Rameshbabu Raghavan

Mobile: +91-953-838-0303; E-Mail: rameshbabu74@gmail.com

Lean Six Sigma, Operational Excellence, Operations Management, Project

Management, Business Strategy, Business Process Improvement
A result oriented professional with > 20 years experience in:

- Lean Six Sigma - QMS (ISO 9001, TS16949)

- Total Quality Management (TQM)
- Project / Program Management
- Business / Operational Excellence
- Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) /
Lean Manufacturing
- Process Improvement
- Quality Management system / EMS
- Metrics Architecture / Benchmarking
- Business process Re-engineering
- New product & process development
- People Management / development

 Assertive, proactive professional with strong business acumen & team management skills.
 Certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt & Lean expert.
 PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
 IRCA Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 9001:2008 & Certified Internal Auditor for TS 16949, ISO 14001 &
OHSAS 18001 standards.
 Expertise in developing metrics architecture across processes/functions using process classification
framework and benchmarking.
 Good exposure to Multinational, Multilingual and Multicultural environment with stakeholders spread across
Geography.
 Delivered LSS Black belt training across regions.
 Managed Pan Enterprise Lean Six Sigma Program and methodology deployment.
 Passion for Training/mentoring/coaching people and help in achieving excellence.
 Distinguished for facilitating process/product transitions using structured methodologies.
 Proven record of accomplishment in driving large projects & played key role in high business impact
Business process re-engineering and process transformation projects.
 Led work streams in Process transformation consulting projects for Business units.
 Excellent people management/development skills and handled large teams as people manager
 Excellent Leadership and Communication skills.
 Very good exposure and hands on experience in process, chemical & precision engineering industries in
process standardization and optimization.
EMPLOYMENT SCAN
Hewlett Packard Enterprise - May 2009 to Current
Current Position: PMO, Process Improvement & Reengineering Lead (FP & A) – HPE Global
Financial Solutions (July 2014 to current)
Accountabilities:
 PMO for F&A India delivery, responsible for overall OD&S (Organization Design & Selection), leading the
company separation management, leading strategic programs for the new company post separation.
 Accountable for Staffing, budget, exceptions and reporting.
 Attrition management with data based analysis and predictive hiring plans.
 Responsible for driving the process reengineering across F&A processes.
 Create & drive org road map and priorities.
 Responsible for process mapping, opportunity identification and execution of improvement projects.
 Lead Input Spills / Firs pass rate improvement program for India F&A Delivery.
 Steering committee member of pan HPE LSS PMO forum
 Mentor strategic LSS projects & align to meet key pan HPE business objectives.
 Panel member of global LSS project review committee.
 Deliver BB/GB training for HPE Finance organization

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Highlights:
 Rewarded with the special recognition for managing the company separation program management.
 Consistently rated as high performer and part of the High Potential employees program.
 Successfully delivered the planned efficiencies for the year FY2016.
 Mapped >150 processes with pain points and opportunity identification within a short time for separation
management.
 Created and deployed the framework for Input Spills program.
 Trained, mentored and certified >25 BBs with savings of more than >$20 Million during the year 2013 -16.

Previous Position: HP GBS - Global LSS Program Manager & Methodology Lead (Jan’2013 to July
2014) – MBB role
Accountabilities:
 Program managing the Lean six sigma implementation for HP GBS (18K employees)
 Implemented Pan HP PPMc project for GBS (Project and portfolio management center)
 Establishing LSS program guidelines and governance structure.
 Lead assessor for Operational Excellence Maturity Model (OMM)
 Steering committee member representing GBS in pan HP LSS PMO forum
 Mentor strategic LSS projects & align to meet key pan HP business objectives.
 Convenor and member of global LSS project review committee, responsible for project approval and
certification recommendation
 Periodical review and update of LSS framework including standard guidelines
 Development of BB/GB/YB LSS Training material for class room and virtual modules.
 Supporting Executive belt training and certification (for leadership)
 Planning LSS training schedule, delivery & mentor assignment for project execution.
Highlights:
 Successfully managed the closure of LSS projects with the overall benefits > $200 million
 Delivered TTT sessions and created more than 20 BB trainer resources within the Organization in various
regions
 Developed the OMM framework and guidelines and conducted assessments across process clusters
(O2C, F&A, Supply Chain and HR).
 Part of core team to develop GBS continuous improvement methodology (UPIM)
 Developed and implemented LSS self-assessment model to identify LSS training needs for various level
of employees.
 Implemented a robust LSS governance structure
 Successfully added new belt types with class room / Virtual training capabilities

HP BPO - Head Operational Excellence (Jan’2012 to Dec’2012)

 Responsible for BPO India Operational Excellence.
 People manager for a team of quality professionals, driving Operational Excellence (OPEX) initiatives
across the HP BPO operations.
 Supported Operations teams to develop SOW/SLA based on statistical modelling / data based approach
 Responsible for opportunity identification using war rooms and driving projects to meet business objectives
and savings budget.
 Spearheaded the implementation of ISO 9001 for the APJ region
 Implemented structured Customer Escalation management system.
 Conducted Events to spread quality awareness & culture

HP GBS - Manager Business Strategy & Quality (May’2009 – Jan’2012)

 Project Manager for the metrics architecture & Benchmarking program (Pan GBS program)
 Responsible for developing metrics framework across clusters/functions to improve processes efficacy
(Supply Chain, Enterprise Services & Finance) and KPI Redefinition to identify relevant, business
important and SMART KPIs across regions and process clusters.

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 Liaise with agencies like APQC / Hacket in identifying the relevant measures for benchmarking and best
in class comparison.
 Implemented Process Risk profiling framework to identify high risk processes and to plan mitigation
measures.
 Providing Robust QC methodologies to improve the effectiveness of the QC & disciplined CAPA
implementation.
 Customer escalation management using 8D methodology.
 Methodology support for Organizational level programs on Effectiveness improvement
 Led the SPC (Statistical process control) initiative across GBS India.

CAREER PROFILE
 Tyco Electronics Corporation Deputy Manager - QA
 Flowserve SANMAR Limited Executive Manager QA
 KARMOBILES Limited Sr. Executive
 General Optics (Asia) Limited Superintendent – Improvements
 TVS Sundaram Brake Linings Limited Engineer
May’2006 – Apr’2009
June’2005– May’2006
Apr’2004 – May’2005
Aug’2002 – Apr’2004
Feb’1994 – Aug’2002

Career Highlights & Accomplishments

 Won the Golden Award (1st prize) in Lean Six sigma category at TE worldwide Operational
excellence competition
 Driven & delivered the KPI Redefinition project for three work streams involving more than 2000 metrics.
Improved the relevance, alignment and harmonization with an overall reduction of 50% in number of
metrics.
 Trained and mentored more than 100 black belts, 300 green belts and 300 Yellow belts.
 Driven more than 20 VSM events for AMS, EMEA and APJ regions, which resulted in opportunity
identification of more than $ 250 million and multiple projects in the areas of efficiency/effectiveness
improvement, Waste elimination and cycle time reduction.
 Part of core team in implementing TQM practices to achieve Deming Award during 2001.
 Led the “Zero defects” mission and achieved <100 ppm customer returns across all brake lining finishing
lines.
 Reduced customer complaint levels to <50 ppm in an immobilizer coil assembly line.
 Associated with various renowned consultants like Mr. Yamaguchi from JIPM (TPM), Prof. Tsuda from
JUSE (TQM) and Mr. Tom Luyster for Lean concepts. Plant coordinator for TPM/Lean initiatives
 Successfully implemented > 10 new products for OEM customers like BMW, VW, Audi & Renault.
 Expertise in capacity management & plant layout optimization - achieved >50% floor space optimization
in various organizations.
 Hands on experience in managing large complex process optimization projects which delivered more
than 50% gains in cycle time, scrap reduction etc….

ACADEMIA
 MBA - PGDBA (Operations Management) from SIBM, Pune.
 B.S. (Engineering & Technology) from BITS, Pilani.

PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date of Birth : 31st August 1974

Visa : US B1 Visa valid till 2024

Address for Communication :

161, DSR Sunrise Towers, Channasandra Main Road, WHITEFIELD, BANGALORE-560067, INDIA

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