Vivek Pabla

vivek.pabla89@gmail.com | (979)900-0887| https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivek-pabla-25363b21

A demonstrated Supplier Quality Assurance and Supplier Industrialization professional with over 4 years of technical and managerial

experience; proficient in dealing with Automotive parts that include Plastic, Rubber, Casting, Sheet Metal and Forged parts. Motivated

self-starter with extensive experience with OEM management in India and currently looking for Full Time/Co-op Opportunities starting

January 2017 in the field of Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Operations, Supplier Industrialization and Business Analysis.

EDUCATION

University of Houston, Cullen College of Engineering, Houston, TX

Masters, Major: Industrial Engineering, GPA 3.45/4.0, May 2017

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, India

Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, GPA 3.6/4.0, May 2011

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Provided consultancy services to Houston Intercontinental Airport to develop System calculating workforce requirement for efficient functioning of all the departments such as Operations, Custodial, and Maintenance.

Gold Medal Honors Award for LINKS Global Supply Chain Simulation Competition (32 teams worldwide), 2014

Developed spreadsheet model for various organizations, providing economic solution to problem related to optimization using risk

analysis, data analytics, predictive analysis, modelling trend curves, regression and simulation

Successfully developed business strategy for muesli industry by analyzing HEC Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) simulation.

Coursework- Quantitative Analysis (MS Excel), Production and Operation Management, Global Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing,

Corporate Finance, ERP systems, Financial Valuation, Managerial Analysis (Economics), Mergers and Acquisitions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS Negotiation, Business Process Redesign, ERP systems, Process Optimization, Lean Six Sigma, Procurement,

Spend analysis, R-Statistics, SQL, Tableau, Advanced MS Excel (Palisade Tools), SAP GUI, SAP Predictive analysis, PowerPoint.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

Six Sigma Green Belt, IIE, 2014

Pro-E Wildfire, PTC, 2009

KEY WORDS

• Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC) • Performance Management • Problem Solving, Continuous Improvement

• Supplier Quality Assurance • Labor Planning & Allocation • Capacity Simulation & Modeling

• Statistics & Data Analysis • Project Management • Lean tools: Kaizen, GSTD, 5S, VSM, AVA, TPM

• Process Improvement • Supply Chain analyst • Goal Alignment & Standards Budgeting

EXPERIENCE

University of Houston, C. T. Bauer College of Business Sep 2015-Present

Instructional Assistant for Advanced Excel Course

Developed course content and instructed 120 students through weekly workshops

Hero Motocorp (Honda) Limited ($ 3.6 Billion Global Leader in Two Wheeler Manufacturing), Gurgaon, India July 2014-July 2015

Deputy Manager, Vendor Development

Prepared and analyzed statistical and productivity reports of 35 suppliers using the combination of SAP ERP and PowerPivot (Excel)

achieving a target of 10% EBIDTA and coordinated information management between two data tracking sources.

Development of 3 New Hero Models using activities like APQP, PPAP using the 18-point methodology and reducing the New model

launch time from 6 months to 3 months.

Coordinated $30,000 Cost saving project undertaken by Mckinsey and Company as a project facilitator from Supply Chain side using

Value Addition/Value engineering tools.

Optimized vendor operations by analyzing 6-month run conditions, which increased rate of production by 15%

Developed product wheel analysis, providing sequence for multiple products manufacturing, which minimized inventory requirements

and maximized process responsiveness

Hero Motocorp (Honda) Limited ($3.6 Billion leader in Two Wheeler Manufacturing), Gurgaon, India July 2012-Jun 2014

Assistant Manager, Supplier Quality Assurance

Demonstrated effective team leader skills and led the team of 10 to ensure Defect free production of 7000 bikes/day.

Liaise with Vendor Development and Research and Development team to establish Direct Online (DOL) suppliers (Parts

supplied by them are directly fed to assembly lines without being inspected at HMCL end).

Audit 40 suppliers’ systems and processes through 5 Level Quality Audit Visit (QAV) and implementing SPC techniques for

Straight Pass Improvement.

Developed tool in Excel to calculate the Vendor Quality Rating which was horizontally deployed across all 3 Hero plants.

Reduction of Mold (Injection Molding) changeover time from 4 hours to 1 hour at Supplier End by applying Time Study

analysis.

Hero Motocorp (Honda) Limited ($3.6 Billion leader in Two Wheeler Manufacturing), Gurgaon, India July 2011-Jun 2012

Assistant Manager, Industrial Performance (Operations Excellence)

Conducted Work & Time studies for bottleneck analysis of Engine Mounting process in a 250cc motorcycle assembly line

resulting in a cycle time reduction of 15 mins.

Successfully Implemented Kan-ban Inventory system by replacing Push type inventory system in order to increase the utility of

each machine and manpower resulting in an overall cost saving of INR 10,000,000 annually.

Lead the execution of CIP (Continuous Improvement Projects) in operations using structured problem solving techniques like

DMAIC, GSTD, SMED, Lean & TPM.

Assisted in the cascading, design & implementation of a Factory Specific Operations Review Framework including KPIs for all

levels. Collaborated with senior leadership, other stakeholders and suppliers to prepare and track business objectives and

requirements.

Negotiated with Production Managers, Finance team and Unionized Operators using a data driven approach for finalization of

Line, Labor and Engineering standards to prepare the SCB (Standard Costing Budget) proposals for the fiscal years 2011-12,

2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15.

Designed and implemented a new Excel Dashboard linked with SAP for the daily, weekly and monthly tracking of contractual

labor on all lines to achieve a reduction of 10% in the labor cost variance.

Ensured availability of data in SAP ERP while new model launches by managing Master Data in BOM’s. Conducted Loss Tree

analysis to identify focus areas for driving OPEX (Operational Excellence) initiatives and projects.

Trained key factory personnel of 800 employees on GI, DMAIC, GSTD, PFMEA, and 5S, IP tools (Fish-Bone, SAM, CST, SAP,

and I-nexus.)

Performed simulations, regression and predictive analysis using Stat Tools and @Risk in Excel & CST tool for Capacity

Planning, Resource Allocation & Gap Analysis.

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. ($11 Billion Leading Global Automotive Industry), Chandigarh, India May 2010-June 2010

Intern, Manufacturing and Quality Engineering

Managed a 6-employee Manufacturing team increasing its efficiency by 10%.

Resolution of Gear Fitment problem on Lay shaft of a 35BHP Tractor Model.

Identifying failure modes in Clutches of tractors and providing solutions to avoid the same.

Larsen & Toubro Limited ($ 14 Billion Engineering and Construction industry), Mumbai, India May 2009-July 2009

Intern, Business Development

Improved FTY (First Time Yield) by 6 % of MN2 Thermal Overload Relay by Statistical Process Control.

ADDITIONAL

UH Certificates: Global Supplier Quality Assurance, Six Sigma, Business Modelling

Fluent in English, Hindi and Punjabi

Director of Marketing, UH Graduate Supply Chain Organization; APICS, Houston Chapter