GAURAV PATHAK - Six Sigma Black Belt

Manager – Quality and Operational Excellence – Thomson Press

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Contact: +91-9717176359, +91-8178023755 ~ E-Mail: gauravgpathak@gmail.com

Competent, persuasive & result-oriented professional with 16+ years of achievement driven experience in Quality Assurance
/Business development / Lean implementation / managing Production / TPM and Manufacturing Excellence. Well versed in
SAP – PP & MM Modules. Hands on experience of SAP implementation. Six Sigma Green Belt certified with experience in
successful completion of many Improvement Projects through TPM - Lean Manufacturing systems like 5-S, Kaizen, Quality
and long-term sustainable quality compliance, creating a quality culture in the organization. 2

Work Profile
Daily online rejection data analysis and corrections, Internal & External complaint investigation and ensuring CAPA
implementation through System Audit, ISO lead Auditor & MR, Supplier Audit to check the process compliance. Responsible
for Operational Excellence activities in the Plant & Monitoring & Auditing the activities as per calendar on daily & Weekly
basis.
Internal trainer for QMS / CANDO (5S) / 7 QC Tools / TPM (Process Industries) / Mistake Proofing / Cost Saving / Kaizen /
TOC / Safety

Areas of Expertise
❖ Quality Assurance (QMS)
❖ Operations and Supply Chain
❖ Business & Operational Excellence
❖ Developing Procedures & Systems
❖ Cost Reduction & Budgeting
❖ Strategic Planning and Forecasting
❖ Team building, Coaching & Training
❖ Lean / ISO Implementation
❖ System, Internal & External Audit
❖ Process re - engineering & Low cost analysis
❖ Excellent interpersonal, communication & management skills with extensive experience in learning and grasping new
technical skills.
Professional Abstract
❖ Leading QMS in Thomson group and implemented QMS in the all plants across India.
❖ Expert in all kind of audits and successfully driving / auditing QMS.
❖ Lead, prepared & Passed ISO9001:2015, ISO14001:2015, FSC®, PEFC®, SA8000:2014, SMETA/SEDEX, and ISO
45001:2018 audits.  
❖ Completed 10 Focus Improvement Projects on improving Productivity, Quality & Cost reduction namely few;
Roller Management / Improvement in bottleneck machines / successful implementation of IPA free fount in printing
machine / rejection rate reduction & Improving the Process Capability of printing machines / FLL reduction, Improving
the FIFO System at Stores, Introducing KANBAN in RM Stores
❖ Implemented the ISO / System audit culture in the organization & achieved certificates from auditing agencies from
last 15 Years.
❖ Implemented the Inventory Controlling system through TOC Concept in the department & increased the cash flow by
saving approx. Rs. 75 Lacs per Year.
❖ Implemented the TPM culture & achieved level 2 in the plant & Quality circle & Quality Gallery concept.
❖ Achieved the production targets months after months by utilizing the resources & saved approx. 3 Crore.
❖ Achieved reduction in resin filtration time by replacing the ordinary Y-Type strainer with self-designed bucket strainer,
from av. 14 Hrs to 6 Hrs.
❖ Awarded as Best Cost Saving Team Leader 3 time by Thomson Press – Experience a saving of more than INR 3 crores
in 3 years.
❖ Appreciated for replacing IPA from the mono colour printing machines & saved approx. 15 Lacs per Year.
❖ Appreciated by the management to develop system to monitor the health & life of the consumable like printing roller &
other consumable.
❖ Appreciated for improving of bottleneck resources utilization and ramping up the monthly production volume by
meeting the line requirement.
Career Scan
Nov’08- Till date ~ Thomson Press (I) Ltd Manager Production / Quality & TPM
❖ Heading the team of 50 workers / supervisors & develop the team through systematic approach in Quality Assurance /
Operational Excellence and Industrial Engineering.
❖ Expertise in planning day-to-day strategies, audits, rejection analysis, & MIS making to know the quality of the product
and the process audit reports and organizing meetings with supervisors and workers on the shop floor.
❖ Close monitoring of quality related KPIs and action taken to achieve the same.
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❖ Responsible for closure of the Observations / NCs given by Internal / External Auditors.
❖ Responsible for coaching the internal auditor & conduct the QMS internal Audit on half yearly basis.
❖ Responsible to make the quality MIS and quality meeting on monthly basis and ensure the closure of the MOM points.
❖ Identifying bottleneck if any and undertaking result-oriented measures to debottleneck the resources and documenting
the same by root cause analysis along with CAPA.
❖ Trouble shooting in finishing department along with monitoring complaints on daily basis and preparing action plan to
eliminate them.
❖ Responsible for all the progress of QA / IED / Lab / Operational Excellence in the company & Pillar champion for
Kaizen / 5S / Training & Development.
❖ Responsible for pillar process reviews & accountable for effective working of CANDO, AET & Pillar activities through
System health check audits & training on Six Sigma & Focus Improvement Projects (DMAIC / PDCA approach) along
with 7 QC tools.
❖ Responsible for coordinating the activities of the Change Agent Club, to improve the self & peers behavioural skills.
❖ Controlling & monitoring of all the running projects for the improvement of Productivity, Quality, Cost, Safety, and
Delivery & Morale.
❖ Implemented safety culture, ISO-14001, OSHAS-18001, ISO-9001, TPM, 5S, Poke-Yoke, Kaizen, TQM.
❖ Carry out HIRA (Hazard identification & Risk assessment) for new equipment, processes and materials as per the
requirements of OHSAS 18001. Safety implementation within the organization & responsible for internal & external
safety audit.
❖ Customer complaint Investigation, Reporting through root cause analysis with CAPA and implementation of
recommendation.
❖ Responsible to set the productive & unproductive norms for machine & manual activities (Daily & Piece rate wages) &
responsible to conduct internal customer satisfaction survey to improve efficiency and system within the organization
on yearly basis.
❖ Responsible to conduct system audit within the organization & suppliers to improve the work culture & to check the
compliance over ISO standard.

Feb’06- Oct’08 KNPL Production officer & ME Coordinator

❖ Implementation and monitoring of the EHS / TPM & Manufacturing Excellence activities of the plant.
❖ Leading the Manufacturing Operations of Resin Plant, Expertise in manufacturing liquid resins – Alkyd, MF-Resin,
Polyesters and Acrylics.

Sep’05- Feb’06 SICPA Production Executive

❖ To look after the progress of the TPM & Manufacturing Excellence activities of the plant.
❖ Leading the Manufacturing Operations of Resin Plant, Expertise in manufacturing liquid resins – Alkyd, MF-Resin,
Polyesters and Acrylics.

Aug’03- Sep’05 Asian Paints Production Officer

❖ To look after the progress of the EHS / TPM & Manufacturing Excellence activities of the plant.
❖ Leading the Manufacturing Operations of Resin Plant, Expertise in manufacturing liquid resins – Alkyd, MF-Resin,
Polyesters and Acrylics.
Academic Credentials
2012 MBA in Operations Management IMT Ghaziabad
2003 M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry CCS University
2001 B.Sc. in Chemistry CCS University
2007 Diploma in Industrial Safety NILEM
Training and Certifications
❖ Certified Six Sigma Black Belt
❖ Lean and Six sigma Green Belt organized by Eicher Consultancy Services (ECS) at KNPL and I.SI. Delhi
❖ Internal Safety Auditor, conducted by Synergies Safety Engineers.
❖ Internal Auditor’s Certificate of ISO- 9001 /14001:2015, conducted by BSI, India.
❖ SAP-APO (PPDS)
❖ TPM in Processing Industries organized by CII, India.
❖ 7 day’s work shop attained on communication skills / behaviour skills / Theory of Constrain in Thomson Press

Personal Vitae

Permanent Address : P1 / 202, KLJ Platinum Floors, Pocket G, Sector 77, Faridabad – 121004
Date of Birth : 2nd Sep, 1984

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