1. RAVI PINGALE
Email:ravi.pin@rediffmail.com Contact: +91-9840755346/7719877177
Seeking challenging assignments in Operations & Manufacturing engineering with a reputed and growth oriented
organization
Highlights
• Production Manager, paint shop with 14+ years of extensive experience in production in automobile industry
• Currently heading production operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishment of production targets within the
time and cost parameters (fulfilment of shift production targets)
• Holds expertise in troubleshooting and failure analysis with in-depth knowledge about the latest production
techniques
• Gained Expertise for identifying areas of quality failures and taking steps to rectify the system wide corrective and
preventive actions to avoid the reoccurrences (6 sigma, TOS)
• Ensuring adherence to quality standards and maintaining all related documents
• Awarded Bronze Certificate in TA/TOS competition, for reusing consumable materials
• Analysing applications and process modifications and equipment calibrations to enhance operational efficiency
• F.Y.2013&2014 continuously two years awarded by “5S’ Team Of Year”
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, Oragadam, Chennai – Manager, Paint Shop Apr ’12-till
date
• Responsible for Top Coat, Final Touch up line & PBS area (Painted Body storage), supervised team of 19 associates
• Nominated 4 times for ‘Achiever of the Month’ award in year 2014 for improving processes, saving manpower(13 %), Takt
Time (60 sec in wax booth & 20 sec in PBS) and improving ergonomics reducing efforts (by introducing simple methods
reduced operator fatigue) of the associates
• Demonstrated leadership skills, lead a project for improving FTT (First time through pass), established a feedback process,
analyzed suggestions, and improved FTT (first time through pass) from 40% to 93 %
• Conducted ‘Root Cause Analysis’ for process defects thereby reducing defects per vehicle (DPV) from 1.9 to 0.03 per
vehicle in a TOS project under the leadership of Top management
• Improved processes in PBS area, top coat and final line under KAIZEN program successfully & implemented production
related process improvements, hence achieving production ramp up from 71 to 90cabs/shift
• Took lead to develop all production shop ‘Shop Floor Management’ board documents & KPIs for the department
• Lead a team for 5s activities, conducted by weekly internal audits and published WIP reports for the entire paint shop area
• Controlling & Monitoring and optimums inventory levels by introducing min & max inventory system
• Assisting production, planning and controlling in meeting customer demands (assembly shop)
• Represented paint shop for internal & external audits, CTM (core team meetings) & change management meetings
• Responsible for daily production report, daily WIP data in shop floor & MES(manufacturing executive system) reports
• Held responsible for on job training for all the associates including try-outs & pre-production operational trainings
Mutual Industries, Shikrapur, Pune – Assistant Manager Jul’11-Mar’12
Suppliers for VOLKSWAGEN MOTORS, TATA MOTORS for bumpers fully automation Robot painting shop for bumper painting
• Held responsible for monitoring & controlling process control parameters to achieve desired quality
• Achieved set targets (Daily / Monthly / Yearly)
• Assisting production for planning and controlling in meeting customer demands
• Establish training guidelines for workmen
• Lead 10 supervisors @ various levels and 60 workmen
• Supervised operations of a sophisticated fully conveyrised bumper painting plant
• Monitor, maintain and schedule equipment for preventive maintenance by coordinating with the Maintenance department
• Coordination with other departments for smooth operation
• Implementation of new ideas for improvement & problem solving
M/s TATA Motors, Sanand, Gujrat – Assistant Manager Apr’10-Jul’11
• Worked in planning department at paint shop for Tata Nano operations, with capacity of 62 veh/hr
• Responsible for installation and commissioning of the paint shop facilities which included the lean Pre-treatment &
Cathodic electrode position line (Ro-dip system), robotic underbody line; robotic painting line.
• Prepared project timeline & sequencing of activities
• Identified & procured (along with the procurement team) tools, tackles and relevant machinery
• Designed the paint shop layout, indicating the requirements of utilities to the concerned department
• Preparing the technical data sheet for the plant and machinery, identified the competent supplier through purchase

2. department for the same
• Technical discussions and agreement of the Plant & Machinery design approvals with supplier and purchase team
• Preparing and releasing the construction and utility requirements to the concerned departments
• Co-ordination with Construction and utility teams for the site build up as per the plan
• Conducting the pre-trails of the plant and machinery at supplier end and follow-up for open issues closure and for the
timely dispatch
• Installation and commissioning of the plant and machinery like grating cleaning facility, hot water generator, RO/DM plant,
Industrial ovens, Air Supply units, Chillers and conveyors etc. with supplier
• Proving plant and machinery for the required quality and cycle time and handing over to the production and maintenance
team
• Arrange training with help of supplier for maintenance and production team on plant and machinery
• Supporting the implementation of the engineering changes
• Ensuring Lock out and Tag out (LOTO) during commissioning activities
FIAT India Ltd, Ranjangaon, Pune –Senior Executive Apr’08-Mar’10
Manufacturing world class four wheelers with Brand name LINEA, GRANDE PUNTO, PALIO & TATA X1 SEDAN. Conveyrised Pre-
treatment & Cathodic Electro Dip plant & Robotic Roof ditch sealer, Primer-Top Coat Line of capacity 1, 60,000 veh. /year
• Responsible for production of Robotic roof ditch sealer, Surfacer & Wet sanding booth
• Lead 2 lines (Primer booth & Primer wet sanding line) with 20 associates.
• Responsible for Quality monitoring for in process & finished components.
• Monitoring & control for consumables for said line.
• Maintaining repaint data of vehicles.
• Involved in planning, recruiting & training to Blue collars.
Piaggio Vehicles Private Ltd, Baramati, Pune - Production Engineer Jun’01-Apr’08
India’s one of largest 3 Wheeler manufacturing company & has launched 4 Wheeler Cargo Truck also
• Responsible for manpower development & Training to the new operators
• Continuous improvement through teamwork and people involvement
• Started conducting FINAL OK CSA audit, Developed root card & inspection through operators
• Responsible for control on painting defects/vehicle, by monitoring colour wise, painter wise & defect wise data.
• Monitoring consumables, scrap cost & thinner cost as per the targets
• Achieved straight pass 94% on painting conveyer
• Successfully launch new 601 models, 4-Wheelar model
• Achieved 60% reduction in scrape cost by redesigning wind shield hangers also Achieved 10% reduction in thinner cost by
monitoring the inventory and usage
EDUCATION
1999 : Diploma in Surface Coating Technology’ from Technical Institute PUNE, secured 62.44% marks
1996 : H.S.C., Shree Wardman Vidayala, Walchandnagar, PUNE, secured 62.17% marks
1994 : S.S.C., Shree Wardman Vidayala, Walchandnagar, PUNE, secured 65.71% marks
Industrial Exposure
• Six months from June 1996 to Nov.1996 at Colour-chem Ltd. Thane as an in plant trainee (III rd semester of diploma).
• Six months from May 1998 to Oct 1998 at Telco Pimpri, Pune as an in plant trainee (VI Th) semester of diploma).
Overseas Exposure
• Attended Seminar in ‘Worth Daimler plant, Germany’ in Oct 13 for ‘best practices sharing’ workshop in paint shop
Hobbies & Activities
• Member of basketball team in school
• Lead a team of cricket in inter school tournament
• Like to reading Marathi books, Newspaper, novels
PERSONAL
• Present Address : E-103, Nisarg Kiran society, ,Kalewadi-Rahatani Road,Rahatani, Pune 411017
• Date of Birth : August 30, 1976
• Gender : Male

3. • Marital Status : Married