Manoj Bangalore Arunkumar

Operations and Supply Chain Leader and Operations Manager with 5+ years in high-volume manufacturing, leading production planning, capacity management, inventory management, and frontline operations. Directs end-to-end S&OP by translating demand signals into constrained capacity and labor plans at site level, sustaining service during demand volatility without incremental cost while advancing continuous improvement.

Senior Production Planner & Site Leader at Alamance Foods, Inc (2022-03 – Present)

• Directed site-level supply and capacity planning through S&OP, sustaining 97–99% OTIF service level.
• Optimized inventory management through a buffer strategy that reduced stockout incidents by 40% while keeping carrying costs flat.
• Led 200+ frontline employees, maintained safety compliance, and advanced continuous improvement initiatives.
• Deployed digital tools cross-functionally to prevent $200K+ in inventory write-offs.
• Built digital data-capture tools for real-time production visibility, improving line uptime.

Production Engineer at Phillips Medisize (2021-10 – 2022-02)

• Engineered standardized SOPs and work instructions, increasing workforce productivity by 20%.
• Reduced changeover time by 12 minutes per shift by applying SMED and 5S Kaizen initiatives.
• Resolved floor-level equipment and quality issues to minimize disruptions and sustain production-line continuity.

Manufacturing Process Associate at Kraft Heinz (2021-06 – 2021-09)

• Detected quality issues early through in-process checks and root cause analysis (RCA), preventing line disruptions.
• Supported "Target Zero" safety initiatives and maintained zero recordable incidents during shift operations.
• Operated production lines reliably, accelerating troubleshooting and keeping downstream operations on track.

Master of Science in Industrial Engineering – Wayne State University (2019-08 – 2021-05)

Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering – Visvaeswaraya Technological University (VTU) (2013-06 – 2017-05)