Jayant Mehendale

Experience

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  Hilton Manufacturing Pty Ltd

  Jan 2004 - May 2007

  Production Engineer

  Responsibilities:• Costing Analysis of product and economizing the process• Engineering Innovations to reduce cost and improve production output• Introduction of new products into the manufacturing processAchievements:• Complete costing and estimation analysis of Powder coating line• Introduction of Roll former and metal coil instead of sheet for faster production• Introduction of Hospital bed parts into the process• Implementation of 5S - workplace management system Show less

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  Gurujan Impex

  Jun 2007 - Jan 2010

  Proprietor

  Responsibilities:• Sourcing and Export of Automotive parts for the Australian Truck Industry from India.• Development of vendors to produce Quality parts for the export market• Conduct Quality checks to ensure zero rejectionAchievements:• Single handedly achieved an annual turnover of USD 175,000/- in 2008.

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  Integrated Packaging private limited

  Mar 2010 - Dec 2011

  Production Supervisor

  Responsibilities:• To maintain the day to day running of the department, ensuring achievement of planned production requirements to acceptable quality standards in a safe manufacturing environment.• To closely monitor product quality and quality processes within the department• To provide ground floor support to technical in the trialing of new products• To manage and monitor employees issues as they arise, referring more complex issues to the Operations Manager.• To promote a culture of continual learning & upskilling and encourage training and skills transfer across the departmentAchievements:• Designed and implemented training program to pass skills on to new operators. This helped control labor costs per ton of production.• Improved quality of product by implementing ISO • Reduced stock holding of Remill product by streamlining the department. Set up systems for stock control accountability of all products. Show less

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  Greenline Ag

  Jun 2012 - Dec 2012

  Workshop service manager

  Responsibilities:• Daily running of the Service department. Taking service calls and assigning technicians to service John Deere Tractors, Harvesters and Ride on Mowers.• Assigning according to customer requirements and Technician skills• Service provided to acceptable quality standards and in a safe environment.• To manage and monitor Technician & Customer issues as they arise• Manage the invoicing to make the department profitable.Achievements:• Record invoicing of $160K in the month of October 2012. Gross income of $103K.• Arrangement and segregation of stock to make inventory control easy. Show less

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  Congruent Engineers

  Sept 2013 - May 2015

  Senior Project Manager

  Supervision of Installation and commissioning of 8 tons/hour Combipac Boilers from Thermax at two sites in South AfricaThis activity is done to South African quality standards and in a safe environment

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  Primeplast LDA

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2016

  Operations Manager

  • Day-to-day running of the Plastic Division named Primeplast, to archive sales targets• Plan cost effective production procedures to optimize profitability• Direct all operations of stores, Human resources, Quality and Finance.• Manage the sales team to introduce the company’s products in a competitive market.• Administer other developmental projects as perceived from time to time.

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  Mukwano Industries U Ltd.

  Aug 2016 - Apr 2018

  Head of Engineeering Services

  • Day-to-day running of the Engineering services of all faculties civil, mechanical and Electrical in five factories of the group producing FMCG.• Plan and execute projects as required from time to time.• Ensure full time availability of all the process machines which include edible oil refinery, Laundry soap plants, Oil filling machines, Detergent plant, Mineral water plant, Petroleum jelly plant, liquid soap, cooking Fat plant, Injection and Blow molding machines.

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  Avantta Infra Private limited

  Sept 2018 - Jan 2019

  Vice President - Technical

  • This infrastructure company planned to set up multiple manufacturing units to make Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) blocks using fly ash, I was tasked with the planning and execution of these projects.• There was also a plan to extract and refine Cenosphere from fly ash for export and local markets. I was responsible for setting up and running of these plants.