• Gender: Male
• Age: 61
• Designation: Business Head
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Current Gross Salary: USD  66000 /Annum
• Expected Gross Salary: INR  3500000 /Annum
• Preferred Country: India, UAE, Singapore, Oman, South Africa
• Notice Period: 45  Days
• Work Experience: 36.2 Year(s)

Education

Post Graduate Programme in Technology Management from IGNOU, New Delhi in 1991.
B.Tech. (Polymer Technology) from Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi (Kerala) in 1987 (Secured 1st division).
B.Sc. (Chemistry as main subject) from Kerala University, Kottayam (Kerala) in 1984 (Secured 1st division with 100% marks in Mathematics).

Skill Sets

Profit Centre Operations (Top-line/ Bottom-line)
Strategy Planning
Sales & Marketing
Business Development
Distribution/ Channel Management
Key Account Management
Project Management
Product Management
Team Building & Motivation
Value Engineering
Technology Administration
Structuring Technical Collaborations/ Joint Ventures
Managing strategic relations with business partners

Work Experience

Consultant & Head of Plastics Business (South Asia, Middle East & Africa) Since Aug. 2007
Asst. General Manager : From Jun 1998 - 2007
Company Profile: Supplier of resins, films and chemicals
Job Profile:
Reporting to the Managing Director and leading a team of 10, located in Mumbai, New Delhi, Singapore and Dubai
Identifying and developing new markets in India, as well as handling material development for auto-components.
Scouting for technology partners and finalising Joint Ventures for Plastics Compounding, Textile processing
Leading the set up of:
Liaison office in India.
New Business Operations in South Africa, Middle East, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Major Attainments
Played a major role in expanding business volume from USD 200,000 to USD 20 million during 1998 to 2009 for the group in India, Bangladesh, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iran, South Africa, Egypt and Tunisia .
Essayed a stellar role in opening business ventures in Saudi Arabia, Oman, Iran, UAE, South Africa, Egypt, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Drove new business initiatives for Toray Group amongst the non-Japanese companies in India and the Middle East markets as above.
Underwent extensive training in the areas of Japanese Manufacturing Systems, “The Toyota Way”, Quality Systems and Lean Production at Toray Group’s factories and companies.
Travelled extensively across Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, UAE, Iran, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh for developing new business and expanding operations.
Led the development of dealers and distributors in different regions in India, UAE and Africa.
Annual profitability for the group from above business US$ 4 million per annum.
New products like Transparent ABS resin, Glass filled ABS resin, Specialty Engineering plastics (PPS resin, Nylon) and Bio Polymer PLA Resin launched in Indian market.
Attained business with key clients like TVS Motors, Sundaram Polymers, TAFE, Videocon, LG Electronics, Eurek Forbes, Kent RO, NCR Corporation, RAK Ceramics (UAE, India, Bangladesh), MBT South Africa, Orkila (Egypt & Lebanon), Varroc Engineering, Yamaha Motors, Honda India Bajaj Auto, Tata Motors
Launched Transparent ABS for home water purifiers and Energy meters.
Superseded targets surpassed by 40% during 2009-’10.
Established dealer and distributor network
Won felicitation for Best overseas business expansion for the group in 2008 and 2009. Commendation for starting new business for the group n UAE (2001), in Bangladesh (2004) in South Africa & Egypt (2009)

Sr. Manager (Projects) in Sep ‘97
Joined as Manager (Process) in Mar ’97
Mar 1997 to May 1998
Company Profile: Leading manufacturer of resins
Job Profile:
Reporting to the Vice President and leading a team of 5 for project work
Liaising with the JV partner, Hoechst with regard to project execution (Industrial Polyester Yarn business).
Identifying and developing new markets for Industrial Polyester.
Managing set up of the project of Polyester Bottle Grade Chips Plant and Petrochemical Complex, encompassing project design and market analysis for Polyester industrial products; and machinery selection & process design for Polyester project.

Major Attainments:
Successfully completed the project design record time.
Finalises specifications for processes and machines in consultation with Hoechst, Germany.
Received appreciation from the technology collaborator-Hoechst, Germany for completion of desigin work ahead of schedule.
Introduced LNG as fuel for industrial heating for first time in India for the project
Installed Japanese fabric dipping machinery as substitute for expensive US and European machinery
Promoted within 6 months of joining for speedy completion of design work

Asst. Manager (Technical) in Jan’94.
Joined as Technical Officer Trainee in Jul ’88
From Jul 1988 to Mar 1997
Apollo Tyres Ltd., Kochi (Kerala)
Reporting to Senior Manager (Technical) and leading a team of 8.1
Handling technical activities related to Tyre Engineering and Compounding, inclusive of tyre reinforcement textile, new vendor evaluation and implementation of waste reduction methods.
Implementing value engineering measures for effecting cost savings.

Major Attainments:
Played a major role in the development and release of new products to the market.
Oversaw the implementation of modern rheometer testing of compounds for the first time in Indian industry
Made vital contributions towards development of alternate materials & identification of vendors for procurement of critical raw materials. Cost savings thus achieved ~ US$ 200,000 per year
Reduced in-process fabric waste and consequently improved profitability by ~ US$ 150,000 per year.
Holds distinction for developing mathematical modelling techniques for analysing tyre failures in service.
Contributed publications in International journals like Tyre Technology International.

Management Trainee
Jan 1988 to Jun 1988
Commenced career with KTC Tyres, Calicut (Kerala)

Professional Trainings Attended
1998, 2000,2002 and 2007: “Japanese Manufacturing and Quality Systems”, “Lean Production” & “The Toyota Way” manufacturing systems conducted by Toray Industries Inc. & Group Companies, Tokyo & Nagoya (Japan).
1997: “Various Aspects of Project Management” and “Handling World Scale Projects” conducted by Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai.
1992: Human Resource Management conducted by the Asian Institute of Entrepreneur Management, Cochin.
1989: Polymer Processing by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
1987: Polymer Processing techniques/ Product Testing by Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam (Kerala).

Future Goals

To successfully develop, expand an operate an Industry