Sandip Bendre

About Sandip Bendre

Professional Summary - • Result oriented, decisive leader with Experience in Business Development, Plant Operations (14 years), Engineering,(8 Years) Quality & Excellence,(7 Years) Board level experience for global joint ventures. • Exposure for handling multiple plants pan India.( 7plants ) Handled businesses from 200cr/Anum to and headcount of work force from 500 to nos.• Risk Mitigation, Supply chain, New Product Development, Planning, Process benchmarking, Capex and Equipment planning to ensure uninterrupted business operations & warranty management.• Certified Six Sigma Black Belt & Trained in Japan for Toyota production System. Leaded & executed greenfield project for Emerson,KSB, Kirloskar, Exide with deployment of world class practices- TPS/Lean culture & Industry 4.0-JIPM -TPM award winner and Excellence recognitions from global assessors.• Restructuring, Consolidation & Transformation of Brown field Operations to Improve Competitiveness for consistent profitable growth over16%- factories leveled up to Low-Cost, Benchmarking levels.• Awarded as Best Plant Manager in SKF & EXIDE.

Experience

1. Chief of Operations-automotive

   Exide Industries Limited

   Nov 2019 — Present · Pune, IN

   Key Responsibilities:• Strategic: Responsible for deployment of business plans for top & bottom line.Improved bottom margin by 2%(300 Cr/Yr.) through Manufacturing transformation projects on Energy cost (20%) by using solar/wind power, Bench marking SEC with energy conservation projects on compressor, utility, VFD’s for Air handling, Chillers, Cooling Towers- etc. Manpower cost reduction by 25 through head count reduction by work content mapping-NVA reduction, low-cost automation, Online-offline work distribution, OT Reduction with Multi-skilling Fixed cost reduction in labour cost by Restructuring of PL (20 % Reduction) with VRS Management and outsourcing. Warranty reduction- 40% through handling improvements, In sourcing of Charging activity, Warehouse consolidations, Quality Matrix Deployment for CTQ parameters with Interlocks for process controls, Traceability and FIFO through bar coding, IOT tools and Poke-Yokes 20 % Metal Yield improvement by centering of processes like pasting and Cast on strap with auto compensation to control in 50% of weight tolerance, melting technology upgradation and Heat seal rejection reduction with IOT - tools Strong IR management -Workmen accountability development programs and pay linked to productivity/norms in wage negotiations and Mid-Long-term development plans.• Lean: Organizational capability building for Lean and Industry 4.0. Develop current & future state organization structure to cater for growth plans. • Turnaround of highest cost factories to best cost factories from 0.95Rs/MAH to 0.71Rs/MAH by Cost reduction drives on Metal Yield(150cr), Energy Reduction(50cr), Spares/Repairs/Service (30cr),Head Count Reduction((43cr),Packing optimization(10cr) by 25%-resulted in 300cr cost reduction/Year. Plants Awarded as Excellent Energy Efficient unit by CII• nos head count reduction through line balancing, U shape layouts, NVA reduction, low-cost Automatons, Line balancing and Yamazumi

Education

• University of Delhi

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations Management

  1985 — 1990