• Gender: Male
• Age: 54
• Designation: General Manager
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Preferred Location: India and Abroad
• Work Experience: 32.3 Year(s)

Education

Degree in Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) in Madurai Kamaraj University-India, with First class in 1992

Skill Sets

More than 18 years of rich experience in plastic processing plant operations, maintenance, Quality Assurance, Sales & Marketing functions.
Effective communicator & team leader with strong analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities.
Presently employed as General Manager – Operations with Chemplast SANMAR Limited, with the PVC Pipe and fittings manufacturing unit in India.
Expertise in effective preventive, corrective, predictive maintenance and troubleshooting of machine problems.
Experience with plastic sheet extrusion lines from Omipa-Italy, Cincinnati Milacron-Austria, Injection machine from DGP-Windsor-India, Cincinnati Milacron- Austria, pipe extrusion line from Kabra Extrusion Technik (Kolsite) – India.
Proficiency with process such as Extrusion, Injection molding, Vacuum & Thermoforming,

Work Experience

General Manager Operations
Since July 2011
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Extruded PVC Pipes
Job Profile:
Increased the operative performance of the plant in terms of qualitative product with output, number of machine in operation, timely dispatch of products to customer orders.
Increased in plant operations of secondary process.
Increased the overall production by about 70 % in less than 8 months time.

Operations Manager
April 2009 – July 2011
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Extruded PVC Pipes
Job Profile:
Successfully introduced 25 New products in the process and in the market
Actively concentrating in the import sector to stop / reduce imports.
Established as a pipe manufacturer in Oman to produce UPVC pipes in American Standards (ASTM)

Production Manager
December 2006 – March 2009
Gulf Acrylic Industries – Sultanate of Oman
Company Profile: Manufacturer – Extruded plastic sheets (PVC, PC, PMMA, SAN, MS & GPPS)
Job Profile:
Established Highest Outputs in the history of the company.
25% higher production output in year 2007 compared to year 2006 with the same machine and with 15% reduced work force.
Total development in the efficient operation of the plant.
Production of 15 mm PMMA – XT sheets for noise proof application.
Die Deckle system for PC, PMMA sheets from 2050 size to 1220 size.

QA & Technical Manager
January 2004 - October 2006
Arita Plastic Industries – Malaysia
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Extruder plastic sheets, thermoformed products
Job Profile:
Processing techniques & Quality Assurance of PET-G (SPECTAR-Eastman), PC, PMMA, ABS, HIPS, GPPS, NORYL, TPO plastic sheets, vacuum / thermoformed products for signs & Automobile application such as
Honda CRV
Bus seat rear cover, seat arm rest cover – left and right (for Germany)
Bus body lining (for Singapore)
Yamaha – Signboards with logo.
Shell petrol station (Yellow & red) light display with logo.
Maintenance of machines, development of systems.
Significant Accomplishments
Solved recurring problems by identifying precisely the root cause.
Saved USD 13,300 by solving a critical machine problem. (Software & Gearbox – CNC Router machine).
Quality system and product quality improved by effective inspection controls.

Assistant Manager-Operations
March 2001-March 2002
Leham Company for Plastics
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Extruder plastic sheets, Injection molded products & profiles in the Middle East
Job Profile:
Manage production of PC, PMMA, ABS and HIPS plastic extruded sheets, Soft PVC profile extrusion and Magnetic strip extrusion.
Quality Assurance of finished products.
Maintenance of Machines.
Significant Accomplishments
Cost controlled in optimizing the selection of raw material & spares.
Installed QA testing lab for finished products inspection and testing.

Maintenance Engineer
December 1997 – February 2001
Rowad National Plastics Company Limited
Company Profile:
Manufacturer of ABS, PC, HIPS & PMMA sheets, Automobile battery casing, paint containers in the Middle East
Job Profile:
Maintenance of sheet extrusion and injection molding machines.
Advice Quality function towards standard selection and system guidance

Significant Accomplishments
Member of Saudi Arabian Standards organization during 2000 – 2001 for deriving the standard for Polycarbonate Extruded sheet and for Method of testing of Polycarbonate Extruded sheets. The standards were published successfully.
Machine breakdown time brought down from 15-20% to less than 2%.
Increased power factor by introducing a control system and there by reduced the power consumption and the future problems in the machine controls due to surge
Installed QA Testing lab for plastic inspection and testing.

Trainee Engineer
December 1992 - November 1997
Jain Irrigation Systems Limited
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Plastic sheets, pipe, tubing, irrigation systems
Job Profile:
Maintenance of plastic sheeting lines-10 lines & allied utilities.
Significant Accomplishments
Installation and commissioning of plastic sheeting lines, design plant layout, material conveying systems.

Future Goals

To contribute my technical, communication, leadership and organizational skills in a better position that enhances the plant operations and profitability of the organization.