Sathish Prabhu V, Manager - Operations & Process Improvement

Sathish Prabhu V

Manager - Operations & Process Improvement

Revolution Valves

Location
India
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
Experience
22 years, 8 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 8 Months

Manager - Operations & Process Improvement at Revolution Valves
  • India
  • My current job since September 2014

Joined to establish and streamline the entire operations to machine, assemble and dispatch Ball, Gate and Globe valves as per customer requirement

• Plan, monitor, review and ensure daily, weekly and monthly production as per customer order
• Monitor KPI’s against target, review periodically, Action plan for achieving KPI’s through continuous monitoring
• Leading the entire operations team of Engineers and associates to achieve continuous improvement in the day to day activities
• Identifying process improvements, finalize action plan, implement, monitor and document to systemize the improvement
• Studying the Value Stream, identify gaps, plan improvement, implement, monitor and sustain the improvements to improve process ratio
• Identify training needs and train the executives in Process, Value stream and Quality Management systems

Manager - Sourcing & Supply Chain at Ashok Leyland Ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • November 2013 to August 2014

Manager - Sourcing & Supply Chain (Horizontal) Nov 2013 - Aug2014

• Implemented Engineering Design Modifications as per Grade & target dates
• Studying the feasibility & understanding the changes, review with Engineering team, sharing information with supplier, getting samples & doing trial
• Ensured smooth changeover of new parts after liquidating all the Pre-EDM parts
• Conducted review meeting comprising Sourcing(vertical), Quality, Production & stores fortnightly to plan & execute the implementation

Manager - Production Planning & Control at Ashok Leyland Ltd
  • India
  • January 2013 to October 2013

Manager - Production planning & Control Jan 2013 - Oct 2013
• Planning Manufacturing Strategy for all Engine production parts
• Controlling & monitoring daily inventory of all Engines & parts
• Conducted IOR (Input Output Reconciliation) Audits
• Department coordinator for TS16949 & ISO14001
• Internal Auditor for TS16949 & carried out audits in different processes

Dy. Manager - Production Planning & Control at Ashok Leyland ltd
  • India
  • June 2011 to December 2012

Dy Manager - Production planning & Control Jul 2012 - Dec 2012
• Planning Manufacturing Strategy for Engine Machining parts
• Controlling & monitoring daily inventory of Machining parts
• Conducting IOR (Input Output Reconciliation) Audits
• Department coordinator for TS16949 & ISO14001

Dy. Manager - Core Team Member - Mission Gemba at Ashok Leyland ltd
  • India
  • April 2010 to May 2011

Dy Manager - Core Team Member Mission Gemba Apr 2010 - May 2011
• Implemented Road map for three initiatives 5S, EEI & CMI
• Co-ordinated implementation of 5S across the plant
• Trainer for executives & associates on 5S & EEI.
• Conducted Periodic review meeting to monitor road map implementation

Asst Manager - Production at Ashok Leyland ltd
  • India
  • January 2007 to March 2010

Asst Manager - Production Jan 2007 - March 2010
• In-charge for production of 112 Engine components as per production plan
• Department coordinator for TS16949 & ISO14001
• Got trained in MOST & completed Time Study using MOST
• Gemba Unit Leader for 8 initiatives

Sr Officer - Production at Ashok Leyland ltd
  • India
  • August 2003 to December 2006

Sr Officer - Production Aug 2003 - Dec 2006
• Shift In-charge for production of Engine Cylinder Block as per production plan
• In charge for ensuring preventive maintenance of Jigs & Fixtures
• Got trained in PPAP, FMEA, MSA, Lean Manufacturing & TS16949

Diploma Engineer Trainee at Ashok Leyland ltd
  • India
  • August 2001 to July 2003

• Shift In-charge for production of Engine Cylinder Block as per production plan
• In charge for ensuring preventive maintenance of Jigs & Fixtures
• Got trained in PPAP, FMEA, MSA, Lean Manufacturing & TS16949

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical Engineering
  • at Institute of Engineers
  • March 2010

Project: Value Engineering in Engine Timing gears to improve quality and reduce manufacturing cost

Master's degree, Operations Management
  • at SCDL
  • July 2009

Project: Lead Time reduction in Medium Duty Vehicle Assembly by eliminating non-value added activities and increasing productivity

Diploma, Mechanical & Rural Engineering
  • at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Polytechnic
  • June 2001

o Mechanical Project: Design and Fabrication of Water Cooler o Rural Project: Project work on Survey of Small Scale Industries – Shot Blasting Machine manufacturing Industry

Specialties & Skills

Quality Management
Production Planning
Manufacturing Excellence
Inventory Management
Warehouse Management
Production Planning
OPERATING COST CONTROL
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
ISO TS16949 / ISO 14001 Auditing Skills
Production Management
PROCESS Improvement
Sourcing and Supply Chain
QUALITY Management systems
Inventory Analysis using ERP and SAP (IOR)
Change Management Initiatives

Languages

English
Expert
Tamil
Expert
Hindi
Beginner

Memberships

Institute of Engineers (India)
  • AM140685-2
  • September 2010

Training and Certifications

Total Quality Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Ashok Leyland Virtual Campus (ALVC)
Date Attended:
December 2005
Duration:
120 hours
Lean Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Ashok Leyland Virtual Campus (ALVC)
Date Attended:
May 2005
Duration:
150 hours
Time Management (Training)
Training Institute:
Ashok Leyland Virtual Campus (ALVC)
Date Attended:
April 2013
Duration:
40 hours
Executive Development Programme on Quantitative skills, Execution Skills&Quality Management System (Training)
Training Institute:
Ashok Leyland Management Development Centre
Date Attended:
August 2004
Duration:
136 hours
ISO 9001/ QS9000 & ISO/TS16949, Process Approach, 5S and Kaizen (Training)
Training Institute:
OMNEX
Date Attended:
January 2005
Duration:
32 hours

Hobbies

  • Playing Badminton and Cricket and Cooking