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Raju Jayapal

Raju Jayapal

Bangalore

Summary

Passionate plant manager with 20 years of progressive experience in the electrical and electronics manufacturing industry. Currently working in a leading organization driving the digital transformation of energy management and automation, ranked No.1 in Gartner supply chain rankings. Core values include sustainability, which permeates our purpose, culture, and business. Excel in resource management, cost control, and developing sustainable and compliant manufacturing processes. Specialize in Agile project management for industrial settings with a proven track record of implementing change management methods and quality assurance controls to maximize productivity, improve safety protocols, and boost team engagement. Skilled at understanding customer and employee needs and proficient in meeting them. Focused on strengthening staff training, streamlining internal systems, and facilitating production techniques to drive further success.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Plant head

Schneider electric
01.2020 - 12.2022
  • Lead by example in ensuring the safe work culture
  • Strong focus and drive on sustainability initiatives to meet the ambition of Schneider sustainability index – Co2 reduction, SUP elimination, Net zero ambition etc
  • Build Plant capability for future – People competency, Automation and Digital solutions
  • Actively listened to customers to fully understand requests and address concerns – Reduction of Field failure by 30%, Ontime delivery >97%, CSC optimization
  • Budget planning – Managing the base cost and P&L at plant level
  • Driving industrial productivity projects through lean diagnosis and digitization
  • Long term industrial planning and supply chain planning to ensure the plant capacity and to welcome the growth
  • New product introduction as regionalization and make in india transformation
  • Actively driving the company programs throughout the plant (STIRIVE, IMPACT ect)
  • Achieved the Employee engagement index >90% consistently – Strong focus on inclusiveness, collaboration and innovation
  • Exposure to manage the IR situations effectively, Lead many committees as representation of management and shopfloor employees (Welfare, Safety and PoSH etc)
  • Lead startup operations of new plant expansion (Plant-2) moving from 2L sq ft to 3.5L sq ft facility including developing the management staff, implementing quality controls, approving production lines, and overseeing maintenance/logistics operations
  • Team re-structuring to reduce the Product analysis, repair lead time & Non quality by building the Production knowledge & technical competency
  • YoY 4% Productivity through QVE and Nego
  • Direct labor productivity of 10~12% YoY to negate the impact of inflation
  • Manage vendors and suppliers to uphold quality stnadards and raw materials and facilitate a consistent supply chain

Operations Head

Schneider electric
08.2018 - 07.2020

AGM, GM - Production

Schneider electric
06.2008 - 08.2017

Continuous improvement leader

APC india Pvt ltd
06.2003 - 06.2008
  • Lead transfer of new products from other regions within organization – UPS & Non UPS products
  • Engaged with customers to better understand needs and deliver excellent service
  • Maintained clean, safe working environments to eliminate accident risks.

Production Supervisor

Flextronics technologies ind pvt ltd
04.2001 - 06.2003
  • Maintained top-notch quality control standards and eliminated downtime through “Positive working teams”
  • Coordinated workforce activities and monitored operations to identify and mitigate potential inefficiencies
  • Assisted in various areas of manufacturing, safety, inventory control and process implementation.

Production Supervisor

Motorola India pvt ltd
06.1997 - 04.2001
  • Mastered SMT / THT high speed process and lead the training to other production staff
  • Lead many projects related to Efficiency and quality improvement through “Total customer satisfaction” competitions
  • Monitored worker behaviors and enforced standards for consistent safety protections
  • Coordinated training and mentoring for team members, maintaining skilled and well-performing group.

Education

MBA in Operations management -

Ulyanovsk State University, Russia, Jaro Education, India
01.2015

Diploma of Higher Education - Distance Operations management -

National academy for management studies, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
01.2010

Electronics and communication - Electrical and Electronics -

Govt ITI, Bangalore, Karnataka
01.1997

Skills

  • Problem-solving
  • Quality assurance management
  • Compliance understanding
  • Lean manufacturing process
  • Six sigma green belt qualified
  • Ware house management
  • Inventory management
  • Employee training and development
  • Production Management – Schneider performance system
  • Budget management
  • Agile development
  • Cost controls

Accomplishments

  • Represented schneider plant in the external events and won awards.
  • Labor productivity YoY at 10%
  • QVE and material productivity – 4% of ECOGS
  • Recognized by management for embracing the core values of behaviors.
  • Developed and instituted employee training and retention initiative that reduced employee turnover by 10% within 1 year
  • Planned and coordinated DVC skill development center projects resulting in increased Flexibility and labor productivity
  • Streamlined workflow by consolidating lengthy processes and redundant at Subcon process resulted in Redundancy and Power of 2.
  • Enhanced Automation processes, implementing across Assy lines for increased productivity and profits.

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Upper intermediate (B2)
Kannada
Advanced (C1)
Telugu
Upper intermediate (B2)

Timeline

Plant head - Schneider electric
01.2020 - 12.2022
Operations Head - Schneider electric
08.2018 - 07.2020
AGM, GM - Production - Schneider electric
06.2008 - 08.2017
Continuous improvement leader - APC india Pvt ltd
06.2003 - 06.2008
Production Supervisor - Flextronics technologies ind pvt ltd
04.2001 - 06.2003
Production Supervisor - Motorola India pvt ltd
06.1997 - 04.2001
Ulyanovsk State University, Russia - MBA in Operations management,
National academy for management studies - Diploma of Higher Education - Distance Operations management,
Govt ITI - Electronics and communication - Electrical and Electronics,

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