Rakesh Pandit Vispute
Kalyan Thane
Summary
Production & Operations Management professional with 20+ years of experience in beverage manufacturing. Expertise in production planning, maintenance, quality, and cost control across CSD, water, and juice lines. Proven success in project execution, efficiency improvement, EHS compliance, team leadership, and multiskilling. Strong
background in SAP, TPM, Kaizen, and
- Spare management, zero downtime target achieve due to unavailability of spare.
handling high-speed automated packaging lines.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Team Leader - Production & Maintenance
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
Wada
05.2015 - Current
- Lead production operations across CSD PET (600 BPM), RGB (600 BPM), Water (200 BPM), and Tetra Pak Juice (450 BPM) lines.
- Executed successful debottlenecking and multiskilling projects, achieving zero overtime for operators.
- Drove improvements in capacity utilization, downtime reduction, and packaging material loss (preforms, crowns, cartons).
- Implemented preventive/predictive maintenance strategies to enhance machine reliability and reduce breakdowns.
- Managed SAP (FTD Module) and Navigan-98 for spares procurement and inventory control.
- Ensured compliance with food safety, GMP, AIB, and EHS standards through regular audits and training programs.
- Spare management, zero downtime target achieve due to unavailability of spare.
- Independent responsibility of 600 bpm & 200 bpm csd pet lines & 173 bpm juice line of maintenance & production with the team of 60 operators.
- PET line efficiency improvement (66% To 77%).
- Made zero overtime on 3 lines with operators multiskilling and decipline
- Supervised daily operations to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
- Preform yield improvement. (99.15% to 99.55%).
- Eliminated
Production & Maintenance Officer
United Breweries Ltd. (Kingfisher Beer)
Aurangabad
03.2010 - 05.2015
- Managed 600 BPM Glass Line & 300 BPM operations; coordinated manpower, materials, and maintenance for optimum production.
- Developed LLF formats and used root cause analysis (Why-Why) for downtime elimination.
- Oversaw spares planning, procurement, and storage optimization.
- Led a multi-skilled workforce and implemented planned maintenance schedules to ensure plant efficiency.
Sr. Technician - Filling & Blowing
PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
Paithan
12.2002 - 03.2010
- Operated and maintained PET (HYMECH), Venus hot fill lines, Sidel, and MAG Plastic blowing machines.
- Delivered production targets as per plan, monitored efficiency, concentrate yield, and reduced RMPM wastage.
- Executed breakdown and preventive maintenance activities with minimal downtime.
- Participated in new CSD line installation project and developed daily/monthly maintenance reports.
Education
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
Dnyaneshwar Dnyanpeeth
PuneNCTVT Certification -
Delhi Board
ITI - Mechanical Trade
Delhi Board
SSC -
Amravati Board
MS-CIT -
Skills
- End-to-End Production Management
- TPM
- Kaizen
- Lean Manufacturing
- SAP (FTD Module, PTP-PR-PO Process)
- Preventive Maintenance
- Predictive Maintenance
- Cost Control
- Efficiency Enhancement
- EHS
- GMP
- HACCP
- AIB Compliance
- Project Execution
- Multiskilling
- Team Development
- Machine maintenance
- SAP management
- Compliance auditing
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/10/82
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Projects Handled
- Installed new CSD PET, Glass, and Hot Fill Juice lines
- Successfully completed 250ml line debottlenecking project
- Implemented operator multiskilling strategy and zero overtime model
- Reduced Filler m/c change over & cip cup fixing time up to 30 minutes.
Timeline
Team Leader - Production & Maintenance
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
05.2015 - Current
Production & Maintenance Officer
United Breweries Ltd. (Kingfisher Beer)
03.2010 - 05.2015
Sr. Technician - Filling & Blowing
PepsiCo India Holdings Pvt. Ltd.
12.2002 - 03.2010
Diploma - Mechanical Engineering
Dnyaneshwar Dnyanpeeth
NCTVT Certification -
Delhi Board
ITI - Mechanical Trade
Delhi Board
SSC -
Amravati Board
MS-CIT -
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