Nikunj Patel

Experience

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  Cadmach Machinery Co Pvt Ltd

  Jul 2014 - Jul 2015

  Apprentice Production Planning Engineer

  Weekly MRP planning.Releasing shortage list and preparing purchasing items for EDI process.Assisting planning manager in preparing daily meeting data.Follow up with cross functional departments and management reporting.

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  Kevin Process Technologies Pvt Ltd

  Dec 2015 - Apr 2019

  Production Planning and Control Engineer

  I was handling seven machines having thousands of manufacturing and ready-to-use components. Monthly production scheduling and advance forecast planning of long lead manufacturing components.Strong work orders and JIT purchase orders management to avoid unnecessary inventory carrying costs. Conducted daily meetings to review daily production and production challenges.Provided strong inventory management and alternate solutions to use obsolete raw materials. Production capacity planning to weekly bottleneck analysis to ensure continuous material flow through the assembly line. Manufacturing cost analysis and vendor development of non-critical components. Management reporting and project documentation. Strengthen the customer relationship by providing excellent quality and on-time delivery of the machines. Show less

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  GIZEH Packaging NA Inc.

  Jan 2022 - now

  Production Planner

  Achieved 100% order deliveries by accurate production planning and scheduling using SAP and Excel. Work orders and purchase orders management for continuous operations.Strategic long and short-term production planning and scheduling of more than 60 products using confirmed orders, forecasts, and historical trends.Providing weekly changeover schedule to production to reduce time waste and preparation for product changeover.Strong inventory management of finished products, packaging, and raw materials. Production capacity planning and continuous risk assessment to avoid bottlenecks and mitigate the peak and slow seasons orders with required safety stock.Financial and operational KPIs development and tracking to achieve management goals. Strong management reporting and customer relationship management.Providing optimized labor requirements for daily production to reduce labor costs. Show less