• Gender: Male
• Age: 51
• Designation: Freelance Group Project/ Technical Manager
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Preferred Country: India
• Work Experience: 26.6 Year(s)

Education

Pursuing Executive MBA from AMITY University 2011
Post Graduate Diploma in Plastics Processing Technology from Central Institute of Plastics Engineering & Technology Mysore 1996–1997
B.Sc. In Physics, Chemistry & Maths From Karnataka University Dharwad In 1992 - 1995

Skill Sets

Over 22+years of experience in managing the entire manufacturing operations including production/ planning and control, process planning, materials management, new project work and maintenance operations in the Rigid Packaging industry.
Establishment of a New Manufacturing Unit for manufacturing PET Preform, Bottles, Closures, thin wall containers, IML containers and Crates. Hole in the wall project at customer site.
Planning and mobilization of resources that include Plant, Machinery, equipment, Essential Services and Human Resources
Commissioning of Plant & Machinery and Support Services as per planned schedule Vendor Development for procurement and sourcing
Production Planning & Control with interface to Finance & Supply Chain Management
Preparation of Management Information System (MIS)
Understanding and Building Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) & setting KRA
Responsible for continuous improvement of the operation from the point of view of Productivity, Quality, Cost

Work Experience

Freelance Group Project/ Technical Manager
From 2020 to till date
Company profile- Business Type, Manufacturer, Exporters,Supplier,Importer,Service Provider

Group Project/ Technical manager.
2017 – August 2020
Company profile- Business Type, Manufacturer, Exporters,Supplier,Importer,Service Provider

Job profile-
Provide technical support to Group Companies in Nigeria Ghana ( Poly Group )
Purchase of Capital equipment's & spare parts – Quotation , comparison , develop alternative source , negotiation , responsible till installation & commissioning .
New Product development – Works with clients , provide solution , design , prototyping , trial & implementation
New Projects: Green Field projects , expansion of current business ,feasibility study , conduct survey , suggest suitable technology , Project costing .
List Of Projects handled :
1. Currently working on B to B PET recycling project , developing collection centers , visited & inspected washing lines from Sorema, Amut , Bore-tech as well as Rpet extrusion line from Erema & Star-linger .
2. IML food containers: Mold , machine , robot & label supplier development ,negotiations
3. Sacmi closure : CSD single piece 1881 migration , approvals , developed alternate non sacmi tool maker & spare parts supplier
4. Made feasibility project for Beverage project UHT milk & Sparkling drinks.
5. Master-batch manufacturing project – FAT Technical support
6. Weight & neck conversions : Revisit the preform & bottle design , suggest cost saving changes , light weighting .
7. Vaseline Jars converted from IBM to IM for Unilever, Nigeria
8. Developed Asian Dry offset printing machine to replace old European machine with controlled capex investment & without compromising quality
9. Old Netstal HP3500 replacement with Sacmi IPS system with utilizing old assets
10. Spare parts : Source spare parts directly from manufacturer OR authorized dealer instead of OEM to save cost , also provided alternate solution OR developed vendor to make the parts .

Works Manager (Plant Head rigid packaging)
From 2001-2017
Sonnex Packaging Nig. Ltd
Company profile- A Plastics Product Manufacturing Industry

Job profile-
Provide leadership for the successful day-to-day operation of the facility.
Work closely with quality personnel to review product consistency while monitoring scrap rates to determine trends and areas of improvement.
Review established production schedules for all manufacturing departments to insure established inventory levels are met while operating at the highest efficiency possible.
Coordinate the hiring and training of all manufacturing personnel.
Monitor operation expenses and research ways to reduce costs while maintaining product quality.
Maintain and support a safety and housekeeping program, including all timely communication initiatives.
Develop and execute the plant manufacturing budgets.
Analyze workforce requirements.
Conduct performance appraisals and provide coaching and guidance to all operations employees.
Encourage and promote operating in a continuous improvement environment.
Remove production constraints; allocate human and equipment resources and direct production employees to attain all established goals.
Remove waste and constraints from the production process to improve efficiencies and enhance productivity.
Communicate with research and development as well as product management personnel to develop new product & Project strategies.
Develop all necessary policies and procedures to ensure that plant and equipment is effectively maintained to ensure maximum production efficiency.
Develop and maintain good working relationships with customers and suppliers.
Assist in negotiating contracts with contractors and suppliers to ensure the cost-effective provision of services to the factory.
Develop and implement short- and long-term plans to ensure that the factory has the necessary resources to meet business objectives.
Develop effective working relationships with all employees to ensure the maintenance of harmonious employee relations within the factory. Ensure the QMS based on ISO 9001 is adhered to.
Perform any other related duties as Management may require from time to time.

Production In charge
1999 – 2001
Bisil plant Ltd
Company Profile: Engaged in Mineral water production and PET Preforms, bottles using Welltec and Sidel machines

Production Engineer (shift In charge)
1997–1999
Sunrise Containers Ltd.
Company Profile: An ISO 9002 Company, manufacturing PET Preforms of various Grammages ranges from 10gms to 135 gms using Welltec, E-Kou and Chenpet machines with Robot attachments. Producing stretch Blow Molded Bottles and Jars. Pharmaceutical Bottles using Aoki (Japan) Injection Stretch Blow molding machines.

Key Result Areas across assignments;
Production Planning and Control/ Operations:
Overseeing production related tasks including planning, control and troubleshooting.
Ensuring smooth operations including shift management to maintain productivity.
Setting up production targets and achieving the planned production targets.
Conceptualizing and implementing modifications in operating procedures to maximize productivity and enhance efficiency.
Implementing cost saving measures and modifications, achieving substantial reduction in terms of production cost.
Close co-ordination with the other departments, ensuring smooth operations.
Implementing ORION ERP system
Preparing Budget forecast for the year
Implementing GMP and ISO system

Maintenance/ Operations:
Planning and effecting preventive maintenance schedules of various machineries to increase machine up time and equipment reliability.
Actively involved in Installation and start up of machines such as Welltec-110, 160, 210 and 320 Tons.Chenpet-380Tons, Netstal HP3500, Netstal PET 2000, Husky GL300, Aoki, ASB Nissai Single stage Stretch Blow Molding Machines, Chum-power automatic Pet stretch blow machines and Auxiliary machines like Fasti, PIOVAN, Motan Dehumidifiers, MHT moulds, MSPs, Piovan, Green Box, Ef cooling Chillers and Atlas Copco, Kaeser Air Compressors.
Proactively identifying areas of obstruction/breakdowns and take steps to rectify the equipment's through application of trouble shooting tools.
Executing cost saving and energy saving techniques/ measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M Expenditures and work within the budget.

Materials Management:
Designing, implementing and monitoring effective procurement schedules, establishing the quality & quantity limits of the raw materials/ spare parts for effective inventory control.
Scrutinizing of incoming materials ensuring strict adherence to quality parameters.

Quality Assurance:
Ensuring compliance of various quality measures.
Practicing quality standards with key emphasis on improving quality.
Implementing ISO, GMP,HACCP standards. ( Pepsi, Coke, Nestle ,Gsk Approval process)

Man Management:
Supervising, training, motivating the production team, thereby ensuring optimum performance.
Conduct small group activities on Shop Floor Practices & work environment and ensuring implementation of action plans.

Training: Have completed one month training in China for Chen pet 24 cavity preform system & in Taiwan for automatic pet blowing machine.
Have completed one month industrial training at RETAL rostove Russia for NETSTAL HP 3500.

Machine Experience:
Chen-pet (CP-M83) 24, 32 cavity perform system with side entry robot.
Netstal Pet Line (HP350 & PET2000) 48 cavity machine with vertical robot and cooling station
HUSKY GL300 48 cavity perform system with side entry robot
Chum power Taiwan (CPSB-2000S) two-stage automatic blowing machine 1800 BPH
Kosme Austria (KSB series) two-stage automatic blowing machine 3000 BPH
Sidel India two-stage automatic blowing machine 4000 BPH
AOKI (250LL) Single - stage blowing machine.
Nissai ASB Single - stage blowing machine.
Well-tech injection molding machine.
Jet master injection molding machine.
Windsor (SP180) injection molding machine.
Ferromatic Omega 650 injection molding machine for crate molding.
Netstal Synergy injection molding machine for HDPE Closure.

Training & Industrial visits:
Have completed one month training in China for Chen pet 24 cavity preform system & in
Taiwan for automatic pet blowing machine.
Have completed one month industrial training at RETAL rostove Russia for NETSTAL HP3500.
Trained on Netstal & Husky Preform System .
Attended Kaizen training
Trained & implemented FSSC22000 ( ISO 22000+PASS 22000 ) got certified. *Visited Cover-is Germany to learn IML technology & set up plant of thin wall containers for Margarine packaging .