Pankaj Kumar Email & Phone Number

Thane, Mh, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Business Excellence• Strategic Management – working with leadership team on strategy formulation and deployment, management of strategic projects impacting business continuity, Management Review Meetings• Governance - Develop and implement robust governance mechanisms to track and improve supply chain KPIs – Publish weekly & monthly KPI dashboards and KRA, closely working with SCC head for monthly activities• Change agent - continuous improvement activities in one of the biggest supply chain (Mumbai SCC, 3 Distribution Centers, Warehouse)• Cost- Budget preparation & create roadmap of projects/ saving initiatives in G&A, Logistics, Material etc.• Culture- Designing Employee Engagement Initiatives: Communication- leadership connect with all level of employees, Strategic meet to drive organizational theme, problem solving – cadre of problem solving experts, Idea Management, Training & Coaching, Reward & Recognition• Mentor- Mentoring team members for external competition: CII, QCFI and Supply Chain SummitsKey projects: Power Consumption, Inventory Management, Production and WH productivity, Route optimization, Vehicle TAT, Pack size change, Manpower cost, Labor Cost, Material costTransformation• Digital initiatives: Access Control (eSSL) for employee productivity, Mantratech Pravesh, Resource Planning for forecasting, BI Dashboards for reports, Leaning Management System (LMS), Analyzing workflows using VSM and Making ImprovementsLearning & Development• Career progression: 85 people (Planning, Warehouse, Transportation, Production)• Developing technical modules, 20+ developed so far, formats as a part of supply chain capability program• Promoting capability initiatives: Publishing overall training calendar for ILTs, Organizing Leadership Workshops.

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

• Implemented quality excellence framework and methodologies to drive process excellence initiatives• Mentored multiple project teams in 2 location and vendor’s locations and delivered cost saving target of 1 Cr.+• Implemented 3 key processes, achieved more than 60% improvement• Worked as lead auditor for system audits, 10% improvement in maturity index from 81% to 91%• Facilitated FMEA workshop; dashboard using Power BI and automated using Power Automate• Designed data analytics programs using Design Thinking for executives; reduced data analysis time by 90%• Conducted 10+ training sessions on Six Sigma Tools, risk management and analyticsKey projects: Copper weight reduction, Specific density optimization, productivity improvement in extruder, wire break reduction, bursting strength optimization of baby carton,

Karnataka, India

- Promoting TQM Culture within JSW group companies (JSW Steel Ltd., Vijayanagar, JSW Steel Ltd. Salem, Energy and JSW Coated Products)- Designed and implemented unique Management Diagnosis across group companies for checking system effectiveness and KPI healthiness- Authored 20+ training manuals on various process excellence tools- Authored 2 Workbooks on Daily Management and Small Group Activities - Authored 20+ case studies contributing to internal TQM publication demonstrating application of various TQM Concepts and tools viz. SPC, Basic Problem Solving Tools, Management Tools, QC Story Approach, Daily Management and Change Management- Trained 1000+ employees on various TQM Concepts viz. Daily Management, Lean Methodology, Basic Problem Solving Tools, Cost of Poor Quality and Statistics- Conceptualized and institutionalized Integrated Quality Assurance Chain across value chain of Steel Plant to strengthen QA System- Successfully delivered on high business impact projects by mentored and managing 50+ Lean Six Sigma Projects demonstrating application of Basic Quality Tools, Decision Making Tools, Lean Tools, Regression Analysis, Hypothesis Testing and Design of Experiments- Passionately Mentored 200+ Quality Circle teams at Gemba demonstrating outstanding performance at National and International Award by bagging highest number of Gold Award by any company- Evaluated 20+ case studies (QC projects, Lean Six Sigma and Lean Quality Circle) at National Convention held at IIT BHU, hosted by Quality Circle Forum of India- Co-ordination with Quality Circle Forum of India for National and International competition- Conceptualized 4i-J3 The TQM Master Class– a high-end Analytics Program for Improvement Project Management and Leadership Development- Conceptualized TQM Premiere League to measure effectiveness of various TQM Concepts to trigger learning and enhancing knowledge through competitions

- Passionately Led Process Excellence at Mills (Hot Rolling Mill, Cold Rolling Mill and Long Products)- Capability Building of 1000+ employees on various statistical tools, Basic Quality Tools resulting in improvement in TQM Knowledge- Conceptualized and Headed EBITDA improvement program - Institutionalized QC Culture at Shop-floor by tracking 500+ Quality Circle Projects, 10,000+ Kaizens, 1000+ One Point Lesson and Poka-Yoke thereby an impact of 400 Million on EBITDA- Designed Daily Management Audit system for sustainability of top 100 KPIs of the Plant- Designed and implemented unique Quality Circle Audit System resulting in year-on-year 20% improvement in QC Index - Designed and institutionalized Reward and Recognition system for various improvement projects (Kaizen, Six Sigma and Innovation) at all levels – Department Level, Plant Level and Corporate LevelManaged 20+ Cross-functional projects and teams- Developed 10+ video tutorials on Basic Quality Tools and Graphs for mass capability Building of shop-floor employees in speedy manner- Published monthly TQM Newsletter in Hindi to reach the shop-floor employees and promote awareness on TQM activities at shop-floor resulting in 10% involvement of Associate Employees in QC Activities- Institutionalized 5S Culture at shop-floor by conducting periodic audits- Conceptualized On-line Yellow Belt Certification program and certified 2800+ Managers

Vijayanagar

- Providing detailed scheduling plans for Production & Operations at Coke Oven plant having an output of 4.6 Million tons annually- Strategic Coal Planning with Central Procurement Team- Generating MIS reports on various parameters like Production, Quality, Cost, Delivery and Raw Material Inventory- Strategic planning for achieving monthly targets of PQCDSME- Convener for Departmental Quality Council Committee for monthly review of key KPIs - Tracking and ensuring compliance to MOU (Memorandum of Understanding) parameters- Ensuring Coke Balance between Coke Ovens and Blast Furnace by Monitoring Losses at various stages of coke making process and dispatch- Assisting in preparation of Annual Business Plan, Monthly and Day Plans- Conducting process audits and reviews for ensuring strict adherence to the process parameters as per SOPs- Analyzing weekly/monthly product cost report and providing analytical inputs to Head of the department- Conducting regular gap analysis with respect to KPI targets and handling CAPA

Mathura Area, India

Nit Jalandhar

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Analytics

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Chemical Engineering