Vilas Gade

About Vilas Gade

Over 27 years of experience in Manufacturing Excellence, Plant Maintenance, Operations & Projects.•Driving the Legrand Way manufacturing excellence system across the PAN India (08 Sites) for Legrand (India) Pvt.Ltd. •Worked with the reputed organizations like Legrand India Pvt.Ltd(French MNC), KEC International Ltd (RPG Group), Century Enka Ltd (B.K. Birla group), Al Yamamah steel Company, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.•Experience in various types of Industries such as Electrical & Electronics (Switchgear, Wiring accessories, Distribution Panels, UPS, Digital Infrastructure Etc), EPC/Projects (Transmission Towers, Poles), Continuous process plant (Polyester filament & Nylon tyre cord), Textile Industry. •Managing People, Process, Flow, Customer to improve Safety, Environment, Quality, Delivery, Cost•Team management with culturally diverse people (Worked in Saudi Arabia, France, Italy, Vietnam).#Currently working as Deputy General Manager (India Lead-Legrand Way Manufacturing system)

Experience

1. India Lead -manufacturing Excellence (Legrand Way Manufacturing System)

   Legrand (India)

   Nov 2010 — Present · Nasik, IN

   Drive & mentor the Legrand Way manufacturing excellence system across the PAN India (07 Sites)(Main Pillars-People, Process, Flow, Customer to improve the KPIs in Safety, Environment, Quality, Delivery & Cost)•Plant Assessment: Periodic Audit using Legrand Way Radar tool to identify the weak areas & define the improvement plan for each site based on Radar tool.•To develop the roadmap to suit the business needs of manufacturing sites & Benchmarking.•Work closely with the manufacturing sites to set the goals & support the improvement for the KPI’s like Productivity, Added Value, Inventory, Service Level, Man & machine efficiency.Etc.•Coordination of Pilot Projects/Kaizen Events & Productivity projects to improve the Performance.•VSM (Value stream Mapping)/MIFA (Material information & Flow analysis).•Consolidation of country Level reporting. Periodic Reporting to the group/SBU.•Provide the training on Manufacturing Excellence initiatives to the Stakeholders.•Material Flow improvement tools deployment: Production Levelling, KANBAN/Levelled Pull Flow. •Conducting, Evaluating & rewarding - Country level Competition for Kaizen/Poka Yoke.•Budgeting & Forecast consolidation for CAPEX, Productivity, Legrand Way. Etc.•Coordination of Industrial Plans, Productivity Projects, Industry 4.0, Automation & Digitalization Projects.Significant Achievements-•Horizontal deployment of Legrand Way manufacturing excellence methodology across PAN India manufacturing sites(7 sites).KPI Improvement- Service Level (88% to 95%), Raw Material & WIP (-50%), Avg.Performance of Pilot Projects (+8%),Surface area Saved(4835 Sq.M)•Achieved average YoY saving of 30 MINR/Per annum through Kaizen/SGIA actions.•Industrial Plan 3 cycles done (Optimization of sites from 12 nos. to 7 nos.)•Awarded with” CEO Award Year 2020” (6 Winners selected out of total 3500 employees)•“Global Legrand Way competition” Won highest nos. of awards held in France (Y2017 & Y2021)

Education

• GBMM High school,Hinganghat,Dist.Wardha

  High School, HSSC

  1986 — 1992

• Nagpur University

  Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering

• Indira Gandhi National Open University

  Diploma in Business Management, Business Administration and Management, General

• Nagpur University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electronics Engineering

Skills

• Oee
• Iso Standards
• Engineering
• Plant Maintenance
• Lean Manufacturing
• Electronics
• Kaizen
• Smed
• Automation
• Maintenance Management
• Kanban
• Quality Circle
• Plc Programming
• Mtbf
• Digital Photography
• Switchgear
• Mttr
• Pdca
• Plc
• 5s
• Tpm
• Manufacturing
• Project Planning
• Value Stream Mapping
• Programmable Logic Controller (Plc)
• Sap Pm Module
• Total Productive Maintenance (Tpm)
• Poka Yoke
• Instrumentation
• Team Management
• Powerpoint
• Troubleshooting
• Operational Excellence
• Visual Management Systems
• Maintenance & Repair
• Autonomous Maintenance