Sumit Kumar

Experience

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  Tata Consulting Engineers Limited

  Dec 2016 - Jun 2020

  1. Handled 9 domestic and international projects having a combined worth of 40+ crore in multiple domains2. Expedited design of 13 Km long material handling system to facilitate end to end material transfer from mines3. Spearheaded and improved more than 140 critical system drawings, which resulted in 13% cost reduction4. Conceptualized Coal mill safety system based on gas dilution concept to safeguard against explosive damage5. Developed technical and economic feasibility report to analyze four options of transportation of the Urea Achievements6. Felicitated with TATA Value award for developing an algorithm which resulted in 56% person-hour saving7. Received Instant Award at TATA consulting engineers Limited for 100 per cent on-time project completion8. Felicitated with Employee of the month award for successful on-time completion of urea handling project9. Achieved 500+ person-hours saving in FY19 by streamlining design calculation for multiple core systems Show less

  • Senior Engineer- Mechanical

    Dec 2017 - Jun 2020

  • Graduate Engineering Trainee

    Dec 2016 - Dec 2017
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  Technology Club, SJMSOM IIT Bombay

  Jan 2021 - Jun 2022

  Member
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  E-Cell, IIT Bombay

  Jan 2021 - Feb 2021

  Coordinator (R&D) E-Cell IIT, Bombay
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  Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

  Mar 2021 - Mar 2021

  Campus Ambassador

  Campus ambassador for the FabFest'21 organized by Indian Institute of Management(IIM), Lukhnow.

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  Del Monte Foods Private Limited

  Apr 2021 - Aug 2021

  Summer Intern

  1. Created an automated invoice tracking system using machine learning to improve cash collection cycle2. Assessed the individual supply chain challenges of 390 key accounts with a focus on inventory and offtake3. Evaluated pricing strategies of major competitors in Dips & spreads segments for 9 tier-1 cities and 125 SKUs 4. Conducted market research for entry in Hot Sauce segment after analyzing industry’s competitive landscape5. Analyzed pricing strategies of major players in green & flavored tea segment for 9 tier-1 cities and 28 SKUs Achievements6. Designed a dashboard using Tableau to improve SKU tracking efficiency by 6% for E-commerce platforms7. Identified certain SKUs, leading to an increase of 12% in the ticket size to key accounts during the pandemic Show less

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  VFS Global

  Jun 2021 - Jul 2021

  Summer Intern

  Successfully completed financial modelling and cost-benefit analysis of the ThankBank project worth more than half-million USD for the whole South Asia region.

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  Indian Institute of Management Mumbai

  Jun 2021 - Sept 2021

  Student Ambassador

  Student ambassador for the Global Online Certification Course on ‘Business and Operations Analytics’ in association with Prof. David Simchi-Levi (Director, Data Science Lab and Professor - Business and Supply Chain Analytics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA).

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

  Community Teaching Assistant(SC1X) | MIT on edX Micromaster Programme

  Key responsibilities include:▪ Helping nearly 20,000 enrolled students, answering their queries, providing guidance to learners, and sharing content expertise.▪ Acting as a liaison between MIT staff and learners community and reporting any bugs or errors in the course and escalate any pertaining issues.▪ Participating in weekly CTA and MIT staff meetings to improve course experience for learners

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  PwC

  Jun 2022 - now

  Experienced Associate (Strategy & Ops)

  Cost reduction projects:1. Successfully reduced working capital requirement by 2% through redesigned procure-to-pay (P2P) workflow for a major retail company for its indirect category.Digital transformation:1. Achieved significant cost savings by digitally transforming the R&A process for a large FMCG company, resulting in massive full-time equivalent (FTE) savings and streamlined decision-making.2. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements, design solutions, integrate data sources, streamline data collection, enhance data analysis capabilities, and ensure successful implementation, 3. Developed and maintained key performance indicators (KPIs) to monitor the effectiveness of the digital transformation initiatives.4. Successfully trained employees on the new reporting and analysis tools and processes.Yield improvement project:1. Collected real-time data on process flow(P&ID), input raw materials, critical process parameters, and output products and prioritized parameters based on their controllability and variability.2. Optimized parameters and improved yield by 6% using a regression model to identify the most statistically significant parameters. Show less