ARVIND DHARANIDHARAN PADMANATHAN

• Designed and optimized automated reporting solutions to support business performance analysis, reducing manual reporting time by 30%.
• Consolidated 5+ parametric counting methods into a unified data source, improving data consistency and accessibility across teams.
• Maintained and enhanced performance dashboards to enable real-time visibility into key operational metrics.
• Led migration of reporting infrastructure from Looker Studio to Skywise, ensuring seamless transition and continuity of weekly performance updates viewed by 50+ stakeholders.

Master’s Thesis Title: “Leveraging Big Data Analytics for Improved KPI Management in Aerospace: Engineering a Digital Platform-Based Solution for Enhanced Operational Surveillance”

• Improved Quality Adherence efficiency by 25% through the development of a Big Data analytics platform, reducing process deviations and non-conformities.
• Transformed over 100,000 data points from manufacturing operations using a structured management tool (DeMaT) to generate actionable insights for operational decision-making.
• Enabled integration and analysis of structured and unstructured data from the DeMaT database, enhancing data accessibility and traceability.
• Designed and deployed a scalable analytics pipeline aligned with the needs of key Quality Management stakeholders, supporting real-time monitoring and strategic decision support.

• Digitalized real-time production and test data using Google Looker Studio and Palantir Skywise, enabling interactive dashboards that identified power usage trends across 20+ machines at the Nordenham site, contributing to a 15% reduction in energy waste and a 40% decrease in manual reporting efforts.

• Managed resource allocation and KPI tracking
• Ensured on-time milestone reviews.
• Led supplier negotiations achieving 10–15% cost savings. Also streamlined SOPs for material planning and forecasting.
• Oversaw 100+ maintenance logs, schedules, and timesheets to improve operational efficiency by 20%.

• Performed cost analysis using budget reports and pricing data, identifying savings opportunities that cut costs by 15%.
• Designed Tools & Dies that improved layout efficiency and boosted production output by 20%.
• Delivered 3D models, detailed and assembly drawings, and BOMs for 10+ projects, enhancing manufacturing accuracy and documentation quality.

• Maintained budget estimates, quotations, payment timelines and resource requirements using Microsoft Excel.
• Collaborated with procurement team to ensure the availability of required materials and updated the master data.