Vipin Jain, Plant Manager

Vipin Jain

Plant Manager

Saint Gobain

Location
Tanzania
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Instrumentation
Experience
21 years, 7 months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 7 months

Plant Manager at Saint Gobain
  • Vietnam - Ho Chi Minh City
  • My current job since September 2016

• Responsible of overall operations of the plant & ensuring all safety standards with ZERO tolerance in Safety & reporting to country manager
• Responsible for P&L statement, analysis & review
• Leading & Supporting to all manufacturing activities along with technical skills
• Ensure on time delivery of all products
• Strong leader in LEAN manufacturing
• Training & Development of the team members
• Planning with sales & marketing team
• Responsible to prepare & manage the budget & running cost saving programs
• Forecasting about the market hence discussion to set up another facility

Senior Manager Manufacturing at USG Boral / Lafarge
  • India - Delhi
  • July 2014 to August 2016

• Overall management of Operations, production, Project management, Maintenance, Quality, Process, Safety, Lean, yearly budgeting, people management etc.
• Managing more than 100 people in the plant
• Responsible for all kind of reporting such as Divisional report, Monthly report, Weekly report, Excellence report, Project report etc.
• We have increase production volume by 15% in the existing line in last 14 months which going to increase by 20% in next couple of months to support market
• Full co-ordination with Sales & marketing team to understand the market demand & new product development for new capacity
• Working for capacity expansion for additional new line considering the market demand almost 40 MUSD new investment in southern part of India
• Managing metal production line with 1 MLM capacity
• Working for additional metal line purchase, capex & installation commissioning
• Managing all the Capex in the plant

Maintenance Manager Expat position at USGypsum Boral
  • Thailand
  • January 2007 to June 2014

12 Years of International experience in Manufacturing (Maintenance, Project, Production process, Lean Manufacturing & supplier management) with multinational companies.
Overall management of Maintenance department, yearly budgeting, project management, process control in Gypsum plasterboard plant.
• Overall management of Maintenance department, yearly budgeting, project management, process control.
• Transferred from India plant to Thailand plant as an Expat, especially with challenge to improve machine condition to improve OEE, project commissioning, reduce cost & lead the safety culture (Biggest plant in Lafarge).
• Improved plant performance in terms of OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) from 80% (FY 2010) to 94% (FY 2013) best among all business units.
• Wide Experience of plant Installations & Commissioning
• Strong management competencies for multiple roles in a large complex business
• Support manufacturing through the effective management of all aspects of maintenance/engineering & processes to ensure manufacturing equipment & processes are optimized in regard to efficiency, cost & quality.
• Leading the Installations & commissioning & ramp-up of new plasterboard production line called line2 (Investment 50MUSD).
• Ensure that all projects / process & installations comply with the appropriate regulatory & statutory requirements.
• Implementation of Lean Manufacturing from scratch with strong focus on TPM.
• Implementation of TPM including preventive, predictive & corrective maintenance, minimize the breakdown maintenance & strong focus on planned maintenance to support manufacturing
• Assist where required in developing training programs which will aid the development of our employees in related to manufacturing process.
• Strong attitude towards decision making & problem solving.
• Ensure the highest engineering standards & best practices in all maintenance activities carried out in the plant.
• Monitor performance; facilitate the identification and resolution of plant performance (OEE) issues, utilizing appropriate resources, tools & techniques.
• Spare parts planning & Inventory management with coordination of other dept.
• Lead the safety culture change through exemplarity, building trust and engagement with employees.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant Health & Safety and Environmental legislation within the working environment.
• Leading the Industrial performance improvement program & drive several energy saving program in 85Mm2/year plasterboard production facility with 2 lines.
• Develop technical expertise in equipment / processes and ensure a continuous improvement approach for all processes.
• Responsible for all Capex preparations, approval & management of the cost.
• Strong focus on cost management, Supplier management & reduction in plant fixed cost

Senior Engineering at LG Hotline
  • India
  • August 2002 to January 2007

Worked since machine installations, commissioning, trial runs until commercial production & continue running the plant.
In charge of overall department activities from manpower scheduling, troubleshooting for all problems in plant, training program for employees.
Planning & reviewing targets on weekly & monthly basis
In charge of all breakdowns, plant maintenance, preventive maintenance systems root cause analysis.
Hands on experience on highly automated PLC operated machines involved several robots, auto transfer system, VFD’s, sensors, pneumatics etc.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics & Instrumentation
  • at RGPV -University
  • January 2002

• 2002 RGPV -University Vidisha Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics & Instrumentation

High school or equivalent, Mathematics
  • at Gwalior boys higher secondary school
  • April 1996

Shiksha Nagar Gwalior

Specialties & Skills

Lean Manufacturing
Preventive Maintenance
Budgeting
Maintenance Management
Management
HYDRAULICS
LEAN MANUFACTURING
MAINTENANCE
MANUFACTURING PROCESS
MAPPING
PNEUMATICS
SENSORS
TRAINING

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Thai
Intermediate