Sachin Gandhi PMP, General Manager - Operations

Sachin Gandhi PMP

General Manager - Operations

Sosiya International DMCC

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, PMP
Experience
21 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :21 years, 7 Months

General Manager - Operations at Sosiya International DMCC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since December 2019

• Formulating and executing company’s strategic plan'
• Setting and achieving key performance targets for: sales, delivery, cost, expenses and other measurements of operational performance
• Supporting and leading company's products sales, growth and continuous cost & quality improvements in the business
• Ensuring areas of responsibility are delivered in a way that are consistent with the company’s goals and financial-cost improvement plans
• Establishing and leading execution of operation strategy
• Communicating operational/Sales results, activities, etc. to Executive Management and provide recommendations and plans for ongoing improvement.
• Formulating performance measures, parameters and targets, in line with the business objectives and agreed every year on performance review, with targets set for the subsequent year.
• Managing New Business and Projects

Project Manager at EMAC Electromechanical LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2019 to December 2019

Managing Engineering and MEP Projects

General Manager - Operations at Time Technoplast Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • May 2016 to December 2018

• Building systems & Standards as a ‘Office on Special Duty (OSD)’
• Built Cost Control System for more than half a billion $ Company
• Conducting workshops, brainstorming sessions, Conferences etc
• Multi-locations Technical and Mfg Operations across PAN India
• Capacity expansion and utilization, productivity
• Factory projects, Machine Upgradation,
• Guidance on trouble shooting M/cs for Hydraulics, Mechanical
• Guiding draftsman and engineers, Machine Building product development
• As ‘OSD’ for Cost Reduction, in span of 3 months, successfully reduced cost of $1m annually and proposals worth $3m in process

Unit Head at Supermax
  • India - Mumbai
  • September 2013 to April 2016

• Spearheaded operations and controlled Mfg activities including managing billing, achieving targets, Cash Flow and P&L, CNC Shop, CAD/CAM, inventory and supply chain, procurement, recruitment, Maintenance, statutory & audit
• Managed Design Dept, Machine Bldg and Engineering division
• Solid works, AutoCAD, BOM, estimates, Procurement
• Spearheaded green field project, Set-up Factory in 2014
• Single Edge Grinding Machine design and build prototype

Sr. Manager- Engineering, Commercial Head at Supermax
  • Mexico
  • September 2011 to September 2013

• Spearheaded Operations as Comm. Head & managed financials, targets & billing, budgets, improved P&L and Cash Flow
• Managed Machine Building Projects, Engineering & Design
• Managed Complex Design including application of hydraulics, pneumatics, electro-mech sys, Engg calculations & analysis
• Setup blade line and new CNC M/c Shop in Mexico YR 2012
• Transformed Latin Business into sustainable operation
• SCM, materials, inventory, WH, imp/export, transportation
• Managed sales team, promoters, distributors, recruitments
• Developed SPMs under personal supervision

Head -Corporate Planning/ Director at Supermax
  • India - Thana
  • June 2009 to September 2011

• As head Corporate Planning in ’09, Turnaround Mfg Operations
• Appointed as Director, Appreciation in Project Maximus YR ‘11
• Increased production to 35%, capacity expansion 25%
• Brought operations into Profit, New projects and Mfg facilities
• Investment, Management, Financial Planning, project planning
• Spearheaded Planning for Production, Sales, SCM, Material, Capacity, Projects, M/c Shop & Tool Room, Equipment Manufacturing Planning, evaluating COGS, Target V/s Actual, Monitor Daily Production, Inventory, Costs, controlling mfg. activities and managing routine operational issues

Asst. Manager - Projects and Operations at Supermax
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • March 2006 to June 2009

• Setup of world class Facility and WH in Dubai (UAE) in YR’09
• Managed relocation Project of Prague packaging unit to Thane-
India in YR’09
• Setup packaging unit in China in YR2008
• Managed, Monitor and executed projects
• Logistics & supply chain, MIS reports, Business Development

Production Engineer at HB Esmech Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Thana
  • April 2003 to March 2006

• Reading, Interpreting, communicating drawings and handling fitters, markers for Assemblies. Machine Building, Chasing and achieving targeted Production / Assemblies, fabrication work
• Interacting with Works Manager for assemblies, coordinating with Machine Shop Working off Geometric & Mathematical calculations required for assemblies. Designing Jigs, fixtures and other aids required for Assemblies and machining.
• Building Machines such as Shear Press, Uncoiler, Recoiler, Hydraulic Press, Slitting Machines, Edge Trimmer, Tension Leveller, Gear Box assemblies, fabrication work etc

Sales and Application Engineer at EMCO Precima Engineering Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Mumbai
  • August 2002 to April 2003

Sales and Application Engineering as per client requirement

Education

Master's degree, PMP
  • at Project Management Institute
  • August 2016

Proficient in Initiating, Planning, M&C and MP in Executing, Closing

Master's degree, MBA (Finance)
  • at SIOM- University of Pune
  • April 2015
Master's degree, MBA - Production and Operations
  • at UNIVERSITY OF PUNE
  • June 2005

Have achieved 1st class throughout in all semisters

Bachelor's degree, BE (Mechanical Engineering)
  • at UNIVERSITY OF MUMBAI
  • July 2002
Diploma, Diploma in Mechanical Engineering
  • at MSBTE - MUMBAI
  • May 1999

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Strategy Building
Cost Management
Operations Management
Engineering
Lean and Six Sigma Specialist
Solution architecture
ERP implimentation
IT Project Management
Cost reduction specialist
manufacturing Operations Management
Operations Management
Project Management
Engineering
Planning & MIS
Plant setup and capacity expansion
Production and Manufacturing
SAP (PP, MM)
Design & Development
Budget and Resource Management
Supply Chain and Commercial
Machine Building and SPMs
New Product Development
IIoT and Industry 4.0
supply chain management
problem solving
materials
procurement
negotiation
planning

Social Profiles

Personal Website
Personal Website
sachingandhi.net/

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Gujarati
Intermediate
Marathi
Expert
Spanish
Intermediate

Memberships

PROJECT MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE
  • Member of Project Management Institute
  • August 2016

Training and Certifications

PG Diploma in Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2018
Drinking Water Treatment (Certificate)
Date Attended:
January 2019
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Professional (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2019
PGD in Advance Pipe Stress Analysis (Training)
Training Institute:
Suvidya Institute of Technology (SIT)
Date Attended:
October 2018
Duration:
70 hours
PMP (Certificate)
Date Attended:
August 2016
Valid Until:
August 2022
SAP (Training)
Training Institute:
Deloitte
Date Attended:
January 2016
Duration:
40 hours
C++ (Training)
Training Institute:
PC-dot
Date Attended:
October 2000
Duration:
100 hours
AutoCAD (Training)
Training Institute:
Goverment Ploytechnic - Bandra (Mumbai)
Date Attended:
September 2002
Duration:
60 hours