Raj Kumar Gupta

Manufacturing and industrial operations leader with 30+ years of experience across automotive-related foundry utilities, engine OEM/service environment, large-scale glass manufacturing, cement and regional operations. Earlier experience includes Hero Motors Ltd. (automatic foundry utilities and O&M;) and Wärtsilä India Ltd. (6.0 MW, 3.0 MW and 1.5 MW diesel generator systems), supported by plant-level leadership of a 150 TPD manufacturing facility with 500+ employees and approximately ■15 crore monthly turnover. Strong hands-on experience in production planning, maintenance, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 systems, quality audits, rejection analysis, customer complaint handling, scrap/rework control, cost control, project commissioning, workforce leadership and management reporting.

A.M.I.E. in Electrical Engineering and MBA in Operations & Production Management.

General Manager – Jharkhand State Regional Head at TOSHA INTERNATIONAL (2026-06 – Present)

Regional leadership role in Jharkhand covering field operations, service delivery and coordination with engineers and technicians.

• Current responsibilities include maintenance planning/monitoring, work-completion tracking, documentation, reporting and client/billing coordination.

Senior General Manager – Operations / Plant Operations Leadership at ICONIC GLASS LLP (2024-08 – 2026-06)

• Held plant-level operations responsibility for a 150 TPD glass bottle manufacturing facility, with 500+ employees and reported monthly turnover of approximately ■15 crore.
• Led daily reviews with HODs; monitored production planning and control, plant performance, MIS and KPI reporting to senior management.
• Managed cross-functional coordination covering production, maintenance, quality systems, process discipline, cost/budget monitoring, vendor coordination and industrial relations.
• Demonstrated strong hands-on experience in ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 systems, including implementation, audit preparation/coordination and compliance follow-up.
• Demonstrated strong hands-on experience in quality performance management, rejection analysis, customer complaints, corrective/preventive actions, scrap and rework control.
• Coordinated machinery procurement, installation and commissioning; contributed to a 200-tonne project and commissioning of lehrs, electrical panels, transformers, DG sets, compressors and dryers.
• Focused on operational stability, production–maintenance coordination, shop-floor discipline and reduction of non-value-added activities.

Manager – GMD, Utilities & Electrical at HNG GLASS INDUSTRIES LTD. (2007-08 – 2024-08)

• Long-term experience in manufacturing utilities and electrical functions, including equipment reliability, maintenance and coordination with production teams.

Assistant Manager – Utilities at HERO MOTORS LTD. (2006-06 – 2007-08)

• Utilities and operations & maintenance support for an automatic foundry in an automotive manufacturing environment.
• Experience relevant to plant utilities, equipment upkeep, maintenance coordination and foundry operations.

DG Set OEM / Electrical & Service Experience at WÄRTSILÄ INDIA LTD. (2001-06 – 2006-06)

• Worked in an engine/OEM environment involving 6.0 MW, 3.0 MW and 1.5 MW diesel generator systems.

Electrical Operations & Maintenance at BIRLA CEMENT WORKS (1993-11 – 2001-06)

• Electrical O&M; of 132 kV substation and 33 kV, 6.6 kV and 0.433 kV switchgear.
• Electrical O&M; associated with kiln, cement mill, raw mill, thermal power plant and DG power plant.

MBA in Operations and Production Management – Swami Vivekanand Subharti University, Meerut (2017 – 2018)

A.M.I.E. in Electrical Engineering – Institution of Engineers (India), Kolkata

Diploma in Electrical Engineering – Government Polytechnic, Bareilly (1993)