Abhiraj Narendra Nalawade

• Performed market engineering to estimate and forecast global sales for automotive products for a forecast period of 5 years by analyzing large data sets as well as assured client deliverables by coordinating between cross-functional teams and supporting management through all phases of several research projects.

• Analyzed the current distribution network and developed optimization models as well as applied lean six sigma to achieve a saving of 5% in the transportation costs and 8% in the total distances traveled by vehicles.

• Designed more efficient models by encompassing variability in road transportation by analyzing tradeoffs between cost, weight, capacities, to achieve optimum performance of resources. • Negotiated contracts with vendors and achieved a reduction of 5% in the annual purchasing costs. • Co-ordinated logistics operations to ensure primary placement of vehicles as per the daily plan and ensured timely delivery, thus, achieving 95% compliance with the dispatch and delivery schedules.

• Contributed to optimization projects, conducting (data) analysis, reducing potential manufacturing defects, and in reduction of the Equivalent Body Hole Size of vehicles to minimize airflow to the external environment.