Nandan Singh Bhakuni is seeking a senior managerial role in production, process, or quality. He has over 20 years of experience in these areas and is currently the GM of Production and Maintenance at Indodolar Ltd. He has expertise in cost reduction, continuous improvement, project management, and people management. His career highlights include roles as Production Head at Indosolar Ltd and Technical Manager at Osram India.

1. NANDAN SINGH BHAKUNI
FF-39, Mangal Bazar, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi 110092
Mobile: 08506007111/09810543397
Email: n_bhakuni@rediffmail.com, n.bhakuni@yahoo.co.in
Seeking senior managerial level assignments in Production/Process/ Quality with an
organisation of repute.
Synopsis
 A result oriented professional with over 20 years experience in Production, Process,
Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Inventory Management, Cost Reduction, Continuous
Improvement Project Management & Man Management.
 Presently associated with INDODOLAR LTD. as GM Production & Maintenance.
 Expertise in implementing cost saving measures to achieve substantial reduction in
terms of man days, production cost, raw materials and energy consumption.
 Deft at swiftly ramping up projects with cross-functional skills & ensuring on time
deliverables.
 Resourceful at strategizing techniques for maximum utilization of
manpower/machinery.
 Black Belt in Six sigma , Coordinator for TQM/TPM & Lean Manufacturing
implementation.
 A keen communicator with honed problem solving and analytical abilities.
Core Competencies
Cost Reduction Production Planning & Control Quality
Assurance
Inventory Management Project Planning & Management Man
Management
 Spearheading Value Analysis continuous improvement initiatives in planning &
production processes.
 Implementing strict measures in operating procedures to optimize resource/capacity
utilization.
 Minimizing performance bottlenecks for achieving high productivity with minimum
consumption of material & machine and monitoring expenses.
 Planning and finalizing the departmental yearly budgets and costing.
 Establishing new set ups thereby bringing profitability to the company.
 Analyzing MIS reports & documentation at the end of each month.
 Implementing ISO/TS-16949 and maintaining the relevant documents.
 Identifying areas of quality failures and taking steps to rectify the system.
 Evaluating of project, present cost / benefit analysis at project decision points.

2.  Liaisoning with external agencies, clients on determining technical specifications,
approvals for smooth timely completion & with proper safety measures which show
the safety consciousness.
 Getting approvals from customer/consultant, making necessary modifications and
releasing the same for commercial production.
 Leading/motivating teams ensuring their career development and positive
contribution to the company.
 Imparting training to various personnel’s, thereby ensuring optimum performance.
 Determining the manpower requirement in accordance with the manpower
rationalization and production norms.
Career Highlights
INDOSOLAR LTD
GM Production & Maintenance since Aug’14
onward
DGM Production & Maintenance since Nov’08-
Nov’13
Indosolar Ltd. is largest manufacturer of Multi crystalline Silicon Solar Cell in
India with line capacity of 450MW.
Being as Production Head I am leading the production & maintenance team of the
three fully automated production line from Germany. Apart of day to day shop
floor activities I am responsible for the finalization & procurement of new tools &
equipments related to production, selection of the raw material source &
development of the various new vendors.
As Project Team.
Installed three production line as a key member of the project team which includes
1. Equipment selection , equipment hook-up & installation.
2. Clean room installation
3. Line Integration & production Ramp up.
As Production Head.
• Co-ordination, planning and successful execution of the production plan to meet
the targets in time.
• Overseeing the production process, managing the budget, ensuring the supply of
raw materials and monitoring the quality of the products.
• Preparing the targets for cost of conversion monthly basis, monitoring &
controlling.
• Team building
• Preparing the production MIS.

3. OSRAM INDIA Production Head Automotive Dec’13 –
July’14
Working as a production Head for Automotive Division based on Chennai , The
production Unit is having fully automatic H4/H7/H1/H3 production lines. I am
responsible for overall Automotive production & implementation of OSRAM
EXCELLENCE (OE) in OSRAM INDIA. Apart of daily routine job following are few
my specific responsibilities. Excellence
• Overseeing the production process, drawing up a production schedule.
• Ensuring the production cost effectiveness (Line Efficiency, Shrinkages )
• Making sure that products are produced on time and as per ECE standard.
• Working out the human and material resources needed.
• Cost Estimation and setting the quality standards.
• Monitoring the production processes and adjusting schedules as needed;
• Monitoring product standards and implementing quality-control program.
• Liaising among different departments, e.g. suppliers, managers.
• Working with Line Mangers to implement the company's policies and goals;
• Daily reviewing worker performance & making reaction plan if required.
• Training needs identification & Skill development.
• Customer Visit & Technical support to sales team.
• OE(OSRAM EXCELLENCE) Implementation (TPM/SIX Sigma etc)
OSRAM INDIA Technical Manager Automotive Apr’07-
Oct’08
OSRAM INDIA is one of the leading lamp manufacturers in the world. Currently
OSRAM India has 1,100 employees and turnover of Rs. 2 billion approximately. The
company is a pioneer of innovative and high quality products in General Lighting,
Automotive Lighting, Display Optics, Electronic Control Gear and Light Emitting
Diodes (LED's
Job Profile- As a Technical Manager Automotive I was responsible for handling all the
technical & quality issues with the INDIAN OEMs /After Market Customer. As most of
the product came from various plants of OSRAM located abroad my job was to visit
both customer & supplier in order to make a proper understanding regarding the technical
& quality needs of the customer in INDIA which includes
 Validation of process & product.
 Providing technical support to the OEM customer ,sales & marketing team.
 Handling quality issues with OEM customers.
 Vendor development – Vendor visit & Process audit

4.  Imparted training & education in TQM & Six Sigma.
 Customer complaint handling & root cause analysis & preparing 8d reports
 Preparing PPAP & APQP
Training undergone
OSRAM GERMANY- I had gone through two week training at OSRAM Germany
about the various technical , quality , testing & measurement system related to automotive
product .The new product development , the protocol for customer complaint handling .
OSRAM CHINA – As most of the H4 & HS1 supplied to Indian OEMs & After
market was from Foshan plant of Osram China , I use to visit frequently at that plant in
order to establish proper understanding between the local customer & the supplier (what
customer is expecting regarding the quality of the product & various corrective action &
improvements Osram China is taking place)
OSRAM HONKONG – New product development ( HID, H13,H15 etc) carried
out at OSRAM globally , technical features, testing methodology for performance &
reliability & product approval at OEMs.
Phoenix Lamps Ltd. Assistant Manager Aug’94-
Apr’07
Process/Production
PHOENIX LAMPS LTD.( ISO9001/QS-9000 & TS-16949 from RWTUV Germany) an
Indo-Japanese joint venture is one of the pioneers in new generation lighting technology,
one of the largest manufacturer & exporter of automotive lamps & compact fluorescent
lamps in the world. It supplies O.E.M. to reputed automotive manufacturers in India
( Maruti Udyog Limited, Tata, Hyundai, Hero Honda, LML etc.) and abroad.
 Administered the entire gamut of production, wastage, quality and manpower for the
four sections in my department.( Two assemblies ,one part section and the main line
producing Lamp Capsules).
 Mentored 13 supervisors/ Engineers working in three shifts.
 Defined production volumes /targets as per market demands and motivating the
workers to meet production deadlines.
 Planning, scheduling and executing maintenance activities for all production
equipment, utilities and other plant instruments
 Undertaking Preventive Maintenance, Breakdown maintenance and conducting
Breakdown Analysis with a view to reduce the number of breakdowns and increase
uptime of all machines.
 Reviewing existing processes and initiating steps to remove any performance
bottlenecks, to enhance operational efficiency

5.  Undertaking cost reduction measures. Implementing new processes & technologies
for improving
productivity and enhancing quality standards.
 Imparted continuous on-job training to workers to enhance their skills.
 Implemented kaizen activity in the plant (Member, Central Kaizen Committee).
 Participated in bi-annual target setting with top management
 Functioned as Member of Plant 5-S committee & conducted monthly 5-S audit &
countermeasure in manufacturing & Admin Department.
 Monitored the performance of processes using statistical technique & rectification
through systematic DMAIC approach.
 Adhered to ISO9001/QS-9000 & TS-16949 guidelines.
 Conducted takt time and process Capability (Cp, Cpk) study.
 Implemented TQM in the organization (Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Quality Circles,
TPM to the process and 5S concepts on workplace).
 Handled customer complaints (8-d report & CCR).
 Imparted training to shop floor members on 7QC Tools, Six Sigma green belt.
 Participated in the launch of six sigma-DMAIC process improvement projects.
 Successfully completed 2 Black Belt & 5 Green Belt projects.
 Functioned as Mentor of 15 ongoing Green Belt Projects.
 Implemented low cost automation thereby reducing manpower at shop floor by 34%
 Reduced in line wastage from 5% to 1.5% thereby saving Rs 0.75 million annually.
Academia
M.S. BITS Pilani 2008
Manufacturing Management
B. Tech Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi 2000
Mechanical Engineering
Diploma in Mechanical Engineering Govt. Polytechnic, Dehradun 1994
U.P. Board of Technical Education
Trainings Attended
Six Sigma Black Belt from IQL, Institute of Quality Ltd, New Delhi
Six Sigma Green Belt from IQL, Institute of Quality Ltd, New Delhi.
Kaizen (Trained by Masaaki Imaai, Japan on Sep’03)
Design of Experiments (DOE)
Lean Manufacturing/ JIT Production (By Mike Wader)
TQM (Trained by Prof. Watashio Washio, Japan)
Poka – Yoke (Trained by Prof . V.K.Khanna of IMT, Gaziabad)
5’s

6. IT Skills
Platform : Windows 95, Dos, Unix
Packages : Word, Excel, Power Point, MINITAB (Statistical Software)
Language : Fortran 77, C, C++
Personal Details
Date of Birth : 5th
June 1973
Location Preference : Delhi / NCR/ Uttranchal

7. IT Skills
Platform : Windows 95, Dos, Unix
Packages : Word, Excel, Power Point, MINITAB (Statistical Software)
Language : Fortran 77, C, C++
Personal Details
Date of Birth : 5th
June 1973
Location Preference : Delhi / NCR/ Uttranchal