Nov 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 6 mos

• Industrial Engineering & Operations Excellence:
• > Formulating and executing Productivity Improvement roadmap across all plants ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• > Monitoring operations to make it Measurable, Repeatable and Predictable. Transforming organization by creating and implementing systems and processes.
• > Driving strategic projects by creating organization centric roadmap at Strategic, Tactical & Operations level.
• > Defining productivity norms and driving efficiency improvements.
• > Providing expert guidance to the plant IE team on Line and Factory-level Operations, employing lean principles and implementing targeted approaches to achieve performance goals.
• > Mentoring and coaching plant teams in IE activities, utilizing tools and methodologies to drive process improvements.
• Workforce Planning:
• > Strategically managing and budgeting workforce to utilize demand data, while assessing staffing needs and optimizing workforce size, composition, and recruitment timing.
• > Ensuring alignment with organizational objectives to enhance cost-effectiveness, operational efficiency, and time efficient delivery of projects.
• > Analyzing enterprise-wide trends pertaining to resource schedules and workforce allocation, providing valuable insights to inform strategic decision-making and optimize resource allocation strategies.
• > Serving as the central authority for defining supervisory staffing structures, analyzing supervision elements and span to optimize workforce management.
• > Analyzing the loading of workforce and staff to optimize resource allocation and drive operational efficiency.
• Digitalization and Analytics Initiatives for Operational Excellence
• > Developing and executing digitalization strategy aligning with the function’s objectives.
• > Collaborating with cross-functional teams along with Industry 4.0 to drive alignment and support the successful implementation of digitalization and manufacturing excellence initiatives.

Oct 2017 – Nov 2020 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Operations Excellence & Process Improvement
• Leading and deploying Operations excellence best practices across company by driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Using Data analysis methodologies to identify projects related to cost reduction and improve manufacturing processes.
• Measuring project savings as well as coordinating financial validation of realized cost savings thru Finance.
• Conducting project reviews at defined intervals within the team and Business Heads
• Workforce Productivity Improvement
• SMH reduction
• Kaizens, Re-layout, Process Improvement
• MOST & Ergonomics training & improvement on shop floor
• Workforce Planning
• Managing and budgeting staff to utilize demand data and plan workforce size, composition, and recruitment timing.
• Evaluating staffing implications of resource demand forecasts to determine if, when, and which type of staffing sources should be used to optimize cost effectiveness, operations efficiency, and delivery quality.
• Manpower Planning of Direct as well as Indirect Areas using Work Measurement techniques like MOST®, Time Study, Work Sampling, Data Analysis.
• Analyzing enterprise-wide trends relative to resource schedules and allocation of talent.
• Meeting reporting requirements for workforce management
• Workforce Outsourcing Evaluations
• Evaluating proposed outsourcing plan for plant activities
• Evaluating their impact on productivity & wage cost
• Assessing & sanctioning activities for outsourcing
• Workforce Capability & Competency
• Identifying the trade required
• Assessment of current skill set available & gap analysis
• Providing to HR recruitment plan as per labour skill requirement
• _________________
• Optimized Contract based White Collars by conducting Job Evaluation, reducing 16 positions.
• Digitized entire contract workforce approval making it paperless for all 1200+ operators at plant level.
• Optimized fleet size of employee transport achieving INR 1.16 Cr saving per annum.

Apr 2016 – Sep 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Evaluated staffing implications of blue collar demand forecasts to determine if, when, and which type of workforce should be used to optimize cost effectiveness, operations efficiency, and delivery quality.
• Linked Productivity to Performance Pay for Blue Collar as part of Long term settlement with Union and made agreement to Flexibly shifting weekly off days resulting in saving of Rs 20.4 Crs.
• Reduced headcount in stores by 21% through zone-wise material feeding study, optimizing workforce allocation and operational efficiency.

Apr 2012 – Mar 2016 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• Switched plant operations from 6 to 5 days a week saving INR 3.6 Cr in two years.
• Eliminated Ergonomics incorrect postures at TCF line by increasing conveyor height using REBA/ RULA.
• Development of standards and measures for labor productivity of Direct, Indirect and Support functions.

Apr 2009 – Mar 2012 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Implemented MOST – PMTS based workforce deployment and increasing productivity by 45% (at BIW Shop, Paint Shop, TCF, Machining and Heat Treatment shops).
• Developed comprehensive work instruction sheets for contracts covering 15 diverse activity categories, including assembly, driving, material handling, welding, conservancy, security, canteen, and horticulture.

Jun 2007 – Mar 2009 · 1 yr 9 mos

• Conducted Work measurement by stop watch & video recording.
• Indirect Area Workforce Assessment using Work Sampling, Data Analysis.
• Offloaded stores activities of bus factory saving 20 operators worth Rs 2.6 Lakhs.