• Gender: Male
• Age: 53
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Preferred Country: India
• Preferred Location: Anywhere
• Work Experience: 27.7 Year(s)

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) in 1995
Diploma in Supply Chain Logistics Management from Maharashtra Institute of Technology under Pune University.
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1991 from Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune.
Secondary School Certificate with Technical in 1988 from Maharashtra State Board, Pune.

Skill Sets

Handling various stores such as Engine, Front axle, Rear axle, boogie suspension, Gear box assembly, chassis , Trim line, pilferable stores including issuing of material and handling shortages.
Maintaining stock reports, various documents and supply of imported consignments such as CKD (Complete Knock Down ) items.
Resolving excises duty & problem related to CENVAT chapter ID issue, by liaisoning with excise head.

Work Experience

Manager- Materials (Logistics & supply chain)
Since March 2006 to till date.
Presently working with a leading company (Manufacturing of Heavy Commercial Vehicles)
Functions and Achievements:
Designing layouts and systems. Stores designed for final assembly for 250 vehicles per day:
New Engine & Vehicle stores, 7days for A-Class items,15 days for B-Class items 21 days for C class items, receipts issues & dispatches
Systems Designed for :
Binning of materials, pilferable material storage system, Asset codes for various materials handling systems, Reverse logistics and Material feed systems.
Identifying material according to TPL (Technical Parts List) and indenting for non coded items (general purchase).
Reconciliation procedure setup for parts discrepancy & for logical stock accuracy in Sap system.
Initiated TS-1649 procedures for Inbound & Outbound stores for HCV & implemented successfully.
Responsible for handling stores for engine assembly with a total inventory for the stores as 25 crores with a team of 7 staff persons & 2 senior engineers.
Quarterly inventory check to achieving Stock accuracy (at 98% and above) making use of the FIFO concept.
Initiated sunrise meeting to resolve issues and ensure continuous improvement so as to satisfy the Internal and external customer.
Ensuring optimum supply of material for operations, Handling Rejection advice clearances, Clearing material from Quality control department and maintaining the receipt cum inspection advice.
Handling various stores such as Engine, Front axle, Rear axle, boogie suspension, Gear box assembly, chassis , Trim line, pilferable stores including issuing of material and handling shortages.
Maintaining stock reports, various documents and supply of imported consignments such as CKD (Complete Knock Down ) items.
Resolving excises duty & problem related to CENVAT chapter ID issue, by liaisoning with excise head.
Ensured Inventory control on A & B class items. Implemented Just In Time (JIT) concept for near-by vendors & implemented Measures for Inventory control for major A Class items.
Advanced & accurate Material supply system from advanced Kardex carousels programming software directly to assembly line.
Implementation of KANBAN SYSTEM on line side supply as well as for finished parts supply stores and Oracle based system for Automatic Generation of Item List as per Engine BOM to assembly line .
Completed various projects for model machine line feeding system for head assembly & piston supply in subassembly area through successful implementation of KAIZEN Concepts.
Cost reduction initiatives lead to cost saving for the company. Some initiatives were:
Material cost: Packaging material improvement; Efficient Material storage methods; Recycling of the plastic components for packaging.
Personnel: Minimizing manpower with adequate and additional responsibilities to the officers.
Overheads: Reduction of diesel consumption of diesel forklift through monitoring, analysis and improvements in consumption process.
Responsible for the development of team through improvement activities and proper implementation of 5S procedure for housekeeping thereby ensuring efficient working in stores.

Senior Manager -Industrial Project Business.
Since September 1997 to February 2005.
Worked with Cummins India Ltd., Pune.
Functions and Achievements:
Responsible for Sales forecasting, MIS, Inventory Management, Preparation of Master Demand Schedule for all IBU engines and Material requisition planning.
Maintaining a periodic production schedule and presenting the business status.
Co-ordination with Industrial Account / Marketing Managers for engine schedules, engine priorities daily shipments etc.,
Ensured smooth flow of production by co-ordination with back end for daily engine deliveries, monthly/week wise commitments, FRP, and Backorder material etc.
Held cross functional meetings with BU leaders to resolve issues (engine shipments, BIS etc), give feedback (various developments in Mfg. / Assembly)
Maintaining records for SOX, BA&A, QS - 9000, etc. audits apart from Analysing MDS & Forecast v/s quarterly and annual operating plan and FRP cost data
Ensuring material supply from finished parts store to assembly through a team of 20 associates and effective co-ordination with planning, manufacturing & in-house production.