Nijeesh Padmanabhan

Director of Engineering

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India15 yrs 8 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

15+ years in digital manufacturing transformations
Led 20+ specialists in operational excellence
Trusted advisor for CxOs in value realization

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Management Consultant specializing in Digital Transformation and Operational Excellence across multiple industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

Management ConsultingOptimizationDigital TransformationOperational ExcellenceManufacturing OperationsProduct DevelopmentMechanical Engineering

Other Skills

Adobe PhotoshopAnalytical SkillsApplication DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentChange ManagementCloud ComputingCommunicationConsultingCustom Software DevelopmentData AnalysisData AnalyticsData ScienceData VisualizationDesign EngineeringIdea Incubation

About

Management consulting professional with 15+ YoE driving digital manufacturing and supply chain transformations across tyres, metals & mining, chemicals, cement, FMCG. Expert in Industry 4.0/5.0, MES–SAP S/4HANA integration, connected operations, data lakes and quality excellence (TPM, Lean Six Sigma). Lead 20+ specialists, deliver OEE/FPY gains, cost-to-serve reduction and traceability at scale. Trusted CxO advisor with a knack for building human-centric, value-realization roadmaps with measurable outcomes and sustainable change.

Experience

Deloitte

2 roles

Director

Promoted

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Leader in a ₹150 Cr+ manufacturing-focused supply-chain consulting practice focused on sharpening GTM, pricing, and delivery governance.
Delivered ₹375 Cr+ annualized client impact across 25+ smart-manufacturing programs.
Built and mentored a 75+ specialist team; instituted playbooks and reusable assets to improve consistency and time-to-value.
Institutionalized technical L&D as SPOC for 350+ professionals, launching role-based curricula and certification tracks aligned to modern day upskilling requirements.

OptimizationProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Technology ImplementationBusiness DevelopmentKey Performance IndicatorsProblem Solving+2

Associate Director

Oct 2022 – Jun 2025 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Sales, Growth and Strategy for SmartX: Empowering businesses to optimise assets and operations, enhance customer experiences, and unlock new revenue streams.
Delivered a digital strategy & roadmap for a chemical major; identified ₹70 Cr+ value across throughput, energy, and quality levers.
Led enterprise-wide Quality Management assessments for a diversified metals & mining cum power conglomerate across 30+ sites (aluminium, steel, zinc, silver, power); identified ₹20 Cr+ improvement opportunities.
Orchestrated the PMO for a global mining major’s maintenance strategy; steered critical workstreams and de-risked execution across sites.
Led BPR for a greenfield SAP S/4HANA rollout at a global tyre maker (7 sites); built a reusable P2P/QM/PM/MES golden template.
Executed post-merger integration for a home-appliances & consumer-electricals group; unified Mfg, Quality, NPD & R&D via stage-gate and CoQ.
Scaled cloud performance monitoring to 54 cement plants via AWS; standardized KPIs and enabled near-real-time, exception-based management.
Built a digital-maturity assessment framework adopted in 25+ markets for a global personal-care leader, benchmarked gaps and prioritized investments.

OptimizationCommunicationManagement ConsultingTechnology ImplementationProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Business Development+3

Sardar vallabhbhai national institute of technology (svnit), surat

Mentor - CBDE, NEP 2020

Jun 2025 – Present · 9 mos · Hybrid

Enabling design-led entrepreneurship by connecting faculty–student teams with industry, startups, and investors to turn ideas into pilot.
Embedding Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship in the pedagogy of on-going courses being helmed by over 35 professors of the institute.

Ashine svnit

Screening Committee Member

Feb 2021 – Feb 2022 · 1 yr · Surat, Gujarat, India

Technology IncubationScreeningIdea Incubation

L&t power

Head of Digital

May 2019 – Sep 2022 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Hazira, Gujarat, India

LARSEN & TOUBRO – MITSUBISHI POWER BOILERS PVT. LTD.
Conceived and drove an umbrella initiative for driving Digital Transformation in the unit leading to recurring annual savings in multi-crore value regions.
Ushered in the required technology landscape and implemented projects in Cloud computing, Industrial IOT, Robotic Process Automation, Data Visualization, Machine Learning, and Mobility space, resulting in Productivity & Efficiency enhancement.
Curated an upskilling program for Digital Technologies for providing Action Learning Project-based Targeted Training Intervention resulting in 170+ members joining to deliver 50+ project implementations in under 2 years.
Realized the benefits of the implemented project via. Process Improvement, Parameter Optimization, Defect Reduction, and Waste Reduction by developing a certified template from scratch to continually track the movement.
Drove an Operational Excellence program for the manufacturing unit which got favorably assessed by CII assessors leading to enhanced rating.

OptimizationRobotic Process Automation (RPA)Product ManagementData VisualizationIndustrial AutomationOperational Excellence+13

L&t- mhps boilers private limited

2 roles

Manager, Manufacturing

Nov 2015 – May 2019 · 3 yrs 6 mos

Led a team of six executives undertaking welding engineering and training activities for three products.
Implemented new product designs relating to weld edge preparations and welding accessories/fixture leading to time, cost, and quality benefits.
Successfully delivered departmental objectives relating to three domestic and four export projects in time-bound manner.

Technical TrainingManufacturing OperationsProduct DevelopmentProcess Optimization (Manufacturing)Lean ManufacturingWelding Engineering

Assistant Manager, Engineering

Jul 2011 – Nov 2015 · 4 yrs 4 mos

Involved in the design of pressure parts based on strength, support and code compliance calculation and generating output for facilitating detailing,
manufacturing, and erection activities.
Achieved ASME Certificate of Authorization for S, PP, U and R designator and CE marking Certificate for compliance with PED/97/23/EC for a CAT-IV, Module B
product.
Proposed amendments to Indian Boiler Regulation Act through Central Boiler Board. Suggested amendments related to Safety valve testing accepted and
incorporated in the Gazette.

Mechanical EngineeringTechnical SupportDesign EngineeringThermal AnalysisStructural Engineering