Ganesh Thambidorai is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt professional with over 8 years of experience in process improvement. He has a proven track record of driving projects that reduce costs and improve yields, such as increasing a manufacturing line's yield from 91.2% to 95.5%. Currently an Assistant Manager of Operational Excellence at Pfizer India Limited, his skills include Lean, Six Sigma, statistical process control, and change management. He holds an M.S. in Industrial Engineering and is seeking new career opportunities to continue growth.

1. GANESH THAMBIDORAI
A-21, The Metropolitan, RajamKuppam Road, Vanaragam, Chennai, India,
Mobile: 91-9445126682, Email: ganesh.vt@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
To pursue career in a global competitive industry, and to grow along the company in all itsfuture
endeavors.
SUMMARY
 A Change agent for implementing lean and six sigma culture in manufacturing environment.
 A Certified Six Sigma Black Belt professional with Master of Science degree in Industrial Engineering
having 8 years of experience in process improvements .
 A process improvement professional having experience in driving productivity projects in
machining, assembly and welding cells.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Manager, Operational Excellence, Pfizer India Limited Dec’13 to Present
 Driving six sigma process improvement projects to achieve team yearly cost saving target.
 Imparting lean culture in Quality control lab for creating Lean QC lab.
 Conducting training session in six sigma, process capability analysis and statistical process control.
 Statistical and data analytics support to Senior Leadership Team.
Projects:
 Improved the Penem manufacturing line yield from 91.2% to 95.5 % as six sigma black belt project.
 Reduced the Penem packing line changeover from 240 minutes to 75 minutes using SMED concepts
and standard work for contractor, operator and supervisor.
 Introduced the concepts of continuous process verification (CPV) in IKKT which converts the CQA to
CPP with monitoring of CPP and review mechanism.
 Created raw material release board for reducingthe number of lots waitingto release. Improved the
metric (No. of lots within the SLA days) from 31% to 80% in two months.
 Creating a Lean Quality Control Lab to improve the flow (testing) which includes implementing 5S,
work station design, Kanban cards implementation and visual management board for scheduling the
test (on going).
 Created visual management board for yield improvement in Penicillin block and Microbiological lab
to monitor the various issues in their area.
 Investigated various customer complaints to identify the actual root cause for taking necessary
action.

2. Industrial Engineer, TVS Motor Company, Hosur, India Feb’12 to Nov’13
 Managed a team of IE engineers for achieving yearly targets in work content reduction using Lean
and productivity projects.
 Driving process improvement projects involved in Fabrication, Machining and assembly cells
 Creating and implementing line balancing in assembly conveyor, man machine balance to optimize
manpower deployment in various lines.
 Estimating manpower for entire plant based on deployment time to meet monthly demand.
Projects:
 Optimized the number of docks in Plant II using SMED concept and small scale automation
 Developed Mizusumashi system for XL Super Engine assembly to optimize the material flow.
 Estimated work content for Phoenix & Jupiter model using MTM technique
Process consulting - Knight Printing, Fargo, USA Mar’10 to May’11
 Business process consulting to reduce the overall lead time in printing order delivery.
 Implemented an improved production layout using Spaghetti diagram to accommodate the
fulfilment facility thereby achieved the saving of $30,000 per annum.
 Reduced pre-production lead time by cutting down WIP inventory in office area, improved operator
(white collar) efficiency by eliminating NVA using Value Added Flow Analysis.
 Worked under accounts department to redefine the cost estimating method (BHR).
Member Production Engineering - Wabco India Limited, Chennai, India Jan’08 to Apr’09
 Process proving engineer for Flange (Aluminium component) machining - Cutting tools selection,
parameter optimization, and conducting trial runs
 Conducted process performance study (Pp, Ppk) for accepting CNC Lathe machines from ACE
designers, Bangalore for WABCO Flange production line.
 Introduced SIPOC, a process mapping tool to highlight the new process development process for
customer approval. This tool has been horizontally deployed for all new projects.
RESEARCH PAPERS
 Ganesh Thambidorai, Om Prakash Yadav and Bimal Nepal, “A robust frame work in Multiresponse
Optimization Approaches”, Feb’13, Quality and Reliability engineering, International
 Ganesh Thambidorai, Om Prakash Yadav and Bimal Nepal, “ Multiresponse Optimization
Approaches- A Comparative Study”, 2011 Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances
in Supply Chain and Manufacturing Management

3.  P Maran, T Ganesh, P Azhagesan and T Sorenakumar, “Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of
Heat flow and Mechanical properties during TIG Welding of dissimilar metals”, 2006,
proceedings of the International Conference on Recent Advances in Heat Transfer
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
North Dakota State University, ND, USA
MS Industrial Engineering G.P.A 3.89/4.0 Sep 2011
Thiagarajar College of Engineering, TN, India
BE Mechanical Engineering G.P.A 8.49/10 May 2007
CERTIFICATION
Indian Statistical Institute, Chennai
Six Sigma Black Belt - Training April 2009
Certified Six Sigma Black Belt Nov 2014
ContinuingEducation Program, IITDelhi
Supply Chain Management June 2013
SOFTWARE PROFICIENCY
 Statistical software - JMP, Minitab, SAS
 Layout/ Design- AutoCAD, MS Visio
 Data / Presentation - MS Word, MS Excel (basic VBA Programming), MS PowerPoint
CONTACT DETAILS
Name: Ganesh Thambidorai
Address: A21, The Metropolitan, Ayanambakkam, Chennai
Phone No: 91-9445126682
Email ID: ganesh.vt@gmail.com
Passport No: N3628432
Date of Issue: 01/10/2015
Date of Expiry: 30/09/2025
Ganesh Thambidorai