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Ashutosh Rattan

Blenheim

Summary

Operations and manufacturing professional with extensive experience in process setup and team leadership. Skilled in optimizing assembly lines and improving production efficiency. Proven ability to manage teams and implement innovative solutions in dynamic environments. Committed to enhancing operational success through strategic planning and staff development.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Warehouse Team Leader

Springbrook Foods Ltd.
, Blenheim
06.2025 - 08.2025
  • Executed picking and dispatching of food goods to ensure timely deliveries.
  • Conducted quality inspections on packaged goods to maintain high standards.
  • Managed inventory control processes, optimizing stock levels for efficiency.
  • Oversaw inwards stock movement to ensure accurate tracking of supplies.
  • Coordinated raw material movement, enhancing overall production efficiency.
  • Supervised warehouse staff of four to five employees, improving productivity.
  • Cultivated relationships with internal departments and external partners for streamlined operations.
  • Utilized Business Centre as warehouse management system for enhanced tracking.
  • Juggled shift duties, prioritizing immediate tasks to streamline operations.
  • Unloaded incoming products off trucks, sorted items in staging area and transported items to final storage locations.
  • Packaged finished products for shipping by shrink-wrapping, boxing, and labeling.
  • Led and complied with safety and wellbeing efforts on assigned shift.
  • Loaded and unloaded shipments from trucks and picked up and moved heavy packages and items using forklifts.

Inwards and Assembly Supervisor

ITW
Glenfield, Auckland
08.2023 - 03.2025

1) Set up and process creation implementation for the Paslode Nailgun assembly line.

2) Proline relabeling driven by reports.

3) Setup, process creation, and implementation for Pryda Kits assembly line.

4) Creation of a Credit/Returns area.

5) Development of Production Management reports.

6) Managing Inbound Shipments.

7) Sea Containers: Opening and Closing.

8) Site TFO.

9) Freight Company Relationship Management.

10) Inter-Department Relationship Management.

11) Hiring of a casual contracted workforce

12) Rostering 15 team members and inputting hours for pay advice in Connx

13) Creating and leading team meetings, as well as conducting health and safety inspection walks, and recording incidents in MyOSH.

Production and Planning Lead Hand

ITW
Glenfield, Auckland
04.2022 - 07.2023
  • Oversaw inventory management, ensuring cost efficiency.
  • Ensured compliance with all applicable safety regulations and standards.
  • Packed boxes and stock using organizational guidelines.
  • Kept up to date on safety procedures and correct lifting techniques to prevent injuries.
  • Analyzed data to identify trends or anomalies in production process or output results.
  • Kept work areas clean, neat and free of safety hazards to maximize efficiency.
  • Maintained open lines of communication with senior management, reporting team progress and challenges.
  • Assigned projects and distributed tasks to team members as per area of expertise.
  • Assisted with budgeting decisions related to staffing, materials, equipment.
  • Implemented strategic plans to enhance team performance and productivity.
  • Creation and completion of work orders.

Production Team Leader

Solo Plastics
East Tamaki, Auckland
08.2021 - 03.2022

1) Led a team to optimize production processes.

2) Set up the machinery for production.

3) Change over the equipment as necessary for different pipe sizes

4) Carry out maintenance as per the Upkeep Preventative Maintenance system schedules and reports, such as cleaning screens, filters, hoppers, changing out vacuum motors, and lubricant changes.

5) Pipe extrusion, pipe corrugator, and pipe saw line changes.

6) Preparing tooling offline, and checking die electrical wiring to ensure efficient changeovers.

7) Monitor the use of stock and advise the factory manager accordingly.

8) Coordinate deliveries and collections.

Assembly Team Leader

Hella NZ
Pakuranga, Auckland
01.2021 - 08.2021
  • Assembly of DRL lights
  • Staff Management - 5
  • SAP
  • H&S

Production Team Leader

Bailey Tanks
Wiri, Auckland
02.2020 - 06.2020

• Operating plastic tank rotational molding machines, and pipe extruder and corrugator machines.

Quality checks and data recording.

• Health & Safety incident monitoring.

Building staff competency, cross-skilling, and staff competency assessment.

Implementing a better production schedule and efficiency.

Preventive maintenance.

• Assist in organizing products for dispatch, and assist with the loading and unloading of trucks and containers.

• Forklift.

Plastic Technician

Dynex Extrusions Ltd.
Avondale, Auckland
05.2018 - 02.2020

• Setting up the extruder die and sampling runs.

• Supervise the quality of the products.

• Health & Safety Incident Monitoring

• Train and assist machine operators.

• Material Handling.

• Production data logging.

Increased the quality of PVC pipes by process improvement.

Lead Factory Hand

Taurus Leather Company
Grafton, Auckland
03.2015 - 05.2018

• Set up, control, and monitor riveting machines, sewing machines, CNC cutting machines, and press machines.

Manufacturing products following all process instructions.

• Riveting of construction tool belts.

Cutting of leather to use for the manufacturing of tool belts, super Yankees, belts, and loops.

• People Management.

• Train and assist machine operators.

• Health and Safety

• Preventive Maintenance

• Increase in production

Education

Post Graduate Certificate - Mechanical Engineering

Auckland University of Technology
Auckland, NZ
12-2016

Bachelors of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engg. And Tech.
India
12-2012

Skills

1 Manufacturing
2 Assembly
3 Quality Assurance and Compliance
4 Team Leadership
5 Hiring Personnel
6 Process Setup and Implementation
7 Process Optimization
8 Operation of Riveting Machines, Extruders, and Roto-Moulding Machines
9 Preventive Maintenance
10 Problem Solving and Effective Communication
11 Production Management
12 Inventory Management
13 Implementation of 5S Methodology
14 Proficiency in Microsoft Office
15 Experience with SAP and Pronto 650
16 Relationship Management
17 Logistics Management (Inbound Shipments)
18 Staff Rostering
19 Picking, Packing, and Dispatching
20 Order Management
21 Dangerous Goods (DG) 21 Certification
22 First Aid Certification Level 1
23 Forklift and Reach Truck Operation
24 Health & Safety Representative
25 MPI AP
26 Site TFO

Timeline

Warehouse Team Leader

Springbrook Foods Ltd.
06.2025 - 08.2025

Inwards and Assembly Supervisor

ITW
08.2023 - 03.2025

Production and Planning Lead Hand

ITW
04.2022 - 07.2023

Production Team Leader

Solo Plastics
08.2021 - 03.2022

Assembly Team Leader

Hella NZ
01.2021 - 08.2021

Production Team Leader

Bailey Tanks
02.2020 - 06.2020

Plastic Technician

Dynex Extrusions Ltd.
05.2018 - 02.2020

Lead Factory Hand

Taurus Leather Company
03.2015 - 05.2018

Post Graduate Certificate - Mechanical Engineering

Auckland University of Technology

Bachelors of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Shaheed Udham Singh College of Engg. And Tech.
Ashutosh Rattan