GAURAV PATHAK

Contact: +91-9717176359, +91-8178023755 ~ E-Mail: [email protected]

Competent & result-oriented professional with achievement driven experience in Production / Quality /Business &
operational excellence. Having experience in successful completion of many Projects through PDCA & DMAIC process
through Lean & Six Sigma in manufacturing & service industries.
Work Profile
Operations / Manufacturing excellence / TPM implementation / ISO Auditor & MR / Supplier Audit / Daily rejection data
analysis and corrections, Internal & External complaint investigation through RCA and ensuring CAPA implementation
through System Audit. Internal trainer for Six Sigma / QMS TPM / 5S / 7 QC Tools / TQM/ Mistake Proofing / Kaizen / TOC /
Safety.
Areas of Expertise
Implementation of ME / TPM /QMS /TQM / Business & Operational Excellence / Development Procedures & Systems / Team
building, Coaching & Training / Lean / Six Sigma / ISO Implementation / System, Internal & External Audit /Process re -
engineering & Low-cost analysis
Professional Abstract
❖ Leading operations / TPM / QMS / TQM & Operational Excellence in Paint / Print media & Medical device manufacturing
group and successfully implemented Operation excellence & Lean in the all plants across India.
❖ Lead, prepared & Passed TPM L2 / ISO9001:2015 / ISO14001:2015 / FSC® / PEFC® / SA8000:2014 / SMETA/SEDEX,
and ISO 45001:2018 audits.  
❖ Completed more than 10 Focus Improvement Projects by DMAIC / PDCA methodology on improving Productivity,
Quality & Cost reduction namely few; Roller Management / Improvement in debottlenecking of machines / successful
implementation of IPA free fount in printing machine / rejection rate reduction & Improving the Process Capability of
printing machines / FLL reduction, Improving the FIFO System at Stores, Introducing KANBAN in RM Stores
❖ Implemented the Inventory Controlling system through TOC Concept in the department & increased the cash flow by
saving approx. Rs. 75 Lacs per Year.
❖ Implemented TPM culture & all 8 pillars successfully / Quality circle & Quality Gallery concept & achieved level 2 in the
plant.
❖ Achieved the production targets months after months by utilizing the resources & saved approx. 3 Crore.
❖ Awarded as Best Cost Saving Team Leader 3 time by Thomson Press – Experience a saving of more than INR 3 crores
in 3 years.
❖ Appreciated for replacing IPA from the mono colour printing machines & saved approx. 15 Lacs per Year.
❖ Appreciated by the management to develop system to monitor the health & life of the consumable like printing roller &
roller & another consumable.
❖ Appreciated for improving of bottleneck resources utilization and ramping up the monthly production volume by
meeting the line requirement.
❖ Achieved reduction in resin filtration time by replacing the ordinary Y-Type strainer with self-designed bucket strainer,
from av. 14 Hrs to 6 Hrs.
Career Scan
Feb’21 – Till Date Disposafe Health & Life Care Limited Manager Operation & Operation
Excellence
❖ Leading a team of 1200 people as Manager Operation & 4 people as a operation Excellence.
❖ Leading operations & To look after the progress of the TPM & operation Excellence activities of the plant i.e. effective
working of the CANDO, AET & Pillar activities by guiding & training the teams on the methodologies & taking the
System health check audits.
❖ Responsible for deployment of operation excellence based on yearly calendar activities.
❖ Guiding the departmental teams on Six Sigma & Focus Improvement Projects (DMAIC approach).
❖ Responsible for improving the Kaizen, SD & CANDO (5S) working of the plant as the Pillar Champion.
❖ Responsible for coordinating the activities of the Change Agent Club, to improve the self & peers behavioural skills.
❖ Day to day training & guidelines for solving problems faced by teams.
❖ Responsible for preparation, execution and after care of Improvement Projects within the assigned work area.
❖ Working closely with business unit managers, define improvement plans and objectives that align to the corporate
strategy.
❖ Responsible for establish and maintain a site wide culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence
including site leadership level policy deployment.
❖ Responsible for MIS design & its implementation / KPI preparation through X matrix, 5S implementation.
❖ Help and coach in different type of Analysis.
❖ Supporting QMS / TQM / TPM in the organization.
❖ Driving Operational Excellence activities by Identifying process improvement opportunities through Lean & Six Sigma
methodology.
❖ Day to day trouble shooting in various functions pertaining to data quality aspects
❖ Controlling & monitoring of all the ongoing projects to improve Productivity, Quality, Cost, Safety, and Delivery
❖ Ownership to conduct system audit within the organization & suppliers through RCA of failures and QSPs to improve
the work culture & presenting the same in monthly meeting.

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❖ Conducting Operational Excellence related training for on role and contract employees to enhance productivity
❖ Leading from front to establish a corporate quality assurance / environment/ occupational health and safety system
that promotes customer satisfaction to ultimately improve the financial performance, reduces risk and eliminate
defects/waste.
❖ Responsible and Accountable to identify gaps, establish the system and ensure implementation to achieve first time
right and reduction in waste (time/material etc.).
❖ Responsible to establish a system to reduce variance between actual vs standard. Make corrections wherever needed
to reduce the variance.
❖ Accountable to implement metrics (measurement quality, process capability, control charts) for monitoring system
effectiveness which will finally help in reduction of Quality complaints / analysis / Customers / vendors.
❖ Single point of contact for selected customers to identify opportunities to improve quality and establish feedback with
manufacturing.
❖ Responsible to develop KPIs and develop monthly MIS for MFG director and MD.

Nov’08- Jun’20 Thomson Press (I) Ltd Manager QA & Operational Excellence
❖ Man Management & coordination with a team of 50 workers / supervisors & develop the team through systematic
approach in Quality Assurance / Operational Excellence and Industrial Engineering.
❖ Actively involved in planning day-to-day strategies, audits, rejection analysis & production & quality MIS reporting
along with closure of MOM Points.
❖ Monitoring & evaluation of quality related KPIs and actionable at plant level.
❖ Lead for closure of the Observations / NCs given by Internal / External Auditors. Consolidation required for MR-
Conduct the QMS internal Audit. Implemented safety culture, ISO-14001, OSHAS-18001, ISO-9001, TPM, 5S, Poke-
Yoke, Kaizen, TQM.
❖ Coaching lead for internal audit training.
❖ Identifying bottleneck in the process and worked upon for result-oriented measures to debottleneck the resources and
documenting the same by root cause analysis along with CAPA.
❖ Day to day trouble shooting in various functions pertaining to quality aspects & internal / external complaint handling
on daily basis and preparing action plan with RCA to eliminate them.
❖ Lead for QA / IED / Lab / Operational Excellence in the company & Pillar champion for Kaizen / 5S / Training &
Development.
❖ Responsible for pillar process reviews & accountable for effective working of CANDO, AET & Pillar activities through
System health check audits & training on Six Sigma & Focus Improvement Projects along with 7 QC tools.
❖ Controlling & monitoring of all the ongoing projects to improve Productivity, Quality, Cost, Safety, and Delivery.
❖ Lead to set the productive & unproductive norms for machine & manual activities (Daily & Piece rate wages).
❖ Responsible to conduct internal customer satisfaction survey to improve efficiency and system within the organization
on yearly basis.
Feb’06- Oct’08 NEROLAC PAINTS Production officer & ME Coordinator
❖ Leading the Manufacturing Operations of Resin Plant, Expertise in manufacturing liquid resins – Alkyd, MF-Resin,
Polyesters and Acrylics & implementation and monitoring of the TPM & Manufacturing Excellence activities of the plant.
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Sep’05- Feb’06 SEIGWERK INKS Production Executive
❖ Leading the Manufacturing Operations of Resin Plant, Expertise in manufacturing liquid resins – Alkyd, MF-Resin,
Polyesters and Acrylics.
Aug’03- Sep’05 ASIAN PAINTS Production Officer
❖ Leading the Manufacturing Operations of Resin Plant, Expertise in manufacturing liquid resins – Alkyd, MF-Resin,
Polyesters and Acrylics.
Academic Credentials
2012 MBA in Operations Management IMT Ghaziabad
2003 M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry CCS University
2007 Diploma in Industrial Safety NILEM
Training Programmes
❖ Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
❖ Training programs on Lean and Six sigma Green Belt from ISI Delhi
❖ Internal Safety Auditor conducted by Synergies Safety Engineers.
❖ Internal Auditor’s Certificate of ISO- 9001 /14001:2015, 45001:2018 conducted by BSI, India.
❖ SAP-APO (PPDS)
❖ TPM in Processing Industries organized by CII, India.
❖ 7 day’s workshop attained on communication skills / behaviour skills / Theory of Constrain in Thomson Press
Personal Vitae

Permanent Address : P1 / 202, KLJ Platinum Floors, Pocket G, Sector 77, Faridabad – 121004
Date of Birth : 2nd Sep, 1984

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