Apurv Kulkarni

Experience

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  Tal Manufacturing Solutions Limited. Tata Motors Campus, Chinchw

  Jun 2015 - Dec 2015

  Trainee

  Designed 21 manufacturing drawings for Redawa Motors assembly testing facilitiesImplemented compact, lightweight design to reduce materials usage and costAuthored operations and maintenance manual to offer actionable solutions to possible issues

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  Forbes Marshall

  Dec 2016 - May 2017

  Trainee

  Researched and performed temperature-conductivity-pH testing to establish trend analysisIdentified areas favorable to machine learning implementation to increase efficiencyConducted trap monitoring system testing to ensure higher boiler uptime increase

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  G M Custom Pens

  Jul 2017 - Dec 2022

  Founder

  G M Custom Pens is a venture revolving around my childhood love for fountain pens. At G M Custom Pens, we design, manufacture fountain pens and ship them worldwide. Our mission is simply to march to the ends of knowledge, fountain pens out of their scabbards – to convert as many enlightened souls on the way as possible.Increased revenue 120%+ with customer base expansion from 4 countries to 12Lowered manufacturing costs per product $3.50Launched Urushi Studio India to generate $100K in less than 2 yearsEnhanced social media engagement rate 32% and conversion rate 21% Show less

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  Blockchains, Inc.

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

  Project Management Officer

  Directed research for fast, secure, and accountable traceability of clean energy kWh using cryptographic blockchain methods

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  Horizon

  Mar 2022 - May 2022

  Patient Access Journey Analytics Project - Intern

  Evaluated patient access journey for improving patient conversion rate.Diagnosed pain points in patient access journey with focus on SOCs, payors, and patient accessibilityDesigned 10 data visualizations using Tableau to identify trends to reduce denial rate

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  Amazon

  Jun 2022 - Sept 2022

  Pathways Operations Manager

  Analyzed XD operations for scalable recommendations to reach benchmark 14 carts per hour (CPH) to improve customer experience.Lowered annualized XD operational cost $257,626• Benchmarked customer experience capabilities of BDU5 • Executed a ‘team approach’ for XD operations to meet the network benchmark of 14CPH• Generated feedbacks from Amazon Associates, Process Assistants, Area Managers to manage roadblocks • Aligned front half-back half teams to a common vision of being efficient at XD operationsIncreased key metrics CPH 2 points to meet benchmark rate 14CPH• Dived deep into existing manual XD operations at a sort center to document cycle times• Analyzed bottlenecks in XD value stream to implement scalable standard of work• Worked with NASC Finance, Material Flow Optimization, and operations team to improve customer experience• Implemented new dock door configuration layout aligned with outbound volume for various zones Show less

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  Amazon

  Jan 2023 - now

  Pathways Operations Manager