Mohsin Lodhi

Head of Production / Plant Manager

SUMMARY

• Proven and influential executive with 17+years’ experience of Managing Production, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Budgeting, Planning, Forecasting, Process optimization, Product development, Coaching and Training Staff for large Scale Manufacturing Units related to Furniture Joinery, Automotive Industry and Steel Mills etc.
• BE Mechanical Engineering

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

• SAP, Lean Manufacturing , Supply Chain Management, Stakeholders Management, Budgeting, Planning and Forecasting, Risks and Controls Assessment, Total Quality Management, Quality Assurance and Quality Control, Resource Allocation and Utilization, Audit Control Procedures, Capacity Planning, Factory Operations Management, Inventory Control, Material Management, Change Management, Organizational Planning, Outsourcing, Product Development, Vendor and Warehouse Management, Productivity improvement, Leadership, Communication, reporting & Analysis, Health & Safety Procedures.

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS

• Intra Company Transfer [ICT] to TMC Japan for 18 months.
• Directed and streamlined manufacturing operations, established corporate and strategic policies and implement several process improvements. Reduced Manufacturing cost by using lean manufacturing and related techniques.
• Achieved highest Production Targets with Maximum cost saving of around (800 MPKR). Elevated the production of more than (20) Billions PKR annually.
• Enhanced Plant Capacity from 85% to 95% by reducing downtimes and unplanned plant outages.
• Designed new bumper painting facility having capacity of 75K units/year. Body Shop Capacity Enhancement to54K units/ year from 35K units/year.
• Enhance product quality from average 90% (Prime Quality) to 98% and developed new products.
• Achieved Highest Furniture Production Target in a month about 110MPKR value.
• Kaizen winner award in 2 consecutive years.

WORK EXPERIENCE

03/2021– Present             GENERAL MANAGER- PRODUCTION            

Al-Haj Automotoive – proton pakistan project

• Responsible for the building of new plant (Weld, Paint & Assembly Shops) as per Proton design.
• Responsible for Equipment Selection, Process layout Formation, Manpower Hiring and all concern department formation required for a new factory.
• Responsible for the Development of complete department structure, including departmental organograms, manpower requirement, Policies, SOP’s related to Operations, Product Design finalization & Quality Standards Formation. 
• Overall supervision of Manufacturing, production, operation, inventory control, shipping, maintenance, planning and safety of the Production area for daily activities.
• Coordination among all stakeholders, including owners, principal & vendors for proper commissioning and startup of Plant.
• Coordinating with Supply chain department for timely availability of materials as per proton specification before start of trials and production.
• Responsible for Product trials in all shops as per Proton Malaysia direction.
• Managing and allocating the resources effectively in order to fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.
• Implementing the strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a vibrant sense of direction and focus.
•  Responsible for developing of department budget with manpower requirement and with Finance support review the monthly P&L sheet against set targets.

07/2020– 01/2021           GENERAL MANAGER- PLANT OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION                    

dIAMOND (WOOD) PRODUCTS PRIVATE LTD.

(Diamond FOAM group)

• Responsible for the building of new plant in Karachi Region. 
• Responsible for Factory Land Selection, Equipment Selection, Process layout Formation, Manpower Hiring and all concern departments formation required for a new factory.
• Plan, organize and direct all the engineering work required at Site.
• Responsible for the Development of complete company structure, including departmental organograms, manpower requirement, Policies, SOP’s related to Operations, Product Design finalization & Quality Standards Formation. 
• Overall supervision of Manufacturing, production, operation, inventory control, shipping, maintenance, planning and safety of the plant for daily activities.
• Coordination among all stakeholders, including owner, vendors, customers, clients and government bodies etc. 
• Directing to increase the production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and improving the quality standards.
• Managing and allocating the resources effectively in order to fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.

07/2019– 06/2020           GENERAL MANAGER- PLANT OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION                    

IBL – FRONTIER MARKETS / HABITT 

Switched, factory closed due to covid19.

• Overall supervision of Manufacturing, production, operation, inventory control, shipping, maintenance, planning and safety of the plant for daily activities.
• Coordination among all stakeholders, including owner, vendors, customers, clients and government bodies etc. 
• Plan, organize and direct the operations, production, sales, and marketing targets to exceed the customers’ and clients’ expectations.
• Directing to increase the production, assets capacity and flexibility while minimizing unnecessary costs and improving the quality standards.
• Managing and allocating the resources effectively in order to fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.
• Implementing the strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a vibrant sense of direction and focus.
• Developing the systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets.
•  Analyzing monthly financial reports, assessing factory productivity and developing the plans for improvements of plant efficiency.

03/2018–06/2019            HEAD OF PRODUCTION

AL Futtaim Automotive Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd

Switched, project closed due to uae recession.

• Designed the Factory & Paint Shop layout, selected the required equipment, and coordinated with paint equipment suppliers for paint material selection.
• Built synergies between AFAPL, Renault and suppliers, to ensure different working areas of Paint Shop will operate smoothly in accordance with Renault Production System and Standards.
• Designed the standard operating procedures/Manuals for production operations in order to meet customer commitments through the production of timely, efficient and high quality products and service.
• Developed Manpower requirement details for each area of Paint shop with required training & development programs in order to achieve the required productivity & Quality results after production startup.
• Extensively coordinated with all inter-department shop heads and in-charges, in factory layout and process flow improvements in order to achieve the daily/monthly/yearly agreed targets for production and quality in accordance with the production schedule.

08/2012–02/2018            DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER PRODUCTION & OPERATIONS

Aisha Steel Mills Limited

• Delivered strategic directions to oversee multiple departments including production, Quality, Planning, Safety, Support and Stores etc.
• Led, coached, and developed a large work team to accomplish operational objectives. 
• Identified, diagnosed and resolved operational and manufacturing problems within deadlines. 
• Competently utilized Lean manufacturing and related process improvement techniques to ensure the most cost-effective manufacturing process. 
• Coordinated and directed activities of Production Division to obtain optimum efficiency and economy of operations in order to maximize profits.
• Proficiently performed and enhanced production capacity about 10% through process optimization and also by introducing product mix in collaboration with Sales & Marketing.
• Developed New IF grade product, utilizing Japanese & Chinese Motorbike industry for Fuel Tank Manufacturing which saved the lead time and cost of Motorbike OEM’s.

08/2003 – 06/2012          DEPUTY MANAGER PRODUCTION

INDUS MOTOR CO. & LTD. (TOYOTA & DAIHATSU)

• Directed, facilitated, guide and trained multiple management and non-management employees to improve performance and operational activities. Ensured compliance to company policies and control procedures.
• Standardized ED Paint Consumption with respect to body area to achieve cost saving of Rs.8 Millions/year.
• Effectively designed new bumper facility for paint shop having the capacity of 75000 units/year to enhance capacity of paint shop up to 54000 units/ year from 35000 units/year.
• Reduced in consumption of cleaning thinner through process modification and introduced thinner recycling machine to save cost of RS.105/ Unit and reduce in VOC trend to 48 gm/m2 against the target of 56.

EDUCATION

1999–2002                         NED UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (PAKISTAN)

• BE Mechanical Engineering.

TRAINING COURSES

• ISO Internal Auditor from PIQC, Advance Lean Manufacturing One ,Team Building Training from Funverks, Leadership Training from Learning Minds, Legendary Leadership from IMPACT, , ISO14000 & 9000 Internal Auditor Training.

DATE OF BIRTH

25TH DECEMBER,1980

LANGUAGES

ENGLISH / URDU / BASIC JAPANESE

Bachelor of Engineering Mechanical