Kumar Ray

About Kumar Ray

30 plus years of techno-commercial exposures in Automotive industry1) Bussiness Unit Head, looking all functions viz HR, Bussiness Development, Engineering, Purchase, Operations, Quality, MP & L, Finance & IT2) Driving Top line and bottom line of the Division. 3) Capex and Program management ( Capacity planning, new plants and products launch with world class levels of Pedgree, Quality and Time(PQT)4) New products launch (Product and process validation, facility planning and concurrent engineering)5) Strategic sourcing and suppliers development 6) WCM Plant Operations - 5S, Kaizen, TPM and TQM implementations 7) Cost Reduction activities 8) Restructuring done according to business conditions 9) P&L Responsibility 10) Long term and short term Business planning, Income and balance sheet management 11) Cash Flow Management 12) Team Building 13) Maintained non unionized work environment14) Turn around management15) Tool and dies manufacturing for new models

Experience

1. Director Plant Operations

   Magna International

   May 2015 — Present · Ahmedabad, IN

   Successful launch of new plant with products of BIW and Chassis structures for Ford Sanand World class Body Shop with advanced Robotics technology Strategic sourcing done for stamping shop and Ecoat Suppliers developed for Bought out parts at competitive prices Made productionize the plant and reached the turnover of more than Rs 300 Crore with about 475 Manpower. ISO TS 16949, certification done Successfully launch the various programs of Europe and MCA with high performance in PQTResponsible for profit/ loss accounts Made business profitable within a year of operation.Lot of cost reduction activities done through Yield improvement activities Manpower optimization activities Alternate sourcing, localization and negotiations OEE improvement activities by TPM implementation Energy reduction activities Restructuring done according to business conditions Maintained non unionized work environment through implementing Magna Employees Charter in letters of spirit and practice TML Tiago/Taigor Rear Twist Beam line shifted from Pune to Sanand within 3 weeks Improved JPH of the line from 17 to 34 and able to reduce from 3 shift operations to single shift operationsFord Q1 Quality Awarded

Education

• National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur

  Betchler of Engineering , Mechanical Engineering