Manav Kandhari
Strategic Sourcing Specialist
Phone:
937-581-5023
Email:
Address:
Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of Birth:
March 29th, 1996
Work Experience
Jan 2024 - Present
Aug 2021 - Jan 2024
May 2021 - Aug 2021
Aug 2020 - May 2021
July 2018 - July 2019
June 2017 - July 2017
June 2016 - Aug 2016
TREW, West Chester, OH
Strategic Sourcing Specialist
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Developing and executing sourcing strategies to optimize cost, quality, and delivery while ensuring compliance. Managing supplier selection, negotiations, contracts, and performance for key commodities such as Belting, Rollers, Motor Driven Rollers (MDR), Hardware, and Fabricated Plastic.
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Enhancing working capital through payment term extensions and lead time reductions. Conducting market research, onboard strategic suppliers, and driving continuous improvements in supplier performance, commodity strategies, and overall supply chain efficiency.
TrueChoicePack, West Chester, OH
Supply-chain and Logistics Coordinator
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Responsible for conducting market research related to new product launches to identify the right suppliers, prices, and negotiations.
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Facilitating procurement processes, planning, scheduling and inventory to ensure smooth project implementation and supply chain with customers for product launch as well as existing products.
The Foodbank. Inc, Dayton, OH
Operations Management Intern
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Worked directly with the staff members to improve the efficiency of retail operations by recognizing key factors affecting the driver's routes and solved critical Food truck routing problems using VRP spreadsheet solver.
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Provided on-site assistance with any daily food distributions as needed.
University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Graduate Academic Assistant
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Undergraduate teaching Assistant for SET 150(Engineering Analysis-I) and IET 323 (Project Management).
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Graduate Academic assistant of ENM500 (Probability and Statistics).
Ravi Auto Agency, Mehsana, INDIA
Logistics Associate
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Analyzed logistical procedures to coordinate procurement of Automobile spare parts.
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Optimized distribution and allocation of resources within the facility.
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Worked closely with Retail Management team to understand and assist in successful retail operations.
Honda Cars India Ltd., Greater Noida, INDIA
Technical Summer Intern
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Trained in the Engine Assembly department to learn about technologies and related measures used in a Honda 4- wheeler.
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Completed two projects including a study of their engine assembly stations and a designing project proposing an optimized design of an advanced torque gun at one of their stations to increase efficiency.
Technical University of Sofia, Sofia, BULGARIA
International technical followship
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One of the 22 selected to undertake a 45-day foreign internship programme in Southeast Europe.
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Completed a project on radio-frequency identification tags and their application in an ambulance.
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Designed and stimulated the outline of the Research idea on simulation software, LABVIEW.
Certifications
Systems Engineering
University of Dayton
Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma
University of Dayton
CATIA V5 R21
Technoledge Infotech Pvt Ltd
Software(s)
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MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook etc)
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MINITAB
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Simio v12
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LabView
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Helium 10
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MS Visio
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Vehicle Routing Problem solver (extension to MS excel)
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CATIA v5
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Prezi
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Beginner
Intermediate