K. S. Rao
Global QHSE compliance & sustainability facilitator, Lead auditor of QMS, EMS, OHSMS & Lead Assessor of NABL for ISO 17025, ready for 2nd innings
- Role
- Deputy General Manager, Corporate Quality at Secure
- Location
- Udaipur, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About K. S. Rao
Career Summary: Bachelor of production / industrial engineering, having over 32 years of experience, started career as Industrial Engineer with a petrochemical organization manufacturing polypropylene yarn, followed by Quality Engineer, Production Engineer, Project Manager R&D, Operations quality and customer support services manager and reached up to DGM Corporate Quality, in a Multinational Engineering Sector.Career Objective: Looking for prospects in corporate areas and wish to explore the potential in terms of business excellence, sustainability and net-zero to make meaningful contribution for future generations. Core Competencies: Industrial Engineering, Quality assurance, Manufacturing, Problem solving, Operations Management, Customer relationship management, Quality management system, Environment management system, Laboratory management system, Occupational health and safety management system, / RoHS, Strategic planning, facilitating SBUs/functions in attaining the business objectives.
Experience
Deputy General Manager, Corporate Quality
May 2012 — Present · Udaipur, IN
Accountabilities:\\\\n• Implementation & compliance of ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 at 16 locations globally\\\\n• Quality planning aligned with the strategy of organisation and facilitating the SBUs/functions\\\\n• Active participation in monthly business performance reviews\\\\n• Internal audits of QEHS through home-grown audit management system, monitor health of management systems globally and keep top management abreast with the effectiveness of management systems\\\\n• Audit zero defect lines that are established using Shainin techniques\\\\n• Extend support to service function in terms of training on safety, management systems and internal audits\\\\n• Impart training on management systems, risk assessment, environment aspects & impacts and occupational hazard identification, internal audit, RoHS, FMEA, problem solving, cause analysis & corrective actions\\\\n• Audit laboratories in India as Lead Assessor of ISO/IEC 17025 through NABL, sustenance of competence\\\\n\\\\nAccomplishments:\\\\n• Implemented ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001, maintained global certification of plants and sales offices worldwide (India, Australia, United Kingdom, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, Italy and Switzerland)\\\\n• Developed audit management system that is in use across the organisation\\\\n• Imparted training on ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 & ISO 45001:2018 and internal auditing and prepared 60 internal auditors within the group\\\\n• Facilitated the functions and SBUs in process improvements and achieving goals through variability analysis\\\\n• Facilitated operations through auditing zero defect lines and verifying effectiveness of implementation of Shainin\\\\n• Was a catalyst in cultural change to bring in process ownership and risk based thinking\\\\n• Mapped interventions of the organisation toward 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of United Nations\\\\n• Audited 60+ labs as technical and lead assessor in the fields of electrical testing and electro-technical, mechanical, radiological, thermal and medical devices calibration\\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n \\\\n\\\\n \\\\n
Education
Doctor Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Production / Industrial engineering
1986 — 1990
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