Gnanavelu
Manufacturing Plant Director - India - iCEO #81907

Experience

A savvy, accomplished business operations manager with 24 years of experience in leading international multi-site operations, plant maintenance, and greenfield projects. Champions innovative solutions to elevate organizational performance, including organizational excellence, factory automation, industry 4.0, digital transformation. Turnaround operations through strategic developments.

Major Achievements

1. Increased the Upcast machine productivity by about 15% more than the rated capacity of the machine through debottlenecking 2. Principal member of the team that implemented a RM 125 million greenfield project in the year 2017/18. 3. Implemented live OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) monitoring system that helped to improve operations efficiency from about 40% to about 65% 4. Installed RM7 Million solar PV system with a capacity of 2.5 MVA kWp 5. Implement Industry 4.0 initiatives and transform business processes towards Smart factory. Deployed AI / ML models, digital twins, integrated processes for interoperability, and install smart sensors for productivity improvements, operations efficiency improvements, and anomaly detection. 6. Oversee TPM implementation for the last four years. Facilitated many initiatives that produced turn-around results. 7. Successfully managed technical, and administrative issues; ensured adherence to safety, environmental, regulatory, and energy conservation norms. 8. History of excelling organizational change and leveraging knowledge base with internal resources to facilitate business excellence. 9. Proven track record of governing processes, work instructions & SOPs, streamlining workflow & creating an environment to enhance productivity. 10. Top performer, dynamic, flexible & approachable with strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving skills and high integrity & ethics.

Industry Sector Competencies

Automotive

Engineering

Manufacturing

Professional Objectives

Function: VP Operations, Head Operations, Head Engineering, Head Projects

Interim Manager: No

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time

Prefered Locations: Anywhere

Additional Professional Interests

Non executive director assignments

Countries Covered

India

Malaysia

Singapore

Thailand

Operational Competencies

AI strategy (Professional)

Geographical expansion (Professional)

Company rescue or turnaround (Professional)