Dance
Rajesh Kamath
Operational Excellence
Mysore
Summary
Enthusiastic professional, with the rich experience exposed to diverse roles of business, hands on experience of manufacturing dynamics and lean agile way of working in IT. A problem solver, lean practitioner, empathetic listener, data based, detail oriented and assertive person by nature.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Operational Excellence Consultant
Siemens
03.2022 - Current
- Operational excellence partner for Business lines P2P(Purchase to Pay) and H2R(Hire to Retire) in Siemens GBS. Drive MRM(monthly review meeting) with leadership team to provide insights on OPE standpoint. Evaluate Operations delivery framework readiness by conducting audits for critical processes in business
- Quality coordinator for Incidents. Facilitate operations to prepare RCA , Corrections and Corrective actions for Incidents/escalations through 8D problem solving principle. Review and ensure quality of analysis before closing Incident
- Leader for Ideation program - Challenge-a-thon. Identify challenges/ideas and shortlisting projects for business. Drive CI projects and facilitate operations till closure with various methodologies like Six sigma, lean 5s, Lean VSM, etc. Savings of 2 FTE for FY23 and also qualitative goals achieved for service line PS3(NAM, MAM, EU)
- Project owner for 1. Customer relation Improvement - IM PO project. Improve FPR from 92% to 95%, Reduce query volume by 16%, Improve USS score from 8.58 to 9.45. 2. 2. PO confirmation tool - Automate Shopping cart allocation to Buyers and send PO confirmation mails to respective vendors and ensure replied responses for these mails.
- Set up of Escalation tracker and PowerBI dashboard for the analysis & review mechanism for the Business lines H2R and P2P. Drove Process risk assessment project to collate the escalations, red alerts, reviewed & analyzed across all regions to identify best controls and replicate across. Brought up a review mechanism with the leadership team to bring insights on the escalations, RCA and controls
- Conduct Value stream mapping with the operations to identify bottlenecks and work on improvement actions to streamline the process & reduce the lead time. Successfully conducted VSM for 3 processes end-to-end in H2R namely, Onboarding process - Day 1 readiness India, Candidate reimbursement - USA, Candidate reimbursement - India
- Train the operations on various lean tools, Continuous improvement & quality concepts namely, Lean six sigma green belt, Problem solving- Root cause analysis(why-why, ishikawa, Pareto chart etc.) , FMEA, Project methodology (PDCA, Lean 5S, Lean VSM, SSGB), 7 QC tools etc
- Quality Ambassador of organization. Successfully conducted Quality month to spread awareness of Quality, by collaborating with all Business lines by gamification. Created event called 'Quality premiere league' where weekly targets were given to teams for month of November and based on final score, announced quality champion, to encourage, uphold and sustain quality.
- Responsible for driving & reviewing FMEAs for all critical process across business lines
- Drive Gemba walks for critical processes to identify waste and opportunities for improvement
- Support business in analyzing & correcting non conformities related to IMS (Integrated management system), found during Internal audits.
Continuous Improvement Engineer
GE Renewable Energy
07.2018 - 02.2022
- Hands on experience in Green Field Projects (using 3P Methodology)- New product length & width - Delivered Result by achieving Ramp Up within 15th product manufacturing for 70+ meter ultra long product. Expertise in Lean Layout & Work Station Designs
- Leader for Global Best Practice sharing & implementations in plant. Responsible for for bottom Up Idea Generation and Implementation program(Why Not) in plant. Enhanced Total Employee Involvement (TEI) in Kaizen by 54% from baseline in 2020
- Coaching through Train-the-Trainer Program using Training within Industry (TWI) for the site. Also initiated practical lean simulation games
- Leader for Direct Material Cost Out program - Approximately 2M$ Savings
- Experienced in Leading and facilitating various lean Action Work Out/Kaizen workshop events. 1.Warehouse Space optimization : 25% from baseline: Leading lean AWO with Cross Functional team 2. Manhours Optimization : +30% from baseline : Optimum resource utilization scheduling, Yamazumi, Standard Work Combination, Standard Operating Sheets & Job Element Cards
- Setup of Obeya (War Room) in plant to ensure ground control for all critical lean missions. Coordinating with Top Management for Hoshin Kanri & Bowler Matrices of the plant. All Cross Functional Key Performance Indicators Driving Weekly Meetings for timely targets
- SPOC for Problem Solving Model (8D, PSR etc.)at site. Also Experienced in creating Interactive Visual dashboards (Power BI, Tableau) & Data Analytics Site Leader for driving Operational Excellence Activities
- Surpassed lean maturity level from 80 to 87 in 2019
- Responsible for setting up GEPS (GE Production System) & Layered Process Audit from scratch level. Driving Leader Standard Work (LSW) & Daily Management System (DMS) at site.
Education
B.E in Mechanical Engineering -
JSS Science & Technical University
MysuruSkills
Lean tools
Quality tools
MS ExcelMS VisioMS Power BIMS Power Point
Effective communication
Collaboration
Coaching
Certification
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Humbled by Honour
- Siemens - Quality Champion Award - Sgnificant improvement in managing incidents end-to-end
- Siemens - Rising Star Award - Fast mastery of new tasks & surpassing expectations
- Siemens - Extra mile award - For stepping in as the OPE partner for H2R and delivering in a short span of time along with P2P tasks.
- General Electric - Director's Award - Driving successful lean trainings through Lean Simulation Games & Training Within Industry(TWI)
- General Electric - Deliver With Focus Award - Manhours Optimization & developing optimum crew size calculator of the site
- General Electric - Impact Award - Direct Material Cost Reduction which lead to nearly 2M$ Savings for the site
- General Electric - Appreciate Award - Kaizen workshop for Lean 5S and improving the 5S score & Visual management
Interests
Pencil Sketching
Cricket
Numismatics
Combat sports
Timeline
Operational Excellence Consultant
Siemens
03.2022 - Current
Continuous Improvement Engineer
GE Renewable Energy
07.2018 - 02.2022
B.E in Mechanical Engineering -
JSS Science & Technical University