GUNASEKARAN .V
General Manager – Operations in Auto Ancillary Manufacturing Company.
Result oriented professional in Auto Ancillary manufacturing with 30+ years of experience in Power train parts Production, Hot Steel Forging, Cold Drawn Tubes, Quality Assurance, Customers Handling, SCM, Finance Control and overall Plant Administrations. Experience
Oct’ 2022 – General Manager - Operations
Present Sai Forge Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai – India.
Develop and implement processes to optimize the efficient use of raw materials throughout the production process.
Continuously evaluate and execute a plan to ensure the availability of proper resources to accomplish the desired business goals.
Control of all operational aspects including; revenue growth, profit, operations and production, quality, plant production development, health and safety, finance, and compliance within assigned.
Possess working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing techniques including: Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, Kanban, Visual Management and JIT Lean manufacturing.
Strong operational experience with the ability to establish and measure KPI’s.
Nov’ 2019 – Deputy General Manager - Operations
Sept’ 2022 Bajaj Motors Limited.
Chennai – India.
Direct all manufacturing activities to ensure plants achieve planned levels of production.
Implement continuous improvement initiatives and apply best practices to ensure achievement of cost per pound goals.
Strong team leadership and team facilitation skills; ability to work well across teams and in a matrix organization.
Initiate appropriate actions to minimize risks and align performance goals with business targets.
Establish and execute initiatives to maximize throughput and machine efficiency, continuously evaluating ways of surpassing standards.
Sep’ 2012 – Plant Head - Manufacturing
Oct’ 2019 Sankar NP Japan Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai – India.
Develop and implement processes to optimize the efficient use of raw materials throughout the production process.
Planning and developing short and long-term goals and objectives annually, and submitting time projections to corporate management for approval.
Direct and manage plant activities planning with departmental managers to ensure manufacturing objectives are accomplished in a timely and cost-effective manner.
Provide support to all facility activities and prepare profit plans for plant.
Review and monitor daily operations of the plant activities, observing departments to make sure they are running smoothly and efficiently. Dec’ 2004 – Manager – Quality Assurance
Aug’ 2012 Shardlow India Ltd.
Chennai – India.
Maintaining ISO/TS16949 standards and its application in the organization.
Plan and execution of internal audit, process audit, product audit, compilation of reports and actively lead the reduction of customers PPM.
Problem solving skills and able to quickly ascertain a situation and be decisive in solving it, such as identifying defects in the production line.
Familiar with technique of APQP, 7 QC, PPAP, SPC, PFMEA, MSA and Control Plan.
Responsible for audit management, document control, CAPA complaints, adverse event reporting, final product release and other QA related activities.
Personal Info
Phone
*******@*****.***
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunase
karan-v-9b052290
Skills
Problem Solving Technique
Internal and External Audits
Production Methodology
Operations Management
Communication Skills
Lean Manufacturing
Organizational Skills
Financial Planning
Strong Leadership
Negotiating Skills
Machining Line
Six Sigma
CAPA
IATF
QMS
Languages
Tamil (Native)
Telugu (Mother Tongue)
English (Professional)
Area of Interests
New Product Developments
Plant Green Environments
QMS Training to Staffs
Date of Birth
06th April 1964
Address
# 68, Thiruppur Kumaran St,
Royal Nagar,
Thirumazhisai,
Chennai – 600124,
Tamilnadu – India.
June’1990 – Senior Engineer - Production
Nov’2004 BTG Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai – India.
Analyze production processes for identification and removal of non- value adding processes and bottlenecks.
Meet all customer commitments through the production of timely efficient, high-quality products and service.
Provide direction and support to minimize downtime of all equipment by measuring downtime, establishing root cause, and coordinating with the engineering resources to execute solutions.
Arrange the movement of goods into and out of production facilities to ensure efficiency, effectiveness and sustainability of operations.
Analyze all customer metrics and recommend improvement to all span.
Mile Stones
Implemented Just in Time (JIT) Production methodology to control the cost and resulting 15% improved.
Working towards achieving business excellence and TPM improvement culture in plant by 20% increased.
Reduced operational costs by 15% and implemented advanced safety measures.
Designed and implemented processes to produce new products, expanding capability of factory production by 20%. Educations
May’ 2011 B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering
SRM University, Chennai, India.
Oct’ 1999 B.Sc. Mathematics
University of Madras, Chennai, India.
Certificates
June’ 2017 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Grey Campus Edutech Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, India.
June’ 2017 ISO 9001:2015 QMS Lead Auditor
SGS Academy, United Kingdom Ltd.
Nov’ 1999 Turner Trade by Mechanical Engineering
Government Industrial Training Institute, Chennai, India. Aug’ 1998 Diploma in AutoCAD in Mechanical Engineering Design Tamilnadu Advanced Technical Training Institute, Chennai, India.
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