Functional Skills

Project Management
Change Management / Org Design
Process Design / Re-engineering
Manufacturing Improvements
Benchmarking

Software Skills

Microsoft Office

Certifications

CLSSBBCertified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
CMCertified Manager

Sector Experience

Manufacturing
Business Services
Energy
Chemicals
Industrials

Languages

English
Hindi
20
years

Years of Experience

1/22

Member Since


Fortune 500

Experience

 
Self Employed Operations
Independent Consultant - Process Improvement
01/2021 - Present
Independent Consultant - Continuous Improvement, Lean Six Sigma and Quality

Baker Hughes (formerly GE) Operations
North America - Quality / Continuous Improvement Leader
05/2018 - 12/2020
Quality Leader – North America – Services and Offshore
Managed all aspects of quality and process improvements for services and offshore product lines. Lead quality discussions with key accounts - developed, implemented and managed customer quality plans, service quality plans, inspection and test plans, and customer notification processes. Conducted business process analyses for LWI documentation requirements for compliance with customer and regulatory requirements.

GE Operations
North America - Quality / Continuous Improvement Leader
04/2013 - 05/2018
Quality Leader - North America - Offshore
Oversaw all quality and process improvements including CIR, NCA, CAPA, RCA, COPQ reduction, NPS, OTD, QMS, IA, ISO-9001 and Six Sigma. Conducted system-wide quality audits to verify compliance to ISO and API standards. Primary point of contact and lead for all customers, ITO and OTR quality issues or opportunities. Drive performance improvement by managing quality metrics.

GE Engineering
Six Sigma Black-Belt Leader
06/2010 - 04/2013
Responsible for DMAIC driven improvements for the New Product Introduction (NPI) process for the meters engineering group. Lead initiatives to identify causal factors for key sources of variation contributing to long cycle times and multiple iterations during the design phase. Conduct Green-Belt and Yellow-Belt training classes for engineers and lab employees.
• Improved on-time delivery performance for tollgates by 34% over a twelve-month period.




Albemarle Operations
Global Leader – Quality and Lean Six Sigma
01/2007 - 02/2009
Responsible for quality and process improvements for 14 manufacturing plants located worldwide.
• Implemented a measurement and improvement system for customer-focused quality performance that resulted in 19.5 percent reduction in quality incidents over a 12-month period.
• Led Kaizen events, reducing changeover time by 53% in MDU, and redesigned order commitment and fulfillment process thereby dramatically improving Asia-Pacific customer satisfaction.



Albemarle Operations
Quality Leader: Shared Services
03/2003 - 01/2007
Responsible for deploying Six Sigma and Business Process improvements within non-manufacturing and ERP groups.
Provided Six Sigma champion training to the leadership team and developed business cases/project charters.
• Conducted Green-Belt training for the professional staff. Mentored trainees on their projects and achieved breakthrough improvements.