Nitish Yadav

Experience

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  Reliance Energy Limited

  May 2009 - Jun 2009

  Summer Intern

  Underwent a six-week-long summer internship at Reliance Energy Limited, Goa. The training focussed on familiarization with the workings of a 48 MW gas-based power generation facility. I learned the nitty-gritty of the functioning of a power plant and the commercial concepts related to it. Submitted a training report to the Head of Project on completion of the internship.

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  NTPC Limited

  May 2010 - Jun 2010

  Summer Intern

  Underwent a six-week long rigorous summer internship at 2000 MW Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station of NTPC. Practical, hands-on training on all the technical and commercial aspects of a thermal power plant. Gained extensive practical knowledge on major electrical systems of a thermal power plant, its operation, and maintenance.

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  NTPC Limited

  Aug 2011 - Jun 2019

  ● Headed client engagements to identify system energy inefficiencies, analyzed data to assess leak points; recommended and implemented energy-saving measures; reduced energy consumption by 1.5%; resulting in annual savings of $3.5M; awarded the National Energy Conservation Award in 2018 by Government of India● Led joint team of over fifty engineers from GE (USA) and Alstom (France) to undertake turbine productivity enhancement efforts; delegated work and decisions, managed and resolved conflict, influenced and engaged stakeholders; completed the project three days before deadline with 14% productivity enhancement ● Presented and championed new turbine maintenance methodology to executive management; established cross-functional team to effect best practices; reduced failure rate by 12% ● Reengineered GE turbine temperature control system and negotiated $75K in funding for technology implementation; established and standardized new technology across all regional units; improved output by 9% ● Directed, supervised, trained, and motivated team of eight Junior Engineers on handling commercial, technical, legal, and contractual aspects of new business venture (135 KW solar project)● Coached and mentored five Summer Interns, helped them present their research work to upper management and land interview opportunities for full-time positions ● Reduced production startup time by 20% for a state electric utility by analyzing data from all variables of the production process; developed insights from rigorous data modeling; presented and implemented the recommendations; increased revenue by 4% Show less ● Overcame local land acquisition and labor challenges by conducting over 100 liaison meetings with local village governing bodies, district development authority, and Land & Labor Commissioner to commission organization’s first desalination plant at Chennai; a project worth $16M● Researched, quantified, and published significant causes of frequent gas turbine blade failure, instituted and systematized preventive maintenance best practices; leading to improvement in machine availability by 6%● Revived the 1968 MW Ratnagiri (Enron) power project, stalled for over five years; liaised and engaged with state governments, lenders, and regulators; developed a roadmap to supply 12 million units of electricity daily to Indian Railway meeting key organizational priorities ● Devised a mechanism to raise output by controlling the temperature rise of turbine bearings; pioneered and implemented online turbine cooling system; augmented production by 3% and achieved breakeven with 25% time-saving● Overhauled the peak and non-peak operating hours for gas-fired generation by analyzing and modeling the customer peak demand, weather patterns, seasonal demand, and vendor fuel supplies; increased profits by 5.6%; ranked #1 gas-fired generating station in the country Show less

  • Deputy Manager - Operations & Strategy

    Jan 2017 - Jun 2019

  • Assistant Manager - Project & Program Management

    Aug 2011 - Dec 2016
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  Amazon

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Pathways Manager Intern

  ● Spearheaded project to curb carbon emission reduction in Amazon Air business line; identified, analyzed, and quantified the significant sources of carbon emissions in the network through rigorous data analysis; recommendation to switch to lightweight polypropylene ULDs (Unit Load Devices) from the current aluminum ULDs saves $5.03 million in annual fuel costs and reduces 20,734 tons of carbon emissions from the 25 aircraft fleet of 767-300 ERs; breakeven achieved in 4 years; ULD maintenance costs reduced by 50% ● Streamlined roadmap to replace diesel-powered GSEs with electric-powered GSEs in the next 12 months targeting 100% YoY growth in business; built a cost-benefit analysis and P&L statement to project breakeven in 8 years; quantified maintenance requirements and workforce training needs; saved the company $584K in annual diesel costs and reduced yearly carbon emissions by 3,121 tons● Diagnosed the impact of COVID on the business's ability to stow and process large packages; researched data on shipment volumes, rates, and dimensions to identify "too large" and "too heavy" items and engineered the item stow algorithm; proposed solutions that achieve 95% storage capacity utilization from the current 82%, and new stow algorithm is 72% more accurate with 3 times more variables incorporated● Recommended solutions to save $1.10 million in annual customer refunds and achieve 100% YoY improvement in timely customer package delivery; assessed the Los Angeles metro area to identify the magnitude of wrongly sorted customer orders; researched over 50 million customer orders over Jan'20 - Jun'20, a geographic radius of 120 miles around the LA metro area; solutions result in an immediate saving of $1.1 million by avoiding customer refunds Show less

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  Amazon

  Jul 2021 - now

  ● Spearheaded teams comprised of 1,200 hourly associates and 30 salaried leaders; created a vision prioritizing associate experience and zero-safety incident culture; improved safety metrics by 33% exceeding Amazon benchmark; increased employee job satisfaction by 13% in 2022● Improved on-time inventory storage and customer delivery accuracy by 75% in Amazon’s first-mile network by recalibrating inventory storage process through incoming vendor freight priority management; categorized high-velocity SKUs and building variable stow processes based on SKU velocity, reducing variable cost per unit of order fulfillment by 40%● Achieved “Top Tier” evaluation (awarded to top 5% of Amazon employees) each appraisal cycle; evaluated on productivity, safety, quality, and managerial skills● Developed and implemented a paper dunnage solution in Amazon packaging; reduced dunnage cost by $560K annually; improved safety metrics by 16%; 90% favorability score from hourly associates on ease of handling and usage Show less ● Remodeled pick and stow associate staffing tool for the robotics platform to optimize customer shipment throughput; collaborated with product and engineering teams to reengineer the robotic drive prioritization algorithm; accrued productivity gain of 32.6% in customer unit pick rate through peak holiday shopping season in 2022● Drove cost savings of $3.1M annually by instituting a new quality assurance process that prioritized defect injection mitigation and upstream process improvement; gained buy-in of GM and Regional Director; process refinement created increased throughput capacity for customer shipment and reduced virtual-physical mismatch in inventory by 44%● Recommended solutions to save $1.10 million in annual customer refunds and achieve 100% YoY improvement in timely customer package delivery; analyzed the Los Angeles metro area to identify the magnitude of wrongly sorted customer orders; researched over 50 million customer orders over a geographic radius of 120 miles around the LA metro area Show less

  • Sr. Program Manager | Last Mile Rental | Global Fleet & Products

    Sept 2023 - now

  • MBA Pathways, Acting Senior Operations Manager

    Dec 2022 - Sept 2023

  • MBA Pathways, Operations Manager

    Jul 2021 - Nov 2022