• Gender: Male
• Age: 51
• Designation: Manager
• Highest Education Level: Masters - Degree
• Preferred Country: India
• Notice Period: 30  Days
• Work Experience: 22.5 Year(s)

Education

PG Diploma in Packaging (Packaging) From Indian Institute Of Packaging (IIP), in 2002

M.Sc (Chemistry) From Pune University in 1999

B.Sc (Chemistry) From Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (BAMU), Aurangabad in 1997

Skill Sets

MS Project 2007 , MS XL 2002

Areas of Excellence - Competencies:
Global Leadership skills. 
Excellent in Innovation and Implementation in target time. 
Team management--Resource and budget utilization
Excellent sketch up for innovative development to meet business demand.
Lead supply strategic action plan for NPD-EPD launches.
Excellent capability to provide crisis solution for 3rd Party Supply management, Sourcing, 
Value engineering and Strategic Sourcing.

Work Experience

Regional Packaging Development Manager - South Asia 
Since Jul 2015
Company Profile: Leading food, beverage, nutrition, health and Wellness Company
Job Profile:
Supply Technical leadership Role, influencing over a wide range of business functions. - Managing technical Packaging team, performing packaging developments to achieve strategic imperatives and improve cost effectiveness. - Evaluation of internal business systems and external business requirements related to supply technical. - Develop different strategies for packaging development projects for the key emerging markets for Health & Cosmetic products. - Lead for supply projects as strategic sourcing, Product margin analysis, PM costing, vendor selection, Microsoft Project Planing, Activity Management & 3P execution etc. - Responsible for supply NPD-EPD, Department SOP, Manpower/Team & Budgetary projection.

Project Details : 
Reshaping Nutrition Vertical
Sep 2015 to Nov 2016
Role : 2 
Nature of Employment : Full Time 
Team Size : 3 
Project Details:
Reshaping Nutrition Vertical Packaging on consumer value proposition, food safety 

Head Packaging & NPD/EPD-South Asia 
Manager Packaging Development 
May 2012 to Jun 2015 
Company Profile : producer of health, hygiene and home products
Job Profile : 
Supply Technical leadership Role, influencing over a wide range of business functions. - Managing technical Packaging team, performing packaging developments to achieve strategic imperatives and improve cost effectiveness. - Evaluation of internal business systems and external business requirements related to supply technical. - Develop different strategies for packaging development projects for the key emerging markets for Health & Cosmetic products. - Lead for supply projects as strategic sourcing, Product margin analysis, PM costing, vendor selection, Microsoft Project Planing, Activity Management & 3P execution etc. - Responsible for supply NPD-EPD, Department SOP, Manpower/Team & Budgetary projection. 

Achievements
Creator of Packaging department from scratch for RB India Health & Personal care including team build up, establish proper SOP on deliverables, objectives & responsibility towards CFT.
Project Leader for launch of Dermicool Prickly heat powder 25 gm nano pack.
Global Project Champion for Scholl Cosmetic range.
Project leader for launch of Strepsil new variants & throat spray (ongoing).
Achieved saving of 250 TGBP in 2014.

Project Details : 
Launch of new Scholl cosmetic range
Sep 2012 to Apr 2013
Role : 7 
Nature of Employment : Full Time 
Role Description : Complete mapping of technical & supply requirement 
Team Size : 6 
Skill Used : project management, Supply planning, Financial analysis, Operations management, Team management, 
Project Details:
Launch of new range of foot care cosmetic range under Scholl brand. 

Manager Supply Chain (Packaging & Strategic Sourcing) 
Nov 2009 to Apr 2012 
Company Name : Abbott India Limited
Job Profile : 
Develop different strategies for supply projects including packaging development for the key emerging markets in India & Srilanka region for OTC, Food & Pharma products. - Lead for strategic sourcing as Product margin analysis, PM costing, vendor selection, TPM identification etc. - Collaborate with business excellence centers, database management houses and design agencies to build partnership for business development. - Lead for sustainable packaging, Serialization, Life cycle management, Line extension of major brands in the region & develop anti counterfeit feature for such highly prone brands. - Responsible for department SOP, Manpower/Team & Budgetary projection. 

Achievements
Launched unit dispenser pack for OTC Liquid products -"Cremahep & Digene" in India. 
Launched unique dispenser packs for appetizer base food products-"Fast melt" in India. 
1 India Star Award & Abbott MD (Managing Director) award for outstanding achievement in 2011
Achieved $ 0.7M in 2010 through E-auction by optimizing the construction parameter. 
Project leader for Track & Trace Capability Development for Product & Supply 
Chain Security of entire Abbott groups at South East Asia Region.

Project Details : 
Abbott-Solvay Integration
Mar 2011 to Aug 2011
Client : Abbott India Ltd 
Role : 7 
Nature of Employment : Full Time 
Role Description : Activity design, target timeline finalization,Documents completion, assignment of task, trouble shooting, delivery in time 
Team Size : 3 
Project Details:
Integration of supply process between two organization. Best employee award for 2011 

Distribution tracking through Serialization
Feb 2011 to Dec 2011
Client : Abbott India Limited 
Role : 2 
Nature of Employment : Full Time 
Role Description : Project & solution design, Cross functional task assigning, Budget approval, timeline meet for launch 
Team Size : 6 
Skill Used : Research & Investigation, Analytical skill, convincing business, judgement for right decision. 
Project Details:
This is a resultant of binary logical unique serial number codification into Supply chain which gives us complete tracking of each SKU from production to distribution. 

Assistant Manager-Packaging development, R&D
Aug 2008 to Oct 2009
Company Name : Domestic Pharmaceutical Company
Job Profile : 
Packaging Lead for Export & Domestic market. 
Development and optimization of packaging materials for all projects. 
Development of guidelines, process flow sheets and SOPs for manufacturing at factory. 
Generation and Compliance Verification of bar code and qualification as per GS1 standards. 

Sr. Executive-Packaging development, R&D
August 2004 to July 2008 
Company Name : Global Pharmaceutical Company 
Job Profile :  
Packaging Lead for export market through strong compatibility study between Packaging material & product. 
Lead for complicated delivery/dispensing device designing as Auto injector, Liquid transfer device to Human body through skin without injection.
Identification and development of local suppliers to cater to small volume businesses in the business market. 
Development of guidelines, process flow sheets and SOPs for manufacturing at factory and 3Ps 
Generation and Compliance Verification of bar code and qualification as per GS1 standards. 

Achievements
Applied one individual Patent in US for innovation of one new drug delivery device.
New packaging format of Protinex, Dexolac tin/jar pack & Farex display cartons implemented. 
Through standardization of different glass & plastic bottle pack for SKU wise inventory control and a cost savings of 40% over earlier formats. 

Officer-Packaging development. Reports to Manager-Supply chain)
Nov 2002 to May 2004
Company Name : Ipca Ltd, Mumbai, India
Job Profile : 
Weight reduction of about 15% by design improvement in PET jars. Saving of USD 100,000 annualized. 
Installation and commissioning of BQS line to increase productivity double & error free at in-house plant. 
Implemented first time BOPP as a shrink wrap for liquid products.

Career Summary:
13 years of experience in leadership role for Packaging Development & Supply Chain activities for a wide range of products and categories in the Food, Pharmaceuticals & FMCG industry over a wide geography. E.g., 
Categories: Food, Beverages, Health Drink, Confectionery, Nutritional Foods, Cosmetic, 
Homecare, Pharma--Solid, Liquid & Injectable dose, Industrial Polymer. 
Brands: Nescafe & Nestea, Maggi, KitKat, Nan, Lactogen, Everyday, Nestle Dahi & Yoghurt, 
Milkmaid, Strepsil, Protinex, Ensure, Dettol, Veet, Scholl, Dermicool, Durex, Livon, 
Set Wet, Fast melt, Digene Chewing gum, Cremadiet (Isabgul), Insulin auto injector.
Experience of handling most of the packaging material (Paper & paperboards, Glass, Plastics, Metal) and formats (Device). 
Working on Material Design, Strategic sourcing, Sustainable project of 3Rs (Reduce, reuse, recycle), Project Serialization, NPD-EPD Supply project managing, Plastic conversion, Brand line extension, Life cycle management through innovative pack design, Global Tech transfer. 
Cost optimization projects through Packaging material, Vendor &Third Party Standardization.

Recognition-
US Patent holder : Drug Delivery Device (Wockhardt).
India Star Winner (Packaging Excellence) : Nutritional food dispensing carton (Abbott).
Abbott Managing Director Award : Abbott Solvay Operation Merger
Global Exposure : Project Champion at Reckitt Benckiser UK for Scholl Cosmetic range. 
World Innovative Leadership Award: World Innovation Congress 2015

Future Goals

As a senior leader in operations with a global perspective, I endeavor to deliver operational excellence employing contemporary management concepts to improve process effectiveness & value creation.