Mahesh Kumar

Business Excellence and Mfg. Engineering Leader at SPX FLOW TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
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Manoj Kumar

Mahesh is a great collaborator and a very pragmatic leader. He is very easy to work with and always brings out best of the team. Continuous learning and hands on approach set him apart from the crowd. He is compassionate, yet result driven. Possesses great experience in operations, Quality and people management. He is certainly a great asset of the organization.

Abhishek N Joshi

Mahesh is a person who really adds real value which matters on the ground and is very much impactful. I always admire him for the patience, friendliness and polite behavior. Technically, he is a "Go to" person, and professionally he is "Go getter". His variety and depth of experience brings lot of difference in the work environment, operational efficiency and employee engagement.

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Credentials

  • Business Excellence Master Black Belt Certification
    Benchmark Six Sigma
    Jun, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • ECIL (Excellence in Continuous Improvement Leadership) Practitioner
    Benchmark Six Sigma
    Jun, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Lean Guide
    Benchmark Six Sigma
    Jun, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Lean Practitioner
    Benchmark Six Sigma
    Jun, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Business Analytics Foundation
    Benchmark Six Sigma
    May, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Business Value Analyst
    Benchmark Six Sigma
    May, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Strategic RPA Practitioner
    Benchmark Six Sigma
    May, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Artificial Intelligence Foundations: Thinking Machines
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Digital Transformation
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Everything as a Service (XaaS) is the Future of Business
    LinkedIn
    Apr, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Business Process Improvement
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Implementing Supply Chain Management
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Inventory Management Foundations
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Lean Inventory Management
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Quality Management Foundations
    LinkedIn
    Mar, 2021
    - Oct, 2024
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt (ICBB) training
    Kaizen Institute
    Oct, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • Environmental Management Systems Lead Auditor (EMS-LA)
    DNV Business Assurance
    Nov, 2012
    - Oct, 2024
  • Integrated safety, Health, Environment and Quality Management Systems
    DNV
    Jan, 2012
    - Oct, 2024
  • Certified Training Professional
    Quality Circle Forum Of India
    Aug, 2011
    - Oct, 2024
  • Project Management Professional (PMP)
    Project Management Institute
    Apr, 2011
    - Oct, 2024
  • Six Sigma Black Belt
    Motorola
    Oct, 2009
    - Oct, 2024
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification
    Motorola
    May, 2009
    - Oct, 2024
  • Six Sigma Black Belt Certification – Level I
    Confederation of Indian Industry
    Jan, 2007
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

    • United Kingdom
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Business Excellence and Mfg. Engineering Leader
      • Dec 2019 - May 2021

      Responsible for delivering continual improvement in operations and supply chain projects by applying Industrial Engineering, Project management and Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Under this present assignment, I am offering department-level leadership in bringing in manufacturing excellence, propagating operational excellence, and meeting organizational goals. Through a pragmatic approach, I assess financial statements, analyze sales reports, or other KPIs in order to find areas of… Show more Responsible for delivering continual improvement in operations and supply chain projects by applying Industrial Engineering, Project management and Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Under this present assignment, I am offering department-level leadership in bringing in manufacturing excellence, propagating operational excellence, and meeting organizational goals. Through a pragmatic approach, I assess financial statements, analyze sales reports, or other KPIs in order to find areas of improvement. Strengthening the management systems and processes of an organization is something I believe, can be achieved by improving performance and creating value for stakeholders. For securing organizational goals, I direct the gamut of operations pertaining to manufacturing projects, right from project identification and prioritization with the cross-functional team through current process analysis. In addition to this, I lead supplier development/ management, QMS, Customer complaint management, Customized training as per TNI (training needs identification) for skill development. Utilizing my expertise gained during SAP implementation using AGILE methodology, Green Field Project and continuous improvement projects in all the functions. I ensure to engage right stakeholders, their training and development needs, Conflict resolution, resource management, timely updating of project progress/milestone status to the management, including proper project signoff, reward & recognition, and mapping realized benefits of concluded projects as well as sharing lean six sigma best practices. Furthermore, I partner with operating teams in delivering key SLAs, productivity commitments, risk mitigation, etc.; while establishing a project governance framework and steering continuous improvement conversations with stakeholders.

    • Manufacturing Engineering Manager
      • May 2018 - Dec 2019

      This was one of the outcome form our VSM event which triggered to go for plant transformation. After having hands on experience on One plant transformation project in my last assignment it was time to replicate the best practices once again in new organization. Business case was approved to go ahead. I led this Brown field transformation project from start till the commissioning and ensured smooth handover to the Production team. This time we use engineering software along with manual… Show more This was one of the outcome form our VSM event which triggered to go for plant transformation. After having hands on experience on One plant transformation project in my last assignment it was time to replicate the best practices once again in new organization. Business case was approved to go ahead. I led this Brown field transformation project from start till the commissioning and ensured smooth handover to the Production team. This time we use engineering software along with manual models. Our team made different layouts on AutoCAD and outcome was crafted with cardboard mock up for our key values streams. weekly review was setup with CFT to get their inputs. As a result of these coordinated efforts we were able to complete the project without a single safety and quality incident and with zero delivery failures. We procured equipment worth 2 Crores INR and achieved cost avoidance and savings worth 30 Lacs INR using 7 ways concept. All standard work were reviewed and updated. we focused on key stakeholders from day one and Involved Shop floor associates while developing all this SW and Manning pattern/Playbooks across all Value Streams. This Plant rearrangement project support to improve business metrics: Reduced Material movement by 50% and eliminated 21 Unsafe practices /Unsafe conditions. Improved on time delivery from 12% to >32%, Inventory Turns from 2.5 to 4.7, Productivity by 20% and Employee Engagement Score from 10% to 100%.

    • United States
    • Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Value Stream leader
      • May 2016 - Jun 2017

      After plant transformation project was completed, I was promoted to Value stream leader. It was a great time to realize the benefits from plant transformation project. Got opportunity to share best practices with CEO during plant Gemba walk. For meeting the organizational goals, I led two value streams to extend lean principles and improve key Metrics including on time delivery, product quality, safety, and cost optimization by analyzing End to End processes. Furthermore, I worked in… Show more After plant transformation project was completed, I was promoted to Value stream leader. It was a great time to realize the benefits from plant transformation project. Got opportunity to share best practices with CEO during plant Gemba walk. For meeting the organizational goals, I led two value streams to extend lean principles and improve key Metrics including on time delivery, product quality, safety, and cost optimization by analyzing End to End processes. Furthermore, I worked in close coordination with the quality, engineering, and maintenance departments to ensure problems with quality, processes, equipment, or materials are resolved correctly in a timely manner. Due to the continuous effort and flawless execution of the projects, I was rewarded as Best Value Stream leader for making significant improvements in KPI's via. MDI and BPS culture deployment on the shop floor. Show less After plant transformation project was completed, I was promoted to Value stream leader. It was a great time to realize the benefits from plant transformation project. Got opportunity to share best practices with CEO during plant Gemba walk. For meeting the organizational goals, I led two value streams to extend lean principles and improve key Metrics including on time delivery, product quality, safety, and cost optimization by analyzing End to End processes. Furthermore, I worked in… Show more After plant transformation project was completed, I was promoted to Value stream leader. It was a great time to realize the benefits from plant transformation project. Got opportunity to share best practices with CEO during plant Gemba walk. For meeting the organizational goals, I led two value streams to extend lean principles and improve key Metrics including on time delivery, product quality, safety, and cost optimization by analyzing End to End processes. Furthermore, I worked in close coordination with the quality, engineering, and maintenance departments to ensure problems with quality, processes, equipment, or materials are resolved correctly in a timely manner. Due to the continuous effort and flawless execution of the projects, I was rewarded as Best Value Stream leader for making significant improvements in KPI's via. MDI and BPS culture deployment on the shop floor. Show less

    • Lean Change Agent
      • Dec 2014 - May 2016

      As a change agent I led 2nd phase of Brown field transformation project from start till the commissioning and ensured smooth handover to the Production team. Our team made cardboard mock up of entire factory and developed list of equipment's for our key values streams. As a result of these coordinated efforts we were able to complete the project without a single safety and quality incident and with zero delivery failures. We procured equipment worth 10 Crores INR and achieved cost avoidance and… Show more As a change agent I led 2nd phase of Brown field transformation project from start till the commissioning and ensured smooth handover to the Production team. Our team made cardboard mock up of entire factory and developed list of equipment's for our key values streams. As a result of these coordinated efforts we were able to complete the project without a single safety and quality incident and with zero delivery failures. We procured equipment worth 10 Crores INR and achieved cost avoidance and savings worth 2 Crores INR. All standard work were developed from scratch using tools like Yamazumi and Process at a Glance(PAAG).We incorporated Key points concept of Toyota Instruction method in all process documentation. Intellect of Shop floor associates(8th Muda) was harnessed to the maximum while developing all this SW and Manning pattern/Playbooks across all Value Streams. Show less As a change agent I led 2nd phase of Brown field transformation project from start till the commissioning and ensured smooth handover to the Production team. Our team made cardboard mock up of entire factory and developed list of equipment's for our key values streams. As a result of these coordinated efforts we were able to complete the project without a single safety and quality incident and with zero delivery failures. We procured equipment worth 10 Crores INR and achieved cost avoidance and… Show more As a change agent I led 2nd phase of Brown field transformation project from start till the commissioning and ensured smooth handover to the Production team. Our team made cardboard mock up of entire factory and developed list of equipment's for our key values streams. As a result of these coordinated efforts we were able to complete the project without a single safety and quality incident and with zero delivery failures. We procured equipment worth 10 Crores INR and achieved cost avoidance and savings worth 2 Crores INR. All standard work were developed from scratch using tools like Yamazumi and Process at a Glance(PAAG).We incorporated Key points concept of Toyota Instruction method in all process documentation. Intellect of Shop floor associates(8th Muda) was harnessed to the maximum while developing all this SW and Manning pattern/Playbooks across all Value Streams. Show less

    • India
    • Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Asst. Manager Process Excellance
      • Jul 2011 - Dec 2014

      Responsible for driving process excellence initiatives in manufacturing units which includes TQM, lean and six sigma projects, Distinct standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001, Measurement system analysis, Audits for checking health of critical processes. Identifying and prioritizing bottleneck/pain areas of the organization for providing solutions through Six Sigma / Lean projects in different businesses by using structural methodology/criteria based on linkage with ABP, financial… Show more Responsible for driving process excellence initiatives in manufacturing units which includes TQM, lean and six sigma projects, Distinct standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001, Measurement system analysis, Audits for checking health of critical processes. Identifying and prioritizing bottleneck/pain areas of the organization for providing solutions through Six Sigma / Lean projects in different businesses by using structural methodology/criteria based on linkage with ABP, financial saving, Customer impact etc. Daily 5S Walk with Leadership team, Model 5S Area Deployment, Built in Quality deployment on all lines. Taking projects to address gaps found during Monthly Process Health check audits. Creating Lean pocket diary for all employees, Setting up of Continuous Improvement Academy at site for developing Subject Matter Experts, Setting up of CI Projects review system. Mentor and complete successfully more than 12 projects with a realized saving of more than 0.5Mn$ and many soft benefits to the organization. Critical projects which provide a sustainable monitory benefit to the organization are: - 1. RM yield improvement by 2.5 % which give saving of > Rs. 10 Mn. 2. Reduction of power consumption by >7%. 3. Change over time reduction from 8 Hrs. To < 3 Hrs. For the bottle neck machine. 4. Batch cycle time reduction from > 8 Hrs. To < 4hrs. 5. Reduction of water consumption by 20% in critical manufacturing process. Show less Responsible for driving process excellence initiatives in manufacturing units which includes TQM, lean and six sigma projects, Distinct standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001, Measurement system analysis, Audits for checking health of critical processes. Identifying and prioritizing bottleneck/pain areas of the organization for providing solutions through Six Sigma / Lean projects in different businesses by using structural methodology/criteria based on linkage with ABP, financial… Show more Responsible for driving process excellence initiatives in manufacturing units which includes TQM, lean and six sigma projects, Distinct standards like ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001, Measurement system analysis, Audits for checking health of critical processes. Identifying and prioritizing bottleneck/pain areas of the organization for providing solutions through Six Sigma / Lean projects in different businesses by using structural methodology/criteria based on linkage with ABP, financial saving, Customer impact etc. Daily 5S Walk with Leadership team, Model 5S Area Deployment, Built in Quality deployment on all lines. Taking projects to address gaps found during Monthly Process Health check audits. Creating Lean pocket diary for all employees, Setting up of Continuous Improvement Academy at site for developing Subject Matter Experts, Setting up of CI Projects review system. Mentor and complete successfully more than 12 projects with a realized saving of more than 0.5Mn$ and many soft benefits to the organization. Critical projects which provide a sustainable monitory benefit to the organization are: - 1. RM yield improvement by 2.5 % which give saving of > Rs. 10 Mn. 2. Reduction of power consumption by >7%. 3. Change over time reduction from 8 Hrs. To < 3 Hrs. For the bottle neck machine. 4. Batch cycle time reduction from > 8 Hrs. To < 4hrs. 5. Reduction of water consumption by 20% in critical manufacturing process. Show less

    • India
    • Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Asst. Manager Business Excellence/Six Sigma
      • Dec 2008 - May 2011

      I was Responsible for Identifying and prioritizing bottleneck/pain areas of the organization for providing solutions through Six Sigma / Lean projects in different businesses by using structural methodology/criteria based on linkage with ABP, financial saving, Customer impact etc. Provided Six Sigma Green Belt Training for more than 600 Hrs. Design & imparting Lean/six sigma and other related trainings to bring cultural change in the organization. Mentor and completed more… Show more I was Responsible for Identifying and prioritizing bottleneck/pain areas of the organization for providing solutions through Six Sigma / Lean projects in different businesses by using structural methodology/criteria based on linkage with ABP, financial saving, Customer impact etc. Provided Six Sigma Green Belt Training for more than 600 Hrs. Design & imparting Lean/six sigma and other related trainings to bring cultural change in the organization. Mentor and completed more than 40 Green Belt projects & 5 Black Belt projects. Control & Monitor CTP/CTQ parameters of all completed projects so that sustenance in the improvement can be maintained. key link between project leader & top management to ensure timely completion of the projects. Make realization of more than 5 Mn $ through BB & GB projects. Show less I was Responsible for Identifying and prioritizing bottleneck/pain areas of the organization for providing solutions through Six Sigma / Lean projects in different businesses by using structural methodology/criteria based on linkage with ABP, financial saving, Customer impact etc. Provided Six Sigma Green Belt Training for more than 600 Hrs. Design & imparting Lean/six sigma and other related trainings to bring cultural change in the organization. Mentor and completed more… Show more I was Responsible for Identifying and prioritizing bottleneck/pain areas of the organization for providing solutions through Six Sigma / Lean projects in different businesses by using structural methodology/criteria based on linkage with ABP, financial saving, Customer impact etc. Provided Six Sigma Green Belt Training for more than 600 Hrs. Design & imparting Lean/six sigma and other related trainings to bring cultural change in the organization. Mentor and completed more than 40 Green Belt projects & 5 Black Belt projects. Control & Monitor CTP/CTQ parameters of all completed projects so that sustenance in the improvement can be maintained. key link between project leader & top management to ensure timely completion of the projects. Make realization of more than 5 Mn $ through BB & GB projects. Show less

    • India
    • Automotive
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Mechanical Engineer
      • Jul 2006 - Dec 2008

      Was responsible for Production targets, Manpower Planning, CT improvements, Error proofing of processes, implementing SMED for better equipment OEE, Tools planning, RCA for rejections and customer complaints and team skill development. Completed two lines transfer and setup process. Managing 20 Operators for 30 machines. Got six sigma Black Belt Certification during this tenure and completed one project on product quality improvement enabled to save Rs. 35 lacs annually. Was responsible for Production targets, Manpower Planning, CT improvements, Error proofing of processes, implementing SMED for better equipment OEE, Tools planning, RCA for rejections and customer complaints and team skill development. Completed two lines transfer and setup process. Managing 20 Operators for 30 machines. Got six sigma Black Belt Certification during this tenure and completed one project on product quality improvement enabled to save Rs. 35 lacs annually.

    • Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Line Supervisor
      • Jan 2001 - Mar 2003

      Got an opportunity to work with a renowned TPM trainer for implementing TPM in Gurgaon Plant, created autonomous maintenance standards for various equipment's under AM Pillar. Responsible for Production ,manpower planning and product quality. Improved tool life by 10%. Key contributor in ISO 14001 certification. Got an opportunity to work with a renowned TPM trainer for implementing TPM in Gurgaon Plant, created autonomous maintenance standards for various equipment's under AM Pillar. Responsible for Production ,manpower planning and product quality. Improved tool life by 10%. Key contributor in ISO 14001 certification.

Education

  • SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS)
    Master of Business Administration - MBA, Operations Management and Supervision
    2021 - 2023
  • Lord Vishwakarma Institute of Technology & Management
    B.Tech, Mechanical Engg.
    2003 - 2006

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