Pankaj Upadhyay

Director, Business Excellence VIPRAMS Australia

Queensland, Australia

About

Experience

  • AVK Special Projects Support Lead at AVK Australia
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

     Various manufacturing, warehouse, lean and quality management Projects for AVK

  • Business Improvement Consultant at Vipram Australia Pty Ltd
    May 2023 - Oct 2023 · 6 mos

     Train, Mentor and empower staff to leverage data-driven results by using simple Lean, BA, 3P and A3 tools.  Delivered Blue belt (DMAIC) and Lean training to staff and senior management.

  • Manufacturing & Foundry Specialist / Quality Lead at AVK Australia
    Dec 2016 - Apr 2023 · 6 yrs 5 mos

     Foundry Production, Tooling, Melting, Metallurgical Laboratory Responsibility  Quality Assurance & Quality Control  Customer Complaints, Non-Conformances and ITPs  Process & Production Improvement. Inventory, stock and purchase optimization  Sourcing and purchase process/ product specialist

  • Manufacturing & Foundry Specialist/ Site Quality Lead at Viadux
    Jan 2015 - Nov 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos

     Foundry and Manufacturing Management  Process & Project Improvement Leader  Quality Assurance and Quality Control Lead

  • Lean Six Sigma Manager at Pentair
    May 2013 - Jan 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos

     Certified Lean Six Sigma Blackbelt, Lean Leader, Coach, Mentor and facilitator for the APAC Group.  Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for improvement and executed data-driven solutions.  Rolled out and implemented Pentair Continuous Improvement Play Book throughout Australia Pacific region. Trained and mentored APAC team members in Pentair continuous improvement methodologies, fostering a culture of continuous learning and development.  Managed project budgets and timelines, ensuring on-time and within-budget project completions.  Assisted in the development and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives, resulting in achieving annual budgets.  Conducted root cause analysis and data analysis to identify process bottlenecks and areas for improvement.  Collaborated with cross-functional teams to execute process improvement projects, leading to significant cost savings and increased customer satisfaction.