#Operations Management Professional, with 37 years experience, 28 years out of this at apex management positions,(Works Manager/General Manager/Director/ Vice-President, Executive Director ),as operations head of a plant/multiple plants, in diverse manufacturing Industries, with excellent track record.# Qualified Mechanical Engineering Graduate from BITS, Pilani , with distinguished leadership qualities having highest level of concern for Results as well for People. A good coach and good Team Builder. Excellent Relationship Management ,People Management & Talent Management. Upholds, strongly supports & inculcates the core values of an organization : Mutual Trust, Mutual respect, Candor, Openness, Integrity, Innovativeness, creativity, belongingness, employee engagement, customer centricity & transparency. A very good IR person.#Expert in Strategy formulation & implementation; Annual and long term budget formulation and implementation. Turned around loss making unit into profit center.#Spearheaded Capacity Expansions, Greenfield Projects, Projects Implementation, Cost saving initiatives, Improvement Projects. Majorly contributed to Joint ventures and acquisitions by way of heading due diligence team. Acquired & absorbed technical collaborations from Japanese, German and Italian companies. Made several visits to Japan, Germany, Korea, France, USA, UK, Italy for business deals.#Hands on exposure to Core functions of operations, Viz. New Product Development, Engineering, PPC, Manufacturing, QMS, QA, EMS, Maintenance, Tool Room, Heat Treatment, Process Engineering & Process Development, Projects, HRD, P & A , Procurement, Supplier Quality Improvement, Domestic Marketing, EDP, Accounts , R & D.#Conversant with and having expertise in Management Tools and Improvement Techniques: 5S, FMEA, SPC, Poka Yoke, TOC, Kaizen, SMED, DOE,TPM, Lean Six Sigma, BPRE, Keiretsu. Implemented QMS / EMS as per ISO-9001, TS-16949,ISO 14001 & OHSAS 18001