Ashish Rai

Ashish rai

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  • Timeline

  • Skills

    Business strategy
    Communication
    Data analytics
    Leadership
    Mechanical engineering
    Presentation skills
    Project management
    Root cause problem solving
    Team management
    Time management
  • About me

    Head of Operations - Livspace B2B | Ex-Flipkart | IIT Varanasi (BHU) | IIM - Raipur

  • Education

    • Indian institute of management raipur

      2016 - 2018
      Master of business administration - mba
    • Indian institute of technology (banaras hindu university), varanasi

      2008 - 2012
      Bachelor of technology - btech mechanical engineering

      Project - "Friction Stir Welding (FSW)" under Professor Dr. Zaheer Khan YusufzaiAbout Friction Stir Welding (FSW) :--------------------------------------Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state joining process that uses a non-consumable tool to join two facing workpieces without melting the workpiece material. Summary of Work :--------------------Overall project work was divided into 2 phases:- Phase 1 : The completed Phase I work encompassed the… Show more Project - "Friction Stir Welding (FSW)" under Professor Dr. Zaheer Khan YusufzaiAbout Friction Stir Welding (FSW) :--------------------------------------Friction stir welding (FSW) is a solid-state joining process that uses a non-consumable tool to join two facing workpieces without melting the workpiece material. Summary of Work :--------------------Overall project work was divided into 2 phases:- Phase 1 : The completed Phase I work encompassed the development of miniature, improvedperformance, friction stir lap welding tools for joining thin sheets, and systematicwelding trials covering a range of alloy combinations and surface preparations- Phase 2 : Phase II will address the prevention of moisture ingress and corrosion within lappedjoints by exploring and optimising friction stir welding procedures for welding throughprotective coatings and sealants. Fatigue performance of the welds will also beestablished Show less

  • Experience

    • Steel authority of india limited

      May 2010 - Jun 2010
      Summer intern
    • Bosch india

      May 2011 - Jul 2011
      Summer intern

      About Bosch Jaipur :----------------------Jaipur Plant is the fourth location of Bosch Ltd. In India, commissioned in 1999 with a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility to produce FIP's. A TS16949 and ISO 14001 certified company, it is a technological oasis in the developing state of Rajasthan. Jaipur Plant is the lead plant for VE pump.Summary of Work :---------------------- Improved productivity of the Cam-Plate assembly line by reducing timing of the Bottleneck machine- Evaluated efficiency of various machines in the CAM Plate area by conducting Machine Capability study Show less

    • Tata motors

      Aug 2012 - Jun 2016

      Summary of Work :--------------------- Specified market requirements vis-à-vis quality for current and future products through competitive analysis - Collaborated with Operations, Sales, Marketing, Finance and Engineering Teams for New product Development- Conducted Quality Function Deployment (QFD) for commercial vehicles in various markets of India- Defined process mapping for New Products in the commercial vehicle segmentAchievements :----------------- Defined and executed quality mapping for 8 New Products in the commercial vehicle segment- Tipper, Trailer, Tip-Trailer, Bulkers, Cement-Carriers, Containers, Recovery-Vehicles, Refrigerated Vehicles etc.- Conducted Quality Function Deployment in Rajasthan Belt- one of the largest market for commercial vehicles along with cross functional team from Marketing, Design, production etc. and came up with several insights to improve the product offering for Tata-Motors- Designed effective supply chain roadmaps for delivery of 400+ troop carriers to war-torn African countries for United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali- MINUSMA Show less Summary of Work :---------------------- Managed MIS report vis-à-vis quality across 16 vendors for presentation to senior management- Developed performance matrix and classified vendors for effective vendor management and ISO compliance- Assessing vehicles at vendors for compliance to Indian Automotive Standard Rules(CMVR/ARAI)- Trained line operators in motivational programs and campaigns to encourage cultural towards workplace safety- Experience of handling vendors of 16 different locations including two of the largest Bus-Building units in India- Marco-Polo and ACGL- Executing activities related to APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans and Process FlowAchievements :----------------- Initiated several new quality audits resulting in the decrease of Defect Per Vehicle(DPV) by 8 percent - Spearheaded team in Kaizen Activities and significantly improved productivity by applying Six-Sigma tools Show less

      • Manager- Product Development-Quality

        May 2014 - Jun 2016
      • Assistant Manager-Operations Quality

        Aug 2012 - Apr 2014
    • Indian institute of management raipur

      Jun 2016 - Mar 2018
      Senior executive member of operations and supply chain club

      Summary of Work :---------------------- Conduct Intra-college level and national level competitions in Supply-Chain Domain- Conduct guest-sessions and corporate summits with industry stalwarts in the Supply-Chain domain- Collaborate with industries in Raipur and surrounding areas for Short-Term Project and field-visits as a part of industrial relations activities of the club- Publish the official bi-annual magazine of the club- Strive and managed the club’s social media pageAwards and Achievements :------------------------------ Successfully conducted the Operations and supply chain events with a budget of 1 lakh+ in the flagship cultural and management festival of IIM, Raipur, Equinox, 2017- Published the biannual magazine of the club, Strive with title -" Sustainable Operations and Supply-Chain Management" in 2016 Show less

    • Bharat petroleum corporation limited

      Apr 2017 - May 2017
      Summer intern

      Summary of Work :----------------------- Conducted market survey to understand the changing consumer behaviour wrt new product 5kg Free Trade LPG- Interviewed stakeholders- Distributors, Retailers, Delivery boys of 5 different cities to identify their business issues- Conducted Competitor analysis in terms of Industry analysis, Product and Pricing, Marketing channels etc.Achievements :----------------- Diagnosed bottlenecks in the existing Marketing and Distribution Channels- Devised strategies to better target the customer through improved product offering, pricing strategy and marketing channel Show less

    • Flipkart

      May 2018 - Oct 2021

      Owning Pan India Last Mile Operations for Large Category in Flipkart and leading the Reliability, Cost, Expansion, Quality, Customer Experience and New Initiatives CharterSummary of Work:--------------------- Design, drive and sustain key Success Metrics to efficiently manage Last Mile Operations- Partner with stakeholders like Operations, Product, Tech, Customer Support, Analytics, Quality for driving new initiatives and Process Improvements projects- Develop and maintain an expert knowledge of the business/operations and process excellence concepts, methodologies and tools.- Mentor the team of Hub Incharge / Area Managers and Promote a culture of innovation and continuously stretch the boundaries of process excellence. Show less

      • Manager II - Last Mile Design

        Jan 2021 - Oct 2021
      • Manager I -Last Mile Operations

        May 2018 - Dec 2020
    • Livspace

      Sept 2021 - now
      • Head of Operation - Livspace B2B

        May 2024 - now
      • Associate Director - Regional Head

        Apr 2022 - now
      • Senior Manager

        Sept 2021 - Mar 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Kaizen

      H. iwasaki, (shingijutsu global consulting, usa), tata motors
    • Tata business excellence model certification

      Tata-motors
    • Outbound leadership course

      Tata steel adventure foundation
      Nov 2012
    • Viral marketing and how to craft contagious content

      Coursera
      Apr 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • Intermediate r - practise course

      Datacamp
      Dec 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • Improving communication skills

      Coursera
      Aug 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • Introduction to r course

      Datacamp
      Dec 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • Data-driven decision making

      Coursera
      Jul 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • Problem solving with excel

      Coursera
      Aug 2017
      View certificate certificate
    • Intermediate r

      Datacamp
      Dec 2017
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ashish Rai
      National Finalist CXO Cognizant Cognizant October 1, 2017 Among Top 5 National Finalist of CXO Cognizant Corporate Competition
    • Awarded to Ashish Rai
      National Finalist - IIM A-Parivartan Tata Trust- IIM A September 1, 2017
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Organiser

      Issued by Voluntary Blood Donor Society on Oct 2012
      Voluntary Blood Donor SocietyAssociated with Ashish Rai