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PREETI EASHWARAN JANARDHANAN
T – 2 , Sahana Appts, Steel plant Bye Pass road, Gopalapuram, Salem – 636302, India
E- mail: preetijanardhanan@gmail.com
preeti@alum.lehigh.edu
Skype id: preetiej86
OBJECTIVE:
 Delve into the depths of SCM and Logistics operations of an organization and give recommendations that
influence Company’s decision-making. Being a logistician, I want to build relationships, make strategic partners
in business and streamline processes.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Master of Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem - PA, USA Aug 2010 - May 2012
 Secured a high GPA of 3.76/ 4 during my graduate course work. The study was specialized in logistics and Global
Supply chain management.
 Participated in graduate level student projects in Process Improvement techniques at Rutgers University, NJ and
accomplished significant results using DMAIC techniques.
 Obtained a certificate of learning in Lean Six Sigma from Lehigh University. Attended the Six Sigma lecture at
Crayola LLC, sponsored by Crayola plant at Easton, PA, USA to understand the Six Sigma practices in the
company.
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Anna University, India. Aug 2004 - April 2008
 Secured a good GPA of 3.63/ 4 during my undergraduate course work.
 Designed a machine for “Automatic Jaggery Making” that can help the cottage industry in Erode district, India to
make jaggery in hygienic and ergonomic way. This project was recognized for the Best Project innovation award
in Mechatronics Engineering.
INTERNSHIP/WORK EXPERIENCE:
 ETS Glocal Guinee, Conakry,Guinea, West Africa Present Occupation
About the company: Glocal Guinee is a family owned company in Conakry which does Import and export
operations from Guinea.
Position held: Business Development Executive
Responsibilities:
In charge of end to end Supply chain of export operations including sourcing, inventory and shipping of
agricultural commodities like Raw Cashew Nuts (RCN’s) and seasame. Also, co-ordinate sales activities of
Glocal Guinee and M/s. Selwin Impex; our sister company, which work jointly with our African
establishment.

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 Continental Automotive Systems (a Continental AG group) , Allentown- PA, USA June2011 - May 2012
About the company: CAS is a world class German automotive company. Allentown facility is a distribution
center serving distributors, retailers and OEM customers in the Interior division of Continental AG.
Position held: Logistics Intern.
Responsibilities:
1. To identify issues in the shipping department and standardize the process.
2. Efficient movement of goods within various departments and the warehouse
3. Work on the SAP improvement projects.
Accomplishments:
1. Identified the root cause of the shipping problems in LTL and UPS line and created process improvement
plans.
2. Identified and fixed product allocation issues, labeling issues and order processing methods.
3. Standardization of shipping documents (BL’s and Packing list).
4. Maintaining metrics (KPI) for process improvement.
 Sharp Corporation, Allentown, PA , USA Oct ‘10 – Feb‘11
About the Company: Sharp Corporation is part of United Drug Packaging group, PLC. Allentown facility is a
landfill free enterprise with 80,000 sq. ft. of cGMP product packaging space.
Position held: Industrial Engineering Consultant for Lidoderm process improvement.
Responsibilities:
1. To increase the throughput of the machine by 5%
2. Reduce the change over time between batches from 2 hours to 1.5 hours
3. Reduce the crew size by 1 worker.
Accomplishments:
1. Increased machine throughput by 12%.
2. Reduced the change-over time between batches by 27% relative to the current average (1.48 hours).
3. Reduced labor cost of 1 worker using automatic case opener
 Cognizant Technology Solutions, Coimbatore, India. Oct ’09 July‘10
About the Company: Cognizant Technology Solutions (Cognizant) (NASDAQ: CTSH) is an American
multinational provider of business, technology and consulting services headquarters in Teaneck, New
Jersey, United States.
Position held: Programmer Analyst Trainee, QA team
Responsibilities:
1. Quality Assurance (QA) team player for Lexis Nexis File & Serve application at Cognizant.
2. Apply traditional water fall model in writing Test cases and executing them using HP quality Center
software.
Accomplishments:
1. Cognizant certified Professional Software Tester (Manual Testing)
2. Completed 2 successful module releases with excellent customer feedback.

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LEADERSHIP POSITIONS:
Graduate level and Internship:
 Chosen representative of the Logistics team and conducted several inter departmental group meetings during my
internship at Continental Jun ’11 – May ’12
 Council member in Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering Aug ’10 – May‘11
 Member of Graduate Student Senate (GSS) in Lehigh University Aug ’10 – May‘11
Undergraduate level:
 Job placement coordinator in Department of Mechatronics Engineering. Year ’07 – ‘08
 Organized two Tech Fest “Nexus” in Mechatronics Engineering Year ’07 – ‘08
 Presented many technical papers and bagged first position, 3 times out of 5 papers.
SKILLS:
 Supply chain and logistics
 Material handling
 Continues Improvements
 Warehousing and distribution
 Maintain KPI’s for performance measures
 Lean Six sigma
LinkedIn PROFILE:
www.linkedin.com/pub/preeti-janardhanan/21/b52/433/