Manvinder S Saini

- Responsible for Operations

-As Product Manager - Indexable Drills, I successfully completed a product portfolio turnaround from its decline to growth by a comprehensive overhaul of all product families -I lead the development projects in cooperation with R&D. I managed phaseout and rationalization process along with product marketing activities -As Export Sales Manager in Middle East & Israel, I successfully achieved YOY sales growth during my tenure -I also increased customer base & expanded the distribution channel

Manager Tech Support & Training: South East Asia & ANZ: [Jan’08 – Sep’09] - I successfully molded myself into a very challenging assignment having a vast International and intercultural exposure across continents. - I was driver for new product introduction in the region along with a responsibility to train sales engineers in SEA, ANZ and Indonesia

- I was first employee of Walter India, a startup in the Indian cutting tool market and successfully Introduced Walter products in India. The company is now 3rd biggest tooling supplier in Indian market. - I recruited, trained and led a team of six engineers to offer special tools in the India and set up Engineering Office in the region.

- I was instrumental in leading my region to top position in the country in terms of growth and volume - I was leading Sales engineer for Parting and Grooving tools and Carbide end-mills - Additionally I Mentored junior sales team members to success in their respective regions.

- I managed Heavy machine shop operations and achieved significant savings by improving processes and reducing machining time and costs. - I acquired the understanding of machining economics and learned the concept of cost reduction by Improved productivity - During the tenure I worked very closely with cutting tool suppliers for productivity improvement projects.

- I managed machine shop and standards room. Including supervision of machinists. - Here I successfully completed several import substitution projects leading to a self reliant production with lower costs.

Metal Cutting