Manage Operations between PA Process Industries Division and the Process Control Platform (PCP) Organisation in the most efficient and cost effective way. Motto is to deliver the utmost Customer Experience.

Highly skilled in leading the global Research and Development (R&D) automation projects for PAPI division, driving innovation and achieving strategic objectives for organizations. With a strong background in project management and technical expertise, ensured successful planning, execution, and delivery of cutting-edge initiatives.- Strategic planner, aligning R&D projects with business goals to drive growth and competitiveness.- Proven project management expertise, delivering projects on time and within budget.- Resourceful leader, effectively allocating and managing resources for optimal project outcomes.- Experienced in risk management, proactively identifying and mitigating potential challenges.- Collaborative communicator, fostering cross-functional teamwork for seamless project integration.- Advocate of continuous improvement, encouraging a culture of innovation within R&D teams.- Results-driven, consistently achieving regulatory compliance and high-quality standards.- Talent developer, mentoring and empowering team members for professional growth.Accomplished Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) Manager specialized in optimizing efficiency and profitability through demand forecasting, inventory management, and production planning. Successfully led cross-functional teams to create unified plans meeting customer demand while minimizing costs.- Expertise in demand forecasting, ensuring accurate predictions based on data-driven insights.- Proven track record in optimizing inventory levels to balance customer demand and holding costs.- Demonstrated ability to develop feasible production plans, identifying capacity and resource allocation.- Strong financial acumen, integrating financial planning with S&OP strategies to achieve financial goals.- Experienced in fostering cross-functional collaboration and driving continuous process improvements.- Skilled in risk management, mitigating potential disruptions and ensuring business continuity.

As a Transformational Lean Operations Leader, I passionately, and objectively apply the art and disciplines of Lean Thinking organization wide.Successfully deployed initiatives and business improvement programs, across the India, Middle East & Africa (IMEA) region, for improving customer loyalty, high employee engagements, Increasing productivity across the entire value chain, Profitability, cash efficiency and overall Net working capital. Relentless promote the culture of quality across the business value chain and within the region, promoting the concept that "Customer focus is quality".

Plan, develop and manage objectives, procedures and programs to ensure overall business goals are being achieved or exceeded. Recommend and implement procedures and productivity measures, and new technologies to increase efficiency, productivity and cost effectiveness.Build and constantly work towards building higher degree of trust and acceptance of each individual within the organisation. Easier said than done in practical world, this keep me challenged and to be on toes, working on new methodology every time. The topic is so close to my heart and I truly believe that this is the key for building high productive teams.Drive and mentor improvement projects. Create and execute plans to track efficiency, productivity, quality improvement goals and targets. Independently lead organization-wide projects for improvement, innovation and risk control Assess and enhance operational controls to minimize risk. Review and analyze monthly performance and audit results to determine improvement opportunities. Exercise initiative and judgment for addressing and resolving problems proactively

Discovering, Learning and Unlearning, Sharing and Building thoughts and practices amongst different functions of our Industry solutions Business Unit (Paper, Metals, Cement and Oil & Gas) and those I am passionate about - • Achieving Business Results and Improvements• Performance Turnaround, and • Building culture & capabilities of ExcellencePromote and support the deployment of the local Quality and Operational Excellence (Q&OpEx) strategy to accelerate the rate of operational improvement, with resulting cost savings within the operation.Train and coach local teams in the standard quality improvement approach (4Q Methodology) to develop organization capability to continuously improve business practices and performance.Consistently Drive the establishment of quality management system, and ensure conformance with, instructions, guidelines and procedures to promote standardization and consistent execution in delivery of customer requirements.Serve as a catalyst with detailed analysis and communication of customer perceptions to guide the local improvement actions toward greater customer satisfactionConduct benchmarking and best practice spreading within the operations to embed a culture of excellence in operational performance.

Serve as a technical liaison between project engineering and services, the company, and the customer. Challenged to initiate improvements for under-performing areas, including product deliveries, Engineering Quality, and team output. Establish priorities and manage resources, efforts & cost to achieve customer expectations and business targets. Established Track record of achievement in managing complex projects and employee relations and motivating others to ensure streamlined operations, process improvement and increased engineering efficiency.

Provided direction for project teams in the domain teams, driven completely by customer satisfaction and management of dramatic swings in workload levels to streamline operations and enhance profit performance in a dynamic and changing environment with large customer base. Demonstrated sustained success in accomplishing business goals with experienced Project Planning, Execution, Project Tracking, Administration, quality audits & control methodologies and with relentless search of the alternative and optimum solutions for assignments at hand.Professionalism in this aspect sharpened with opportunities had in managing the Kolkata Engineering Hub remotely from Bangalore (as Engineering Head during 2011-2012). The positions required acute knowledge & importance of implementing the Systems & Processes stringently along with good hold of engineering technologies employed therein.

Management of Electrical & Automation maintenance group. Resource & Material management. Detailed maintenance planning to effectively reduce downtime and spare costs thereby improve plant availability & productivity; re-organizing Electrical/Instrumentation and automation maintenance procedures, improvising training/training methodologies and implementation of effective plant modifications.