Dwai Dwaipayan Choudhury

About Dwai Dwaipayan Choudhury

A seasoned and innovative Leader of Operations with over a decade of transformative leadership experience, seeking to leverage my proven expertise and recent Fuqua MBA education to fuel success within a dynamic environment.Results-driven collaborator with a decade of hands-on leadership experience. Adept at steering operational turnarounds, crisis management, and process enhancement. Track record of successfully driving plant transformations, boosting profitability, and cultivating cross-functional synergies. An ethical and visionary leader dedicated to propelling success towards company mission.Accomplishments:Hand selected to be responsible for the fastest-growing manufacturing plant within HNI, achieving a remarkable 5-year CAGR of 20.1% ending $105M (2023), even amidst challenging COVID years.Revitalized a struggling satellite facility, stabilizing a 120-member team and driving a revenue surge to over $30M, establishing as the company\'s fastest-growing sector.Stabilized plant operations as Controller, creating the budget for 2023 and spearheading initiatives to identify and solve root causes behind $1.3M in material variances.Led engineers to pilot IoT capabilities (Thingworx) enhancing worker efficiency and enabling data-driven supervision.Spearheaded the identification and mitigation of network constraints, elevating visibility of root causes of node level constraints from 10% to 85% in 2016. Resulting in enhanced communication of lead times by Sales and a more accurate alignment of client expectations.

Experience

1. Owner

   Agrahi

   Sep 2023 — Present · Hickory, NC, US

   I collaborate with leaders and teams, applying lean methodologies to elevate and optimize their operations, ensuring processes are streamlined and scalable. My goal is to spark growth and collaboration by harnessing each team member\'s unique strengths and vision, driving innovation and collective success with a lean approach.My strategy has led to rapid, sustainable transformations, marked by increased efficiency, profitability, and team empowerment, all achieved through the principles of lean: minimizing waste, maximizing value, and making every step count.

Education

• Bradley University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Engineering

  2004 — 2008

• Duke University - The Fuqua School of Business

  Executive MBA