To obtain a position to transfer skills of new business/applications development, designing, implementing, and coaching stake holders on quality system/s in the core manufacturing industrial and emerging sectors of the economy
Highlights of Qualifications
• Successfully launched and developed new applications and business in global/domestic markets in heavy industrial and specialty chemicals, polymers, fiberglass, composites, flame retardants, custom designed water treatment chemicals, ultrasonic based non probe remote testing sensors designed for core industrial applications in pharmaceuticals, electronics, food, steel mills, coal mines, electrical / nuclear power generation, research and emerging industrial sectors.
• Developed, coached and implemented quality systems, workshops on individual tools for quality management from Advanced Planning, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plans, Standardized work, Error proofing, Fast Response, Control of Non-Conforming material, Labeling, Change Management, Lean Manufacturing, Value Chain Analysis, Cost Reduction, Lessons Learned, Waste Elimination, 5S, Supplier Management, Flawless Launch and Supplier Quality Management.
• Organized and participated in International Exhibitions, seminars and symposiums in USA, Europe, Casa Blanca, Dubai, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, and India for promoting new concept, technology, and products.
• Researched, published, and read Technical papers in International Seminars and Symposiums for
Product and technology promotion.
Relevant Skills and Accomplishments
Communication
• At ease in communicating at all levels and ability to make oral, written, graphic, and multi-media presentation with poise and confidence.
• Understand requirements in sufficient depth to prioritize and defend position in team meetings and gracefully modify the requirements as new information received.
• Global experience and deep understanding in the areas of developing the appropriate resource infrastructure needed to support new applications and business development, continuous improvement efforts, identifying and prioritizing improvement opportunities, planning and facilitating the execution of team-based activities and projects, developing the organizational ‘bench strength’, providing key input to the Long Range Planning process, deploying the Business System throughout the enterprise, implementation of a fully a functional Quality Management System.
• Be an active member of International's Process Group to actively participate in the transformation of the values and behaviors within Process Management and Quality activities across multiple Groups.
• Have excellent attention to details, and am diligent, transparent with high integrity and energized by opportunity to resolve issues having strong influence on leadership and management.
• Listening to the voice of the customer to discover barriers to meeting customer desires and discover ways to fulfill them with the available resources and within the company's policy and contract.
• Filter inputs from the customer and communicate appropriately internally to ensure that even under pressure no one commits to non deliverables.
• Effectively manage internal and external customer needs and desires by anticipating their needs and make suggestions in their interest/s by providing alternative solutions and respond with a sense of urgency.
Problem solving
• Collect information from multiple sources to have a deep understanding of the issue/s.
• Break complex problems into pieces using Red X and root cause the issue/validate changes by designing experiments.
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• Reducing the Cost of Quality, by improving productivity, streamlining transactional and business processes, managing communication plans to promote quality and lean programs and setting strategy for continuous improvement initiatives.
• Trouble shoot and motivate team members in participating to root cause problems using appropriate tools like Red X and coach in updating subsequent documents to comply with the company’s and statutory requirements to recommend best solutions with cost benefit analysis, improvement on process efficiency and arrive at win/win solutions to problem/s, by involving all the stake holders and self directed learning, finding best practices.
• Identify systemic performance issues and ensure all corrective - preventive actions have been determined and appropriate actions implemented to enhance customer satisfaction levels.
• Conduct value chain analysis to ensure that waste is eliminated and coach on the mainly encountered seven types of waste in an industrial unit.
• Discovering technology needed to achieve the preferred outcome, gain proficiency to achieve the task, and developing metrics to exhibit change impact.
• Demonstrated virtue of being flexible and excellent time management skills by impartially identifying change in situation, adjust to different available options by evaluating different and opposing perspectives and alter my own behavior to meet the demands.
• Accurately determine time needed to complete task in consultation with the team members, stay focused, and deal with interruptions.
Leadership, Project, and Diversity appreciation
• Can evaluate difference in people as an opening for learning and approach things in a different way.
• Can effectively communicate confidence in people’s ability to do the task, set measurable objectives, anticipate obstacles, and have a back-up plan.
• Evaluate and distribute resources like budget, people, equipment etc to ensure deadlines can be met and evaluate projects on an ongoing basis.
• Coach/develop different lines of defense, encourage open communication, assign authority, delegate responsibility, and adapt leadership style to get results.
Employment History
03/2000 – 04/2009 Global Lead Supplier Quality - Exterior General Motors Corporation, Warren, MI
03/1999 – 03/2000 Leader - Supplier Management - Lear Corporation, Janesville, WI
01/1997 – 02/1999 Director (Global operations) - Advanced Engineering Inc., Milwaukee, WI
03/1993 – 12/1996 Manager (Quality-Business-Application Development) - Adwan Chemical Industries Ltd., Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
10/1989 – 02/1993 President - MIT Enterprises, Mumbai, India
03/1985 – 09/1989 Manager - Western India, U P Twiga Fiberglass Ltd, Mumbai, India
01/1981 – 02/1985 Manager – Technical, Applications & Business Development – Excel Industries Ltd., Mumbai, India
12/1975 – 12/1980 Sr. Research & Market Development Executive – Dharamsi Morarji Chemical Co. Ltd., Mumbai, India
Education
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering: Manipal Engineering College, University of Karnataka, India.
Bachelor in International Marketing Imports / Exports: St. Xavier’s Institute of Management, Kolkata, India
Diploma in Marketing Management: Bajaj Institute of Management, University of Mumbai, India
Notes/Other Information
Certified Red X Journeymen - Problem solving
Experience in Global Manufacturing Systems, Lean Manufacturing, and Value Chain Management
Certified Lead Coach - Quality Systems Development, training, implementation.
Research papers published in International Magazines and readings in International symposiums.
Led, managed, and participated in International exhibitions in USA, Europe, Middle East, and India.
Recipient of several recognition awards and certificates of appreciation.
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS AND TECHNICAL PAPERS AUTHORED
Flame Retardant Chemicals: International Seminar / Exhibition, New Delhi, India
Flame Retardants for Plastics & Electronics Industry: International Seminar, Bombay, India
Water Treatment Chemicals: Bombay, India and Bahrain
Pigging Systems: Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Casa Blanca, Morocco
Processed Silica, Silicates, and Aluminates: Applications & Opportunities in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and Germany.
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