Rakesh Bhat Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Thane, Maharashtra, India

Heading Product planning & Product Development for Lighting

Noida Area, India

Identifying gaps in product portfolio and prepare innovation Strategies to address them. Developing & executing disruptive innovation & solutions to address gaps in Indoor Professional Lighting ( Industry & Office)Consolidate Product Architectures to drive synergy , productivity and product leadership for Industry and office lighting.Developing & executing customer specific products , ETO products Leading and executing Quality and Cost strategies for Industry and office lighting.Key Achievements -New Suspended linear lighting product range launch ( New platform / architecture ) with different customer centric features replacing entire range of conventional Trunkings for open office segment - Development of Low cost Fully diffused backlit Luminaries to enabling reach for untapped trade market & emerging growth market.- Development of high end features to address customer needs for connectivity and energy efficiency for office lighting-Ultra-Low cost down lights to retain market leadership in trade market .

Faridabad Area, India

-Led innovation activities for Direct Cool Refrigeration ( 1.6M volume)- Managed Diverse team of different domains .-Creating and executing product plan and platform strategy for Direct cool refrigerators - Delivered number of Mega projects on DC refrigerators. -Handled all the activities of development centre like strategy planning, product road map, annual budgeting, top talent identification & regulatory Audits .-Introduction of C-Pentane for 1.6M Direct Cool Refrigerators -Developed a highly motivated organisation which delivered breakthrough results for DC Refrigeration.-Preparing Cost and quality strategies and executing them through number of projects . -Chairman award for DC refrigeration for best Quality This is one in six annual awards given company wide - Consolidate product architecture to drive synergy , productivity and product leadership for DC Refrigerators Key Achievements :Product Leadership : -Successfully delivered number of Mega projects using Lean PD tools & 6 sigma practices. - Successfully launched number of new customer centric features like 7 day Garden freshness , Best Bottle cooling and Best Ice making .Cost Leadership : - Delivered best in class product for 280L & 200L category. - Improved gross margins through implementation of number of cost saving projects resulting Rs. 20 Cr. annual savings Quality Leadership : -Successfully introduced C-Pentane for entire range of DC refrigerators -Successfully introduced ROHS for entire range of DC refrigerators.-Instrumental in Driving Quality improvement strategies and achieving them through number of projects People excellence : -Led a team of 20+ people of different domain ( Mechanical, Thermal & Electronics ) - Mapping Competences of team against product strategies , addressing the gaps through different people development plans. - identifying critical roles , developing successors for the same.

Faridabad Area, India

•As Product Development Center Lead Faridabad handling all the activities of Product development Center of Faridabad like Product Development of Direct Cool Ref, Lab development, Cost & Quality projects, people development, PMP of team members, annual expenses & Budget of R& D center Faridabad. Handling the entire process of development of new products from Concept, designing, prototype preparing, design validation, product approvals, trials and mass production•Preparing and executing model by model strategies to achieve overall Value chain cost targets •Generating value innovation ideas by using Margin accelerator tools like competitor bench marking, Design for value, LPP Supplier catalyst workshops & Feature bench marking.•Quality problem resolving / project management using 6 Sigma approach and tools like Design out (D8) , 8D and A3 methodology.

Pune Area, India

Worked on Global Cost & quality Improvement projects interacting with global teams of North America , Mexico & Brazil reporting to Platform head North America Worked as Expat for 6 months in Whirlpool Corporation USA.

Mumbai Area, India

-Being lead for R&D washing machine responsible for all R&D activities like product development, Cost & Quality improvement, people management and ISO 9001 activities.-Preparing and executing model by model strategies for Washing Machine and developing products as per road map. Executing the role of project leader interacting with vendors, sales/marketing team, and internal cross functional teams on multiple projects.Handling the entire process of development of new products from Concept, designing, prototype preparing, design validation, product approvals, trials and mass production•Generating value innovation ideas and implementing save to improve gross margins.

• Design & development of plastic, sheet metal parts , packaging parts for washing machine.• Development of electrical parts like motors, timers at overseas supplier end.• Handling number of projects from concept preparation to Mass production .• Cost reduction by changing design, material, and size optimization of various components without adversely affecting the quality and performance.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering, 72%

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Mechanical Engineering