ASHOK KUMAR
Abu Dhabi,UAE
Summary
Dedicated and Dynamic Manufacturing lead with 13 years of experience in overseeing manufacturing operations. Proven track record of optimizing production processes, reducing costs, and enhancing quality. Skilled in leading diverse teams to achieve financial targets and promoting a culture of excellence. Committed with exceptional leadership, organizational skills and communication abilities leads high-performing cross-functional teams. Leads projects, company operations and business growth.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Team Head Manufacturing and Operations
Ducab Aluminium Company
Abu Dhabi, UAE
06.2016 - Current
- Managing a team of approximately 100 members, overseeing production planning, and coordinating with third-party inspection
- Inventory, Budgeting, Planning, cross functional team support, Lean Manufacturing, Safety and Hazard waste management
- Enhancing Productivity beyond machine rated capacity by 10% by deploying innovative ideas
- Launched new products whilst collaborating closely with the research and development department. Development and stabilization of Alloy Grades.
- Manpower Management and Multitasking skilling, Training and Mock drills
- Identified opportunities to improve and streamline manufacturing processes to maximize time and revenue.
- Technical support to Customer, Failure analysis, Problem Solving Techniques, OEE enhancement, Audits and Certification.
- Determined new products for manufacturing by analysing trends, identifying new business opportunities and prospecting for new customers.
SENIOR ENGINEER
Gammon India Ltd
Silvassa (DNH), India
10.2011 - 05.2016
- Develop and implement production plans and schedules to meet customer demands while optimizing resource utilization
- Failure Analysis, Problem solution Technique, Cross functional team coordination
- Utilize MRP and SAP systems to generate production schedules, forecast material requirements
- Lean Manufacturing (IMS, QMS, 5S culture) development, internal audits.
- Launched intuitive interfaces and integrated hardware and software through collaboration with engineering team.
- Collaborated with cross-functional development teams to raise technical standards for ongoing projects.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BCE
BHOPAL 07.2007 - 05.2011
MBA - Operation and management
PGDBM (ICFAI)
INDIASkills
- Lean Manufacturing
- Production Planning and Control
- Budget management
- Project and Commissioning
- ISO Standards
- SAP MM/PP and S/4 HANA
- PMP and KPI Training
- New Product Development
- Cross Departmental collaborations
- Supply chain management
- Performance metrics analysis
- Data-Driven decision making
- RCA and CAPA
- Six Sigma and 5'S
- Safety Regulations
- Continuous Improvement
- Environmental regulations understanding
Certification
- SAP S/4 HANA Sourcing and Procurement (JIMS India)
- SAP MM Power User (Henry Harvin India)
- SIX SIGMA Principles (Coursera Online)
- AUTO CAD (CIPET India)
- Fire Fighter and First Aider
Additional Information
involves achieving production targets while maintaining quality standards and optimizing resource use, Expertise in various aluminium rod types such as 6101, AL59, 8176, 1120, TAL and 6201 etc., Extensive knowledge of manufacturing and testing processes for various conductors, including AAC, ACSR, AACSR, and AAAC etc., Diverse Team Management-floor operation, training and development., Technical support to Customer, Root Cause analysis, Problem Solving Techniques, OEE enhancement, Audits, Certification and Standardisation.
Accomplishments
- Big Diverse team management and Incident free Commissioning of aluminum rod plant
- Successful production of Green Aluminum (reduction of carbon emission)
- Devolvement of Trapezoidal , CTC, AL-59 conductors.
- Alloy casting development with all fresh team.
- Productivity enhancement by 10%, KPI improvement by 20%
- Plant management during COVID and Union Strike.
- Zero LTI throughout the career.
Languages
English
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent
Gujarati
Elementary
Affiliations
- Music Travelling Cooking
Custom
I hereby declare that all the details mentioned above are in accordance with the truth and fact as per my knowledge and I hold the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars.
Timeline
Team Head Manufacturing and Operations
Ducab Aluminium Company
06.2016 - Current
SENIOR ENGINEER
Gammon India Ltd
10.2011 - 05.2016
Bachelor of Engineering - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
BCE
07.2007 - 05.2011
MBA - Operation and management
PGDBM (ICFAI)
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