Kashif Hasnat Khan:
Kashif Hasnat Khan is a second year MBA student majoring in Supply Chain and Strategy. He
has over 4 years of work experience working in supply chain and operations. Kashif started his
career as a mechanical engineer in 2008 working as a management trainee for KSB pumps. He
then moved on to JGC-Descon where he worked as a design engineer. After working there for a
year and a half, Kashif was hired by Unilever to work as AM operation for their food production
facility. Later he was promoted to the role of Operation Excellence manager within Unilever,
and then to the position of Supply Planner. In 2012 he moved to Purdue for his MBA. Over the
summer of 2013 Kashif worked as a Supply Chain Sustainability intern in PepsiCo North America
Beverages. Kashif graduates from his MBA program in May, 2014. He will be joining A.T.
Kearney as an Analytics Associate in their Procurement and Analytics Solution department.
KASHIF HASNAT KHAN
khan84@purdue.edu
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242-S Salisbury St, West Lafayette, IN, Apt 3
765-269-6709
EDUCATION
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
May 2014
MBA, Supply Chain and Strategy (awarded merit-based Graduate Assistantship)
(CGPA 4.0 / 4.0)
Won 4 case competitions
Working on an Experiential Learning Project with the leading retailer in USA to come up with a 5 year growth
strategy in one of their business units
College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, NUST, Pakistan
May 2008
BSC Mechanical Engineering (received merit based scholarship throughout 4 years)
(CGPA 3.6 / 4.0)
Won 2 intra-university tournaments as Captain College Basketball team
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 PepsiCo North America Beverages (NAB)
May 2013 – Aug 2013
Resource Conservation Intern
 Identified multiple zero or low capital projects that will save the company $15 MM through resource conservation
 Unilever Pakistan Limited
Jan 2010 – July 2012
Supply Planner Foods
 Managed food portfolio (over 250 active SKUs) for whole of Pakistan, serving 180 MM people; maintained
customer service level of 95%
 Led different cross functional teams for launching more than 10 new products on time in full, including the whole
revamp of a portfolio
 Led a team of 4 to implement SAP Planning module for a $65 MM business; achieved 70% increased efficiency
 Introduced ABC classification in the inventory management systems of foods; reduced inventory by 30%
Operational Excellence Manager
 Organized and facilitated a national Kaizen event with 50 participants; resulted in annualized savings of $21MM
for the company. My team won third position in this event
 Designed, arranged and instructed at a TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) facilitator course and advanced TPM
tools course for associates and managers(40 trainees each); resulted in savings of 10% of the total factory revenue
 Led 8 site pillars to improve OR (output reliability) from 94% to 96%
 Played a key role in bringing the site to number 1 position (from 47) out of 120 sites in Asia, Africa, Middle East
and Europe
AM Manufacturing Operations
 Led a cross functional team of 5 on a waste reduction project; saved $1 MM by reducing waste from 4% to 0.5%
 JGC-DESCON (Pvt.) ltd., Lahore, Pakistan
Nov 2008 – Jan 2010
Design Engineer Mechanical Static Equipment
 Ensured on time completion of design in a very limited time frame for MANIFA (world’s largest refinery),
ensuring excellent customer service and improved co-ordination
 Led a team of 3 to create a new storage tank design tool; resulted in cost savings of $0.1 MM
 KSB Pumps, Valves and Systems, Lahore, Pakistan ($2.8 Billion revenue)
July 2008 – Nov 2008
Management Trainee
 Negotiated several contracts for pump sales in energy sector; brought in sales worth $0.1 MM
HONORS AND LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES
CPIM certification APICS (first three modules) 2011
Certified TPM (Total Productive Maintenance) instructor by JIPM (Japanese Institute of Planned Maintenance)
Awarded Academic Roll of Honor from UCL Lahore for best achievement in the college in Advanced levels
Member of AFJOG (an NGO for education of underprivileged), gave multiple trainings on basic hygiene needs to
over 150 children while also distributing the basic house hold items for hygiene to them
 Founding member of J.A.W.A.N. (an NGO for social welfare and disaster recovery management in Pakistan), did
extensive work in flood relief in Pakistan floods in 2010 and 2011:
 Reached tens of villages with food in the immediate aftermath
 Built over 100 concrete houses during rehabilitation & installed a water purification plant for clean drinking
water
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