Team leader digital transformation and Lean

Vignessh S Ram

Flat CS*, Marutham Prestige Apartments, Bharathidasan Nagar, Tambaram, Chennai, 600045 (IN)

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Professional Summary

Highly-motivated and focused professional with 12 years of experience as an Operations Manager. Adept at identifying and mentoring shop floor process optimization and control methods to reduce assembly costs. Consistently participates in lean manufacturing and continuous improvement initiatives. Strong project engineering and planning skills with keen ability to multi-task in a fast-paced, results-driven environment.

Employment History

Team Leader Digital Transformation and Lean, Saint Gobain India Pvt Ltd., Jan. 2020 – Present, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Develop, implement and support Digital transformation and Industry 4.0 vision and strategy for Saint Gobain Glass India

Monitor and review Industry 4.0 projects to ensure that schedules are met, guidelines are adhered to, and performances are of adequate quality.

Collaborate with other Saint Gobain worldwide for cross deployment of Industry 4.0 best practices

Analyze individual plant performances to identify opportunities for Digital transformation

Currently managing a strong project portfolio of 77 projects across 3 manufacturing location yielding a consolidated cost savings of $360K

Team Leader Operations, Saint Gobain India Pvt Ltd., Nov. 2015 – Jan. 2020, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Direct and coordinate plant operations management and activities of employees engaged in the production of high performance coated glass - Managed 18 engineers and 48 operators across 2 manufacturing plants

Plan and establish work schedules, assignments, and production sequences to meet production goals.

Identify and drive cost reduction projects to improve business profitability - Reduced production costs by 8.2% in one year

Align and implement world class manufacturing standards defined by Saint Gobain group

Identify and drive employee training programs for continual upskilling of team

Identify and Mentor Lean and Six sigma projects for plan process improvement

Responsible for design and erection of glass coating line capital investment – Project completed ahead of schedule by 4 weeks.

Coater Engineer, Sageglass

Jan. 2013 – Oct. 2015, Faribault, Minnesota

Responsible for commissioning and maintenance of 2 large area vertical glass coaters and associated peripheral equipment

Led task force team to improve coater uptime - Improved uptime by 35%

Played active role in task force for reducing contamination in thin film Nano coating - Reduced film contamination by 28%

Implement maintenance standards in ERP system

Train maintenance technicians and operators in glass coater maintenance

Identify and implement maintenance cost reduction projects - Delivered a cumulative savings of

$347K for 3 years

Perform financial tasks, such as estimating costs and preparing and managing maintenance budgets.

Team Member Manufacturing, Saint Gobain India Pvt Ltd., Jul. 2008 – Dec. 2012, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Responsible for managing shift operations for large area glass coater - Managed a team of 5 operators

Completed 3 Yellow belt projects to reduce maintenance time and improve yield

Successfully completed Six Sigma Green belt certification - Implemented Six Sigma project to increase yield by 0.82%

Completed Lean manufacturing training - held at Saint Gobain, Paris

Drive Total Employee initiatives (TEI) of team - Consistently exceed TEI targets for 5S, Suggestions and Safety

EDUCATION

Aug. 2019 MBA: Operations Management – CGPA – 3.66

Great Lakes Institute of Management - Chennai, Tamil Nadu Apr. 2008 Bachelor of Science: Mechanical Engineering

Anna University - Chennai, Tamil Nadu

SKILLS

Operations Management – Experienced TPM and TQM - Experienced Lean and Six Sigma – Experienced Team Management & Leadership - Experienced Project Management – Skillful

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