Balachandiran Natarajan

Experience

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  Trelleborg Sealing Solutions

  May 2005 - May 2007

  Production Engineer

  Production Engineer - Responsible for Manufacturing of Hydraulic seals

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  Autoliv

  May 2007 - May 2011

  Engineer - Manufacturing

  Production Supervisor - Responsible for manufacturing of safety seat belts

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  Bosch USA

  May 2011 - Aug 2015

  Assistant Manager-Manufacturing

  • Production and Resource planning• Moderating the CIP workshops.• Implementing lean manufacturing concepts in the departments. Improving employee engagement in CIP, QC, and Suggestions. Monthly process auditing in the departments.• Handling the customer, Internal and corporate audits.• Conducting quarterly system CIP workshop to identify the projects to achieve the business case.• Improving productivity, FPY, OEE over last year and ensuring zero customer complaints.• Follow up and complete RPP projects as per time plan.# Cost per pc reduction. # Defect cost reduction. # Outsourcing projects. # MAT & VA projects. Show less

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  Moog Industrial

  Aug 2015 - May 2018

  Assitant Manager - Production

  • Monitoring and improving the KPI’s Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery.• Resource planning based on schedule• Monitoring and improving labor efficiency to improve productivity. • Administrating production costs and budgets.• Implementing Lean manufacturing concepts on the shop floor• Improving employee engagement in change initiatives, CIP, Suggestion, 5S, and implementing Leanconcepts.

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  Jana Care

  May 2018 - May 2019

  Head Of Production

  ● Planning and organizing production schedules, assessing project and resource requirements, estimating, negotiating, and agreeing on budgets and timelines.● Develop and execute entire quality assurance program, recommend revisions to improve the overall quality of systems and processes● Supervise quality systems effectiveness by timely reporting of external and internal quality metrics.● Conduct Management Review Meetings at agreed intervals● Responsible for compliance with ISO norms, SOPs, and regulatory requirements pertaining to Technology Transfer / Validation / Production activities for the Unit. Show less

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  Sogefi Group

  Sept 2020 - Nov 2022

  Manager - Production

  ● Planning, organizing, directing, & controlling manufacturing operations through lean initiatives & business excellence philosophy● Managing business operations with a key focus on bottom-line profitability and satisfaction by ensuring optimal utilization of resources● Conceptualizing various innovative solutions to avoid repetitive failure & other problems that adversely affect process operations including capacity, quality, cost & regulatory compliance issues● Facilitating continual benchmarking for subsequent attainment of achieving Zero Bad (Breakdown, Accident & Defect) in the product as well as in-process across the organization● Realizing process improvements, leveraging different tools & techniques like Autonomous Maintenance, 5S, Safety Kaizen, Quality Circle Training, Kanban, Poka-yoke, FIFO & so on in different business processes to enhance productivity and profitability Show less

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  Autoliv

  Nov 2022 - now

  Associate Manager Production

  Production Manager