Kadhir Rajasekaran

About Kadhir Rajasekaran

Ever since I started my college education, I was quite passionate about always making it big, in the field of manufacturing and supply chain. I still remember the initial phase of my career where I volunteered myself to carry out jobs ranging from troubleshooting an UNIPULSE PACKER CONTROLLER F800 to analyzing and reporting daily/weekly/monthly cement import/export big data. This passion led me to pursue my Master\'s in Industrial Engineering at one of the best universities in the US, the University of Texas at Arlington. Industrial Engineer | Operations A••••••••@gmail.com | s••••••••@gmail.comAs a proactive engineer and planner, I have 3+ years of cross-functional work experience in the field of manufacturing and distribution, with proven track records in capacity planning, production planning, aggregate planning, demand planning/forecasting, inventory planning & control, resource scheduling, CAPA, PI & CI initiatives, Lean management, statistical analysis & modeling. I am always in the look out for opportunities to utilize my skills and make great contributions to the development of the organization. Core compentencies:• Tools: MS Excel (Pivot tables, V-lookups, solver, functions); Pyhton (Pandas, NumPy, etc.); MATLAB, Tableau (Analysis & Visualization); Minitab (graphs & functions); MS Powerpoint, Prezi, Keynote and slides (presentation); SAP ERP 6 for EWM, TMS, WMS (planning & management)• Planning : Capacity Planning (RCCP, pick workbenches), production planning, aggregate planning (MRP, MPS, DDAP using SAP ERP), resource scheduling, demand planning/forecasting (EOQ, MOQ, Re-ordering points, MTS, MTO), inventory planning & control (JIT, Kanban, ABC analysis, SKU-level planning), etc.• Time studies: PMTS - MTM, MOST, UAS; MTTR, MTBF; Uptime & downtime calculations• Process and Continuous improvement: 5S, 5W1H, DMAIC, SIPOC, PDCA, Kaizen, OPL, Kanban, OPL, SPC, Root cause analysis, FMEA, Value Stream Mapping (VSM), gemba-walk, Poka Yoke, DOE, etc.• Data Analysis: statistical analysis & visualization (ANOVA, Pareto Analysis, Scatter Plots, Fish Bone diagrams, Box plots, histograms, etc.), Linear regression, Decision tree regression, Support Vector regression, etc.• Process documentation: Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Departmental Operating Procedures (DOPs), Visual Manufacturing Procedures (VMPs), Bills of Materials (BoMs), Purchase Orders (POs), Work Orders, Work Permits, Work instructions, etc.• Certifications: Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (LSSGB) certfied, Certified Supply Chain Analyst (CSCA)

Experience

1. Senior Materials Planner

   Tesla

   Sep 2023 — Present · Pune, IN

Education

• The University of Texas at Arlington

  Master of Science - MS, Industrial Engineering

  2018 — 2020

• Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy

  Bachelor of Technology - B.Tech, Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

  2012 — 2016