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RAJEEV KANAUJIA

Kanpur

Summary

32 years of working experience in the automobile industry, plastic molding, and painting (PP and ABS painting) - conventional gun spray painting, electrostatic gun spray painting; with a good academic and professional career record. Resourceful Operations Head/Lead, known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Specialize in process optimization, team leadership, and strategic planning. Excel in communication, problem-solving, and adaptability to drive operational success and improve workflow processes.

Overview

33
33
years of professional experience

Work History

AGM (Operations Head)

Polyplastic Industries India Pvt Lmt.
Dalsana
02.2025 - Current
  • Company Overview: The plant manufactures four-wheeler components, supplying to customers such as Suzuki Motors (primary customer), Honda Motors, TATA Motors, and Toyota.
  • Establishing key performance indicators to track productivity, quality standards.
  • Collaborating with other departments such as IT, HR, Sales and Marketing to ensure smooth cross-functional operations.
  • Overseeing the implementation of new systems or technologies that increase efficiency or reduce costs.
  • Leading a team to ensure operational processes and procedures are followed efficiently and effectively.

General Manager(Operations)

Sri Amba Industries(SAI Group)
Roorkee
03.2022 - 01.2025
  • Company Overview: Industry Type: Automobile components and helmets, specially ABS and PP components.
  • Overall handling of shop floor administration and employee discipline.
  • Manpower planning and control, raw material planning.
  • Variable cost and fixed cost: in-house labor charge, energy and LPG cost, repair and maintenance, etc.
  • Conducted regular meetings with senior management team to review progress against established objectives.

General Manager(Operations)

M/S A.G. Industries Pvt. Limited
Haridwar
01.2013 - 03.2022
  • Started as a Greenfield project, and the plant is in the manufacturing stage now, with supply to customers such as Hero MotoCorp Limited and MPR (Electric Scooter).
  • Customer representative with respect to production, as well as future planning.
  • The cost of poor quality (in-house rework and rejection PPM) was reduced from 20% to 8.5% of total revenue.
  • Yield Improvement: Paint cost reduction by 30% through reactive and proactive kaizen.
  • Successfully increased the sales of Mahindra & Mahindra's business by up to 6% of total revenue.
  • P&L Review and Improvement Plan (2% Increase Through Implementation of Cost Kaizen)

Manager (Paint Shop Head)

M/S Varroc Engineering Pvt. Limited
Pantnagar
05.2007 - 01.2013
  • Overall monitoring of processes and their improvement through the IMS (Integrity Management System) - ISO/TS 16949:2009.
  • TPM (Total Productive Maintenance): worked with eight pillar activities according to JIPM for continual improvement, for optimum utilization of resources, and cost reduction, with the production of high-quality products.
  • Employee safety and SMAT audit activity to create a safe and healthy shop floor atmosphere.
  • Worked on a cost-saving project regarding paint rework and decal rejection.
  • Achievement: Paint shop capacity utilization done up to 92%, and capacity improvement done from 80K/month to 125K/month through value addition and value engineering.

Deputy Manager (Paint Shop)

M/S Badve Engineering Limited (Unit 5)
Aurangabad
08.2005 - 05.2007
  • Knowledge of the process control of sheet metal painting, ABS component painting.
  • IMS system implementations and their monitoring.
  • Continuously working on KAIZEN activities.
  • Erection and installation of Phase 3 and Phase 4 paint shops in Badve Engineering during my work period.
  • Manpower handling, line balancing.

Engineer (Paint Shop)

M/S LML Limited
Kanpur
11.1992 - 08.2005
  • In-house PPM reduction from 60,000 PPM to 20,000 PPM.
  • Stringent process control by adopting QC tools (Fishbone diagram, 6W-2H).
  • Implementation of PQCDSM, PDCA, and QUALITY CIRCLE in day-to-day activities.
  • Continuously working on KAIZEN activities.
  • Achievement: Record for the highest number of suggestions given and their implementation regarding cost saving, time saving, and 5S improvement.

Education

Diploma - Mechanical engg.

Gandhi Polytechnic
Muzaffarnagar, Lucknow
01.1992

Intermediate -

SP Inter Collage
Kachatipur, Kannauj, UP
01.1987

Skills

  • Process improvement, Project management
  • Production planning, Cost reduction
  • Quality control, Root-cause Analysis, KPI development
  • Operations management, Workforce management, Inventory coordination
  • Cross-functional collaboration, Motivational attitude

Trainings

I.S.O 9001:2004, I.S.O 14001:2004, KAIZEN, 5-S, TS-16949:2009, TPM (JIPM solution)

Timeline

AGM (Operations Head)

Polyplastic Industries India Pvt Lmt.
02.2025 - Current

General Manager(Operations)

Sri Amba Industries(SAI Group)
03.2022 - 01.2025

General Manager(Operations)

M/S A.G. Industries Pvt. Limited
01.2013 - 03.2022

Manager (Paint Shop Head)

M/S Varroc Engineering Pvt. Limited
05.2007 - 01.2013

Deputy Manager (Paint Shop)

M/S Badve Engineering Limited (Unit 5)
08.2005 - 05.2007

Engineer (Paint Shop)

M/S LML Limited
11.1992 - 08.2005

Diploma - Mechanical engg.

Gandhi Polytechnic

Intermediate -

SP Inter Collage

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