Jithin Pushparaj

Oversee the daily operations of the Somerset, NJ distribution center regarding the receiving, picking, packaging, shipping operations and the management of the people and systems supporting those operations. Monitor work flow and manage labor resources within areas of responsibility to meet the daily needs of internal and external customers. Manager of 4 direct and over 20 indirect employees in addition to contingency workers.

• Reduced the annual operating expenses of $1.2 million by 2.2% by consolidating resources, supplies and equipment.
• Manage inventory levels and order processing of multi site 3PL warehouses located in Reno, NV. and Houston, TX.
• Restructuring SAP shipping methods and reorganizing order distribution improving monthly on time shipping performance from 93.5% to 98.8% over a 7 month time frame.
• Through training and implementation of daily cycle counting processes and proper reconciliation of inaccurate counting results, improved cycle count dollar accuracy from 93.5% to 98.7% over a 6 month time period.
• Taking an active role in implementing, maintaining and improving processes to reduce freight related and order accuracy errors resulting in an increase of 4.5% to a 99.7% customer satisfaction level.
• Safety - with continuous training and adherence to company policies over - 53 months with no lost time from a work related injury -.
• Monitored obsolete and inactive inventory on a quarterly basis resulting in the reduction of off-site storage units by 67% creating an annual savings of $57,600.
• Incorporating lean manufacturing principles designed the layout, organization, processes and procedures for a distribution center.

Planned, organized and monitored the receiving, storage and distribution of all items received from company supplier base. Ensured a smooth and efficient operation regarding the supplying of raw material to the proper work areas satisfying internal and external customer needs.

• Reduced raw goods inventory by purging obsolete products by 9.5% resulting in an annual savings of $87,000.
• Reduced inaccurate deliveries of internal packages by 37% with the implementation of internal tracking system.
• Trained and monitored receiving personnel in the use of SAP.
• Improved incoming inventory accuracy from 95.6% to 99.3% by developing standard procedures regarding incoming material and developing KPI's monitoring supplier base.
• Supervised material flow, storage and distribution of over 5000 SKU's.

Managed, planned and procured the raw materials used in the production of the Immulite One series blood analyzer ensuring all materials were purchased within budget and delivered using the JIT model regarding inventory levels.

• Developed a supplier base that achieved a quarterly 97.6% on time delivery performance.
• Improved over a 18 month time frame inventory turns from 6 to 10.5 times annually.
• Directly responsible for over 1200 SKU's.
• Initiated a VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) program reducing the number of stock outs from 29% to 3.5% of general raw materials while maintaining low and accurate inventory levels.
• Developed a Kan-Ban system reducing the number of planned materials by 11%.