1. SAURAV SHARMA
+1 7135183014 | sauravkuk@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a full time opportunity in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering & Design, Continuous Process Improvement, Data Analytics,
Manufacturing & Production, Logistics, Automation, Healthcare, Instrumentation & Control and Process Optimization
EDUCATION
Masters of Science - Industrial Engineering Dec 2016
University of Houston – Houston, TX CGPA: 3.7
Bachelor of Technology - Instrumentation Engineering Oct 2014
Kurukshetra University - Kurukshetra, India CGPA 3.8
ACADEMIC PROJECTS
ERPsim and SAP Manufacturing simulation Jan - May 2016
• Ran live simulation to manage the manufacturing and distribution process as a Muesli manufacturer using ERP SAP system
• Managed multi-functional teams, prepared the materials requirements plan (MRP)and executed strategy in real-time business
environment to achieve a market share >15%
• Identified slow moving stock and adjusted marketing plans for certain SKUs that resulted in attaining capacity utilization >75%
• Gathered sales data using SAP HANA, R, conducted predictive analysis on large datasets which increased gain margins >50%
Asset Allocation Optimization to Hospital Funds employing Real time model - University of Kansas Hospital Sep - Dec 2015
• Analyzed operating revenues of $1.5 million for one fiscal year and recommended the changes to allocate funds to the hospital’s
4 data-dependent specialties to balance risk and create diversification
• The recommended changes improved the efficiency by 20 % and also proposed the need of ‘Mobile Healthcare’ with a ROI of 1:36
Project Management: Work Breakdown Structure for Design and Manufacturing of All-Terrain Vehicle Jan - May 2016
• Created a WBS using WBS Schedule Pro for the design and manufacturing of an All-Terrain vehicle from scrap material
Automated Toll Plaza Using Smart Card Jan - May 2014
• Designed and developed an Automatic toll plaza, which was based on microcontroller, RFID technology and load cell to have a
cash free operation with a potential to save 720 hours/day
EXPERIENCE
Intern, Inventory Management of historic properties designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites May - Sep 2016
• Updated inventory data of 500 historic homes and 7 churches designated by the US Dept. of the Interior in 1985
• Segregated the national data historic data into the counts of 19th
and 20th
centuries using MS Excel to be quickly evaluated by the
review committee in Washington DC and NY
Intern, VOLVO (Volvo Construction Equipment) Jun - Jul 2012
• Minimized excess inventory by replacing Push systems with Kanban system that resulted in a cost saving of $200000 annually
• Time and motion study of workstation and proposals for process improvement based on Lean Principles like 5-S, Kaizen and Six-
Sigma Methodology (DMAIC)
• Successfully improved the Customer satisfaction index from 7 to 9
• Analyzed the telematics system using combination of the technologies - GSM1/GPRS2
Intern, National Thermal Power Corporation Jun - Aug 2013
• Evaluated Control and Monitoring mechanisms using industrial automation and smart plant instrumentation employing sensors,
transducers and PLC systems
• Optimized shipping frequencies from suppliers that led to a cost saving up to $10000/ month
• Documented and administered ISO 9001 files for Quality Management Systems
Graduate Assistant, UH African American Studies Jan 2016 - Present
• Inventory control: supervision, storage and accessibility to ensure an adequate supply, executing orders of more than 2500 SKUs
• Assisted professor in designing PowerPoint presentations, book covers, grading and proctoring the exams of 120 students
SKILLS
• Software and Tools: ERP Systems, SAP GUI, SAP Predictive Analysis, SQL, R Statistics, Advanced MS Excel (Palisade Tools), MS
Project, TQM, SAS, Lean Six Sigma, PowerPoint, Tableau, Auto CAD, FMEA, CATIA, PLC, SCADA, P&ID, DFMEA, Multisim, Kaizen
• Languages: C, C++, JAVA
PUBLICATIONS
• “Influence of heat sources and relaxation time on temperature distribution in tissues” published in ‘International Journal of
Applied Mechanics and Engineering’, 2014
• “Plane waves and Fundamental Solution in an Electro-Micro Stretch Elastic Solids” published in International Journal ‘Afrika
Matematika’ (AFMA) (Springer), 2013
• “Wave motion and representation of fundamental solution in electro-micro stretch” published in ‘Materials Physics and
Mechanics’(MPM), 2013