Madhavan Gururajan

Madhavan Gururajan

Production Planning Engineer

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  • Timeline

  • Skills

    Materials management
    Lean manufacturing
    Supply management
    Supply chain management
    Mrp
    Erp
    Inventory management
    Procurement
    Kaizen
    Process engineering
    Project planning
    Engineering
    Material requirements planning
    Manufacturing
    Bullet proof manager
  • About me

    Experienced Regional Supply Chain Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the automotive industry. Skilled in Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing, Capacity management , Inventory Management, and Kaizen. Strong operations professional with 18 years Industrial experience in diversified industries.

  • Education

    • Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

      2004 - 2006
      M.S Manufacturing Management
  • Experience

    • VIbromech Engineers & Services Ltd

      Mar 1999 - Feb 2004
      Production Planning Engineer

      -- Production planning and scheduling-- Material requirement and scheduling-- Supplier relations management-- Sub contract management-- Production supervision-- New product development (PPAP & APQP) and management.

    • Bonfiglioli India

      Feb 2004 - Aug 2007
      Senior Engineer - Industrial logistics

      -- Customer order Management-- Master production scheduling-- Material requirement planning-- Internal and external capacity planning-- Supplier relations management-- Subcontract Management-- Oracle to SAP system migration key user.

    • Laird Connectivity

      Sept 2007 - Nov 2010
      Materials Lead

      -- Customer order management and demand arbitration-- Sales and operations planning-- MPS/MRP-- Internal and external capacity planning and management-- Suppy chain management-- Inventory Management-- System implementation MFG/PRO-- Warehouse setup and management-- IPO procurement management

    • Gilbarco Veeder-Root

      Dec 2010 - Jul 2014

      -- Strategic planning of resources to meet organizational objectives-- Master Scheduling and planning-- Customer order Management-- Supplier Management-- Inventory management-- Internal and External logistics management.-- Continuous improvement and cost reduction workshop team leader. Team lead --S&OPProduction & Material planningProcurementInventory managementSAP implementation (PP&MM)

      • Senior Manager- Master scheduling

        Apr 2013 - Jul 2014
      • Manager-Planning

        Dec 2010 - Mar 2013
    • Valeo

      Aug 2014 - now

      • Spearheading regional supply chain network across India and ASEAN, deploying supply chain and logistics strategies & guidelines in line with business requirements with focus on improving the P&L.• Formulating and implementing strategies to meet 5 years mid-term plan of the sites including production planning and material management (SIOP/MPS/MRP)• Planning and executing strategies for supply chain management.• Planning for requirements and inventories; conducting periodic physical verification of inventory.• Monitoring shortages and excessive inventories; following up with internal and external teams to avoid delays.• Ensuring that resources dedicated to supply chain & logistic activities on the sites fulfilled at the right level• Leading the deployment of Factory of Future SC Standards (Industry 4.0), guidelines, working methods, methodologies and tools in Valeo sites through site teams and toward suppliers• Steering digitalization in Shop Floor Scheduling through eBuilt To Truck, Assemble To Order, eKanban and e Material Reorder Systems.• Maintaining supplier relationships through Collaborative Applied Information Systems toward suppliers (PuMa; Web-EDI).• Establishing and maintaining Material Flow Control and Physical Flows Management (internal and external warehouse). Show less Responsibilities including,-- Implement strategic supply chain management based on business objectives.-- Supply chain operational excellence.-- Capacity management thru SIOP/MPS process.-- Lean process management in Supply chain-- Inventory management and improving inventory efficiency-- Internal and external transportation improvements to drive logistics cost saving.-- Region Expert in implementing Factory of Future tools in operations (Industry 4.0)-- Continuous improvement Supply chain processes -- Supply chain systems training -- Competent team building in supply chain functions. Show less

      • Region operations Supply chain Engineering Manager-ASIA (Excl China)

        Mar 2021 - now
      • India Region Supply chain Engineering and development manager

        Jul 2020 - Mar 2021
      • India Region Supply Chain CIM Manager

        Aug 2014 - Jul 2020
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Basics in Supply chain Management

      APICS Northern Colorado