Abhijit Khandekar

About Abhijit Khandekar

With over two decades of experience, I lead operations at GE Aerospace, overseeing aviation business processes with a focus on lean manufacturing, quality assurance, and meeting business-level cost targets. My role emphasizes fostering a high-performance teaming environment, prioritizing inclusion and diversity, and maintaining the highest standards of integrity and compliance. By embracing a culture of continuous improvement through lean and digital strategies, I drive manufacturing readiness and ensure customer fulfillment across production planning, materials management, and engineering. My mission is to empower teams, enable strategic growth, and deliver quality products on time.

Experience

1. Director Operations

   GE Aerospace

   Sep 2022 — Present

   Wing to Wing responsibility of Aviation business operations at GE Aerospace Multi Modal Site in Pune.Leading Safe Operations, On time delivery of Quality Products and meeting business level Cost Targets.Embracing Lean & Digital culture to drive continuous improvement and manufacturing readiness for future growth.Staffing and performance development. Enabling High Performance Teaming environment and leading Inclusion & Diversity at all levels.Responsible for Customer Fulfillment & Materials, Production Planning & Control, Manufacturing Engineering and New Programs.Fostering Open communication within the organization with highest standards of Integrity & Compliance.

Education

• DY Patil College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

  1996 — 2000

• New College Kolhapur

  HSC, Science

  1994 — 1996

Skills

• Ppap
• Quality Management
• Iso
• Tqm
• Spc
• Six Sigma
• 5s
• Tpm
• Root Cause Analysis
• Apollo Rca
• Lean Manufacturing
• Dmaic
• Manufacturing
• Fmea
• Ts16949
• Kaizen
• Value Stream Mapping
• As9100
• Supplier Quality
• Apqp
• Quality Assurance