• Gender: Male
• Age: 49
• Designation: Plant Director
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Preferred Location: Pune
• Work Experience: 23 Year(s)

Education

BE (Production Engineering) from MIT, Aurangabad in 1998

Skill Sets

Extensive Leadership abilities and having 21 Year of extensive experience in Plant Manufacturing, Procurement ,New Product Development Supply Chain Management, Global Sourcing and Logistics , Supplier Quality , Development and Risk Management, Manufacturing Quality and QMS , Lean & Six Sigma, Strategic Planning and Project Management, People Management.

Financial Management, Decision Making, Leadership, Supply Chain Management, Quality Management, System Program / Project Management,
Global Strategic Sourcing / Logistics, Supplier / Vendor Management, Adaptability, Risk Management, Production Planning, Resource Management

Work Experience

Plant Director
Since April 2019
Job Profile :
Strategic and tactical plans: Developing and executing the company’s business strategies in order to attain the goals of the board and shareholders
Prepare and implement comprehensive business plans to facilitate achievement by planning cost-effective operations and market development activities
Ensures communication and cooperation among all plant functions ( Forging , Machining , Gear cell , Welding and Assembly) and manage efficient integration of work flow
Ensure company policies and legal guidelines are communicated all the way from the top down in the company and that they are followed at all times
Communicate and maintain trust relationships with shareholders, business partners and authorities
Oversee the company’s financial performance, Providing support to all facility activities and prepare profit plans for plant
Delegate responsibilities and supervise the work of executives providing guidance and motivation to drive maximum performance
Read all submitted reports by lower rank managers to reward performance, prevent issues and resolve problems
Act as the public speaker and public relations representative of the company in ways that strengthen its profile
Analyse problematic situations and occurrences and provide solutions to ensure company survival and growth Policies
Maintain efficient quality of all products within required budget and prepare schedule.

2013-2019: Deputy General Manager II - Purchase and Global Sourcing, Supplier Development and Risk Management
2010-2013: Assistant General Manager – Head India Supplier Development and Management. OFP and Logistics
2008-2010: Chief Manager – Multi Commodity Manager and Vender Development
2006-2008: Sr.Manager – Global Strategic Sourcing SUPPLY BASE MANAGER
Job Profile :
Purchase and New Product Development: Direct and Indirect Material Procurement; and New Part development with providing expertize in Cost negotiation , Cost reduction , Supplier Development for commodities like Castings, Forgings, Sheet Metal, Frames, Machined parts, Fasteners, Bearings Power Train, Electric & Electronic, Seating, Interiors, Exteriors, and Proprietary parts etc. This covers multiple units with multiple product lines and substantial involvement in global product line supply Management. Handled DMC spent more than $250Mn.
Global Sourcing: played a Leadership role in bringing Global Sourcing out off India for John Deere worldwide units to achieve and support business goal of enterprise cost reduction . One of the Founder Leader to establish Global Sourcing Base and Organization for JD India ( Current Spent $ 200Mn.)
Supplier Development and Quality: Enthusiastically led at country level to improve performance of 400+ suppliers for quality, delivery, process .capacity, part warranty, QMS improvement. ? Identified and developed new suppliers in India for all worldwide JD units by managing supplier capability assessment, qualification, and training and on boarding. Build culture of Continuous Improvement, Process Focus and Functional Excellence.
Supplier Risk Management: Developed & implemented Supplier Risk Management Processes to mitigate Supplier’s Performance, Financial, Country /Event , Strategy and Compliance Risk.
Global Regions handled for supply chain and Logistics :
Managed Supply Chain and Logistics to more than 20 worldwide John Deere Units from India Supply Base with spend more than Mn$200.
Global Warehouse Management : Established supplier warehouse operations globally to control inventory for reduction in inventory management cost and ensure ready availability of materials to meet targets
Domestics Order Fulfilment and Logistics : Manages End to end material value chain sub processes – Material Order fulfillment providing expertise on warehouses operations across internal and external). Established Greenfield 3 PL Logistics providers for India and Global JD Operations. ? Product Development and Project Management: Managed smoothly multiple Projects for multiple domestic and global product lines working with CFT team and suppliers to meeting targets of Quality ,Cost , Delivery and Capacity.
Six Sigma and Lean Management:’ A project Champlain targeting improvement through Customer Centricity across the Key Suppliers. A major highlight includes unprecedented improvement in FPM, FPY and PPM through Continual Improvement projects. More than 200 Six Sigma projects deployed at key suppliers.
Distinctive Product Quality (DPQ): Spearheaded operational excellence strategic supplier quality functions by providing leadership; instilling a sense of urgency; and driving problems resolution to ensure that product quality meet Customer requirements and improve FAILURE PER MACHINE and First Pass Yield .
Quality Management System: Leading the supply Management and Central quality system Auditor to implement and sustain quality management systems like JDQPS , ISO 9001, ISO14001 etc.
Product Warranty Resolution Management My role has been pivotal in designing & driving strategies that have led to improve Product Warranty ,Plant FPM, Supplier Warranty Problem Resolution cycle Time (PRCT )
Development of CFT Team Build: Played major role in establishing separate Strategic Sourcing Quality , Cost Management and Logistics department to cater better services to Global JD units and alignment with India JD operations.
Led efforts in attaining the highest Country level Employee Engagement, Manager Satisfaction and Performance Indexconducted by third party FY 18-19

Deputy Manager – Plant Quality & Supplier Quality and Development
JULY 2005 to 2006
Company Name : Whirlpool India Ltd
Job Profile :
Responsible for complete plant quality and QMS of Pune plant.
Ensuring Quality Manual, Procedure, work instructions are followed and changes are done as per system.
Six Sigma Implementation at Plant Level.
Lead and Control the Quality team for incoming . in process, final Quality, process audits and Customer Support.
Manage and Maintain the company’s internal audit program.

Head Plant Quality and Supplier Quality & Development – Foam Plant
2001-2005
Company Name : Tata Johnson Controls
Job Profile :
Overall Responsibility of QA Function and MR for Greenfield Project of Foam Plant in Pune and Chennai.
Lead the Quality team of incoming , In process and Final Quality including customer support function.
Handled customers like Tata Motors , Ford , Toyota and Mercedes Benz etc
Implemented Policies , Procedures , Manual as per System .
Successfully lead through the QS and TS 16949, ISO 14001, OSHAS 18000 and TATA Business Excellence for Greenfield Plants.
Leading Role to Establish NABL accredited Seating Testing Lab as per ISO 27001 first in India.
Ensuring Quality Manual , Procedure, work instructions are followed and changes are done as per system.
Ensuring PPAP, APQP, Control plan, SPC, 8D, VOC , quality alerts are maintained.
Ensured Lean and Six Sigma project implementation at Plant Level.
Assessed vendor’s performance, executed system & process audits, approved control plans at vendor’s-end and provided technical guidance to the Vendor Team for resolving performance bottlenecks

Quality Engineer – Foam Division
1998-2001
Company Name : Shakun Precision

Trainings
Supplier Risk Program by IIM Bangalore
Leadership Behaviours Training by Global Management
Supplier Quality Evaluation Training at John Deere USA
Six Sigma Championship Training by BMG
Green Belt Certification by TJC
Industrial Finance Management for Non-finance People
New Product Introduction, Best Practices – QFD, HOQ, DFA, DFM, and FMEA
Cost of Quality
PM Analysis (TPM) ,Statistical Process Control
QS9000 / ISO9000 / TS16949 / ISO14000 / OSHAS 18001
Early Equipment Management

Profile Summary
Plant Manufacturing : Lead the manufacturing plants to meet business plans.
Purchase and Global Sourcing and Logistics : Leadership role in Managing and Leading Procurement, Global Sourcing, New Product development, order fulfilment & Logistics for multiple Plants and different product lines .
Supplier Development, Quality & Risk Management: Proficient in developing & implementing various Supplier Quality ,
Development and Risk Management processes / procedures to improve and manage supplier’s Performance in terms of Quality , Delivery , Cost , Financial, Country /Event , Strategy and Compliance Risk.
Project and Program Management: Proficient in managing & implementing complete Project strategies for Domestic and Global New Programs working closely with Suppliers and CFT Team.
Plant Quality and QMS :Lead and Control Plant Quality Function including customer support function and Expertise in applying total quality management tools / techniques / systems to various processes within the business unit such as ISO, QS and TS 16949, ISO 14000, OSHAS 18000, IEC27001, and so on
Six Sigma and Lean Manufacturing: Lead and Drove Business Excellence and continuous Improvement Programs/Projects
by implementing Six Sigma & Lean Manufacturing Practices at Plant as well at supplier end.
People Management: defined roles & responsibilities for Reporting Managers / team and developed organization (people, capabilities & competencies) to meet future business needs i.e. job rotations, job transformations & career development