- Operations professional with 25+ years of experience in Manufacturing Operations, Global engineering, and Operational Excellence - Delivered P&L results for Business units headed in last 5 years- Led team to deliver breakthrough productivity, quality, and delivery performance in 15 months time in a complex manufacturing environment- Spearheaded the design and implementation of Smart factory program, an Industry 4.0 initiative, at Portescap India in last 2 years - Drove strat initiatives pertaining to manufacturing excellence and collaborative engineering in last 7 years - Deployed Quality practices that helped to achieve best in class customer PPM - Developed and implemented Operational Excellence program based on learnings of "Goal"​ and "Learning to See"- Implemented Six sigma black belt projects and mentored green belt projects- Developed processes for New Product Development and engineering services for a global design and engineering center - Implemented defect prevention and process/product optimization techniques: Process and Product Failure Mode Effects Analysis (AIAG), Measurement System Analysis (AIAG III), Statistical Process Control, Design of Experiments (Taguchi and Shainin DOE)- Trained middle management professionals on quality systems, internal auditing, Project management, defect preventions techniques-Specialties: - - Profit & Loss management- Continuous improvement using Lean Six Sigma - People development - Certified Lean Project Leader - Six Sigma Black Belt - New product development processes; Advanced product quality planning (AIAG), Production part approval process (AIAG)- Defect prevention techniques - FMEA, MSA, 8D problem solving - Project Management (PMBOK)- Quality System - ISO 9001:2000 and TS-16949:2000- Environmental Management system - 14001:2000- Process development using Capability maturity model integrated (CMMI)