GARY DHIMAN
Weir views,Australia
Summary
Results-driven Production & Planning Manager with 13+ years of experience in manufacturing environments, focusing on production optimization, quality management, and project planning. Highly skilled in Lean principles, ERP systems, and ISO standards, honed through work with international organizations. Expertise in manufacturing engineering practices with a strong emphasis on sustainability and waste reduction initiatives.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Production and Planning Manager
Creative Composites Ltd
Melbourne, Australia
04.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: The business is a manufacturing of composite panels servicing the caravan and RV, transport, building and modular industries
- Planning and implementing a production schedule across all departments, reviewing and adjusting where needed
- Determining the human resources and materials required to meet production targets
- Implementing standard operating procedures for production operations and ensuring adherence to these standards
- Ensure that Design to Manufacturing is considered during the early conception phases and provide feedback to the design team, from the Manufacturing floor
- Adhering to health and safety procedures at all times
- Preparing and maintaining production reports
- Monitoring and reviewing performance
- Implemented lean manufacturing principles, resulting in a 20% reduction in production waste and a 15% increase in overall efficiency
- Developed and implemented a comprehensive training program for production staff, leading to a 25% decrease in errors and an improvement in product quality by 10%
- The business is a manufacturing of composite panels servicing the caravan and RV, transport, building and modular industries
Production Manager
Temperzone Ltd
Auckland, New Zealand
08.2023 - 02.2024
- Company Overview: Designing and manufacturing HVAC equipment in Australia and New Zealand for over 65 years
- Conducting comprehensive studies to evaluate the most efficient sequence of operations and workflow and recommend methods to optimize the utilization of production equipment and personnel, ensuring maximum efficiency and productivity
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline processes and improve overall manufacturing performance
- Determine efficient utilization of resources by analyzing layouts, labour force, equipment, and equipment utilization charts
- Perform production capacity analysis on weekly demand changes, monthly forecast to meet commitments to customers
- Provide coaching and mentoring to the production team (45 permanent staff) on application of the Lean manufacturing principles (5S, TPM, TQM, and PDCA) to improve productivity, enable cost reduction, and increase quality and workplace safety
- Resolve the production line related issues by facilitating Kaizen workshops and utilizing lean tools such as quick changeover, process mapping, 5S and standardized work to ensure continuous improvement by achieving incremental changes in processes to improve efficiency and quality
- Managing the sheet metal department, Pipe Cut & Punch, coil shop, CNC Press Bending, Paint Shop, assembly lines, Packaging and CNC programming team to achieve all production targets and manufacturing plans
- Well-versed in unionized environments and their foundational working principles
- Designing and manufacturing HVAC equipment in Australia and New Zealand for over 65 years
- Implemented real-time data and Lean principle to increase overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), resulting in a productivity increase over 15%
Production Manager
Ross Roof Group
Auckland, New Zealand
10.2018 - 08.2023
- Company Overview: Ross Roof Group is providing the very best New Zealand roofing products to key roofing distributors and installers around the world
- Oversee and effectively manage production processes across two shifts in a steel tile manufacturing operation
- Responsible for leading 45 permanent staff, excluding 7 team leaders, to meet cost, quality, and productivity targets
- Ensure seamless operations through efficient resource allocation, strong team collaboration, and a focus on continuous improvement
- Performed day to day operational management of the factory that produced 18000 tiles per day using high speed CNC machines, high speed pressed, paint manufacturing, coating cell and packaging of premium quality tiles and accessories
- Conducted shift coordination and acted as a guidepost, overseeing performance of reports and ensuring professional development of the shift associates, by coordinating training, assignment and ownership programs
- Implemented Improvement Projects (Kaizen, PDCA, OEE and Kanban): promoted and drove LEAN methodology, incorporated problem solving with 5 Whys approach and failure root cause analysis methodology while encouraging continuous improvement culture within the team
- Coordinate with plant staff to achieve KPI’s and annual plan objectives, and collaborating to improve performance of the plant, with a key focus on costs
- Improved machine reliability by applying analysis of downtime and deployment of TPM (Total Productive Maintenance)
- Ross Roof Group is providing the very best New Zealand roofing products to key roofing distributors and installers around the world
- Implemented lean principles, resulting in a 20% reduction in production waste and a 15% increase in overall efficiency
- Developed and implemented comprehensive training program for production staff, leading to 25% decrease in errors and an improvement in product quality by 10%
Production & Planning Engineer
Hotter Engineering
, New Zealand
07.2016 - 09.2018
- Company Overview: Design, manufacturing, and installation of rotary milking platforms for NZ and overseas market
- Coordinate Engineering activities and or projects with other departments, especially Program Management
- Create, implement, and monitor production schedules and reporting daily status
- Gathering and analyzing data from variety of sources, including customer orders, inventory levels, sales forecasts and more to create accurate and timely demand-based forecasts
- Maintaining accurate forecasts and production timelines for 3rd parties and shop floor and analyses workforce utilization, facility layout, operational data and production schedules and costs to determine optimum worker and equipment efficiencies
- Conduct constant quality checks and regular random stock checks to ensure compliance with set company standards for quality and inventory levels
- Ensure the timely and efficient completion of projects to achieve company's strategic and financial goals
- Design, manufacturing, and installation of rotary milking platforms for NZ and overseas market
- Built a reorder system utilizing MS Excel with common modules that we pre-built in a Kanban system, which reduced the lead-time for customer orders to 25%
Production & Planning Manager
Micro Turners Ltd
, India
08.2010 - 07.2015
- Company Overview: Plant is carrying out end to end all processes like Cold Heading, Hot Forging, Part Forming, Machining, Heat Treatment, Finish Machining, etc
- Daily and monthly Raw material planning as per customer schedules
- Operate lathe Machine, CNC, Radial Drilling Machine and Bend Saw Machine
- Managing Production of CNC and Centre less Grinding departments
- ERP/SAP WORKING Atmosphere
- Day to day follow-up with internal and external customers (KTM, TVS, Yamaha and Suzuki)
- Ensure the dispatch quantities to external customers and internal dispatch teams
- Ensure the supplies as per customer requirements
- Monitor inventory stocks operation wise using MRP
- Maintain documentation and records as per ISO / TS Quality System requirements
- Daily planning for heat treatment, cold forging, Drilling, Trimming, CNC Turning, Broaching and Centre-less departments
- Manage a Team of over 100 staff in 2 shifts Including Supervisor and Foreman
- Plant is carrying out end to end all processes like Cold Heading, Hot Forging, Part Forming, Machining, Heat Treatment, Finish Machining, etc
Education
Graduate Diploma in Operations and Production management- Level 7 -
Manukau Institute of Technology
Auckland, New Zealand01.2016
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Punjab Technical University
IndiaSkills
- Production planning
- Lean manufacturing
- Data analysis
- Resource allocation
- Standard operating procedures
- Cross-functional collaboration
Personal Information
- License: Full car License (Own car)
- Visa Status: AU Permanent resident visa (NZ Citizen)
Timeline
Production and Planning Manager
Creative Composites Ltd
04.2024 - Current
Production Manager
Temperzone Ltd
08.2023 - 02.2024
Production Manager
Ross Roof Group
10.2018 - 08.2023
Production & Planning Engineer
Hotter Engineering
07.2016 - 09.2018
Production & Planning Manager
Micro Turners Ltd
08.2010 - 07.2015
Graduate Diploma in Operations and Production management- Level 7 -
Manukau Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Punjab Technical University
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