Sushant Lele has over 6 years of experience in supply chain management and cost analysis. He has an MS in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State University and is currently working as a supply chain manager at Dell Technologies, where he performs cost modeling and negotiations. Previously he worked at Mahindra and Mahindra in various roles related to production, process improvement, and project management. He also has experience designing supply chain networks and managing virtual supply chain simulations.

1. Sushant Nitin Lele
sushant.lele@okstate.edu +1 512-806-4009
(Visa Status – H1b)
Profile of Qualification:
 Experience in cost analysis of Electrical, Mechanical components and PCB assemblies, performing gap analysis and
driving fact based cost negotiations to close cost-gaps
 Proficient in identifying and implementing process improvements as well as managing overall operations in a global
automobile manufacturing assembly line
 Aptitude in using optimization and simulation tools while exercising concepts of Supply Chain Operations, Inventory
Management and Operational Planning to provide solutions to supply chain problems
 Basics of Supply Chain Management and MasterPlanning of Resources certified by APICS
Education:
MS in Industrial Engineering (Supply Chain Management) Oklahoma State University GPA – 3.7 May 2015
Bachelor of Engineering (Production Engineering) University of Pune, India GPA – 3.5 May 2011
Experience:
Dell Technologies November 2015 - Present
 Responsible for acquiring an insight of the cost structure of a broad supply base for Dell’s specified Server products
 Cost modeling for all Electrical, Mechanical components and PCB assemblies across Dell's enterprise solutions portfolio
 Engage with global commodity managers during RFQ and RTS stage in order to perform gap analysis and drive fact based
cost negotiations to close cost-gaps
 Update the EE components database. Also, analyze what-if aspects of Electrical components provide in the EE BOM to
find better alternatives
Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, Assistant Manager December 2012 – June 2013
 Responsible for procurement of components required for end to end process improvement projects on shop floors e.g.
electrical commodity parts, hydraulic or pneumatic components by considering industry standard quality and financial
parameters such as ISO 9001:2000
 Worked with production, quality, logistics and finance departments to ensure department requirements are met
 Led production team to meet operational plans on Trim line – final buyoff stage,producing 500 automobiles a day
 Responsible for all FMEA and other in-house root cause analysis investigations in regards to equipment failures, quality
checks and safety to implement remedial actions and eliminate critical defects on manufacturing assembly line. Single
contact and responsibility for ECM, QA, Engineering changes and their impact on part costing
Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, Engineer - Process Improvement and Project Management July 2011 – July 2012
 Gained insight of automotive manufacturing operations by working closely with numerous cross functional teams
 Member of a core team addressing issues in logistics and redesigning space utilization in trailers for car bodies resulting in
substantialcost reduction
 Designed an in-house work measurement systembased upon which led changes in the material and human movement to
yield gains in operational and logistic efficiency in Bolero assembly shop
Summit Engineers & Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Engineering Intern May 2010 – May 2011
 Performed cost estimation of tube end sizing machine considering machining cost, hydraulic unit cost, tooling cost and
overheads.Designed and fabricated a special purpose tube end sizing machine
Academic Projects:
 Designed a supply chain network to address complex inefficiencies by using supply chain strategy,design,modelling and
costing approaches while achieving a 12% i.e. $64 million reduction in transportation cost by using ‘Llamasoft Supply
Chain Guru’ to determine optimal location of distribution centers across US
 Managed a 3 Tier Supply Chain, built financial model for making a strategic decision to expand supply chain network in a
virtual supply chain network simulator to execute operational planning by optimizing inventory level, batch size and
infrastructure so as to achieve a profit of approximately $22 million over a period of 2 years
 Developed a relational database application using MS Access and SQL to consolidate orders placed by the customers and
provide a daily production schedule
Certifications:
 Six Sigma Green Belt certified from Institute of Industrial Engineers.
 APICS CPIM – BSCM and MPR certified