Plant Head

• Jan 2020 - Present

Production Manager

• Aug 2015 - Jan 2020

• Heading the whole unit Bangalore from RM procurement to Cylinder dispatch and Customer satisfaction. • Reporting to Directors on Monthly, Quarterly and Annual plans and achievements. • Managing a team of skilled, non skilled and administrative staff. • Preparing daily, weekly and monthly production plans. • Negotiating with vendors for material supply. • Subcontract planning and price negotiation. • Conducting internal meeting with marketing, Design, Quality and production for ensuring timely delivery to customers. • Achieving the set targets. • Ensuring cost reduction from Design stage, Raw material stage and at operation stage. • Reviewing vendor and supplier audits and report to management. • Customer complaints resolving. • Responsible for developing new product from process sheets to tooling and dispatch. • Developing new tools for assembly and process. • Process sheets developments. • Time plan preparations. • Leading 5s in whole organisation • Leading cycle time reduction, cost reduction projects. • Meeting customers and resolving product related complaints and enquiries. Show less

Project Manager

• Nov 2014 - Jul 2015

• Heading QA & QC dept and responsible for TS16949 implementation, Maintaining ISO-9001 -2008 • Conducting Process audits and report to Management and coordinating with team to improve process • Conducting vendor and supplier audits and report to management. • Customer complaints resolving. • Responsible for developing new product from process sheets to tooling and dispatch. • Developing new tools for assembly and process. • Process sheets developments. • Time plan preparations. • Leading 5s in whole organisation • Leading cycle time reduction, cost reduction projects. • Meeting customers and resolving product related complaints and enquiries. Show less

Production Manager

• Aug 2013 - Oct 2014

• Demonstrated excellence in handling the entire breadth of activities related to order processing, providing customer to dispatch confirmation to customer and requesting to put the same in a impacting phrase • Leading a team of 100 people comprising of Senior Executives, Supervisors, Operators & Contract Labour • Developing WIP reports; ensuring two Kaizens per month • Spearheading the activities related to purchase including raising indents for Matls, finalising prices with vendors by negotiation • Accountable for data management for employees related to attendance and salary Show less

Deputy Manager

• Feb 2011 - Aug 2013

Headed a team of 400 members including Senior Engineers, Operators and Contract Labourers • Interacted with PPC, Purchase & Materials Department for arranging raw materials & consumables required for “Finishing of Blades” • Ensured follow-ups for maintaining of equipments with AMC professionals • Handled customer calls regarding the progress and meeting the deadline set by the customer • Imparted training to shop floor people to ensure safety, productivity & maintaining process parameters • Liaised with Matls and Purchase team for raw Matls procurement Show less

Sr Engineer

• Feb 1996 - Aug 2009

• Managed the Quality and Operations and was also responsible for carrying out various test like chemical position, Tensile strength test, CASS, NAS( for hard chrome plating quality), analysing field failure and giving reports in 8D format. • Started my career with Wipro as Assistant engineer -Production in Piston rod plant and was responsible for managing a team of 100 people and 60 machines consisting of Band saw cutting machine, Induction hardening, TEMPERING, Straightening Press, CNC turning centres, CO2 Welding machines, Drilling, Conventional lathes, Milling, Friction welding, Cylindrical grinding, Honing, Burnishing, Polishing & buffing, Super finishing machines for a term of 5 years • Ventured in World class manufacturing projects with the leadership of Japanese expert Satake to improve processes and productivity. • Promoted as Engineer - Planning was responsible for In house production and subcontracting activities additional to above machines was also responsible for sub contract activities like grinding, CNC turning, Jig boring, Plating, Drilling which consisted a team of more than 60 sub contactors for 5 years. • Ventured in various Manufacturing Excellence projects with the leadership of Japanese expert Kasahara for Cost reduction and Cycle time reduction. • Promoted as Senior engineer - Quality was pivotal in implementing QS-9000, ISO-9001, ISO - 14001 and OHS . • Responsible for Internal and External Certification audits. • Conducting process audits and destructive tests and reporting the same thru MIS. • Conducting Subcontract Process and system audits in places like Hard chrome plating. • Leading a team of engineers and employees to achieve the targeted results like 100ppm in piston rod Quality. Show less