Dr. Pushpendu Chand

CEO, Piller Blowers and Compressors India (P) Ltd, Piller GmbH

Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

About

20 years of professional experience in Industrial Products, Green Energy, Construction and earthmoving Equipment, Aerospace & Automobile, in areas of Project Management, Project Planning and Execution, Process Improvement, Strategic Planning, Capex & Facility Establishment, Sourcing of Major Facilities from Local & Global Sources, Techno-Commercial evaluation, Manufacturing Engineering, Budgeting (Financial & Manpower); Standardizing the processes to meet company goals – safety, customer satisfaction, production, cost and quality;

Experience

  • Chief Executive Officer at Piller Blowers & Compressors India (P) Ltd
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Head, Operations & Supply Chain, Research Technology and Innovation Centre at Thermax Limited
    May 2019 - Feb 2025 · 5 yrs 10 mos

  • Deputy General Manager-Manufacturing Excellence at TIL Limited
    Apr 2018 - May 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

     Creating Lean flow for greenfield project expansion to improve plant efficiency;  Driving industry-benchmarked best practices through TPM, TQM, Business Excellence;  Enabling Transition of products from existing facilities to the new facility to gain scalability;  Improvement of Quality Process Strengthening for complete value chain;  Supplier competence development through the process and quality improvement initiatives;  Development of new suppliers for component outsourcing;  Implementing Industry 4.0 practices through IOT, Virtual Reality;  Machining cycle time reduction by SMED; Driving an organization-wide awareness towards Kaizen and Kaikaku  Productivity improvement through SMH reduction;

  • Manager, Manufacturing Engineering & Projects at JCB India Limited, Pune
    Aug 2013 - Mar 2018 · 4 yrs 8 mos

    2013 to Till date)  Capacity Expansion to meet flexibility of volume  Project risk analysis, feasibility study, Project Management & Implementation for Assembly Set-up  CAPEX consolidation, budgeting, lead time analysis and project monitoring;  Productivity Improvement through Line Balancing, De-bottle-necking of activities.  Continuous Improvement of Processes through implementation of KAIZEN, 5S, TPM.  Process engineering & validation in compliance with Safety, Quality, Productivity & Cost.  Innovation through introduction on New Products to win Market Share.

  • TATA Hitachi Construction Mchinery Company Limited (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India)
    • Sr. Manager, Planning & Project
      Jan 2012 - Aug 2013 · 1 yr 8 mos

       Project planning and establishment of the Excavator Assembly, Wheel Loader Assembly and Back Hoe Loader Assembly division of Telcon’s Kharagpur plant, which is being developed to be a world class set up.  Project conceptualization and IRR/ROI calculation for project viability,  CAPEX consolidation, item wise budgeting, lead time analysis and project scheduling  Project monitoring with respect to cost, schedule and other planned parameters.  Project planning & scheduling using MS-Project.  Procurement of Major Engineering Facilities from Domestic and Foreign sources.  Specification finalization, floating enquiries, requesting quotations, techno-commercial negotiation and source finalization.  Productivity Improvement Projects Implementation through KAIZEN.  Establishment of State of art R & D Facilities  Working knowledge of SAP (ERP Platform) related to Purchase Order release, updating of budget

    • Manager, Planning & Project
      Jan 2009 - Dec 2011 · 3 yrs

       Development of Test Cell for Engine Performance Validation.  Development of Transmission Test Rig.