Sagar B.

Sagar B.

Plant Supervisor

location of Sagar B.Maharashtra, India

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Operations & Operational Excellence Head: Visionary, Strategist & Lean Practitioner

  • Education

    • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

      2010 - 2012
      Master of Engineering - MEng Manufacturing Systems 9.53
    • Walchand Institute of Technology, Solapur

      2005 - 2009
      Bachelor of Engineering - BE Mechanical Engineering 68.56%
  • Experience

    • R.M. Enterprise

      Apr 2009 - Jul 2010
      Plant Supervisor

      Motivated operators, improved production rate by developing and implementing fixtures, executed production plans, and achieved daily production targets, which improved product on-time delivery from 70% to 86%.

    • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

      Jul 2011 - Dec 2011
      Research Fellowship

      Mapped the Value Stream of the fastener manufacturing facility and proposed the future state map meeting customer matrices within the budget plan.

    • SKF ISEA

      Jan 2012 - Jun 2012
      Intern

      Acquired knowledge of Process Capability, Measurement System Analysis, Regression, and Design of Experiments and practiced the tools to improve the first-pass yield from 80% to 85%.

    • Lakshmi Precision Screws Limited, Rohtak

      Jul 2012 - Sept 2013
      Quality Assurance Manager

      Created quality performance reports, identified gaps, drove improvement initiatives and achieved right-first-time quality from 85% to 93% for customer satisfaction

    • Uttam Galva Steels Ltd.

      Oct 2013 - Jun 2015
      Business Excellence Manager

      Developed 20 Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Leaders, facilitated them to complete 20 high impact cost saving projects in Production, Planning, supply chain, and Information Technology to improve equipment and process efficiency and gained 1.5% additional profit

    • Crane ChemPharma & Energy

      Jul 2015 - Feb 2024

      Transferred $15M Business from UK to India, Converted 6% loss into 13% profit by 2022, 21% profit in 2023 and continuing journey of profitable growth further. Directing Production, Planning, Procurement, Stores, Quality Control & Assurance, Manufacturing Engineering, Operational Excellence, Engineering, EHS, Maintenance and shipping domains for profitable growth Acknowledged for completing the project within 2 years while overcoming challenges during the pandemic, led the $20M effort to relocate a $15M Check Valve business from the UK to India Established a new aseptic valve factory, built and implemented manufacturing strategy and accomplished consistent revenue growth with a 13% CAGR and profit growth with an 18% CAGR over 4 years. Conceptualized the organization's vision & mission, created a road map for continuous improvement, execution of road map brought a 7% improvement in product cost, which resulted in 15% revenue growth.

      • Operations Head (VSM) Check Valve (Business $15M)

        Jan 2021 - Feb 2024
      • Project Manager

        Aug 2020 - Mar 2022
      • Value Stream Manager Aseptic Valve (Business $5M)

        Dec 2016 - Dec 2020
      • Business Excellence Manager

        Jul 2015 - Nov 2016
    • STEELSTRONG VALVES (I) PVT LTD

      Mar 2024 - now
      Vice President Operations
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Championship in 7 Lean Tools

      Crane ChemPharma & Energy
      Jul 2015
    • TPM Instructor

      JMAC
      Feb 2015
    • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

      Benchmark Six Sigma
      Jun 2013
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  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sagar B.
      Being Crane Award Crane Feb 2019 Bagged Crane India's the first Being Crane Award
    • Awarded to Sagar B.
      Mr. Crane Business System Award Crane ChemPharma & Energy, Satara Feb 2019 For being a Lean Manufacturing Mentor
    • Awarded to Sagar B.
      Business Excellence Award Uttam Galva Steel's Limited Jan 2015 For outstanding contribution towards Business Excellence Initiatives