Abhijeet Deshpande
Thane
Summary
A seasoned projects / operations and maintenance professional with diverse and significant 30+ years of experience in Automotive / Engineering / PEB / process industries with demonstrated expertise in alternate fuel/power sourcing. Skilled in strategic planning, financial acumen and team leadership.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Operating Officer
Home Zone rubber solutions Ltd
Mumbai
10.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: A green ZLD company engaged in the recycling of rubber.
- Currently, I am heading the business at the company level, with overall P&L responsibility.
- Incubation and implementation of a new, innovative business vertical for cost-effective and organized raw material supply chain development.
- Expansion of current capabilities to boost manufacturing volumes up to 200%.
- Technology upgradation for a best-in-class manufacturing setup in the rubber recycling space.
- Developing and implementing effective MIS dashboards for monitoring P and L and costs.
- Debottlenecking of current manufacturing process for effective resource utilization
General Manager Projects and Operations
GRP LTD.
Mumbai
06.2011 - 08.2024
- Company Overview: A Green Zero Discharge company engaged in recycling of rubber/polymers and plastics
- Headed operations and projects of Plastic compounding business since 2022 with complete P and L responsibility for 02 plants
- Earlier handled complete P and L responsibility for rubber reclaim manufacturing for 05 plants across India
- Responsible for plant safety/operations/quality/manufacturing cost control/process improvements/procurement
- Handled YOY operational capex worth up to 20 Cr
- New sustainable product development in thermoplastics/Nylon and polypropylene
- Sourcing and recycling of ocean bound waste plastic
- Successfully sourced wind energy / solar energy for plants in Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra thereby achieved saving of over 12Lacs per month with least investment to achieve a return on investment of less than a year
- Successfully erected and commissioned a pilot plant for nylon extraction from tyres to yield Nylon-6 within 8 months
- Greenfield and brownfield project implementation across different geographies worth from 50 to 100Cr
- Successfully implemented alternate fuel projects across 03 locations
- Implemented open access power sourcing at different locations
DGM Projects & Maintenance
ERA BUILDSYS LTD
Nagpur
06.2009 - 05.2011
- Company Overview: Manufacturers of Pre-engineered buildings and power plant structures
- Responsible for project set up / maintenance and production activities
- Responsible for erection and electrification of plant with instrumentation related to measurement and online monitoring of systems
- Successful erection and commissioning of the entire PEB project 60000TPA capacity within the stipulated 8 months’ time
- Successful establishment of welding processes for customers like Thermax Sail Bokaro etc Monitoring and optimizing the plant output to the required levels and efficiencies after project completion
- Manufacturers of Pre-engineered buildings and power plant structures
AGM Projects & Maintenance
PHENIX VARCO PRUDEN
Ahmedabad
06.2007 - 06.2009
- Company Overview: Manufacturers of pre-engineered buildings
- Responsible of complete erection and commissioning work of project 120 Cr
- Co-ordination with consultants and contractors for the complete site plan
- Responsible for the complete maintenance and production in cold form section
- Successful erection and commissioning of the entire project with successful production rollout
- Streamlining of manufacturing systems in co-ordination with the parent company in USA to achieve a production level of over 100 metric tones per day
- Completed capacity enhancement from 40000 MT per year to 60000 MT per year by selection and induction of new machinery
- Successful up gradation of software for cold form machines so as to suit online programming through LAN
- Designed and developed a complete automatic surface preparation and paint line for all primary members of the PEB building
Manager Maintenance and Projects
HARSHA ENGINEERS PVT LTD
Ahmedabad
01.2006 - 05.2007
- Company Overview: Manufacturers and exporters of bearing cages
- Looking after all the maintenance activities of two plants in Ahmedabad
- Responsible for expansion activities of the company
- Responsible for planning and execution of AMC’s with equipment manufacturers
- Was chosen member for cross functional team for machine selection, design of in house machines, process trouble shooting and productivity development projects
- Responsible for reconditioning and retrofitting of machines like Presses, CNC Machines, Rivet Inserting Machines
- Responsible for utility planning and energy saving projects
- Successful erection of high speed transfer press Schuler make for manufacturing bearing cages
- Successfully completed in-house design manufacturing / assembly and commissioning of seven SPM’s for manufacturing of bearing cages
Head Mechanical Maintenance
ISGEC HEAVY ENGINEERING LTD
Yamunanagar
07.2004 - 01.2006
- Company Overview: Manufacturer’s of all kinds of hydraulic and mechanical press up to 2000 T capacity
- Expansion activities of the plants
- Major preventive maintenance and reconditioning planning and execution for machines like CNC boring and Plano millers
- Spare parts planning and import substitutes
- Commissioning activities and accuracy proving of machines as per test charts
- Successful erection and commissioning of very large machines like Horizontal Boring Machine (18 meters bed length) within a span of 30 days
- Responsible for the machine accuracies of all the machines in the manufacturing setup
Deputy Manager Production (Press and Fabrication Shop)
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA
Mumbai
01.2004 - 07.2004
- Company Overview: One of the largest producers of tractors and LCV’s in India
- Production and maintenance activities of the press shop
- Implementation of TPM
- Implementation of SMED on various presses
Assistant Manager – Maintenance
BAJAJ AUTO LTD.
Aurangabad
06.1994 - 10.2003
- Company Overview: Largest producers of two wheelers and three wheelers in the world
- Worked at Centralized Press & Fabrication Shop for five years as 'Section Manager'
- Worked at Aluminum and Steel Machine Shops as 'Assistant Manager' for two years
- Worked at Paint Shop as ' Assistant Manager Maintenance' for two years
- Successful erection and commissioning of two complete fabrication lines in a span of two months
- Successful shifting of two complete cells consisting of 40 machines within a span of 8 days
- Responsible for the inspection and commissioning of Press and CNC machines
- Inspected 400 T presses at HMT Hyderabad
- Active participation in quality circle activities
- Participated in QCFI Hyderabad chapter (1999) as a company delegate
- Successfully completed energy saving projects in paint shop by optimization in the process equipments and thereby power saving by about 7000 Rs per day
- Implementation and maintenance of ISO14001 and ISO 9001 and TPM activities in cellular working
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Government College of Engineering
Aurangabad01.1994
Higher Secondary School Certificate -
01.1990
Secondary School Certificate -
01.1988
Skills
- Interviewing
- Effective Team Building
- Familiar with SAP Software
- Proficient in MS Projects
- Effective Engineering Practices
- Process Optimization
- Sustainable Project Development
- Implementation of Innovative Technologies
- Budgeting
- Cost containment
- Equipment selection
- Installation and commissioning
- Equipment Upgrade Management
- Maintenance planning
- Project identification
- Multiple project implementation
Accomplishments
- Set up a green field project for recycling of engineering plastic and polypropelene recycling project in Maharashtra., 03/2023 - 12/2023
- Set up a complete green field project with capacity of 24000 TPA worth 50 Cr for rubber reclaim in Tamil Nadu within a timeframe of 10 months., 06/2011 - 03/2012
- Successfully implemented ‘Zero Discharge’ Effluent Management System in above project.
- Set up a complete green field project for 'Phenix Varco Pruden PEB' manufacturer in a record time frame of 8 months with further capacity enhancement from 40000 TPA to 60000 TPA.
- Successfully completed a brownfield project of merger of two existing plants into a one single plant with 40% capacity enhancement in a challenging time frame of 9 months.
Timeline
Chief Operating Officer
Home Zone rubber solutions Ltd
10.2024 - Current
General Manager Projects and Operations
GRP LTD.
06.2011 - 08.2024
DGM Projects & Maintenance
ERA BUILDSYS LTD
06.2009 - 05.2011
AGM Projects & Maintenance
PHENIX VARCO PRUDEN
06.2007 - 06.2009
Manager Maintenance and Projects
HARSHA ENGINEERS PVT LTD
01.2006 - 05.2007
Head Mechanical Maintenance
ISGEC HEAVY ENGINEERING LTD
07.2004 - 01.2006
Deputy Manager Production (Press and Fabrication Shop)
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA
01.2004 - 07.2004
Assistant Manager – Maintenance
BAJAJ AUTO LTD.
06.1994 - 10.2003
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical
Government College of Engineering
Higher Secondary School Certificate -
Secondary School Certificate -
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