Aashish Sonawane

Experience

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  Kalatmak Theatre Group

  Dec 2018 - Jan 2019

  Supporting Actor

  Participated in two one-act play competitions, namely, Ahmednagar Mahakarandak (District Level) and Natyadarpan.

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  Dept. of Printing & Packaging Technology, SIES Graduate School of Technology

  Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

  Prepared two issues of Adviteeya: Semi-Annual Magazine of Department of Printing and Packaging Technology, which gets released in the month of March (during Impressions: Annual Technical Fest) and September (during P-Pack: National Level Technical Quiz Competition on Plastics in Packaging). With the tagline, 'Vision Unparalleled', it seeks to give a glance of this industry - innovations, current trends, interviews (taken by the team) of industrialists from various domains of this industry; student, alumni and faculty articles and illustrates various activities and achievements of the department in a gist. Show less

  • Marketing Team Member

    Jan 2020 - Apr 2020

  • Logistics Team Member

    Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Editorial Team Member

    Jul 2019 - Apr 2020
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  SIES GST Students' Council

  Apr 2020 - Jun 2022

  • One-Act Play Competition: Represented college at 'Indian National Theatre' Competitionand Kalaraag: Intercollegiate Competition organized by RAIT College, Nerul (Sept 2018)• Mono & Duet Acting: Participated in Abhinaydarshi: Inter-collegiate Competition, an eventorganized by Aarambh itself under Tatva Moksha Lakshya: Annual Cultural Fest of College (Mar 2019)• Youth Festival (Organized by University of Mumbai): Participated as a BackstageManager in 2019 for One Act Play Competition and performed in collaboration with Aagmi (FolkDance Group) and Aaroha (Music Club) of college in 2020.• College Events: Independence Day, Teacher's Day, etc. Show less

  • Class Representative - Dept. of Printing & Packaging Technology

    Jul 2019 - Jun 2022

  • Head - Aarambh Drama Club

    Jul 2018 - Jun 2022

  • Mechanical Design Engineer - Team Astrionics

    Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
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  INDIAN PLASTICS INSTITUTE - IPI

  Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

  Technical Coordinator

  Core team member of IPI Student Chapter, responsible for documentation and back-end control of online meeting platforms for the purpose of: • P-PackA National Level Technical Quiz Competition on Plastics in Packaging.• PackathonA 12 Hour Virtual Technical Packaging Development Marathon. With the tagline, ‘Think.Create.Market.', it intends to challenge the student's capacity to analyze the product and come up with an efficient packaging solution that addresses the required supply chain or reverse logistical issue.• Industry Interaction Series Show less

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  The Modern Scoop

  Dec 2020 - Jan 2021

  Research Analyst

  Being in the R&D team, the kind of work I had contributed over here was acquiring authentic news from relevant sources across a wide range of domains, prioritising and shortlisting prime news from the rest and condensing it in a way that can be easily conceived by the masses.

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  Tekni-Plex, Inc.

  Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  Business Development Intern

  • B2B Technical (Packaging) Sales• Investigated and analysed the market potential for Induction Heat Seal and Expanded Polyethylene liners in Mumbai & and it's sub-urban industrial areas.• Researched and generated lists of new potential customers viz. plastic and metal closure and plastic container manufacturers and their end users via web based sources (like IndiaMart, JustDial, Amazon, Flipkart, etc.) and hypermarkets (Reliance SMART & D-Mart) and acquired particulars from their owners or purchase managers along with potential liner manufacturing competitors in order to analyze the liner application (by considering various market research parameters) requirement and distribution of these liners and concerned companies across diverse sets of industries. Show less

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  TCPL Packaging

  Aug 2022 - Nov 2024

  •Responsibilities of a Purchase Assistant. •Vendor Management: Strategizing vendor selection as per RM grade, costing, lead time and freight based on dispatch location; negotiation and coordination. • ERP Work:(i) Inventory Examination prior raising new orders and for checking alternative material availability in case of RM stock out situation and calculating wastage percentage to be caused in case of using higher widths in Film and Foil.(ii) Data Analytics to study and compare between inter-related datasets and derive results out of them to measure any given parameter which would help decide the future strategy. •Cross Functional Collaboration: Research and Development and Quality Team - Getting material grades approved by them and searching vendors accordingly. Show less •Domestic and Import based Procurement.•Raw Material (RM) Coverage: Film, Foil, Paper, Inks, Solvents, Heat Seal Lacquer, Resins, Cylinder, Doctor Blades, and other packing materials, namely, Paper Core, Zipper and Spouts.•Vendor Management: Follow up for timely supplies and mandatory documents like TDS, COA, compliance related documents, etc. •ERP Work:(i) Creating Item Master, Vendor Master, Purchase Order and Work Order.(ii) Purchase Order Foreclosures against older orders or current cancelled orders for maintaining updated data in the system.•Reports:(i) Import and Domestic RM Status Reports for Film, Foil and Paper requirements for giving timely updates to the Marketing and Planning team.(ii) Daily Purchase Order Summary(iii) Outstanding Payment Reports(iv) Creation of Certificates under Paper Import Monitoring System (PIMS) and Non-FerrousMetals Import Monitoring System (NFMIMS) for Paper and Aluminium Foil import purchases respectively under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Govt. of India for clearance purposes. •Coordination with Other Teams:(i) Quality Team - Providing with all the regulatory and other necessary documentations for their analysis, record keeping and audit purpose.(ii) Finance Team - For ledger, invoice, debit note and credit note related concerns along with advance and balance payments. (iii) Stores Team - For Free of Cost purchases and Goods Receipt Note issues for updation in prices (material and/or freight) and quantity beyond tolerance levels. •Cross Functional Collaboration:(i) Production and Quality Team - Taking up RM quality concerns of these two with the vendor.(ii) Stores & Procurement Team of Factory - Assisting and managing routine work together. Show less

  • Jr. Purchase Officer

    Aug 2023 - Nov 2024

  • Purchase Assistant

    Aug 2022 - Aug 2023