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M. KIRUBAKARAN

Tambaram

Summary

Results-driven professional with 24+ years of extensive experience in Automotive Engineering and FMCG industries. Proficient in handling complex operations, streamlining processes, enhancing throughput through continuous process improvement, cross-functional collaboration, expert in Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) and Total Quality Management (TQM). Seeking a challenging operational management role to leverage my expertise, improve processes, and lead teams to success.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Plant Manager for Operation and Automation

Waycool India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
04.2022 - Current
  • Comprehensive Planning: Take responsibility for planning activities within the organization, including production, cost reduction, quality control, logistics, and forecasting
  • Daily Operations Planning: Develop and implement daily operations plans, including delivery routes, employee assignments, and promotional strategies
  • Team Management: Manage operation Team across three locations in India, achieving 100% output
  • Staffing and Performance Management: Expertise in maintaining and monitoring staffing levels, Knowledge-Skills-Attributes (KSA), expectations, and motivation to meet company requirements
  • Cost-Effective Plans and Processes: Develop and initiate plans and processes to minimize manufacturing costs, utilizing manpower, equipment, materials and facilities
  • Ensure the attainment of business objectives, production schedules, and standards that exceed customer expectations
  • Productivity Improvement: Oversee productivity, identify areas for improvement, design improvement plans, and ensure seamless process continuation
  • Positive Management Practices: Establish practices to involve and empower employees, encouraging their constructive input.
  • Enhance safety by addressing physical safety concerns and through ESH HERA Point closing, improving employee attitudes, and maintaining high standards of cleanliness across all areas.
  • Issue Resolution: Address departmental issues by promoting effective communication and conflict resolution.
  • Encourage the use of new techniques and drive continuous improvement in manpower utilization within existing departments through fact-based problem-solving.
  • Planning, Budgeting, and Quality Control: Manage budgets efficiently, considering production changes.
  • Administer collective bargaining agreements and promptly address employee grievances.
  • Plan and budget for new facilities and expenses, ensuring strict quality control for timely completion within budget
  • Prepare and maintain yearly maintenance costs within a turnover-based budget.

Manager Production and Maintenance

Seyoon Tech India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
08.2020 - 04.2022
  • Comprehensive Operations Management: Accountable for overseeing overall operations of the Unit, emphasizing resources and 100% production output
  • Machine Maintenance: Oversee CNC machine maintenance, creating preventive plans for longevity
  • Strategic Oversight and Performance Tracking: Oversee activities such as establishing and communicating the overall strategy and tracking performance metrics across the entire plant
  • Team Leadership: Managing and leading teams for running successful process operations
  • Team Management: Control and maintain team members to achieve a 100% team output
  • Manufacturing Process Support: 100% support through continuous utility facility maintenance
  • Machine Availability for OEE: Ensure machine availability for achieving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in the manufacturing process
  • Achieve KPI Targets for Machine MTTR & MTBF: Attain KPI targets for Machine Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) & Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) with optimum spare cost
  • AMC Management: Manage machine systems AMC and Utility AMC within a controlled budget
  • Plant Safety Control: Lead safety efforts to control team members, achieving high points in overall plant safety audit observations
  • ISO Audit Oversight and Documentation Completion: Oversee ISO Audits 9001, 14000, and 45001, as well as TS 16949 documentation, ensuring comprehensive audit completion

Deputy Manager Plant Engineering and Production

Hanon Automotive systems India Pvt Ltd
Chennai
05.2011 - 08.2020
  • Company Overview: (Formerly Ford Visteon automotive systems)
  • - Ensure the weekly and monthly production plans are met
  • - Work towards to the continuous Improvement
  • - To ensure that the manpower are effectively used in all the lines
  • - Ensuring the product quality and meeting the standards
  • - Reduce expenses and increase productivity across all product lines
  • - Shop floor responsible to ensure the OEE / TPM / 5s Kaizen
  • - Coordinate with new prototype to complete as per the time line
  • - Trouble shooting in VMC, HMC & VTL machine programming knowledge in Siemens
  • - Induction process and methodology Added advantage
  • - Monitor, ensure the junior staff and operators day to day activities
  • - Organizing relevant training sessions for skill development of workers and staffs
  • - Ensure the OHS policies and procedure in all the areas
  • - Effective communication within internal and global CFT team
  • - Monitor and evaluate the performance of production team
  • - Estimating costs and preparing for the departmental budgets
  • (Formerly Ford Visteon automotive systems)

Sr. Engineer Production & maintenance

MM Forgings Ltd
Chennai
11.2007 - 05.2011
  • Company Overview: Machine Shop Division
  • Machine Shop Division

Production shift in charge

RANE MADRAS LTD
Pondicherry
02.2001 - 11.2007

CNC SERVICE ENGINEER

VIGNESH ENGINEERING LTD.
Chennai
09.1998 - 01.2001
  • Company Overview: (GEDEE WEILER SISTER CONCERN)
  • (GEDEE WEILER SISTER CONCERN)

Education

B.E - Associate Member of Electrical Engineering

The Institution of Engineers (India) IEI
01.2014

Diploma - Electrical Engineering

Institute of Advanced Studies in Education University
01.2005

Industrial Training - Electrician

Sri Amman Industrial Training Institute
01.1996

Skills

  • Business Operations
  • Strategic Thinking
  • Business Process & Workflow Analysis
  • Technology Proficiency
  • Decision Making
  • Team Building and Development
  • Leadership Skills
  • Project Planning
  • Logistics & Supply Chain Operation
  • Project Management
  • Process Improvement
  • Problem Solving & Counselling
  • Strong Analytical Skills
  • Cost Reduction
  • Supervision & Performance Metrics
  • Production Planning
  • Quality Assurance
  • Team Motivating & Mentoring
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Time Management
  • Employee Relations & Conflict Resolution

Additional Qualifications

  • PLE X (Plant Engineering Excellence) Program conducted by Rane institute for Employee Development
  • LOW-COST AUTOMATION Course in PSG Tech, Coimbatore.
  • Basic & Maintenance of Hydraulics and Pneumatics Training in PSG Tech Coimbatore.
  • Project Management course in PMP

Professional Highlights

  • M/s Waycool India Pvt Ltd, Chennai, 04/01/22, Present, Sr. Plant Manager for operation and automation, Take responsibility for planning activities within the organization, including production, cost reduction, quality control, logistics, and forecasting., Develop and implement daily operations plans, including delivery routes, employee assignments, and promotional strategies., Manage operation Team across three locations in India, achieving 100% output., Maintain and monitor staffing levels, Knowledge-Skills-Attributes (KSA), expectations, and motivation to meet company requirements., Develop and initiate plans and processes to minimize manufacturing costs., Oversee productivity, identify areas for improvement, design improvement plans., Establish practices to involve and empower employees., Address departmental issues by promoting effective communication and conflict resolution., Manage budgets efficiently, considering production changes.
  • M/s Seyoon Tech India Pvt Ltd, Chennai, 08/01/20, 04/30/22, Manager Production and Maintenance, Accountable for overseeing overall operations of the Unit., Oversee CNC machine maintenance, creating preventive plans., Establish and communicate the overall strategy and track performance metrics., Manage and lead teams for running successful process operations., Ensure machine availability for achieving Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)., Attain KPI targets for Machine Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) & Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF).
  • M/s Hanon Automotive systems India Pvt Ltd, Chennai, 05/01/11, 08/31/20, Deputy Manager Plant Engineering and projects, Ensure the weekly and monthly production plans are met., Work towards continuous Improvement., Ensure effective use of manpower in all lines., Ensure product quality and meeting standards.
  • M/s MM Forgings Ltd, Machine Shop Division, Chennai, 11/01/07, 05/31/11, Sr. Engineer Production & maintenance
  • M/s RANE MADRAS LTD, Pondicherry, 02/01/01, 11/30/07, Production shift in charge
  • M/s VIGNESH ENGINEERING LTD., Chennai, 09/01/98, 01/31/01, CNC SERVICE ENGINEER

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 06/22/77
  • Gender: Male
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married
  • Religion: Hindu

Disclaimer

I hereby declare that the particulars given above are true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Timeline

Sr. Plant Manager for Operation and Automation

Waycool India Pvt Ltd
04.2022 - Current

Manager Production and Maintenance

Seyoon Tech India Pvt Ltd
08.2020 - 04.2022

Deputy Manager Plant Engineering and Production

Hanon Automotive systems India Pvt Ltd
05.2011 - 08.2020

Sr. Engineer Production & maintenance

MM Forgings Ltd
11.2007 - 05.2011

Production shift in charge

RANE MADRAS LTD
02.2001 - 11.2007

CNC SERVICE ENGINEER

VIGNESH ENGINEERING LTD.
09.1998 - 01.2001

B.E - Associate Member of Electrical Engineering

The Institution of Engineers (India) IEI

Diploma - Electrical Engineering

Institute of Advanced Studies in Education University

Industrial Training - Electrician

Sri Amman Industrial Training Institute
M. KIRUBAKARAN