Mahesh Patil
Head of Operations India @ Herman Miller
About
Currently serving as Head Of India Operations at Herman Miller (Millerknoll), bringing over 16 years of expertise in automotive and EV manufacturing, plant operations, and P&L accountability. Known for successfully leading large-scale operations, including a 200+ member team and a 350 crore turnover, while championing sustainability initiatives such as the establishment of a 240 KW solar plant. Focused on operational excellence, profitability, and long-term business resilience, with a commitment to fostering trust, transparency, and open dialogue across stakeholders. Previously led a Greenfield EV manufacturing project at Kalyani Powertrain Ltd, setting up a state-of-the-art 68,000 sq. ft. facility for motor, battery, and two-wheeler assembly. Adept at driving lean manufacturing practices, optimizing production processes, and delivering high-quality outcomes under tight timelines. Passionate about advancing innovation in manufacturing and contributing to sustainable growth within the automotive sector.
India
Pune District
Automotive
Executive Management, Negotiation, Strategy Implementation, Strategy, Strategic Partnerships, Business Strategy, Quality Control, Team Management, Decision-Making, Profit & Loss Management, Revenue & Profit Growth, Plant Expansion, Conflict Management, Production Management, Digital Project Management, Troubleshooting, Motors, Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV), Reporting & Analysis, People Management
Experience

General Manager
Pune, Maharashtra, India
o Business Leader, streamlined production & manufacturing processes while focusing on profitability, business development, supply chain management, P&L accountability, customer satisfaction & delivery. o Leading a plant with a team size of 200+ and a 350 crore turnover. o Established 240 KW solar plant (ESG initiatives) o Successfully started cooling modules/FMS/radiators supply to Mahindra Thar Roxx & VW 2.5 project o Committed to sustainability, I focus on setting up a growth mindset, operational excellence, stakeholder trust, long-term competitiveness, and resilience. o My mantra for success is to reduce the time between idea and realization. o I believe in open dialogue, trust, transparency, and having the least ego.

Plant Manager – EV Manufacturing
Pune, Maharashtra, India
People Leader, who has successfully led and motivated teams in cross cultural environment towards growth and success in the organization. ➤ KEY HIGHLIGHTS • Exceptional in planning and coordinating production engineering processes on daily basis to produce high quality products. • Significantly established & drove engineering best practices for manufacturing excellence and developed process improvements to effectively utilize equipment and materials to maximize production. • Establishing Facility / Factory set up (Greenfield project) for production and responsible for Motor, Battery and 2-Wheeler assembly line set up (68 000 Sq.ft. facility) –Cap: 200 Nos /day. • Highly strategic in managing operations with key focus on bottom line profitability; ensuring optimal utilization of materials to accomplish corporate plans and goals successfully. • Dynamic in monitoring and analysing capacity and asset utilization, production schedule and cost of goods against goals and focused on continuous improvement and operational efficiency to reduce cost. • Affluent experience in managing to meet all compliance requirements for new plant establishment (Factory license, Fire NOC, MIDC approval for building plan/machine layout, Occupancy certificate, Consent to operate, Consent to establish … etc. ➤Specialties: Manufacturing Engineering, Plant Set up, Production Management, Product & Process Quality Assurance, Industrial Engineering, Project Management

Project Manager (EV development) Industrial Engineering
Bangalore
Result-oriented Leader; effectively leading a team & motivating them to deliver quality results for accomplishment of research goals. ➤ KEY HIGHLIGHTS • Proven excellence in developing a detailed project plan to monitor, track progress and project performance, specifically to analyse the successful completion of short and long-term goals. • Significantly devised cost-effective plans to enable effective project completion and managed risks to avoid delays or reputational damage. • Exceptional in assisting and supporting execution head in pre-order and post orders decisions related to risk / time / cost and resources keeping the unbiased view and successful project delivery approach. • Defined & structured processes control plans for ensuring smooth workflow and achievement of production targets & performance parameters; managed quality control by ensuring adherence to quality systems in manufacturing operations. • Exceptional in techno-commercial evaluation of quotations, preparation of contracts, vendor negotiation and finalization for both total Import & Domestic procurement items and generating job demand requirements required to release for loading in Shop Floor Production according to MRP. • Supervisory control over entire customer order management, sales order creation and order configuration in-line with marketing firm with projected demand schedule • Played a vital role as primary contact to customer with regards to all product development related topics; identified information/data and resources needed by customer and ensured timely transfer of such information between appropriate department/team and the customer. • Skilful in issuing time study evaluation sheet & conducting technical discussion with process planners & union members (committee member, office bearers & line operators).

Sr. Engineer, Manufacturing operations
Bengaluru Area, India
Executive decision-maker responsible for developing long and short-term organizational growth. ➤ KEY HIGHLIGHTS • Adept in making plans for day-to-day activities, production schedules, implementing quality tools and allocating work for achieving monthly production targets of NBL Stator manufacturing. • Minimized performance bottlenecks for achieving high productivity with minimum consumption of material & machine. • Robust experience in developing and implementing measures for energy conservation, identifying opportunities, analysing data, conducting tests, cost management and post audits operations. • Collated with customers for understanding their technical requirements, product application and coordinating with the internal Departments to improve product quality and reliability. • Rendered training on the ECRs/ECNs, documentation procedure and Bosch Standards to the cross functional team. ➤Specialties: Plant Operations, Manufacturing Operations, Production Planning & Control, Continuous Process Improvement, Team Management

Lecturer
Hindustan Electronic academy
Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
Handled mechanical engineering subjects like Basic thermodynamics, Engineering drawings , Manufacturing basics for diploma students and Aircraft maintenance engineering students.
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