Anand Chowbey

*** ****** ****, *****, ** *****, Ph: 337-***-**** (H); 864-***-**** (C) adcq07@r.postjobfree.com

Dear Hiring Manager,

I am seeking for a mid/Senior management role with my 24 years in Manufacturing, Operations, Supply chain, Quality management, and Engineering roles. I have worked in Plant management, and Supply chain & Quality manager roles for 14 years in OEM, After Market, Union, and Tier-1&2 industries.

I've served customers in areas such as Aerospace (Airbus, Collins/UTC), Amtrak, Automotive (Electric vehicle, Toyota, Ford, Hyundai), Fiber Glass (CertainTeed), Plastic & rubber Extrusion (Polyone) etc in metrics driven environment. I started my career as a Scheduler and advanced consistently to Supervisor, Quality & Process Engineer, Sr. Engineer, Quality manager, Operations manager, and Plant manager roles.

I have BSME, MBA, US permanent citizenship and I am open to relocate & travel.

Sincerely,

Anand Chowbey

Anand Chowbey

209 Tuxedo Lane, Greer, SC 29615 adcq07@r.postjobfree.com 864-***-****

Operations/Site Management Leader

Operations leader with Plant, Quality, Engineering and Supply chain roles for 24 yrs. Hands-on with start-ups, turnarounds & growth. Strong in World Class manufacturing, Situational Leadership, Toyota Production systems.

Other Competencies: Efficiency improvement; P&L, Capital projects, Team building, Products/Customers/Suppliers development; Labor relations/Union avoidance.

Education

MBA, Oklahoma City University, OK- US (GPA: 3.8), 2001

Certified QC Engineer (CQE) & Lead Auditor, ISO/TS 16949, Leadership

Bachelor’s of Science – Mechanical Engineering, India (GPA: 3.7), 1994

World-class Manufacturing (WCM), Toyota Production Systems (TPS)

Experience Summary

SCALIAN, 2018 – PRESENT

Sr. Manager, Quality & Supply chain – Greenville, SC

Utilizations of TPS and lean tools for customers’ i.e, Airbus, Parker, Collins Aerospace, Amtrak to improve overall customer satisfaction through Operational & cost performances, Quality & supply chain deliverables, good manufacturing systems, Capacity analysis, VSM, Inventory management, Team building, & metrics development.

PROTERRA 2016 – 2018

National Manager – Quality Control & Supply chain (3 sites) – Greenville, SC

Manufacturer of Eco-friendly Battery-operated buses, with zero emission

Several new product launches through APQP, ensuring design, Costs, supply chain, QC, Manufacturing & service.

Improved Operational efficiency by 30% in automotive interior, exterior, Fiber glass, Metals, Plastics, Electrical parts. Managed suppliers in US, MX, Asia and Europe for successful and cost effective supply chain, OTD & Quality

Improved plant KPIs' by 25% through Best Manufacturing Practices & Kaizens (2 sites). Recognized by CEO & COO.

AUTOLITE/UCI-FRAM 2014 – 2015

Site Manager – Greenville, SC

Spark plug for OEM & After-Market; $50mm in sales

Used Operational Excellence tools (Kanban, GEMBA, MRB …) to improve Quality by 25%, delivery from 90 to 98%

Improved Projects completion by 60%, Materials variance by 30% and overall internal revenue by $2MM.

Played a key role in business acquisition and manufacturing transition from US to MX and China for costs control.

CERTAINTEED 2011 – 2013 – TURNAROUND CONTRACT

Site Manager – Dallas, TX

Ops & Distribution: Building Material-Fiber glass Insulation, 400k sqft

Developed Metrics based organization, met budget goal; turned –ve cash flow to +ve in an economically challenging market.

Led team of Engineers, Sales & marketing, and R&D to launch new products: reduced outsourcing by $300k.

Improved 5-S, EHS & landfill issues, Turn-over by 60% using new Hiring, ownership & training programs.

Took additional responsibility from VP of manufacturing on SAP implementation.

SPARTECH 2007 – 2011 – PLANT CLOSED

Site Manager – Lake Charles, LA

Color Compounding & Extrusion- Plastics & Rubber for Exxon Mobil

Safety: Turned the culture, led the site from bottom to top among 16 plants. TRIR from 24 to 0 (company record).

Improved Material & Time efficiency by 40%, Customer claims $600k to $80k/yr, On-time delivery 92% to 98%.

In a tight economy, earned $5MM business from Exxon Mobil, reversing their original plan to move out.

Managed Union issues and plant KPIs' very diligently. Recipient of CEO's award for leadership and achievements.

ARVINMERITOR 1998 – 2007

Quality Manager (Quality Control & Continuous Improvement), Alabama 2004 - 2006

US & Korean JV, OEM start-up for Hyundai Motors

Developed OEM based Quality management systems (QMS); 1st time pass on all the audits & Certifications.

Lead role with US and Korean teams in coaching, continuous improvements, SQDC improvement projects

Developed local and international suppliers of raw material and semi-finished parts in US and Asia.

Sr. Engineer: QC & Process (Quality Control & Continuous Improvement), Oklahoma 1998 - 2004

Shock Absorbers & Struts, Tier-1&2

Advanced progressively, from Support engineer to Sr. engineer. Hands-on with internal, suppliers, and customers.

Led x-functional teams on ISO audits, SPC, PPAP & other QC tools. Earned President's award for CI projects.

2002-03: Took additional responsibilities from VP to work on a project to transit operations to Mexico.

COSCO (MOLDING-SPORTS & RECREATIONAL ITEMS), 1994 – 1998

Scheduler to Ops manager

Lead teams in production planning, QC, customer liaisons, On-time Delivery etc. in a plant with 1000+ employees.

Leadership and Lean Manufacturing skills

Hands-on with Employees hiring, Coaching, Team building and advancement, Contract negotiation.

Work Place Organization, 5-S, Visual management, Behavior & Conditions based improvements, Audits.

Employees Involvement & Kaizen workouts, Value Stream Mapping (VCM), Gemba, Training metrics, SOP.

8-D, 5-whys, Fish-Bone diagram, Design Of Experiment (DOE), Boundary samples, Poka Yoke, PM & TPM

Stop-Call-Wait, data collection, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Pareto charts, FMEA, Control plan, APQP

Quick changeover / SMED, OEE Improvement, Wastes reduction, Kanban & inventory control

Rewards & Recognitions

CEO’s award at Proterra in 2018 for special projects and operational efficiency improvements.

ExxonMobil’s award at Spartech in 2008 to 2011 for Safety, Quality and operations improvement.

CEO’s award at Spartech in 2009 for plant’s growth ($5m business gain), culture and leadership.

Divisional VP’s award at ArvinMeritor in 2001 for Employees involvement and lean manufacturing projects.

Director’s award at Cosco, India in 1998 for leadership and plant performance.

Examples of some accomplishments in Operational Excellence

2018 – Present: Sr. Manager, Supply Chain & Quality:

Key Projects to meet OTD goals working with two large companies in areas of (a) Airplane manufacturing & logistics management (Airbus), and (b) high speed rail cars manufacturing (Amtrak).

Hands-on with products design, implementations of good manufacturing practices, (QMS) quality management systems, Process documentations, on-time delivery KPIs, employees’ trainings; Projects management, cost reductions; direct liaisons with suppliers & customers etc.

2016 – 2018: National manager, supply chain & Quality for an Electric vehicle manufacturing company:

Worked on plant start-ups in SC and CA, including design validations, APQP (Advance Product Quality Planning); Suppliers development including tooling/process/prototype parts approvals; Kaizen projects, employee’s programs, customers’ approval process, Products upgrades etc.

Recognized by company’s CEO & COO for milestones achievement and exceeding the expectations.

My role was created new by the company based on my diverse operational experience. I reported to the VP of Supply chain, along with two other individuals at their Director level.

2007 – 2015: Plant manager in different product lines (Automotive, Fiber glass, Plastics):

Managed a union plant (USW) with 24x7 operations during the economy downturn (2007-11). Put in place several cost reduction projects and utilized savings for other necessary capital expenses.

Built teams for lean tools implementation in all areas of plant operations. Initiated several safety, quality and production programs i.e., audits, Gemba, EI meetings, operations reviews, performance-based reward systems, scrap & rework reduction, Statistical process control, automation, set-up time reduction, sequencing, 5S, Management reviews with internal and customer’s teams etc.

Turned cash flows for 3 different plants; worked with R&D and Marketing teams to engineer and launch new products at competitive pricing to increase the profit margin; managed distribution center for quick turn arounds, floor space management, and safe operations.

Implemented more than 50 Kaizen and employees-involvement projects in areas of production scheduling, Materials flow, equipment utilizations, EHS, Cost of Quality reductions, effective problem-solving tools, ERP systems (SAP and Oracle), landfill reductions, Visual management etc.

Coordinated manufacturing operations with US and outside locations in SIOP (sales, inventory and operations planning), on-time deliveries, Management of changes (MoCs’) etc.

Managed production moves and new plant start-ups working in US, Mexico and Korea; also, in a business sale working with delegations from Japan and China.

Represented my company as the voice to customers at high level meetings and reviews, which led to developing a very healthy working relationship with senior level management from all sides.

Played a key role in union avoidance and contract negotiations to increase the joint cooperation for a common goal towards customers, stack holders and employee’s satisfaction.

Recognized by CEO and Presidents of 3 different companies for my leadership performances.

1998-2007 as an engineer, Sr. engineer and department manager:

Hands-on and led teams for tooling design, quality improvement projects including customers’ complaints, internal & suppliers’ issues, Engineering changes; SPC & 6-sigma projects; ISO audits etc

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