Rafia Rahman Rafa

Experience

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  Epic Group

  Jan 2019 - Oct 2019

  Management Trainee

  • Led every step of the planning process and oversaw the activities of the sample room, proactively took and implemented decisions on an as-needed basis• Streamlined material flow to increase sewing line efficiency

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  Decathlon Sports Bangladesh

  Nov 2019 - May 2021

  Supply Production Leader

  • Executed material planning, production, and availability of quality products with optimized cost; managed demand and forecast with Retail Suppliers; maintained Sales & Operations Planning with Customer Procurement Managers, Strategic Buyers, and suppliers for an annual 5 million Qty of finished goods and a shipment turnover of 13M USD.• Analyzed monthly supply risk management by strategic and tactical business analysis.• Conducted training of the company's supply tools, systems, and operational processes to the new hires as part of mentoring them to create an efficient supply team for the project.• Drove autonomy of the suppliers and animated their supply chain performance by facilitating training and workshops weekly; partnered with them to build reliable and agile supply solutions and get the best service. Show less

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  The University of Texas at Arlington

  Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  Graduate Research Assistant

  • Leader of the project of developing an interactive virtual reality training environment on 3D printing operations for undergraduate students; collected and analyzed students’ eye-tracking data, decision-making data, and user experience data to evaluate student attention and assist them in the virtual learning platform.• Leader of the project of developing an FMEA analysis in a virtual environment to give Safety Engineering students hands-on experience identifying potential hazards in a virtual lab environment. • Designing an experiment to teach students agricultural systems in a controlled virtual greenhouse environment to survey user testing data and evaluate the efficacy of the learning platform.• Generating a controlled environment bike simulator study to produce a labeled dataset for AI model training to create a Stress Map to assist bicyclists. Show less

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  Tesla

  Jan 2023 - now

  Managing end-to-end global supply chain of vehicle (S3XY) exterior trims (bright trims, quarter glass trims, door belts) of $175 Million in annual supplier spend. Managing Model Y and Semi Program Seat Trims- working directly with tier 1 suppliers, supporting risk management, ramp in production, should cost modeling, cost validation, collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement trials, supporting, and expediting material requirements for new developments.

  • Senior Global Supply Manager

    Aug 2024 - now

  • Global Supply Analyst

    Aug 2023 - Aug 2024

  • Global Supply Management

    Jan 2023 - Aug 2023