Akshat Sapra
About Me
Former Operations Manager at Amazon. Led a 250-strong team as an operations manager, in charge of Safety, Quality, Cost, Sustainability, and People management- driving the team to process up to 300k units per shift. Besides, I was the site owner for continuous improvement initiatives, wherein I led process improvement . . .
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Education
MBA (Operations Management)
CGPA- 3.7/4 (Top 5% in class) Qualified for the Career Acceleration Program (CAP) in Consulting; Vice President- Manufacturing Innovation (ESADE Design & Innovation Club); Delegate & Speaker at the MBA World Summit 2021
Bachelor of Technology (Electrical and Electronics Engineering)
CGPA: 9.11/10 (Top 3%) Recipient of 'Dean's Scholarship for Academic Excellence' Dean's recognition for Best Final-Year Project in Electrical Engineering department -'Investigation of Dynamic Stability of Microgrid’; General Secretary of 'Energy & Environment Protection Club’; Head of Organizing Committee for ‘Vellore Green Symposium-2014’
Work & Experience
Operations Manager
>Lead and Manage Inbound Operations, with full accountability for Safety, People, Quality, Cost, Productivity, and Sustainability, for a 250-strong team of warehouse associates. >Lead Continuous Improvement initiatives using Six Sigma and PDCA methodologies. Train junior managers and associates on Lean concepts. >Develop an operational roadmap on daily/weekly basis, taking into account stock levels, customer risk, and arrival schedules >Identify, Design, and Improve the Overall Equipment Efficiency for Warehouse automation equipment, by collaborating with Reliability and Maintenance Engineers, and subject matter experts. In-charge of inbound flow automation and scheduling to optimise throughput and net efficiency
Project Manager- Lean Operations
> Lean Six Sigma Project Leader (Black Belt) for Interiors, Powertrain, and Electrical modules > Failure Mode Avoidance (FMA) Coach for Asia Pacific Quality team > Pre-Program Development: Translate competitive trends and customer expectations into vehicle-level attributes, architectures, and features > Train and Mentor Product Development Engineers in applying various problem-solving methodologies for lean manufacturing, lean operations, and Process optimization, during pre-production as well as production phases > Liaison with Module teams to review their Quality frameworks and processes (PPAP, APQP, FMEA, SCCAF, etc.), before presentation to Plant leadership > Competitive benchmarking lead for the Ranger pick-up truck > Collaborate with supplier network to ensure seamless implementation of quality metrics in supplier processes, in line with Ford's product development cycle > Systems Engineering for Fuel systems (Fuel efficiency improvement & emission control) > Integrate design verification system with field-testing plans > Collaborate with plant operations and manufacturing teams for product validation (prototyping and piloting) > Develop impact simulation testing protocols for C-segment SUVs > Research on electrolytic and shell combinations for the Li-ion batteries > Design a Repair, Validation, and Test-Bench facility for 22 variants of Engine wiring harness
