• Gender: Male
• Age: 44
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Graduate - Degree
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 12  Days
• Work Experience: 22.7 Year(s)

Education

B. E Polymers From MIT Pune, Pune University in 2003 With 58.5%

H. S. C From Fergusson College, Pune in 1998 with 82.50%

S. S. C From Roshni English Medium School, Pune in 1996 With 83.60%

Skill Sets

SKILLS & ABILITIES:
Dynamic, results-oriented techno-commercial manager with 11+ years of experience in flexible packaging, polymers & plastics industry.
Strong track record of increasing business, securing key clients and growing market share
Tenacious in generating new business, forging strong relation with customers and securing customer loyalty.
Mentoring and Coaching
Combining business acumen with innate leadership qualities.
Product Development & Application Development Leadership

Work Experience

Technology Leader, Asia Pacific / Senior Manager
Since Oct 2009
Company Profile: leading materials science company
Job Profile:
Lead the development and implementation of application development projects for Asia Pacific region that deliver significant value growth through differentiation in targeted Application/Market Areas
Share in identifying new market and customer trends, needs and opportunities, and translate those into technology development programs that create significant business value.
Partner with Converters, Brand owners, OEMs, Institutes and consultants,
Partner with Marketing team to develop Market Participation strategies based on differentiation
Share in identifying major market trends, opportunities and unmet needs
Articulate the opportunity technical hypothesis and value proposition
Drive the technical innovation needed to meet those needs
Leverage across the whole range of Dow products and fabrication technologies
Create multi-generation development plans for key market segments
Identify application technology gaps and define current and future technical resource
Coach and mentor new Application Development Managers in the region to ensure they develop the right skill sets, and perform at high standards of technical excellence.
Major achievements:
Successfully qualifying Dow Products as High Performance sealant resins (m-LLDPE, Plastomers, LLDPE) for packaging at customers In India and China
Successfully increasing market penetration of Dow Products in Tie layer segment for barrier film packaging.
Driving and commercializing Dow Products resins for edible oil packaging
Successfully developing products metalized PE applications.
Technical focal point for AMPLIFY tie layer for Asia Pacific region.


Sales Manager-Engineering Materials
Dec 2008 To Sep 2009
Company Profile: Specialized Engineering plastics compounds
Job Profile:
Worked as sales and marketing of PA (Nylon) Compounds being made in India.
Also, responsible for new application development, technical support and generating distributor network for PA brand In India.
Also, responsible for sales and marketing of other products like TPEs for healthcare segment.

Deputy Sales Manager - Plastics
Apr 2006 To Nov 2008
Company Name: Mitsui & Co. India Pvt. Ltd
Company Profile: This is a Japanese international trading company majorly into specialty polyolefin copolymers, functional polymers & rubber.
Job Profile:
Achieving sales from existing business and developing new accounts / application- Marketing products in the field of multiplayer flexible & general packaging like m - LLDPE (EVOLUE), tie layer resin (ADMER) for multilayer packaging as well as BOPP for end applications such as food packaging
Independent handling of various projects right from inception to commercialization
Achieving sales from existing business and developing new accounts/ applications.

Executive-technical Service
Jan 2005 To March 2006
Company Name: Beck India Ltd
Job Profile:
Responsible for  providing technical services to the customers and finding new applications for epoxy compounds in electrical applications

Technical Development Engineer
Oct 2003 To Dec 2004
Company Name: Bhimrajka Impex Ltd
Company Profile: This company which was an Authorized Distributor for DuPont Dow Elastomers in India. 
Job Profile:
Responsible for marketing and providing technical service to customers using products like Engage (Polyolefin Elastomers) and Nordel (EPDM) in injection moulding and extrusion molding processes for application ranging from automotive, wire & cable and white goods

Seminars / Presentations:
Emerging Trends in Flexible Packaging at Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) seminar at Kolkata in Feb 2014, representing Dow Chemical
Flexible Packaging & Recycling at Indian Plastics Institute (IPI) seminar In Ahmedabad in Sept 2014, representing Dow Chemical

Industrial Training:
In plant training at ‘Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (IPCL), Vadodara Gujarat. (June-July 2002) Learning manufacturing and analysis of Polybutadiene Rubber (PBR).