Gamma Sigma award, which helped me to enhance my business acumen further and also gave me a global perspective of seeing different business scenarios. I also acquired two very reputed and challenging certifications in field of Operations and supply chain Management: CSCP, CPIM-1 (APICS). I have earned my PMP certificate as well. I worked as a Project Manager in mid-size firm where I managed 14 different projects simultaneously from initiation to closing. Right now, I am working as a Chief Operating Officer at a consumer goods manufacturing firm. Key Skills: Project Management, ERP Implementation, Supply chain Management, Inventory Management, Operations Management, Strategic Negotiation, Process/Continuous Improvement - Six Sigma/Lean, Vendor Management, Market Research and Analysis, Leadership, Team Management, Consulting, Business Analytics: Regression modeling, SPSS and SQL.
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