Chaitanya Sant Kumar

Experience

Selected work

Program management, operations, and manufacturing across product, entrepreneurship, and aerospace.

  1. Product & Operations Lead

    Jan 2026 — Present

    Lane PoS · Remote

    • Optimized database schemas and inventory workflows using SQL, reducing system latency by 15% to accelerate real-time stock-level reporting.
    • Analyzed system feedback from 20+ user endpoints to map data flow anomalies, reducing inventory reconciliation errors.
    • Managed functional sprint timelines for a 4-member systems team, delivering operational features via Agile/Scrum methodologies.
    SQLInventoryAgile/Scrum

  2. Operations & Logistics Lead

    Nov 2024 — May 2026

    UTA Centre for Entrepreneurship · Arlington, TX

    • Formulated advanced exponential smoothing models in Python to forecast resource demand, driving an 18% semester-over-semester improvement in venue capacity utilization.
    • Coordinated physical asset distribution and end-to-end logistics operations for high-volume events, managing resource deployments that generated over $250K in revenue.
    • Engineered interactive Tableau and Power BI dashboards to analyze site logistics and footfall patterns, slashing peak-hour bottleneck congestion by 25%.
    • Negotiated dynamic service level agreements (SLAs) and procurement contracts for 50+ vendors, ensuring 100% operational compliance amid highly variable requirements.
    • Spearheaded Lean Six Sigma value stream mapping to standardize logistics SOPs, reducing material processing cycle times by 20%.
    PythonTableauPower BILean Six Sigma

  3. Manufacturing Engineering Intern

    Mar 2024 — Jul 2024

    TATA Advanced Systems Limited · Hyderabad, India

    • Conducted detailed time-studies and capacity planning matrix evaluations using Advanced Excel, providing senior leadership with data-driven recommendations for a dynamic workforce.
    • Audited and updated complex Bills of Materials (BOMs) and routing sheets for 5+ engineering assemblies, ensuring strict alignment between engineering specs and shop-floor material requirements.
    • Partnered with senior engineering teams to execute diagnostic process audits, identifying critical macro-workflow adjustments to target a projected $100K in annual shop-floor savings.
    • Applied 5S and Kaizen principles during production readiness reviews to optimize workflows, reducing tooling setup times by 14%.
    Time-StudiesBOM5S · KaizenAerospace