Quality Engineer

PRADEEP KUMAR PATRA

Phone: 090********

E-Mail: **********@*****.**.**

Senior Management Professional

MANUFACTURING OPERATION /PRODUCTION PLANNING AND CONTROL

~Excellence in strategic planning & management and leading overall operation with focus on accomplishing organizational goals~

Location Preference: PAN India and Overseas

PROFILE SUMMARY

Strategic Business Development specialist with 23 years of experience in:

~Production Planning & Control ~Maintenance Operations ~Quality Assurance

~Regulatory & Statutory Compliance ~Strategies & SOP’s Planning ~Process Optimization

~Productivity/Machine Utilization ~Cross-functional Coordination ~Vendor Management

Expertise in managing end-to-end production operations (conceptualization till finished product) including capacity planning and aligning the resources with the best possible quality as per the norms & standards

Led to 10% reduction in downtime and improved productivity through measures like Line Balancing, Time Study, Automation, New Product Robo Programming & TPM

Experience in working with ISO-TS16949, ISO14001, OHSAS-18000 standards and using quality techniques like 7QC, SPC, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S & TPM

Excellent in recommending measures for improving the production methods to reduce costs / wastage, controlling consumption of spare-parts and managing in-process inspection with the external & internal departments

Proficient in managing maintenance operations for reducing breakdown / downtime & enhancing operational effectiveness of all machines & equipment

Knowledge in VA / VE, Press, Weld, Paint & Gear Cutting Shop, Assembly, Tool Room, SCM, Store & Dispatch, Machining Shop (CNC, VMC), Die Casting, Forging, Heat Treatment and PPC

Skilled in identifying gaps / needs; providing on job trainings to workforce for enhancing their operational efficiencies

An effective leader with excellent communication, negotiation and relationship building skills

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ACROSS THE CAREER

Completed the green field project / plant expansion / modification / upgradation - NAGATA for SMG (New Swift), ASAL (TACO) (Penguin Zip & IRIS Model, Ashok Leyland - Captain & Boss Model), NEW SWAN for HONDA (Activa & Dio model) and JBML for MSIL (New WagonR, Alto K-10 & Estrilo)

Singlehandedly implemented several measures to identify deformities, malfunctions & abnormalities to achieve zero defects in parts / components / products

Improved the raw material quality through initiatives like taking THI 0.7 to 1.6 mm CRC/GA–IFHS-400/BH-220/EDD-513/HSLA320

Augmented the product quality by 0.01% through strict supervision of raw material inspections

Initiated the implementation of quality initiative – 50 PPM that led to 5% reduction in company re-work cost

Working on all processes & field parameter to achieve over 80% top scores in machine maintenance

Conducted training programs to enhance subordinates skills; resulting in improved productivity

WORK EXPERIENCE

Since Apr’16 Nagata, Vithalapur (GJ) as AGM (Manufacturing) – Operations Head

Nagata Auto Engineering India Pvt. Ltd(GJ) is a Nagata Shizuoka Nagata Group (Japan, China, Canada & India) - supplying various stampings & assemblies to Suzuki Motor Gujarat and having 150 employees working in Gujarat plant.

Role:

Identifying areas of improvement and recommending process modifications & equipment calibrations to enhance operational efficiencies of machine/ equipment

Generating progress reports, monitoring plans, achievements & deviations if any

Resolving any issue/escalation related to production, maintenance and various operations

Providing supervision & advisory services on maintenance & troubleshooting of equipment & systems

Conducting training plans and following-ups for the same to assess the employees performance

Supervising daily, weekly & monthly meetings related to manufacturing plans, compliance and production

Formulating maintenance plans & schedules as per requirements and generating equipment performance report like availability & utilization

Designing failure analysis reports to reduce the breakdown time and increase the performance of equipment

Led the organization & managed profitable growth by team development and operational challenges

Jan’16 to Apr’17 New Swan, Vithalapur (GJ) as AGM (Manufacturing) – Operations Head

New Swan Multitec Ltd is a New Swan Group of Company - supplying assembly & hardware parts to Honda 2-wheeler divn- Gujarat and having 400 employees working in Gujarat plant

Feb’11 to Jun’15 ASAL Tata Auto Comp SYS Ltd., Pantnagar as Senior Manager (Operations)

ASAL is a TATA Group Company, listed in BSE – suppling various stampings & assemblies components to Leaders in Automobilies such as TATA Motors, GM, Fiet, Piaggio and Ashok Leyland etc. ASAL has four plant across India and having apporox 1200 employees working among all 4 plants.

Feb’07 to Feb’11 Jay Bharat Maruti Ltd., Gurgaon as Deputy Manager (Production)

JBML-P1 is a JBM Group Company, listed in BSE – suppling various stampings & assemblies components

to Maruti Suzuki India Ltd -having approx. 600 employees.

Apr’02 to Jan’07 Rasandik Engineering Industry India Ltd., Gurgaon as Deputy Manager – BIW

REIL is a Rasandik Group Company – suppling various pressing, welded & painted parts / components to Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, TATA Motors, GM, Fiet, Piaggio and Ashok Leyland etc. - having apporox 500 employes working.

May’01 to Mar’02 Jay Bharat Maruti Ltd., Gurgaon as Executive –BIW

Feb’97 to May’01 Engineers Combine, Maruti Suzuki Industrial Complex, Gurgaon as Production Engineer – BIW

Oct’94 to Feb’97 Techno Engineers, Rourkela (Odisha) as a Production Engineer-Machine Shop

Role:

Developing preventive maintenance schedules of various machines & instruments to increase machine uptime / reliability; thereby accomplishing planned production targets within budget at NAGATA

Ensuring the routine quality & delivery compliance are being maintained throughout and meeting all regular performance indicators of red issues (bug/act) at both TACO and NAGATA

Identifying areas of obstruction / breakdowns and take steps to rectify the equipment through application of troubleshooting tools at NEW SWAN

Training & mentoring the teams towards high productivity and zero process defects operations at NEW SWAN

Supervising the overall performance of the unit (both analysis & tracker of gaps); working on process flow quality initiatives like Six Sigma, TPM, BSC, TS-16949, OHSAS 18001 and SAP at both TACO & NAGATA

Monitoring the resources in a cost effective manner to ensure the projects were delivered within the budget

Maintaining the BSC (Safety) & World Class Quality (WCQ) norms at NAGATA

Resposible for P/L, implementing cost saving techniques (EBITA) / measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in expenditures & cost at NAGATA

Managing operations related to requirement analysis, planning, finalizing specifications and conducting troubleshooting on technical problems at NAGATA

Assuring optimum quality standards by minimizing rejection cost and improving productivity; generating reports for the same

Analyzing vendors performance based on quality/ technology, improvement rate, timely delivery at NEW SWAN

Leading a team of team of 10 white collar and 360 blue collar workforce at NEW SWAN

ACHIEVEEMENTS

Successfully led to the set-up of the Gujurat Plant as Green Field Project

Selected as Best Delivery Honor Award from HONDA among all suppliers

Merit of being selected as Member of First Kaizen Team at JBML for excellence performance & hardwork

Developed the systems for substance of above said turn-around like vendor managed inventory, right shop floor management by visual controls, better project management, strong review system with focus on PDCA

Initiated structured tracking of profitability of plant with empowerment given to HODs for improvement of profits

EDUCATION

Pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Production & Material Management from IIMM, Pune

1994 BE in Mechanical Engineering from IGIT, Govt. Engineering College, Orissa

Other Courses:

Piping Engineering from CAD Center, IIT, Bombay (Using Tata-CAPE & CAE-PIPE Software)

Diploma in ERP from IEC & Quality Environment, Pune

Diploma in NDT from IEC & Quality Environment, Pune

Diploma in BPR from IEC & Quality Environment, Pune

Diploma in Logistics & Supply Chain Management from Bombay Poly Tech. & Quality Environment, Pune

TRAININGS & CERTIFICATIONS

Member of PCUG, CAD Center IIT, Bombay

Lead Auditor from TACO in 2011

Stampware Press Automation from TACO in 2011

British Safety Council from TACO in 2014

Kaizen Certificate Training from Tata Motors in 2011

E-learning Quality from TACO in 2013

SHE Training from Institute of EHS Studies, Bareilly (UP)

Product Improvement through MPS at MUL by MPS Team

ISO/TS16949: 2002 at REIL BY QGS New Delhi / ISO / TS16949: 2002 at REIL

Logistics / Supply Chain Management at JBML / ISO14001 at JMBL

Need for Business Process Re-Engineering at JBML

Drastic Change in Management through JIT Principles, Low Cost-Automatic (LCA) and Kaizen Management by Mr. Shuichi Yoshida organized by AOTS, Alumni Society, Delhi

Quality of Resistance Welds & Recent Developments in Welding Technologies organized by CII, Chandigarh

Robot Welding Technology & Fool Proofing (PY) in Process at MSIL

QS-9000 Certification Assistance Program at MSIL

GMAW & Resistance Welding Technology by Mechelonic Engineer Pvt. Ltd. at MSIL

IT SKILLS

MS Office

SAP & ERP

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 5th June 1972

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Oriya and Bengali

Mailing Address: A-33, City Park, Kadi, AMD, GJ - 382715

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