1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Ravindra Gulabrao Kukade
Mobile:- 9850289641 Email ID :- ravindra.kukade2@rediffmail.com
Career Objective:- Seeking a senior level position to utilize my skills and abilities in the organization
that offers professional growth while being resourceful, innovative and flexible.
PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
Seasoned Professional with nearly 22 years’ experience in Strategic Planning, Production Management, and
Quality Assurance in Sheet Metal Press Shop (Heavy/Light 50 to 1000 Ton Presses), Sub Assembly, Weld
Shop,powder coating
Proficient in developing & streamlining systems with proven ability to enhance operational effectiveness and meet
operational goals within the cost, time & quality parameters.
Adept in enhancing production process operations, optimizing resource utilization, escalating productivity and
operational efficiencies.
Expertise in vendor identification / development, resource management and analytical assessment,vendor audit
related to system to strengthen effectiveness and training the juniors.
Operational Purview:
Handling scheduling and planning, predictive, preventive, maintenance & breakdown maintenance activities with
key focus on spares availability & root cause analysis.
Conversant with ISO/ TS16949- 2009 Documentation, PPAP, FMEA ,5S, Kaizen, Poka Yoke ,SPC,MSA,7 QC tools
,Lean MFG ,TPS,TPM
knowledge of Microsoft word & Microsoft excel & basic knowledge of SAP.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Production Operations
Implementing production plans as per Customer order and pending order.
Ensuring quality product delivery; managing overall operations involved in production planning including
coordinating in marketing, manpower management, supplies and up-time of equipments.
Ensuring timely accomplishment of production targets within the cost parameters.
Managing large teams of 120 persons in bottom line and& supervisory level with ease.
Handling 2 / 3 parallel lines in Weld / Press Shop.
Process Improvement
Generating schedules for routine maintenance, calibration and troubleshooting for press tool on a regular basis
for higher productivity and efficiency.
Conducting preventive maintenance, foreseeing performance bottlenecks and taking corrective measures to
avoid the same; identifying nonconforming products to process further seek necessary approvals.
Controlling processes, press parameters and welding parameters, spot welding parameter
Tool Room Operations
Supervising maintenance & modification of pressing tools; ascertaining requirements of material for
development activities in the Tool Room & interfacing with vendors for cost effective and timely sourcing of
quality material.
Providing assistance in estimating new tooling requirements and costs; coordinating tool design revisions for
design changes and reverse engineering.
Conducting technical audits; reviewing existing processes and re-designing the same to enhance operational
efficacy; carrying out pre-assessment audits, registration audits and surveillance audits.
Purchase / Vendor Development
Preparing schedule from the stage of purchase to vendor development mentioning exact delivery period;
identifying requirement of raw materials & vendor items as per customer schedule available inventory.
Determining the requirement of material.
Following up for vendors and conforming the availability of material; holding direct technical discussion with
vendors for finalization of orders & commercial terms; undertaking reconciliation of vendor rejection.
Quality Control
2. Managing quality across raw materials, work in progress, finished goods in various functional departments as
per ISO 9001: 2008 & TS 16949-2009, .
Overseeing the systematic implementation of various quality initiatives such as 5S, 7 Tools of Quality, Kaizen in
order to achieve zero breakdown, zero accident and zero customer complaint.
Developing and executing process audit for critical operations; ensuring adherence to various quality parameters
across the shop floor; controlling quality records and preparing documentation.
Undertaking Internal audits,Process Audit , Product Audit , customer audits & supplier Audit and surveillance
audits of ISO / TS16949-2009 as a MR
Team Management
Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of Operators to ensure efficiency in process operations and
meeting of production targets.
Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high
performance amongst team members.
CAREER RECORD
1)Presently working with M/s Maini Construction Equipment & Pvt Ltd.Sector No5, Plot No 25A
HSIDC BAWAL District:-Rewari State :-Haryana. Which indulge in manufacturing Construction
Equipment & Solar Structure As a “PLANT HEAD”from 15 April 2016 to till Date.
1)Significant Contribution
Production planning of weld shop ,Press shop & machine shop
Plan, organize,directandrunoptimumday-to-dayoperationstoexceedourcustomers’expectations
Increase production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and maintaining
currentqualitystandards
Be responsible forproductionoutput,productqualityandon-time shipping
Allocate resourceseffectivelyandfullyutilize assetstoproduce optimal results
Implementstrategiesinalignmentwithstrategicinitiativesandprovideaclearsense of directionandfocus
Monitoroperations andtriggercorrective actions
Share a trustingrelationshipwithworkgroupandrecruit,manage anddevelopplantstaff
Collectandanalyze datato findplacesof waste or overtime
Committo plantsafetyprocedures
Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and
performance targetstoensure effectivereturnonassets
Addressemployeesissuesorgrievancesandadministercollective bargainingagreements .
To identify & organize manpower ,contractor at all levels for proper execution of work as per project need
To identify training need of workers & organizing the same .
To ensure that all employees are utilized properly or not
Implementation of good manufacturing practices with respect to 5S on shop floor.
Interaction with different dept like HR ,Quality ,Purchase, Maintenance & stores to solve the problem related to
production for smooth functioning of production.
Follow up with Supplier for arranging shearing, bending & Galvanizing
To Ensure Logistic arrangement for Raw material & bought out items & labour charges material &
Despatch of Finished goods.
To meet production target as well as customer schedule
To maintain timely delivery.
To produce defect free parts
Supervising and motivating a team of subordinates and workers ,reviewing the performance of
subordinates.
Daily production & quality review meeting with supervisors ,engineers & workers to improve productivity &
product quality .
Maintaining documentation for ISO 9001:2009 related to production
Interaction with customer related to delivery & quality of Product.
Reporting to MD regarding Day to Day basis regarding performance of plants related to production & sale & other plant
Issues.
3. 2) Worked with Decon Equipment & system Pvt Ltd plot No 304 sector 10 PCNTDA Bhosari,Pune which is manufacturing Bulk Material
handling system like Fuel handling & ash handling system in Boiler like screw conveyor ,Belt conveyor,Bucket elevator, hoppers,chutes
etc as a Production Manager & In charge for Chimbli Pune Plant from 5 th February 2015 to 10 April 2016
1)Significant Contribution
Production planning of weld shop & machine shop
To identify & organize manpower ,contractor at all levels for proper execution of work as per project need
To identify training need of workers & organizing the same .
To ensure that all employees are utilized properly or not
Implementation of good manufacturing practices with respect to 5S in weld shop
Implementation of weld shop layout changes to reduce material movement
Interaction with different service dept like HR ,Quality ,Purchase, Maintenance & stores to solve the problem
related to production for smooth functioning of production.
Follow up with Supplier for arranging shearing, bending & rolling material for production
Development of New supplier or Sources for Shearing, bending ,gas & raw material,consumables with
cost saving to organisation
To make Logistic arrangement for Raw material & bought out items & labour charges material
To meet production target as well as customer schedule
To maintain timely delivery.
To produce defect free parts
Supervising and motivating a team of subordinates and workers ,reviewing the performance of
subordinates.
Daily production & quality review meeting with supervisors ,engineers & workers to improve productivity &
product quality .
Maintaining documentation for ISO 9001:2009 related to production
Interaction with customer related to delivery & quality of Product.
Look After all activities of Plant Set up & plant erection of Chimbli New plant from start to end
.
Reporting to MD regarding Day to Day basis regarding performance of plants related to production as well as
quality& plant setup & erection of New plant
3)Worked with Neel Auto Pvt. Ltd (JBM Group company )., Sidcul Pantnagar Dist –Udhamsingh nagar Uttarakhand which is
Manufacturingof 2 Wheeler Frame & swing arm for Bajaj Autopvt Ltd as a DeputyManager production from22.06.2013 to 30.11.2014 &
JBMAuto Ltd ,Pithampur from 1 st December 2014 to to 31 st Jan 2015
1) Significant Contribution
Production planningof weld shop Frames/chassisline as per customer daily Requirement
Material planningfor production as per BOM
Makingshiftwise man power planningas per requirement .
Calculation of Consumablerequirement for production per shift& Exercisecontrol over consumableconsumption
HandlingTeam of Engineers & Supervisors & workers force of 250 Nos shiftwise
Effective utilization of organization resources.
Controllingthe In process quality through Quality system likeFirstpiece& In process Inspection,Process Audit
,Product Audit ,Fixture Audit
Attending quality problemrelated to weld shop on As sly Line& atcustomer end & take corrective action for the
same
Analysis of Daily rejection & rework & takingcorrective action
Root causeanalysisof customer complaint& takingcorrective & preventive actions
Interaction with different service dept like HR ,Quality ,Purchase, Maintenance & stores to
solve the problem related to production for smooth functioning of production.
To make Logistic arrangement for dispatch
To meet production target as well as customer schedule
To maintain timely delivery.
To produce defect free parts
Daily Quality reviewmeeting with operators
Daily meeting with Engineers & supervisor For Quality & production related problem
4. Preparing Daily MIS for production for weld shop & Daily loss analysis of production & take
corrective action for the same
Analysis of 16 major losses & calculation of OEE
KPA fixing & achieving & preparing Action plan for non achieving target as per KPA
Submission of kaizen to management received from team of weld shop
Implementation of TPM Related activity on Shop floor likeJH ,5S
Active part/Team leader in JH Activity of Manager model cell
Traininggiven to operators & engineers ,supervisors related to TPM , JH & 5S
Maintainingrecords of Production as per TS16949 2009
Interaction with vendors & customer
4) Worked with Chaphekar Engineering Pvt. Ltd., Hinjwadi which is Manufacturing of Load Body & Tippers for commercial vehicles
for Automobile Industrieslike Tata motors ,Mahendra Navistar & Force Motors As a Deputy Manager Production from
21.11.2011 to 13.05.2013
Significant Contribution
Production planning of press shop & weld shop
To identify & organize manpower ,contractor at all levels for proper execution of work at existing aswell
as projects.
To identify training need of workers & organizing the same .
To ensure that all employees are utilized properly or not
Implementation of good manufacturing practices with respect to 5S in press shop
Implementation of Press shop layout changes to reduce material movement
Interaction with different service dept like HR ,Quality ,Purchase, Maintenance & stores to solve the problem
related to production for smooth functioning of production.
Follow up with Supplier for raw material
To make Logistic arrangement for Raw material
To meet production target as well as customer schedule
To maintain timely delivery.
To produce defect free parts
Development of new components in press shop & weld shop
Supervising and motivating a team of subordinates and workers ,reviewing the performance of
subordinates.
Daily production & quality review meeting with supervisors ,engineers & worke rs to improve productivity &
product quality .
Maintaining documentation for TS 16949:2009 related to production
Implementation of SMED to reduce die set up time in press shop.
Reporting to MD regarding Day to Day basis regarding performance of plants related to production as well as
quality
5)Worked from 11th
Dec 2009 to 12th
August2011 with KLT AUTOMOTIVE & TUBULAR PRODUCTS LTD
URSE , Pune As a Deputy Manager ( QA & Production for Weld Shop & press shop) TS Certified Company
Manufacturer of Tata Motors Chassis for Telcoline – 40 Variants / 207di-8varient / Ace /Sumo Grande.-03
Variants.
Significant Contributions
Steered the execution of a New Frame Project of Tata Motors X2 Cross Over.
Demonstrated excellence in Production Planning, Scheduling and C ontrol for Press Shop, Weld Shop.
Responsibility of Handling Long member production on Robotic welding machine.
Managed the entire gamut of tasks including verifying BOM with actual, preparing control plan, calculating labour
cost per frame and preparing production related documents.
Holds the distinction of implementing various quality concepts such as 5S, Kaizen, Poke Yoke, OEE, PPM, SMED
and Lean Mfg .
Attained significant reduction in daily consumable cost of MIG Wire and Argoshield Gas.
Led a team of 120 workmen for 2 Shifts.
Acquired in-depth knowledge of Longmember Production & 51 variants of Frame Production.
Carried out extensive review on rejection & rework through 8D Report
Undertook daily review with Maintenance, Tool Room & Materials Dept. to achieve production targets.
5. Worked as a MR for ISO /TS-16949 – 2009 System responsible for establish document, maintain & monitor &
communicate performance to AGM of the company. Independently handled MR Activity for Recertification Audit.
Interaction with vendors as well as customer regarding quality problem.
Handling Daily quality issues related to press shop for Thailand component .
Conducting internal audits for TS 16949 :2009 as well as Process & product audit
Knowledge of PPAP ,FMEA & SPC
Holding daily Quality review meeting with quality Team
Holding daily production review meeting with operators for involvement of bottom level in day to day activity to
improve productivity & Quality.
Preparing Daily MIS for Press shop production for Press shop & Assly shop & Daily loss analysis of production
6) Worked with Fab Auto Parts Pvt. Ltd., An ISO 9001-2000 Co. from 6 Jan. 2006 to 10th Dec 2009 as a Plant
Incharge. Fab. Auto Parts Pvt. Ltd. is supplier of press component & Fabricated parts to TATA Moto rs, Pimpri,
Pune (Telco), Force Motors (Bajaj Tempo), Akurdi, Pune.
Significant Contributions
Purchasing of Raw Material & Bought out items.
Vendor development for purchasing of bought out component & Raw material.
Negotiations with vendors related to purchase
Raw material planning & production planning
Worked an a MR for ISO/TS 16949 2002 system responsible for establish document, maintain & monitor
& communicate performance to M.D. of Q.M.S.
Marketing & prepare quotations for new enquiries.
Negotiations with customer for price settlement of components.
To meet production target as well as customer schedule
To maintain timely delivery.
To produce defect free parts
Development of new components.
Monititoring Weldshop & Press shop Activity at plant level
Reporting to MD regarding Day to Day basis regarding performance of plants related to production as well as
quality & sales .
7) Worked with J. B. Advani & Co. Ltd. (Presment Division), E 11 & 12, M.I.D.C., Bhosari (Advani-Oerlilcon
Group Company) which indulge in Mfg. of Electrical steel Lamination for welding Power Transformer &
Generators and Mfg. of Gas cutting product such as torches & regulators as a “Press Shop Incharge” from 1 st
January 1996 till 5th
January 2006.
Significant Contributions
Production planning as per the customer schedule & their requirement and priority. Mainly customer is
our group company Ador Welding Ltd.
Man Power Handling
Raw material Incoming Inspection
In process Inspection & Final Inspection.
Dispatching of finished goods.
Involvement in purchasing Activity and vendor development concerned with press shop
Worked as a MR for ISO 9001 :2000 QMS
Holds the distinction of operating Press Shop
Managed complete PPC for Press Shop and handled Leveling Production.
Successfully increased productivity by deputing the right person at right place & other regular routine procedure.
Streamlined production processes by reducing the number of operations in tool & multi tool loading.
Effectuated technology transfers to bottom line to reduce PPM.
Enhanced quality awareness through SOP & Quality Alert display.
Reduced rejection PPM by resolving daily production related issues and process updating.
Raw material planning as per schedule requirement
Man power planning
COMMENCED CAREER: Worked with Fab Press Industries at Bhosari as a “Press Shop Supervisor”
from 1st October 1994 to 31st Dec. 1995
6. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
SR.
NO.
EXAMINATION
BOARD/UNIVERSITY/
INSTITUTE
YEAR OF
PASSING
% OF
MARKS
DIV.
1. S.S.C. Nagpur Board March 1988 75.28% Distinct
2. H.S.C. Nagpur Board March 1990 60.50% Ist Div.
3. D.M.E. Bombay Board May 1994 58.00% IInd Div.
4.
D.M.M. (Diploma in
Materials Mgt.)
Institute of Management &
Development & Research Pune
(IMDR College )
May 1998 64.00% Ist Div.
OTHER TECHNICAL PROGRAMMES ATTENDED:
a) Advanced Vocational training on Repairing and overhauling of Machine Tools at AVTS, Nagpur.
b) Course on Internal Audit for Quality System, conducted by Poona, Divisional Productivity Council and Sponsored by
J. B. Advani & Co. Ltd. (Presmet Division)
c) Computer Course in Windows Microsoft Word, Excel & Power Point
d) Auto CAD 2006
Extracurricular Activity :- Teaching Exercise ,Yoga ,Pranayam & meditation to needy people in free of cost
PERSONAL Details
NAME :- RAVINDRA GULABRAO KUKADE
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS :- Anant Krupa HousingSocoety Bldg. No. 59/14,
Sector No. 21, Schem no 10 P.C.N.T.D.A Yamunanagar Nigdi, Pune – 411 044.
CONTACT No. :- Residence: 020 - 27661803 Mob.: 9850289641
DATE OF BIRTH :- 30/04/1972
LANGUAGE CAN SPEAK & WRITe :- English, Hindi and Marathi
I hereby declare that information furnished above is correct to my knowledge and belief.
Place : Pune
Date :
Yours Faithfully,
(R. G. Kukade)
