Arvind Jha

Goal-driven Chief Operating Officer with 20+ years' experience, harnessing a high level of business acumen and productivity with a record of motivating, mobilizing, and coaching 180+ employees.

Skilled in data analysis, performance metrics and budgeting. Passionate about exceeding expectations and fostering a culture of excellence.

Mentored VAVE project to win Silver Medal and for Best Vendor ranking.

Have worked for accreditation of "Award for Excellence in Consistent TPM Commitment" and Award for TPM Excellence, Category A"

Seeking a senior position to identify and mitigate operational problems and discrepancies, and employ cost-effective solutions

• Plant Manager, Aims Leading Industrial Factory, Saudi Arabia, 2018, 2020, Lead margin expansion initiative to increase profit by reducing manufacturing, general costs and production loss hours., Improved production performance efficiency from 68% to 81%, Successfully completed initiative of tool and spare parts inventory management system thereby reducing tools spares and consumables cost to budgeted 3.4%, Skill up line leaders for zero forced breakdown; improve equipment life, Improved material handling and made touch free production lines, Add 2 new product families, Aluminum bus bar and galvanized steel wire lines, Worked to ensure organizational certification of ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015, Implementation of 5S; improved shop floor visual control
• Production Manager, Motor & General Sales, April 2018, October 2018, Headed body building shop- fabrication division of company engaged in fabrication of customized utility vehicles, light commercial vehicles, heavy commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles., Developed: MGS Bahubali, one of its signature products. It is a high deck body on a TATA Ace., MGS E-Rickshaw, popularly known as “Dhoom”
• Sr. Manager – Manufacturing, Continental Manufacturing Company, Sept 2015, March 2018, Manufacturer of stainless-steel architectural hardware fitting for the right application from the early conceptual stage of designing and development. Products includes Furniture handles, Knobs, Door Handles, Hooks and other products for Cabinet, Kitchen, Bathroom & Door Hardware., Developed system for storage of prefinished and WIP to reduce lead time for delivery of orders.
• Sr. Manager, Manufacturing, Wheels India Limited, May 2013, August 2015, This is one of the largest steel wheel manufacturers for passenger cars, utility vehicles, trucks, buses, agricultural tractors and construction equipment in India, promoted by the TVS Group., Mentored VAVE project to win Silver Medal and worked for achieving top most vendor award from Maruti Suzuki India Limited., Improved material flow by automation of assembly line and achieved quality approval of wheels in first pass by better control of manufacturing processes
• Production Manager, Getrag Hi-tech Gears (India) Private Limited, Nov 2007, May 2013, It is a 100% EOU for Timing Gears, following world class PQCDSM standards, TPM and Lean Philosophy., Improved OEE from 42% to 80% and labor productivity from 1.93 to 3.08 (59%), Automation of Cluster gears assembly line, Worked for accreditation of 'Award for Excellence in Consistent TPM Commitment' in 2011 and 'Award for TPM Excellence, Category A' in 2009
• Production Manager, NTF India Private Limited, December 2006, November 2007, Prepared standard operating procedure manual for the entire organization as a team member with Information Technology Department.
• Deputy Manager - Process Engineering, Spun Micro Processing Private Limited, Nov.2005, Nov.2006, By removing process bottlenecks and improving process efficiency, enhanced the Process Capability Indices from 0.9 to 1.41.
• Assistant Manager – Production, Multivac Private India Limited, September 2004, October 2005, Credited with implementing Lean Manufacturing and Navision within the company, and training users on the ERP software.
• Sr. Engineer – Production, Amtek Auto Limited, March 1996, September 2004, Made improvements and adjusted machine parameter and enhanced the productivity of notch milling and cap milling machines by 30%., Conducted root cause analysis and eliminated tap breakage problem for Eicher Tractor Connecting Rod.

• Date of Birth: 01/30/70
• Nationality: India

• Certified KPI professional Training Institute, KPI Mega Library.
• Internal Audit Training, Six Sigma Strategy Inc.
• Manufacturing Excellence, MACE.
• Lean Manufacturing, MACE.
• D.O.E., Quality Productivity Management Consultancy.