- Ashwin Sharan Sridhar is seeking a position where he can utilize his skills and experience to achieve the best possible results from each process, equipment, and project.
- He has a Master's degree in Food Engineering from University College Dublin and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Anna University.
- As a Process Development Associate at Coca-Cola, he led several projects that reduced downtime, optimized floor space, standardized work instructions, and saved over 6,500 through material usage variance reductions.
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1. Ashwin Sharan Sridhar
Email: asharan3@gmail.com
Phone: +353 892311422
Summary
I rate myself as a technically competent, analytically minded professional with an ability to work cross functionally or
independently. At Coca-Cola, I strive for sustainable success by focusing on continuous improvement in all the projects
I have undertaken. I look forward for a career where I could execute my skills and get the best possible results from
each process, equipment and project.
Education
Masters in Engineering Sciences Food Engineering (CGPA 3.55 / 4.2) Sept 2014 Sept 2015
University College Dublin (UCD) 鐚 Dublin, Ireland
Bachelors of Technology, Chemical Engineering (CGPA 7.41 / 10) Aug 2010 May 2014
Anna University 鐚 Chennai, India
Career Milestones Professional Achievements
Started Theo and Ash, an apparel brand exclusive for
leather products, in 2013.
4000 scholarship from Govt. of India to pursue
postgraduate degree in UCD
Best Outgoing Sportsperson 2010-2014 for
contribution to the college/county cricket team
Head of operations for AIESEC Cancer
Awareness campaign and raised 2800
Devised reports, charts and diagrams of different
processes of a filling line and reduced downtime by 25%
2016 YTD savings of 6500 in Material usage variance
project for Coke Life batches
Overall mass balance for the site and initiated water
savings project
Bronze Level training in Lean Manufacturing
Devised a tracker file to improve visibility between
production, filling, lab and shipping department.
Skills
SAP : manufacturing and shipping T-codes, generating history reports, material usage and stock
Process: Upstream, new equipment validation
Functionality: KPI, OTIF and 6S dashboards.
Control Systems: SCADA, VMware workstations.
Software: AutoCAD 2010
Quality Management System: ETQ Document control, Drafting standardized work instructions (SWI).
Platforms: SharePoint, Microsoft Onenote.
Software: AutoCAD 2010, Monte-Carlo simulation
Equipment calibration: Flowmeters calibration and validation
Application: MS office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access), Adobe Acrobat, Picasso
Project Management tools: Work breakdown structure (WBS), DMAIC.
2. Experience
Process Development Associate - CPS EEA Coca-Cola, August 2015 August 2016
Forecast raw material requirement and RM planning on the basis of weekly production plans
Propose cost saving initiatives with project deliverables, timelines and resource (OPEX projects)
1. 6 Head Filler Performance:
Created template to graphically represent
real-time data from SCADA
Performance analysis, efficiency calculations
and downtime monitoring.
DMAIC approach to reduce downtime by 25%
in 3 months.
2. Water consumption and savings
Leak detection tests throughout the plant
Initiated to fix flow meters in each area and
calibrated them to quantify water usage.
Mass balance calculations of water using
flowmeter data
Reverse Osmosis plant pressure control by
controlling pump speed
Assist in water and energy audits
3. Pasteurization Loss Elimination:
Reduced the average volume lost due to
pasteurization by 2% on all batch sizes
Organized trial batch to eliminate
pasteurization on products shipped to Russia
Liaised with Ireland logistics team and
customer services in Russia
Monitored temperature trail throughout the
supply chain
4. Material Usage Variance:
Tracked juice batches and created a history of
products with highest inventory losses
Driving the process of reducing initial batch
size to reduce end product wastage
Saved 2400 as a team as of February 2016.
5. Floor layout
AutoCAD 2010 drawings of a production area
Optimize floor space and comply with 6S
standards
6. SOP
Drafted SWI for boom filler, spray dryer and
hot caustic CIP of tanks
Thesis Internship, Teagasc, Ashtown. May 2015 July 2015
NIR spectroscopy as a Process Analytical Tool for in-line analysis of powder samples
Multivariate analysis on spectral data to determine the milk powder composition and moisture
content.
Thesis defense and panel presentation.
Treasurer - AIESEC Ireland Oct 2014 Aug 2015
Annual budget for 2014-2015.
Won sponsorship for AIESEC conferences from Dell Ireland.
Trained candidates for Erasmus exchange program in National University Singapore (NUS).
Increased headcount of volunteers in UCD by 60%.
Trainee - Saint-Gobain Glass Pvt Ltd June 2013 Aug 2013
Improved the efficiency of Fire Resistant Glass (FIR) production by 2.2%
Reduced loss of silica and powdered raw materials.
Theo and Ash - Co-founder June 2014 - Present
Contemporary outwear brand focused on premium handcrafted leather products.
Handled client complaints and headed the immediate response team.
Supply-demand forecasting and 80% success rate in delivering products on-time to customers.