NILESH D KARENA
JUNAGADH
Summary
- Result-oriented professional offering nearly 10 years of rich and qualitative experience in Production, Manufacturing, Quality Control & Assurance, and other related areas
- Proficient in managing state-of-the-art Manufacturing Systems, Paint Shop Management, Sealer Line, Product Development Activities, Manpower & Inventory Planning.
- Rich experience in turning around performance of underperforming production units into high performing unit; competency in 5S, TPM, Kaizen, 7QC tools & WCM.
- Successfully reduced & controlled the sealer bubble 90% with maintained the quality & application standards.
- Proficient in achieving cost savings across assignments and minimizing performance bottlenecks for achieving high productivity with optimization of men, material & machine.
- Skilled in planning and implementing proactive / predictive / preventive / shutdown maintenance schedules for machinery so as to increase machine uptime / equipment reliability.
- A sincere and hard worker with skills to analyses and interpret unique problems; brings in a combination of work experience and logical thinking to find the right solution.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Production Engineer
KIA Motors, Paint Shop Manufacturing, Sealer Line,EDS line,WAX & BLACK TAPE,FINAL INSPECTION LINE
Anantapur
07.2019 - Current
- Planning day-to-day production schedules, along with resource allocation and machine loading for optimum output
- Attending production meeting and reviewed production/rejection and all production related activities
- Taking care of consumables used in production and WIP at shop floor end.
- Preparing daily, weekly & monthly Production Planning; executing the shop floor in coordination with Line Engineers and Associates
- Updating release production schedule to purchase, production, assembly on daily/weekly/monthly basis
- Minimizing performance bottlenecks for high productivity with maximization of men, material & machine
- Appraising the prevalent production systems/ processes, identifying loopholes if any and undertaking result-oriented measures for alleviating them and documenting the same
- Working on the development and implementation of key procurement strategies / contingency plans and ensured that plans are aligned with production requirements
- Ensuring compliance with various quality and safety maintenance guidelines at all stages of various plant processes, to achieve cost reduction, waste reduction, curb pollution levels and better environment handling within the plant
- Streamlining the system and procedures for effective inventory control for ensuring ready availability of materials to meet the production targets
- Monitoring sealer & Wax gun break-down and fix them to prevent the production losses.
- Improving the MTTR/MTBF of Sealer Line by preventive maintenance and schedule maintenance
- Directing AM, PM and PDM activities for Sealer & Wax Gun and Pump area
- Heading NPM & spare part management (maintaining minimum safety stock without any excess stock.
- Identifying scope for:
- Planning, implementing & monitoring of technological changes to enhance productivity
- Modifications in equipment, process flow, working practices, consumables, power for controlling & reducing conversion cost per unit produced
Production Team Leader
Ford India Pvt. Ltd,PAINT SHOP SEALER LINE,EDS LINE
Sanand, Ahmedabad
07.2013 - 07.2019
- Planning day-to-day production schedules, along with resource allocation and machine loading for optimum output
- Attending production meeting and reviewed production/rejection and all production related activities
- Taking care of consumables used in production and WIP at shop flower end
- Preparing daily, weekly & monthly Production Planning; executing the shop floor in coordination with Line Engineers and Associates
- Updating release production schedule to purchase, production, assembly on daily/weekly/monthly basis
- Minimizing performance bottlenecks for high productivity with maximization of men, material & machine
- Appraising the prevalent production systems/ processes, identifying loopholes if any and undertaking result-oriented measures for alleviating them and documenting the same
- Working on the development and implementation of key procurement strategies / contingency plans and ensured that plans are aligned with production requirements
- Ensuring compliance with various quality and safety maintenance guidelines at all stages of various plant processes, to achieve cost reduction, waste reduction, curb pollution levels and better environment handling within the plant
- Streamlining the system and procedures for effective inventory control for ensuring ready availability of materials to meet the production targets
- Monitoring sealer gun break-down and fix them to prevent the production losses
- Improving the MTTR/MTBF of Sealer Line by preventive maintenance and schedule maintenance
- Directing AM, PM and PDM activities for Sealer Gun and Sealer Pump area
- Heading NPM & spare part management (maintaining minimum safety stock without any excess stock)
- Identifying scope for:
- Planning, implementing & monitoring of technological changes to enhance productivity
- Modifications in equipment, process flow, working practices, consumables, power for controlling & reducing conversion cost per unit produced
- Conducting inspections at various stages (planned as well as random) to ensure safety & quality specifications are being met with, without any slippages
Education
Diploma - Electrical Engineering
Govt. Polytechnic
01.2013
Skills
- Production Planning & Control
- Manufacturing Operations
- Order Execution
- Lean/ Six Sigma Manufacturing
- Quality Control & Assurance
- Audits & Inspection
- Mechanical Maintenance
- Material & Resource Planning
- Techno-commercial Operations
- Process Analysis
- TECHNICAL SKILLS
- TPM-Total Predictive Maintenance
- TQM-Total Quality Management
- Poka-Yoke
- 5S‘ & Kaizen
- Lean & Six Sigma
- Inventory management
- 5G / 8D
- QLS (Quality Leadership Software)
- Quality works System
- FIS (Factory Information System)
- PLC Basics
- MS Office
- ACADEMIC PROJECT
- Transformer’s Buchholz’s Relay Operations
- TRAININGS ATTENDED
- In-house Parivartan training in LJ Engineering Collage, Ahmedabad held by Ford Motor India Pvt Ltd
- OJT at Ford Motor Company, Chennai for a month
- Attend training on Basic of PLC
- Highlights:
- Trained the manpower for Sealer Application at Skill Development Center
- Defined & implemented the standard operating procedures for operations excellence
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certified.
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certified.
Languages
Languages
Gujarati
First Language
Gujarati
Proficient
C2
Hindi
Proficient
C2
English
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Production Engineer
KIA Motors, Paint Shop Manufacturing, Sealer Line,EDS line,WAX & BLACK TAPE,FINAL INSPECTION LINE
07.2019 - Current
Production Team Leader
Ford India Pvt. Ltd,PAINT SHOP SEALER LINE,EDS LINE
07.2013 - 07.2019
Diploma - Electrical Engineering
Govt. Polytechnic
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