Manasi Sawant

About Manasi Sawant

Hello! Greetings and a warm welcome to everyone viewing my profile for the first time! Let\'s dive in—as an MSIE student with 4 years of experience, I am passionate about continuous improvement, process optimization, and industrial quality control. I absolutely love playing with data and coming up with various innovative ideas, improving the quality of the process, and also applying lean methodologies to optimize manufacturing processes and drive efficiency.I have completed various LEAN and continuous improvement projects at Michael Foods, which were about applying RCA and DMAIC and very in-depth analysis for fixture problems in the production process. I have also worked for the quality department during my entire tenure and created new quality checks and triggers for the on-floor operators and studied standard deviation techniques like stratified sampling. Alongside, worked on multiple things that emphasize 5S, lean, coordinating equations, DMAIC, PDCA, TIMWOODS, FMEA, process improvement tools, and RCA, and most important beyond technical skills is learning to take small steps every day rather than a big leap!My skill set includes:• Continuous Improvement & Lean Tools: DMAIC, PDCA, Kaizen, 5S, VSM• Quality & Process Control: FMEA, SPC, Control Charts, RCA, 8D• Data-Driven Decision Making: KPIs, OEE, Gemba Walk, SOPs, Time Studies• Technical Proficiency: Excel (Advanced), VBA, Tableau, Power BI, Minitab, Microsoft Visio• Project & Process Optimization: ECO, ECR, Preventive Maintenance, Process MappingFollower of the quote: “Don’t let perfect get in the way of better.”

Experience

1. Process Improvement Specialist

   Thorne

   Oct 2025 — Present · SC, US

Education

• B. K. Birla College (Empowered Autonomous Status), Kalyan

  H.S.C, Science

  2014 — 2016

• Terna Engineering College

  Bachelor's degree, Eletronics Engineering

  2016 — 2020

• University of Houston

  Master's degree, Industrial Engineering