Saravana Kumar

Industrial Engineer with 13+ years of experience across automotive, Consulting and various industries. Expertise in Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, and Industrial Engineering functions. Proven record of delivering productivity improvement, manpower optimization, layout planning, capacity enhancement, cost savings, waste reduction, and process optimization.

Achieved significant fabric cost reduction, RFT% improvement, and digital process implementation while driving Lean training and operational excellence coaching

Industrial Engineer – Implementation Officer at Navvi Corporation (2025-11 – Present)

• Conducted end-to-end factory assessments and prepared assessment & profit leakage reports.
• Developed SOPs, JDs, Process Flow and Industrial Engineering documents.
• Created MIS reports and KPI dashboards for complete value stream monitoring.
• Improved OWE from 50% to 68% through Lean Manufacturing and IE practices.
• Reduced production lead time by 20% through process improvement and Value Stream Mapping (VSM).
• Implemented KPI monitoring systems to improve productivity and management decision-making.

Continuous Improvement Dept. (CI) – Industrial Engineer at Gainup Industries India Pvt. Ltd (2022-10 – 2025-11)

• Conducted Lean tools training and Operational Excellence coaching for supervisors and operators.
• Improve the sewing line OWE% by reducing non-value-added actives and yamazumi charts
• Cutting OEE% improvement & gap analyzing.
• Improve the material Flow & manpower balancing using lean tools in sewing production lines.
• Analyzing & reduce the fabric consumption, waste in the value stream operations
• Improved Right First Time (RFT%) by implementing quality and process improvements.
• Implemented QR code–based process tracking system to improve material flow and traceability.

Industrial Engineering Dept. (IE) – Assistant Engineer at Delphi TVS Technologies PVT LTD (2012-12 – 2022-04)

• Lean Manufacturing system (LMS) monitoring – Lean parameters bench marking across plant.
• Design & development of machinery layouts in order to optimize the process & build efficiency in the plant.

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (DME) in Mechanical Engineering – TNPTC, Madurai (2009 – 2012)