Unit Head _Operations (Multiple Plants)
ROCA BATHROOM PRODUCTS PVT LTD
Total years of experience :31 years, 3 Months
Unit Head (Handling Multiple Plants - South India) Dec’2015 to Till date
• Lead a team of 1000 people including Unionised workforce 470 Members and responsible for End to End Operations of the Units.
• Responsible for Top & Bottom line of the Multiple Plants.
• Ensuring 100% Adherence to “Statutory & Legal” requirements
• Lead Continuous improvement programs to enhance Overall Plant performance including Productivity, Higher volumes, reduction in manufacturing costs and energy consumptions.
• Preparation of UNIT budgets including CAPEX requirements and execution of PROJECTS in line with Corporate Plans.
• Key member in “Strategic Planning and Business Development “ Corporate team
• Responsible for New Product Developments and ensuring right product at right time
• Liaising with GOVT officials / Labor Unions / External stake holders and ensuring the smooth running of a units even in dynamic situations.
Unit Head (DGM - Operations) Jul’2013 to Dec 2015
• Lead a team of 400 including staff 65 members and responsible for End to End operations of the Unit including Sales
• Responsible for Top & Bottom line of Organisation
• Responsible for unit adhering to HSE rules and state PCB requirements.
• Lead Continuous improvement programs to enhance performance & productivity through increased volumes, control of manufacturing costs and energy consumption.
• Monitor utilization of high-value consumables and ensure adherence to norms through effective process control.
• Responsible for Maintaining & Controlling inventories including Raw materials and ensuring “Optimum freight” cost.
Team Leader Mirror Plant, Oct 2008 to Jun’2013
• Lead a team of 72 including 26 engineers in managing all operations of the mirror plant achieving predefined production, cost, and quality objectives.
• Supervise production & maintenance of the unit adhering to HSE rules and state PCB requirements.
• Lead continuous improvement programs to enhance performance & productivity through increased volumes, control of manufacturing costs and energy consumption.
• Monitor utilization of high-value consumables and ensure adherence to norms through effective process control.
• Participate regularly in international Plant Managers’ meets for sharing best practices
Head Manufacturing, Feb 2007 to Oct 2008
• Led a team of 84 including 4 managers and 8 engineers and managed production planning, production and despatch meeting all business objectives.
• Forecast workloads, assigned jobs, monitored performance and ensured completion within specified turnaround times.
• Coordinated an average daily despatch of 1000 units to meet customer requirements.
• Contributed to the implementation of TPM across the plant as the owner of the Kobetsu Kaizen pillar.
• Trained and mentored members of the manufacturing team to build the required skills & competencies.
Quality Head, Dec 2004 to Jan 2007
• Led a QA team of 32 including 17 engineers and managed all aspects of quality assurance/quality control.
• Spearheaded continuous improvement programs including Six Sigma Green Belt & Kaizen projects in the areas of on-time delivery, internal rejections, product development lead time and productivity.
• As the Management Representative implemented and maintained ISO/TS 16949 & ISO 9001 certifications.
• Ensured proper documentation of APQP, PPAP, PFD, PFMEA, control plans and operation standards.
Manager Manufacturing, Jun 1995 to Nov 2004
• Led a team of 15 engineers and supervised a workforce of 247 in managing the operations of the plant.
• Managed production planning, production, maintenance, and quality to meet all quantity, cost and quality metrics.
• Planned and ensured optimum resource utilization and minimization of wastage.
• Was responsible for customer relations including management of customer audits.
• Managed industrial relations including negotiations with unions and settlement of employee grievances maintaining the cordial working environment.
Line Supervisor at Continuous Process Industry
BITS Pilani is one of the premier institutes in INDIA. Written Thesis on LEAN manufacturing system as a part of final project submission and same system has been implemented in Plant as a part of LEAN implementation program during tenure in RANE BRAKE LININGS LTD.
Top Ranked Polytechnic College in Andhra Pradesh INDIA. Secured State 5th Rank in Qualifying Exam to get admission.
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