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# Deepak Pal on Tal

## Headline

Operational Excellence \| Transformation Leader \| TPM \| WCM \| Lean Six Sigma BB\| Productivity & Cost Transformation \| Digital Manufacturing \| Agile Project Management \| Pharma & FMCG

## About

I help manufacturing organizations turn operational excellence from a collection of tools into a measurable business advantage\. With 14\+ years of experience across Pharma, FMCG and Consumer Goods manufacturing, I specialize in building systems that improve productivity, reliability, quality, cost and capability at scale\. My experience spans: • Operational Excellence & Manufacturing Excellence • TPM & World Class Manufacturing \(WCM\) • Lean Six Sigma & Kaizen • OEE, Productivity & Loss Elimination • SMED / Changeover Optimization • Cost Transformation & Value Creation • Process Optimization & Capacity Improvement • Digital Manufacturing & Data\-driven Performance Management • Capability Building & Continuous Improvement Culture Currently with Lupin, I lead site\-level Operational Excellence initiatives, working with cross\-functional teams to identify losses, prioritize improvement opportunities and translate improvement projects into sustainable business results\. Earlier in my career, I worked with Hindustan Coca\-Cola Beverages and Unilever, gaining hands\-on experience across manufacturing operations, production excellence and continuous improvement\. I believe sustainable transformation happens when three things come together: Strong systems \+ capable people \+ disciplined execution\. My approach is simple: Find the loss → understand the root cause → build the capability → improve the process → sustain the result\. I have been recognized through CII National Kaizen competitions and have led improvement initiatives involving Lean, SMED, WCM, Kaizen and productivity improvement\. I am particularly interested in leadership opportunities involving: Operational Excellence \| Manufacturing Transformation \| Continuous Improvement \| WCM \| TPM \| Digital Manufacturing \| Cost Transformation \| Manufacturing Strategy 📩 Open to connecting with leaders and organizations working to build high\-performance manufacturing systems\.

## Location

India

## AI stack

ChatGPT

## Work experience

Operational Excellence Manager\- Site Improvement lead at Lupin, Aug 2023 \- Present · 3 yrs 3 mos, On\-site, • As a Site Improvement Lead my responsibility is to build & Implement the Overall Productivity strategy & Operational Excellence\. • Utilize data analytics tools to monitor performance and identify trends and to present reports on performance metrics and improvement initiatives to senior management\. • Identify opportunities for process improvements & cost reductions\. • Collaborate with senior leadership to set the goals and KPIs\. • Leading & managing Lean and Six Sigma and Process improvement projects to deliver targeted results\. • Develop project plans, allocate resources and ensure timely and successful projects\. • Implement technologies which are new generation to simplify execution\. • Driving World Class Manufacturing \(WCM\)\. • Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and innovation within the team\. • Capturing and transferring best practices to and from other plants\. • Lead, mentor and develop a high performing team across site through Capability Improvement, Six Sigma training and other continuous improvement initiatives, Digital initiatives, Kaizen, and 5S culture at the site level\. • Leveraging generative AI tools for rapid ideation and drafting, maintaining high quality and tone consistency across deliverable\.

Senior Manufacturing Excellence Executive at Unilever, Jul 2021 \- Aug 2023 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Silvassa, Daman and Diu, India, •Facilitating Manufacturing/Operational Excellence programs and events, which assures culture and system development in support of continuous improvements at all functions of Plant Operations\. Recognized for successfully organizing and conducting Kaizen competition at site level and at South Asia level in Oct’21 •Leading R2S \(Run to Standards\) program for the site on project for Capacity unlocking; reduced overall changeover time by 36% & quarter productivity increase by 10% \- AM and PM standardization, center\-lining and standardization of equipment parameters \(which helps in changeover time reduction via SMED\), formulate monthly training calendar for skill development for associates on 5S, Kaizens, OPL and lean tools etc\. •Co\-ordinating various projects on Safety, Quality & Digital initiatives and adhering all the audit requirements and documentation\. Established an efficient communication with all major stakeholders within & across Zone\. • Leading the manufacturing excellence and continuous improvement efforts at plant in alignment with plant and corporate goals\. • Deployment of corporate initiatives \(Lean, TPM / six sigma or other excellence initiative\) at site and periodic gap assessment also took initiative to generate new ideas within scope of responsibility •Leading business critical project \(delivery, quality, efficiency\) as assigned at plant to support organization needs\. •Co\-ordinated in people development through training & coaching to ensure smooth execution of OE initiatives •Benchmarking best practices from other plant and deployment \- collaborate with other plant to maximize benefit realization •Ensuring efficient use of operational excellence communication platforms, continuous improvement meetings, and external sources to build knowledge and cultural change within the site with the help of R2S meetings •Developing and standardizing systems and processes

Production Executive at Unilever, Jul 2016 \- Jul 2021 · 5 yrs 1 mo, Silvassa, India, ▪Successfully reduced changeover time by 50%, 180 mins to 90 mins, on bottle line using: SMED, ECRS, Value stream mapping, Spaghetti diagram\. ▪ Derived and successfully implemented AM Pillar in the Home\-Care detergent Factory which improved basic condition of the equipment and breakdowns were reduced to zero\. ▪ Executed Project on reduction in wastage of laminate from 7\.1% to 2\.4% on Mespack machine\. ▪ Ensuring zero\-defect generation on Production lines \(Watch out for standard parameters settings\) ▪ Involved in machine installation and commissioning of various equipment; case packer robot, mixer, milder preservative, to transform manual operations to automated operations\. ▪ Managed annual machine overhauling and maintenance and implemented Preventive Maintenance schedule of all 40 Equipment\. Carried out weekly preventive maintenance & other lean management and KPI management initiatives\. Also, streamlined routine CLIT, 5S, and autonomous maintenance on the production lines/ Shop floor to Achieve OEE and Yield targets\. Root Cause Analysis for breakdown and quality issues\. ▪ Adherence of Good Manufacturing Practices \(GMP\), Critical Control Points \(CCP\) monitoring, MTTR and MTBF\. Also was involved in new product innovation or formulation and adherence, restructure SOP to stabilize new requirements\.

Production Executive at Hindustan Coca\-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd, Jul 2012 \- Jun 2016 · 4 yrs, India, July 2012 – July 2016 as Production Executive in Hindustan Coca\- Cola Beverages Pvt\. Ltd  Projects performed  Zero bottle toppling on Bottle washer equipment at infeed table  Bottle filler changeover time reduction by mechanical enhancements  PET bottle blowing machine noise reduction  Annual machine over hauling and maintenance  Global audit  Breakdown and Root Cause Analysis

## Education

Bachelor's Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Kalchuri Nagar, Raisen Road, Post Klua, Bhopal\-462021

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