Plant head at Sterling tools Prithla plant with turnover of 250cr

Head of Corporate QA for 04 manufacturing plants across India

Heading corporate Quality for Gurugram, pathredi and Chennai plants

Responsible for the Leadership of Quality Systems, Health, Safety, Environment & Risk improvement across Asia Pacific region of GKN Driveline consisting of 10 manufacturing plants, 1 technical centre, >5000 employees. Reporting Directly to VP Quality & Risk Asia Pacific . Key responsibilities & achievments-Drive Improvement plan for scrap & warranty reduction -Monitoring & Review of Regional Quality KPI-India Quality Champion -Develop, Deploy & Review of HSE strategy & CI plan -HSE project implementation based on Lesson Learnt-Mentor & Coach for Japan plant Quality ManagerMajor Achievements-Implementation of GKN QHSE system at Japan plant – Visitor system/ Cell PVD / QRQC, QA team LSW & Visual Management-All HSE KPI – green status, no serious injury & best in class AFR-0.2-Scrap/Warranty process step & plans defined, Scrap cost better then budget.

Responsible for the leadership of Quality Assurance, Health, Safety, Environment & Risk for India operation- 4 manufacturing sites, >1500 employees with 67 in my function. Reported directly to the MD of GKN Driveline India Limited. Key responsibilities & achievements-Develop & Deploy India cluster QHSE strategy & CI plans - AQE Management-Team development through mentoring & coaching-Production Excellence best practice deployment -Quality & Safety Culture improvement through leadership engagement, Launch of Site LSW and sites assessments-New product flawless launch with product safety focus.Major Achievements-Resolution of a long unresolved warranty issue – resulted in continuous OEM rating improvement.-Pune Plant QHSE performance uplift -Except one, Green status for all customer satisfaction index -30% reduction in customer concern & 10% in scrap cost -Zero Loss time accident for last 3 years-Team won prestigious Quality Circle & Safety best practice awards organized by CII & Quality Council -Meeting Quality Deliverables for major multilocation launch of MSIL

Responsible for quick Step Change in India operation- 4 manufacturing sites HSE performance and deployment of New production Excellence systems through leadership engagement. Reported directly to the MD of GKN Driveline India Limited. Key responsibilities and achievements-Develop & Deploy leadership model for HSE performance uplift. -Develop & Deploy standardize HSE approach for India cluster – Engineering, system, Behavioral best practices -Deployment of Build in Quality & HSE Production Excellence procedures across model cell/plants at India cluster-Quality Lesson Learnt deployment at India clusterMajor Achievements-596 machine Risk assessment gaps closure achieved in 90 days -Zero Loss time accident, YoY 20% reduction in minor injury incident-New Enterprise risk management tool launched & Monthly ERM action progress initiated with leadership team -Quality Lesson Learnt implementation >80%

Responsible for Faridabad Plant Quality & Risk management & Corporate MR for ISO/TS16949, ISO14001 and OHSAS 18001, Reported Directly to Plant head . Key Responsibilities & achievements-CI planning to achieve Internal & External Quality Targets -Implementation of best in class Measurement system-Improve Critical process – I/H with GKN global benchmarking-Promotion of Quality & HSE culture-Continuous improvement in Quality, Environment, Health & Safety management system for India Cluster -Team competency improvement Major Achievements-Faridabad plant achieved best internal rejection PPM across India-Launch of Zero Flow out / Internal concern drive with significant improvement -Quality Performance award from MSIL-Grade A during first assessment of VW Formel Q audit-Won Innovation award for Safety training system development

TS16949/ ISO14001/OHSAS 18001 MR & Customer audit champion for GKN Driveline India ( 3 plants) , Reported directly to India Quality Head.-Develop & Deploy management systems.-Integrated Internal audit and management review.-Second & Third-party audit coordinator for India cluster.Major Achievements-Integration of QHSE management system -4 star in HMIL 5 star assessment -Integration of GKN Internal PAM audit system

Responsible for supplier audits and cluster supplier improvement, Key responsibilities & achievements- Supplier evaluation audits to assess risk associated with DOL part quality & new development activities. -Production Excellence best practice deployment. -Supplier monthly performance monitoring & communication. Major Achievements-PPM reduction of four supplier from 8000 to 2500ppm.-Development & Implementation of supplier performance monitoring system

Responsible for process quality for heater/ blower manufacturing lines. Key responsibilities & achievements-End of Line final inspection management across 3 shifts. -Internal and Customer Concern Resolution. Major Achievements-Damper noise concern resolution

Responsible for Supplier Quality Assurance for Sheet Metal Pats, Key responsibilities and achievements -Sample approval and process standard planning for new products. -Quality assurance for Sheet Metal bought out parts through regular inspection and periodic audits-Analysis of field and line problems by using various statistical toolsMajor Achievements-Independently handled >300 sheet metal components with concern at line reduced by 80%.-Design and modification of components like toolbox bkt, footboard to solve quality problems and to reduce cost.