Nikhil Dambal

About Nikhil Dambal

Highly reputable for achieving growth in operations, technology and business globally, in setting up, leading and managing highly productive teams, driving operational excellence with the right metrics/ KPIs, partnering within the organization and with suppliers to support organic and inorganic growth, and with customers towards new business opportunities, adding to the bottom-line, with a focus on EBITDA; my value proposition comes from diversity and versatility of products and processes over a broad range of industries (automotive, aerospace/ military and avionics, heavy industrial equipment, medical, electronics, display and lighting, instrumentation & control); a successful change agent delivering results in a fast-paced environment through intelligent perseverance and resource management; my core competencies include successful team-building, operations and program management (NPI/ PLC management), continuous improvement, customer relationship management

Experience

1. Director of Operations

   FRALOCK

   Jan 2025 — Present · CA, US

   Ownership of operational P&L for Fralock’s AFIP segment across multiple sites.

Education

• University of Southern California

  MS, Manufacturing Engineering & Entrepreneurship

  1999

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  BE, Mechanical Engineering

  1995

• California State University, Northridge

  Engineering Management

  2006 — 2007

Skills

• Operations Management
• Crm
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Leadership
• Rapid Prototyping
• Process Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Root Cause Analysis
• Project Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Development
• Product Development
• Risk Assessment
• Design for Manufacturing
• Technical Marketing
• Team Building
• Management
• Engineering Management
• Strategic Planning
• Injection Molding
• Organizational Leadership
• Lean Manufacturing
• Manufacturing
• Program Management
• Engineering
• Product Design
• Six Sigma
• Budgets