Ravi Pingale is a production manager with over 14 years of experience in automobile manufacturing. He is seeking a new challenging role in operations or manufacturing engineering. He has extensive experience managing paint shops and ensuring production targets are met on time and within budget. He is skilled in quality control, process improvement, and troubleshooting manufacturing issues. His experience includes roles with Daimler India Commercial Vehicles, Mutual Industries, Tata Motors, and Fiat India.

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