Service Improvement Manager
Philips Lighting
Total years of experience :22 years, 1 Months
1. Responsible for leading continual improvement in Philips Lighting using Lean Six Sigma
approach.
2. Mentor / coach multiple improvement projects in IT Operations.
3. Capability building through training and certifications.
4. Inculcate continuous improvement culture.
Responsibilities in this role include:
1. Work with key stakeholders & operations to bring about structural improvements to
processes.
2. Conduct training to build Lean Six Sigma capability in the organization.
3. Coach & mentor trained people on improvement projects to realize / sustain
improvements, leading toward certification.
Achievements:
a. Recipient of “Team Up to Excel” award for working in collaboration across the
organization, to build capability and nurture the culture of excellence.
b. Successfully mentored 6 Green Belts, 1 Black Belt, & 20+ Lean foundation trained people
to certification.
c. Certified trainer in Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma.
d. Achieved annualized cost savings / avoidance of nearly € 5 million in the period 2013 -
2015.
Projects coached / mentored:
1. Performance improvement of Supplier Network Collaboration.
2. Throughput time improvement of P3 & P4 incidents in User Care.
3. Onsite Support Services tickets reduction in User Care.
4. Cost reduction in CCRP deployment.
5. Improve Operational Contract Management process in Atos Agile.
6. Improve velocity in integration DC.
7. CIOP Lean Project to improve demand fulfillment lead time.
8. Lean Transformation in DevOps Integration DC.
Responsibilities in this role:
1. Lead Lean transformation initiative in service delivery for one of the largest FMCG majors
in India - this includes capability building, identification of improvement opportunities, &
lean deployment to bring about transformation in processes & culture.
2. Drive multiple lean deployment programs by leading / mentoring projects to achieve
excellence in operations and service delivery for IBM Global Account, Communication,
Industrial, & Public Sectors.
3. Hoshin planning for strategy and policy deployment.
4. Partner with senior leaders, account executives, & practice leads to identify improvement
areas / opportunities & help realize improvement in service delivery thru’ lean
deployment.
Achievements:
a. Recipient of the 2012 IBM Eminence & Excellence Award for driving lean deployment
efforts across multiple sectors & also successfully leading the cultural transformation by
training & mentoring practitioners.
b. Successfully lead the cultural transformation initiative as program lead for driving
awareness on Lean Six Sigma in the organization, which resulted in training 1700
practitioners.
c. Mentored successfully 10 Lean Change Agents & 8 Lean Graduates to certification.
Responsibilities in this role:
1. Lead Process Excellence (Lean Six Sigma) function in the region, responsible for Lean
and Six Sigma function across 7 manufacturing plants in India.
2. Establish governance mechanism for sustaining the gains of Lean & Six Sigma
projects.
3. Identify processes and value streams for transformation to eliminate wastes, reduce
variations, and make operations lean by using 6 sigma & DMAIC methodology and
principles of lean operations.
4. Mentor & coach lean six sigma projects led by Green Belts and Black Belts.
5. Drive cost efficiency and excellence in manufacturing thru' continuous improvement
programs, scrap reduction, waste elimination, & Kaizen.
6. Training on Lean Six Sigma, process improvement, and systems implementation.
Achievements:
a. Successfully lead / coached projects in reducing scrap / wastage in processes by up to
40%.
b. Successfully lead efforts to qualify all machines for commercial manufacturing purposes.
Role description:
Worked as Six Sigma Black Belt (Manufacturing Operations) & Lean operations professional,
leading multiple cross-functional projects using Six Sigma concepts, DMAIC methodology, and
lean manufacturing principles, delivering transformational business results by driving process
excellence using the robust data driven, fact based approach of Six Sigma and principles of Lean
Manufacturing.
Projects lead:
1. Improvement in Overall Equipment Effectiveness by reducing setup time in fabrication
machining operations.
2. Improve Committed Shipment Date adherence & drive transportation process excellence.
3. Improve manufacturing throughput by improving Point of Use parts availability.
4. Variable cost reduction in welding operations.
5. Improve aftermarket sales of parts by improving first pick rate.
6. Reduce capacity constraint for critical parts to meet future schedule requirements.
7. Layout planning to improve manufacturing throughput to meet increased volumes.
8. Process reengineering & efficiency improvement at material receiving area.
Role Description:
1. Worked as consultant in the Supply Chain practice, for clients in Consumer Packaged
Goods, Hi-Tech, and retail industries.
2. Worked as Supply Chain process consultant leading demand - supply operations
transformation initiative.
Recognitions / achievements:
Felicitated with Managing Director’s special citation & cash award for making significant
contributions to Demand - Supply Operations as a supply chain process consultant & hence
contributing to the growth of Accenture in India.
Responsibilities:
1. Process planning, validation, & new parts tryout.
2. Manufacturing layout planning.
3. Conduct process capability studies & improve them to meet customer requirements.
4. PPAP studies.
5. Vendor development & audit.
6. Quality systems (ISO 9001: 2000) implementation.
MBA with major in Manufacturing Operations Management & minor in Financial Management.
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering, with specialization in Design & Manufacturing.