Vidyadhar Limaye is the Chief Operations Officer at Varroc. He is a Production Engineering graduate from Shivaji University with over 35 years of industrial experience in large European & American MNCs. He spent the last 25 years in the Auto component Tier I Industry focusing on plastics interior, exterior, modules & systems business. He has experience in manufacturing, SCM, Program Management, Sales & BD, with strong operations excellence and P&L competency.
Limaye has worked with all leading four-wheeler OEMs in the country and has extensive experience in business strategy development, operations turnaround, executing projects for Green/Brown field plant setups, and building organizational capabilities with a specific focus on people development & gender diversity.
Prior to this, he worked in the capacity of a Managing Director (Interiors Business) for a French MNC “Faurecia India Pvt Limited (Forvia)” for over a decade. He helped grow the business with 11 customers encompassing more than 35 programs with three plants (2 – Green Field & 1- Brown Field). Before Faurecia, he worked with TACO Interiors & Plastics Division, Managing Strategic Sourcing, Supply Chain & Customer Service groups for 11 years.
He is a frequent speaker at Industry forums, Educational Institutes & trade fairs. In 2019, The Economic Times Polymer Division felicitated him with “CEO of the year” recognition.