YOGESH KUMAR mailtoyksaxena@gmail.comMOBILE: +91-9811152477

SUMMARY

Profit-driven, results-oriented plant/project head with 34+ years' techno-commercial experience in Automotive Ancillary, Rubber and engineering industry. Provided successful strategic and tactical leadership through a multitude of business cycles including turnaround, accelerated growth, expansion, and setting of new plants. Driven corporate culture to build powerful operating infrastructures and high-caliber teams focused on customer satisfaction and bottom-line performance. Promoted cutting-edge Lean Manufacturing, implementing innovative ideas, and Continuous Improvement initiatives to build high quality, cost-effective operations while reducing net product costs, inventory expenses, and labor expenditures. Revamp production and quality processes and construct solid internal architecture to support and facilitate change-management initiatives.

EXPERIENCE

Director Engineering & Process Advance, M/S CooperStandard Automotive Profiles India Pvt. Ltd., GhaziabadCooper Standard, headquartered in Novi, Mich. USA, is a leading global supplier of systems and components for the automotive industry. Cooper Standard is #1 globally Sealing & Trim Systems, #2 globally Fuel & Brake Delivery Systems. Cooper Standard employs more than 25,000 people globally and operates in 19 countries around the world.

August 2013 – October 2014 Presently as a project head; setting up a new Greenfield project/ plant at Sanand, Ahmedabad for producing

sealing & fluid systems for FORD in 6 acre land. Project status – building, installation & commissioning of equipment’s already done.

Installed & Commissioned new sealing plant for customer VW with latest technology in 2013 at BAWAL, Haryana.

Consolidation of plant in DHARUDA and merger with company’s BAWAL & SAHIBABAD plant. Responsible for Production Engineering, Expansion, Consolidation, Technology up-gradation etc.

DGM Manufacturing (Plant Head), M/S CooperStandard Automotive Profiles India Pvt. Ltd., GhaziabadJuly 1999 – July 2013

Responsible for all Operations i.e. Mixing, Extrusion, Finishing, & Planning, Stores, Quality, Engineering & Utility.

Responsible for expansion, engineering solution, new technologies and Indianization of equipment’s. Time to Time Technology transfer from groups other plants (visited plants at USA, ITALY, GERMANY, BELGIUM,

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FRANCE, and JAPAN). Responsible for People Development, Trainings, Involvement through Kaizan Quality Circle and continuous

improvement programs. Worked as Management Representative for ISO14001 and 18001 and as Factory Manager. Developed Quality Culture, Lean Manufacturing Concepts and Safe Working Environment. During this period handled all expansion of plants & machinery. Worked as a key member to convert company from loss to profit making during this period.

Sr. Manager Purchase, M/S CooperStandard Automotive Profiles India Pvt. Ltd., GhaziabadJune 1995 – July 1999

Responsible for Purchasing of Raw Material/Engineering/Capital Item & Store Management. Responsible for continuous cost reduction through vendor negotiations and new vendor development. Import of Raw Materials, Plant & Machinery etc… Maintaining MIS through purchase price index and inventory days for management reporting. Development of molds, dies and SPMs.

Manager Materials, M/S Indag Rubber Ltd., New DelhiJanuary 1984 – May 1995

A Responsible for Purchasing of Raw Material/Engineering/Capital Item & Store Management. Responsible for continuous cost reduction through negotiations Responsible for new vendor development. Import of Raw Materials, Plant & Machinery etc… Maintaining MIS through purchase price index and inventory days for management reporting. Development of molds.

B At the joining in 1984 responsible for assembly, erection, commissioning of tire retreading equipment and

setting up franchise locations across India. (from 1984 to 1991 all the franchise equipment’s was commissioned under my supervision).

Indianization of all imported equipment’s like chamber, buffer, builder, spreader etc… Developed 7-tier and 4-tier chambers.

Supervisor Maintenance, M/S Shriram Piston & Rings Ltd., GhaziabadJune 1980 – December 1983

Responsible for preventive/ breakdown maintenance, maintaining spares of piston foundry equipment i.e. induction furnace, metal holding furnace, gravity dye casting machines, pumps compressor etc…

Engineer, M/S Encon Thermal Engineers, Faridabad

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April 1979 – February 1980 Responsible for erection & commissioning of fuel economy system at customer locations. Successfully supervised erection & commissioning of fuel economy projects for boilers and furnaces at M/S

Anand Suiting Faridabad, ITC Ltd Saharanpur, Sterling Steel Tubes Hoshiarpur, Syntehtics & Chemicals Bareilly, Hindustan Kuku Wire Ltd. Faridabad etc…

Trainee Engineer, M/S Fibertech Engineering & Technology, GhaziabadNovember 1978 – March 1979

Learned about machine shop, heavy fabrication work of equipment’s.

EDUCATION

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, 1978Government Polytechnic, Bareilly

ACCOLADES

Won Best HR Initiative of the year 2007 award from Tata Group Magazine Auto Monitor.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name : Yogesh KumarFather’s Name : Late Shri Bhagwan Prasad SaxenaDate of Birth : 18/10/1956Marital Status : MarriedPermanent Address : A-6, Kaushambi, Ghaziabad (U.P.) - 201010Mobile : +91-9811152477e-Mail : mailtoyksaxena@gmail.com

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