Arpit Desai Email & Phone Number

Vadodara, Gj, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

- Business Excellence Oversight: Responsible for managing BE activities within Rs 1700 Cr business, 3 BUs having 9 mfg facilities- Strategic Six Sigma Implementation: Developed the strategy for Organization-wide Six Sigma implementation in collaboration with executive leadership.- Facilitated the selection and prioritization of projects from Project hopper to ensure alignment with strategic goals.- Driving 12 High Impact Breakthrough L6S Projects lead by CxOs, covers 3 BUs, Functions like IT, Finance, Legal, Corp Affairs, R&D, Strategy, Operations, MD office etc.- Managed cost reduction projects through Lean manufacturing principles, driving efficiency and productivity improvements.- Training and Workshops: Conducting training/ workshops on various L6S topics to cultivate a culture of continuous improvement and problem solving mindset-Kaizen Competition Initiative: Initiated a comprehensive set of guidelines to encourage innovative solutions & employee engagement- Horizontal Deployment: Actively engaged in the horizontal deployment of L6S projects, ensuring best practices and successful methodologies are shared as well as implemented across manufacturing sites.- Rewards and Recognition Governance: structure for Rewards and Recognition framework within Operations, SCM, Logistics, EHS.- Supported, coached and mentored delivery of 16 GB projects in 9 production facilities with Annualized savings of 250K USD

Vadodara, Gujarat, India

-Successful Deployment of ITM*/Lean foundational System in Dry & Traction business to deliver SQDIC performance metrics for 3 product lines-Improvement of ITM Maturity Assessment from Basic to Standard and towards Advanced level-Instrumental in Strategy Deployment X-Matrix and following roadmap for achieving same with RCCM approach-Periodic interactions with Hub & BU on continuous improvement activities/ Kaizen Events-* ITM elements-Tiered accountability Daily Management Systems, KPI & Metrics, 5S and Visual Management, Problem Solving through various RCA methodology, LSW and ITM leadership and ITM Maturity Assessment

Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Site Continuous Improvement Leader - Leading cost saving initiatives - Plant Saving, VA/VE & Logistics Savings to improve business bottom line based on annual budget-Consecutively exceeded target of Annual cost savings of 618K $ in 2017, 542K $ in 2016, 436K $ in 2015, 136K $ in H2- 2014-Acting as a change agent to meet organizational strategy and global CI initiatives in co-ordination with regional and global CI teams-Second Best Kaizen Project- Asia Pacific region competition; winner of 1000 $ individual Cash reward in 2017.-Hands on experience of various Lean tools like VSM, 5S, Kaizen, TPM, SMED, Poke Yoke.

Vadodara

- Development of a new system called TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) to achieve FSP targets by reducing BOM cost of component and “recognized as a benchmark way of working for all Global lighting factories”.-Achieved BOM cost savings of 1.7Mn € in 2013, 725K € in 2012, 125K € in 2011; in alignment of business strategy “winning the golden tail” in market for cost leadership.-Certified Six Sigma Green Belt from KPMG & Philips; mentored nominated GBs in coaching their projects to support Black Belt.

Post Graduate, Manufacturing Management

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Mechanical Engineering