SAUGATO PAUL
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EDUCATION, CERTIFICATIONS AND SIGNIFICANT TRAINING
M.S., Quantitative Financial Economics, 12/2006
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
M.S., Industrial Engineering and Management, Supply Chain Emphasis, 05/2003
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
B.S., Production Engineering, 06/1996
University of Pune, India
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt, ASQ, 2006
Trained in Lean by Rick Harris, PIMS
Six Sigma Black Belt trained, Cameron International, 2005
Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Cameron International
Certified CPIM, APICS
Lean Manufacturing trained, Schneider Electric, Cameron and Tyco International
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PENTAIR(former Tyco) VALVES & CONTROL RENO FACILITY, a division of Pentair Ltd.
A designer and largest manufacturer of Knife Gate and slurry valves
3950 Greenbriar, Stafford, Texas 77477
Plant Manager 06/2015-Present
Responsible for P&L of $150M business, with focus on SQDCC
Zero incidents for 300+ days with a culture of daily near miss report out
30% decrease in DPPM by recording NCR’s at point of occurrence and empowering employees to be part of 5 why and countermeasure thinking
Improved Profitability by $1.5M in a tough economic climate
Reduced inventory by $4M (YTD) with enhanced PFEP program and stranger inventory substitution process
Introduced new Planning Gemba and master scheduling for Project orders- every day every day
Revamped Talent with 9 blocker talent management
Project Value Stream Manager/Regional Lean Manager E2E 01/2014– 06/2015
Responsible for Projects P&L and Value stream which starts at Quotations to shipping and documentation
Reduced Past due backlog from $11.5M to less than $1M by end of 2014
Improved On time delivery of Projects from 37% to 92% by end of 2014
Led transformation plan event and developed A3 planning for projects and visual milestone board
Talent management and revamped more than 75% of the team
Developed Quotation checklist with pitfall clauses for Contract review along with standard work
Weekly Gemba with emphasis on Managing daily improvements
Responsible for multi-site Lean implementation of Front End
PENTAIR(former Tyco) VALVES & CONTROL RENO FACILITY, a division of Pentair Ltd.
A designer and largest manufacturer of Knife Gate and slurry valves
9025 Moya Blvd. Reno, Nevada
Lean Manager 12/2012 –12/2013
Responsible for implementing “true Lean” by Creating Continuous Flow (Takt, Standard work and 5S) and making Materials Flow (PFEP, EPEI, WIP and SM sizing, Tugger routes)
Link Strategy Deployment targets to transformation Plan and A3 thinking
Coach Managers on Process improvements and do RCCM’s
Build Lean Culture by coaching, implementing Leader Standard work, layered audits and A3 thinking
Manage A3’s and facilitate Monthly Kaizen’s in shop and office
PENTAIR(former Tyco) VALVES & CONTROL RENO FACILITY, a division of Pentair Ltd.
A designer and largest manufacturer of Knife Gate and slurry valves 06/2010 – 12/2012
9025 Moya Blvd. Reno, Nevada
Manufacturing Manager
Manage P&L of $70M and led a team of 90 employees including shop, materials and project department
Led the team to ship record month $10M! and best quarter ever
Refocus on 5S, MDI, Gemba Walk, Create continuous flow, standard work and Materials Flow
Customer Request to Performance to a new high of 95%
TYCO FLOW CONTROL RENO FACILITY, a division of Tyco International Corporation
A designer and largest manufacturer of Knife Gate and slurry valves
9025 Moya Blvd. Reno, Nevada
Materials Manager 04/2008- 06/2010
Reduced Days On Hand from 84 to 42 in 5 months
Improved Customer Request to performance from 35% to 90% improving book and bill in the same month by $500K average
Recognized $2.6M sourcing savings versus goal of $1.5M
Reduced lead time and cost on standard valves from 12-8 weeks to 4-2weeks
Reduced delivery matrix from 8 weeks to 2 weeks for the standard MRO business
Implemented “Quick draw” 3 day quick draw program
Implemented Level loading for shop and assembly reducing overtime by using rough cut capacity planning
Introduced Visual Red Folder process to deliver per customer request dates on agreed quoted lead times
Reduced repetitive non conformances at Low Cost Country suppliers by 60%:
Operation Excellence- Six Sigma Lean Manager 01/2007- 04/2008
Exceeded $1M in GOI and $300K Cash for Year 2008
Saved in excess of goal for Year 2007: $482K GOI and $320 Cash
Led transactional Lean initiative to improve various transactional process efficiency
Reduced Overtime in excess of 80% with Lean Manufacturing Cells and freed up capacity to bring back work from Vendors to in-house
Implemented 5S program shop wide at the Reno facility. 5 teams graduated to level 5
CAMERON, a division of Cameron International, Moore, OK 08/2003 – 12/2006
A designer and manufacturer of industrial ball gate valves.
2101 S Broadway, Moore, Oklahoma 73160
Six Sigma Business Leader (08/2005- 12/2006)
Pioneered Lean Six Sigma Program at AOP Industries
oMentored 9 Green Belts; More than 40 hours of teaching experience
oExceeded expectations in Six Sigma savings by 15% and closes 6 six sigma projects
Reduced in excess of 2 million dollars of inventory and improved the Turns from 1.6 to 3
Manufacturing Management Training Program (08/2003-08/2005)
Six monthly rotations in Manufacturing engineering, Quality, Materials
oImplemented Dock to Stock, Vendor Score Cards on Quality and Delivery
oDeveloped Capacity Planning Module in SAP
Six months as Distribution centre supervisor
o Improved OnTimeDelivery from 57% to 94% with 8 turns
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC LTD, India 05/1996-05/2001
58 MIDC Satpur, Nashik, India
Manufacturing Manager (08/2000-05/2001)
Led a team of 80 professionals in a union shop
Improved throughput by 8% and reduced test bed rejection by 21% through Kaizens
Negotiated a 30% increase in production norms
Cell Manager(05/1998-05/2000)
Implemented Single piece flow and kanban through Kaizens
Successfully implemented Vendor Managed Inventory Programs
Graduate Trainee (05/1996-05/1998)
Production Supervisor for manufacturing shop : Brazing, Silver plating, Molding, Press Shop
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Minitab, SAP, AVANTE