Renu Damle

Posted on: 2012-10-12

Work Experience

Maintco Corporation, Burbank, CA [www.maintco.com]

Business Operations Analyst

Full-service retail construction, facility maintenance & management company

Oct’ 11 – Current

[Operation Quality Department]

 

  • Managing between operations, accounting & management to conform accurate and efficient work & Information flow.
  • Monitor and prevent errors, loopholes in early stage of project to reduce unnecessary cost and increase turn around time by 20%.
  • Gather and analyze information (supporting document) & official papers to confirm 100% completion of project.
  • Estimate complete cost of labor, material for each project. Record, structure and prepare financial statement for final management review.
  • Communicate with customer for approval & submission of revised financial plan for project.
  • Submit statements (invoices) with official records for imbursement as per approved process by customer.
  • Follow up with customer and resolve any difficulties and rejection may occur during processing of payment.
  • Consolidate, evaluate & deliver weekly and daily executive level reports with suggestions and alternatives to reduce preventable expenses and to improve workflow. 

 

Beachbody LLC, Santa Monica, CA [www.beachbody.com]

Quality Engineer

Fitness DVD Producer & Distributors, In home fitness workouts.

May’ 11 – Oct’ 11

[Quality Control & Assurance Department]

 

  • Establish and design Microsoft office based quality system (Based on ISO 9001 principles) for product specifications, product testing and inspection for DVDs and fitness accessories.
  • Establish product database for existing and upcoming products within company.
  • Organize & successfully (100%) completed testing for all in use (established) fitness accessories as per ASTM standards.
  • Initiate and supervise testing for all new upcoming accessories. Prepare database for testing progress and final reports.
  • Gather, organize and create database (Microsoft office based) for previous production and packing inspection report of accessories & DVDs. 
  • Contributed domestically in vendor auditing process. Gather and organize Audit reports as per Quality system.
  • Supervised with Liaison Company for international vendor auditing to ensure compliance of company quality system.

 

Alliance Dynamic Group (ADG), Gardena, CA [http://adgglobal.com/]

Quality Engineer

Aerospace Parts Manufacturing Company.

July’ 10 – May’ 11

[Quality Control Department]

 

  • Assist in planning and initial preparation of implementation of ISO9001: 2000 & AS 9100 (Rev B) quality system.
  • Prepare GD&T drawing, 1st article report and final inspection report as per customer requirement and create database to maintain records.
  • Successfully responded to Customer’s Corrective action request and implement preventive action plan which lead t reduce rejection rate by 5%.
  • Inspect and validate 1st article part as per customer quality regulations and specifications for approval.
  • Re design production floor layout using Lean manufacturing, 5s and cellular manufacturing principles and assist in preparing manufacturing process documents.

 

Hawker Pacific Aerospace, Sun Valley, CA [www.hawker.com]

Intern, PMA Project Management

Part of Lufthansa Technik Landing Gear Overhaul & repair Division, Germany, Aerospace.

Nov’ 09 – May’ 10

[Product development Department]

 

  • Team member of Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) project group – Cost saving of min. $25000/ year
  • Identify potential parts & gather part document for PMA development. Request quote from vendors for price comparison.
  • Prepare cost saving analysis for management review and initiate process with vendor for development.
  • Monitor part development process & test 1st manufactured part for management approval. Also work with vendor and customer for official documented approval.
  • Provide weekly development status report for management review.
  • Gather and update database with official documents (FAA approvals, OEM drawings & Customer approvals) for all in use and in development parts.
  • Evaluated opportunities & challenges within and outside the company & improve PMA communication flow by 10 %. Also improved company & PMA database by 15% for uniform PMA project status.

 

EDUCATION

 

Master’s Degree (M.S)

Industrial Engineering / Manufacturing System Engineering & Management

California State University, Northridge

Dec’ 2009

Bachelor’s Degree (B.S)

Instrumentation & Control Engineering

University of Pune, India

May’ 2006

 

ACADEMICS & ACHIEVEMENTS

 

  • Member of “Phi Beta Delta” International honor society.

Dec’09

  • Prepared & presented business plan on Innovative products as academic project.
  • Modeled concept design assemblies and parts using Solid Works 2008

Aug’09-Dec’09

  • Conducted research & presentation on Production Control using Lean Manufacturing principles                              (Value, Value stream mapping, Flow, Push, Perfection, 5S, Cellular Manufacturing, Kanban, Kaizen, JIT)

Aug’08-Dec’08

  • Performed & presented Six Sigma Analysis (DMAIC, SIPOC, Gauge R&R, C&E Matrix, FMEA, DOE, Control charts, Fish bone diagram, Pareto charts) on the various dimensional parameters affecting flight times of a paper airplane model using Minitab & MS office

Aug’08-Dec’08

  • Performed & presented Regression Analysis on “Accident Rates in the U.S.” and Economic Analysis on “Lifecycles of Different Automobiles”.

May’ 08