A resume of operational excellence professional with 3 years of experience in manufacturing process improvements.

1. SARIKA NARKHEDE
Lean Continuous Improvement Lead
1800 Barker Cypress Road,
Houston, Texas 77084
Cell 832-997-3230
Sarika17n@gmail.com
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Continuous Process Improvement specialist with 3 years of consistent, progressive experience. Proven track record in
Quality, implementation of Lean and Six Sigma and delivering value proposition through strategical thinking resulting in
fuel growth to HVAC, Electrical and Mechanical manufacturing Industry.
 Six Sigma Green Belt
 Lean Transformation
 Total Productive Maintenance (TPM)
 Toyota Production System (TPS)
 Statistical Process Control (SPC)
 Value Steam Mapping (VSM)
 Supply Chain Management
 Supplier Evaluation & Validation
 KAIZEN
EDUCATION
Symbiosis International University – MBA in Operations Management – India – June 2013 – March 2015.
University of Pune – Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunication – India – August 2007 – June 2011.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION – May 2015 – February 2016
Business Unit: Carrier Air conditioning and Refrigeration Ltd.
Specialized in manufacturing variety Commercial Refrigeration products (freezers, commercial air-conditioners etc.),
Building solutions (Chillers) and fire safety equipment.
Operations Leadership Program Associate
 Spearheaded Lean Transformation Plan for lighthouse project deploying lean tools. Redesigned manufacturing
standard work & Cell design using time studies & line balancing resulting into 50% reduction in manpower, 92%
reduction in walk time and 50% improvement in takt time. Streamlined internal logistics from assembly line by
inventory optimization & changing material feeding methods resulting into 50% reduction of on-line inventory
levels. Integrated production and logistics by introducing KANBAN for takted delivery resulting into 30%
improvement in manufacturing efficiency. This project achieved 20% improvement in Quality, 40% reduction in
Cost & 35% improvement in delivery.
 Identified scope for Visual Management by implementing audio & visual Andons for real-time performance
visibility on shop floor with estimated improvement of 50% in quality problem analysis lead time.
 Deployed Process Certification to monitor and statistically control processes (SPC) using analytical methods such
as SIPOC, SPC, FMEA, GR&R, RRCA and Cpk on all product assembly lines. The project resulted in Cpk values
between 1.33 and 1.67.
 Lead and facilitated Value Stream Mapping events, TPM Kaizen events, Lean projects and other activities to achieve
33% increase in lead time and 15% improvement in Overall Equipment effectiveness (OEE).
CEAT TYRES LIMITED – January 2015 – February 2015
Specialized in manufacturing radial tyres for a wide variety of vehicles from two wheelers to heavy duty vehicles.
Six Sigma Intern
 Worked towards tyres scrap reduction in non-truck building product line using Design of Experiments (DOE) and
structured approach towards root cause analysis using 5-why, fishbone diagram and brainstorming increasing
process sigma from 3.45 to 4.05. Provided categorized pay-off matrix for recommendations using regression
methodology.

2. SKF INDIA LIMITED – April 2014 – May 2014
Specialized in manufacturing variety of bearings, bearing accessories, bearing housings, seals and lubrication solutions to
OEM and aftermarket customers
Summer Intern
 Developed ‘Outbound logistics Performance measurement system’ using SPSS to achieve 50% reduction in
Customer Complaints by analyzing and categorizing domestic delivery failures. Performed Market Research on
customer complaints and competitor analysis for top 8 companies benchmarking industry best practices.
SIEMENS INDIA LIMITED – November 2011 – May 2013
Specialized in manufacturing electrical drives panels, electrical rail coach converters and signal & control technologies for
railways.
Quality Executive (December 2012-May 2013) & GAT (November 2011-November 2012)
 Led ‘Quality Circle’ project aimed for quality improvement using supplier evaluation and validations at outsourced
suppliers resulting in improvement of 20% in SPPM, 40% in OTD and 15% in quality costs.
 Implemented Kaizen activities, 8D, FMEA, CAPA and root cause analysis techniques while calculating and analyzing
KPIs for whole plant which resulted in exceeding targets by 10%(plant level quality cumulative).
 Analyzing warranty data, returns and factory rejections for RRCA and streamlining the rejected material flow and
Maintaining “Quality Report Line Rejection (QRLR)” form and database using Excel VBA and Macros.
 Team member for Six Sigma project which improved sigma values from 2.9 to 4.3.
OMKAR SYSTEMS – June 2011 – November 2011
Specialized in wiring and component mountings for Siemens Switchgear products.
Quality Engineer
 Improved In-house quality up to 10% by performing product audits and initiating continuous improvement actions
by applying 7 QC tools and Quality fundamental tools.
CERTIFICATIONS
 Certified Six Sigma – Green Belt by KPMG.
 Certified Supply Chain Associate (CSCA) Certification by IIPMR (Pursuing).
 APICS certified CPIM & CSCP certifications. (Pursuing).
TECHNICAL SKILLS / LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
Management Skills Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Statistics, Finance, Strategy and Operations,
Project Management
SAP Suite SAP SD, MM, FI & PP modules
Analytics Suite SPSS 21, R (basics), Minitab, SAS
Microsoft Office Advanced Excel, Macros VBA, Visio, Access, Project, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook
Language Proficiency English, Spanish (Elementary), German (A2) , Hindi, Marathi
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 Core member of “Publicity and communications team” in HR Summit – the annual flagship event of SIOM (2014-15).
 Emerged as “Smart Investor” winner in the Crowd Funding event organized by IIT Bombay during E-summit 2014.
 Core member of “SEED Committee” (SME development) at Symbiosis Institute (2013-2014).
 Player of winning Girls’ Basketball Team (2010, 2011).