Kirthiga

KIRTHIGA SUBRAMANIAN -, Linkedin: Kirthiga Subramanian) 218, Trinity Enclave, Old Madras Road, CV Raman Nagar Post Bangalore – 560093 -, -, - Objective: To lead and drive strategic initiatives/operational excellence in a cherishing organization in the field of supply chain, project management or consulting that is focused in creating breakthrough in technology and process. Key Skills and Experience summary: 13 Years experienced award-winning management consultant with experience in Supply- chain, Corporate warehouse, strategic sourcing, global purchasing, process/lean six sigma and project management profiles at 3M, Caterpillar and Cummins (Fortune 500 companies) and Indian Startup. Hold a postgraduate in Supply chain and operations from India’s Premier institute, Great Lakes in association with Illinois Institute of technology, USA. As a certified Lean & Six Sigma BB from Caterpillar University (Fortune 100 company) have mentored projects that add to the P&L and coached Lean/process Green belts and Black Belts at the above MNC. Hold the distinction of driving Supply Chain programs across various sectors such as Retail, Agri products, Microfinance, Manufacturing and engineering industry. Core Expertise areas: Lean and process improvement, project management, Supply Chain and procurement analysis, strategic sourcing, cost reduction & Warehouse optimization. Expertise in spearheading strategy, planning, design, execution, risk assessment and hand over with clearly defined SOP to meet/surpass organizational goals. Extensive knowledge & experience on Lean, Six Sigma, 5S and Kaizen. Lead global purchasing project as Program Manager at leading Indian engine supplier. Global Exposure on handling Projects across USA, UK, Indonesia, Thailand, South Africa, Mauritius and Japan. Expertise in Tools – VSM, TOC Tools, Six Sigma Tools, Lean Tools and 5S Expertise in Software – Minitab, MS Project, Microsoft Visio, Bizagi, Inkscape Hands on knowledge – SAP and Oracle I'm passionate towards driving Process Excellence in an Organization and my strength lies in solving complex business problems using statistical and tactical analysis which breaks-even in short span facilitating strategic decision making. Through multiple projects, I have demonstrated, -Maximum value from existing resources through usage of tool but not limited to Lean and process Six Sigma, TOC, Optimizing space at warehouses to increase the cubic space utilization, Optimize Supply chain to run on least inventory, minimal Through put time and maximum output, Maximize productivity and cost through eliminating waste in the process flows by using VSM and running strategic cost saving projects. Have been a change agent with cross functional teams including leadership team internally and at supplier end. Adept in managing & deploying resources with due focus on optimization. A pragmatic out of box thinker with excellent communication, leadership skills, honed problem solving and analytical abilities. Independent supply chain consultant Jul 2018 – To date 3M India Limited – Six Sigma Manager, Corporate Distribution Feb 2013 – Feb 2014 Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. - Black Belt Global Purchasing May 2008–May 2012 Cummins India Limited (CIL) Senior Manger, International Purchasing Office- Jul 2006 – Apr 2008 Manger – Product Engineering Oct 2003 - Jun 2006 Graduate Trainee & Company Trainee Oct 2001 – Sep 2003 Credits     Sunman award(3M) winner for short time project execution across the region using 6 sigma. Chairman award (Cummins) winner for Customer Support Excellence Awarded with Cummins Affinity group award for the best women in Global Involvement. ACE – Cost reduction (Cummins) award winner. Education: BE (Industrial Engineering & Management) with Distinction from Bangalore University-Sep 2001 with course contents covering Operations, Marketing, Supplychain, accounting. PGPMEX-Supply Chain and operations – Great lakes institute of management, Chennai in collaboration with Illinois Institute of Technology, USA - Other Qualification(s), Certification(s)   6 Sigma Black Belt – DMAIC, Lean (Cummins and Caterpillar Inc.), International negotiations (IIMB), TCO Cost Congress (CII), Total Cost of Ownership, Certified Logistics and supply chain professional (Govt of India initiative- Vskills). Work Experience Independent Supply chain Consultant – Jul 2018 – To date Carried out various projects across Govt centralized warehouse, Merchandized warehouse, Chemical Mfg, Agri Products and Micro finance companies on the following  Assessment of current inventory, categorization and insights, transportation cost analysis, warehouse redesigning, time study and gap analysis, model layout designing and proposals for cost reduction for warehouse.  Lean analysis of financial process and value steam mapping to identify potential risk, gap analysis, redefine KPI and benchmark market opportunities. 3M India Limited –Six Sigma Manager, Corporate Distribution Feb 2013 – Feb 2014    Execute Pan India Corporate distribution Strategy to optimize Distribution cost, efficiency & productivity by identifying cost saving and operational excellence projects & key operating issues through appropriate Six Sigma methodology. Coach and mentor team leads. Responsible for driving SOP&P and achieving targets for distribution team KPI’s People management-budgeting and selection of team at extended warehouse, responsible for joint review of internal project team members performance and mapping growth. Caterpillar India Pvt. Ltd. - Black Belt Global Purchasing May 2008 – May 2012  Identify and qualify suppliers in ASEAN region for upcoming new plants - Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam. Develop new business proposal for Japan suppliers to extend their footprint in ASEAN region by spend analysis of internal and supplier’s categorization and develop insights for cost reduction using six sigma methodology for strategic sourcing.  Lead projects with subject focus and solutions on process, cost reduction, safety and effectively coordinate with the Project team, sponsor and stake holders and leadership. Identifying opportunities, defining and financially justifying projects, launching project teams, using project management to manage team activities, removing and elevating project barriers. Identify cost reduction opportunity and ensure ROI by revisiting the sourcing strategy for India. Identify and implement training needs for team members.  People management-Budgeting and selection of team at new plant, responsible for joint review of internal team member’s period performance and mapping succession plan. Cummins India Limited (CIL) Senior Manager, International Purchasing Office   Understanding the needs of the project deliverable, benchmarking the practices of various Cummins plants and joint ventures for improvements, driving the best practice at leading engine supplier of India. Lead the program at leading low horsepower engine supplier with responsibility to identify the gaps if any in IT system, engineering and purchasing & quality functions at Cummins and Manufacturing process at suppliers end, defining the road map and streamline the same and provide timely input to the cross functional overseas team. Selection of Tier II suppliers and optimizing test plans Function as Cummins consultant and ensure implementation of Cummins process and establishment of Supplier, to meet the Value package by implementing, Poka yoke, SMED, horizontal deployment at supplier end. Manger – Product Engineering    Jul 2006 – April 2008 Oct 2003- Jun 2006 As team lead, benchmark 19L domestic engine model to the global market by working closely with the global engineering team. Define scope of supply, challenge the global engineering team, adapt available product to customer specification and provide domestic components for global usage as per the company standards. Handle High Horse power segments for approval of critical components and supply base for international and domestic requirements with knowledge on power commodities. Cost reduction engineering team lead for power cylinder components Graduate Trainee & Company Trainee Oct 2001 – Sep 2003 Top Projects  Incubating printing at custom bonded warehouse – Facility & operational startup, team selection, Execution and handover to functional team. MRP Labeling/Printing (Retail & Wholesale) for all imported packaged product sold through channel partners (Around 9000 partlist). 3M is 1st in INDIA to implement ‘MRP Printing at Custom Bonded Warehouse’. % moved from baseline of 27.1% to 90%. 3M achieved 100% W&M compliance with projected yearly savings of 120 Million INR.  Transit Claims & Control -Introduced efficient ‘Claims Control Process’ & also established a fool proof ‘Transit Claim Process’ with 2-way recon to avoid leakages by Lost Claim. These resulted in a consolidated savings of around 10 Million INR.  Identify supplier for NPI in Thailand: Identified 50+ suppliers to meet the requirements of Fabrication and casting category and brought 18 suppliers onboard to meet the 45% localization target within 6 months. Developed standard work for purchasing functions/process between India and Thailand strategic sourcing. Formed local team and handed over the project for execution. Implementing lean at supplier base:Problem involved improving a key supplier in  fabrication to meet the quality certification by implementing lean and reducing the quality rejection. Value mapping, standardization of work process, implementing inventory control, raw material optimization by enhancing data management, training of management and workforce, developing tracking system. Monitoring the performance and identifying projects for continous improvement. Involved implementation of Safety measures resulting in tremendous lower rejection rate, process improvement from order management, raw material supplier to customer delivery.  Implement standard payment termsPurchasing project lead for Supplier Financing program implementation in India across 5 entities. Involved identifying suppliers to contribute to cash flow through the supply chain, defining the process with financial firm, layout the system requirements to meet the tri party settlement process and define the governance process for implementation. Projected cashflow of 12.8M$ approved by treasury.  Established 3.3L Engine for global supply at supplier end with all round development of Manufacturing, engineering, testing, supply chain, IT and sourcing requirements per Cummins process.  Flawless single handed first time implementation of 19L engine for global supply and contributed to the company P&L  CII Foundation award for test bed setup time reduction with the increase of the no. of sub assemblies per shift by 10%.