Sujay Pradhan

About Sujay Pradhan

Experienced and self-motivated engineering professional with 13+ years of industry experience overseeing maintenance. Bringing forth a proven track record of working collaboratively with maintenance and production teams to achieve cost reduction, process optimization, inventory optimization, efficiency improvement resulting in increased revenue gains of the company. A strong leader with good data visualization, data analysis and problem-solving skills, attention to detail and communication skills.

Experience

1. Manager - Central Engineering

   Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd

   Sep 2019 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Driving digital maintenance strategy through implementation of IIOT CBM digital maintenance system. Achieved capacity release of 32 MT by 20% downtime reduction in Powder coating.• Released 178 KL paint capacity by PM efficiency improvement across plants through introduction of advanced maintenance tools. Handled end to end project including tools and vendor identification, RFQ’s to vendor, technical & payment terms comparison etc. • Standardization of preventive maintenance process through PM checklists quantification & revision, defining PM frequencies and balancing PM’s across plants• Developed organisational strategy for standardization of components to optimize overall lifecycle costs and reduce spares inventory. Standardized Pumps & utility category and WIP for Valves & Motors.• Standardized code creation process & developed taxonomy for material & equipment categories to help standardize description thereby minimizing duplicate code creation and inventory build up. • Analysing spare codes for duplicity. Achieved cost savings of Rs 35 lac through inventory consolidation• Analysis of MRO procurement spend to identify gaps in prices across plants for cost saving opportunities, contract utilization and inclusion, indigenisation of import spares. Also developed automated dashboard to easily identify gaps on monthly basis. • Analysis and benchmarking of AMC and service contracts across plants to identify opportunities of cost reduction through vendor negotiations. Achieved 10% cost savings of total repairs spend• Analysing MRO inventory across 8 plants, developed categorisation matrix & devised overall inventory optimisation strategy. Achieved overall inventory reduction of Rs 293 lacs through initiatives• Analysing inventory levels and procurement trend to manage inventory through defining Re order levels, safety stock, max stock. Achieved inventory reduction of Rs 158 lac

Education

• Mahatma Education Societys Pillais Institute of Information Technology, New Panvel

  B.E, Mechanical Engineering

  2006 — 2010

• PIMSR

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Operations

  2013 — 2015

• McCombs school of Business - UT Austin | Great lakes Executive learning

  Postgraduate program, Data Science & Business Analytics

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Supply Chain Management
• Cmms Implementation
• Business Process Mapping
• Manufacturing
• Lean Manufacturing
• Project Management
• Engineering
• Team Management
• Project Planning