Ramesh Venkatanarayanan

A dynamic and focused professional with 23+ years of diverse experience as a functional leader with international exposure in Manufacturing Operations involving Strategic Planning, Supply-chain management, Operational Excellence, setting up and start-up of new Plants, and developing a World-class culture.

Demonstrated Abilities in coordinating with cross-functional teams for Greenfield projects/Brownfield Projects with strong project management skills.

Leader and mentor for implementing TQM/ TPM excellence with the guidance of Japanese legends of KATO, Professor Tsuda.

Global exposure in managing teams and working in different locations on Work assignments (US, Germany, Denmark, Italy, and China) successfully with multicultural teams (Europe, Asia, Americas)

Empowering team members and mentors who excel in a dynamic and challenging environment while remaining practical and focused.

• Green and Brownfield projects
• Execute the operations related activities in green field project
• Exposure in integrating plant transfer activities
• Upstream and downstream Layout optimization with the minimized physical flow process
• Implemented the Valeo Production System requirement in new integrated plant
• Customer relationships and develop the samples as per customer requirements on the project phase
• Strategy deployment
• Cascading corporate strategy to the plant level in SPQCDM targets
• Assist Factory Manager for implementing and following up on all the projects
• 10+ Years directly working with top management and able to deliver results as per requirements.
• Monitoring and executing the Operations objective with budget preparation and timely execution
• Productivity/Process Improvement
• Initiate plans and processes that minimize manufacturing costs through effective utilization of direct labor, equipment, facilities.
• Productivity, process improvement projects management through Kaizen circle
• Dealing with unionized operators whenever productivity improvement is done to get the target result
• Direct labor reduction and direct labor efficiency improvement
• New product/New Production Line Implementation
• Coordinating with the industrial and project management team for better and customized layout operations for new product development
• The key player of the Vertical integration project in Valeo
• Operational Excellence(Lean/TQM/TPM)
• Implementation of Lean/TQM/ TPM tools at the plant level
• Monitoring production processes as well as implementing line balancing systems and lean manufacturing to achieve standardization and reduce costs.
• Implementation and Action plan follow-up of value stream mapping
• Improve plant availability (OEE) through various PQCDM projects

T6214329, B1/Until 2026

• Date of Birth: 06/10/79
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married

• Six Sigma Greenbelt Foundations