Ref. No. : CA - 14215 - (Production Planning - Plastic Products and Processing – with 25.3 years in Plastic Industry)

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Plastic Processing & Testing from S.P. University, Vidyanagar in 1997

B.Sc. (Chemistry) from S.P. University, Vidyanagar in 1994

Skill Sets

A competent professional with 14 years of experience in Production Planning & Control, Quality Management and Technical Support.
Currently designated as Manager - Production & Quality Control with Greendiamz Biotech Ltd., since August 2009.
Quality exposure to managing production activities in the plant, implementing systems for eliminating obsolescence and achieving cost reduction through curbing rework & rejection.
Deft in reviewing processes, effectuating cost control measures and building a culture of continuous improvement to help the organisation sustain operations amidst tough market conditions.
Sound knowledge of multi and mono layer Blown Film of PE, PP, HM, HDPE, LLDPE, Metallocene Polymer of non PVC-nature.
An enterprising leader with excellent communication, analytical, problem solving and man management skills. Capacity to work under pressure situations and beat deadlines.
BRC/IOP/ISO Global Standard Packaging Internal Auditor.

Work Experience

Manager Production & Quality
Since August 2009
Company Profile: manufacturing a range of environmentally friendly solutions, including biodegradable and compostable products, waste disposal solutions and waste-to-fuel products in the south Asian and GCC regions.
Job Profile:
Heading production processes & project work of new set up of manufacturing of compostable packaging products.
Managing machine setting, job planning, controlling rejection as well as monitoring overall production, quality and packing activities.
Taking corrective actions to ensure that plant is producing quality products and achieving the assigned targets.
Monitoring shop floor activities in terms of manpower, machines, health, safety, production, quality & maintenance.
Formulating plant reports on a daily basis and submitting it to Directors through E-Mail.
Addressing customers’ complain if any & make company aware of future requirements.
Analyzing data, production systems & recommendations to improve efficiency and reduce cost.
Steering operations of Injection Moulding, Thermoforming, Blow moulding, Extrusion coating & Testing Machines.

Noteworthy Attainments:
Merit of having handled process operations of the compostable material on multilayer Blown Film Line.
An active member of R&D team involved various processing techniques like Injection moulding, Blow moulding, Thermoforming, Extrusion coating and compounding with compostable materials.
Testing of Bio-compostable materials & products especially Bio-compostable lamination film & shopping bags.
Shelf life study and regulate of Bio-compostable products.

Manager - Production, Planning & Control : Jun 2008 to July 2009
Production Manager : Aug 2000 to May 2008
Company Profile: Leading manufacturer of plastics flexible packaging and bags
Job Profile:
Leading planning team & responsible of all functions and activity related to Planning from order acceptance and confirmation, Extrusion, Printing, Bag Making, Shipment planning.
Communicating with Sales representative & Customer for executing of orders & achieve delivery schedule.
Preparing Master Production Plan as per Plant wise Extrusion, Printing & Bag Making Sections.
Weekly target assignment to each department for each product & weekly update for the same target v/s actual.
Communicating with sales team for acknowledge of PO’s, Production schedule confirmation and dispatch confirmation.
Providing order booking for next 3 month to management of all production sections.
Communicating with sales team in order to utilize maximum capacity and to more volume out of plant.
Steering Mentoring team members on energy meters functioning and operations.
Leading factory operations including production planning, quality control and procurement activities.
Executing the role of Deputy Team Leader for BRC/IOP Global Standard Packaging.
Analysing existing procedure to reduce the waste and excess cost in blend.
Noteworthy Attainments:
Played a vital role in heading the process operations of various materials, viz. HDPE, LDPE, LLD, Metallocene, PP and Polymer based bi-model on Blown Film Line.
Maximize capacity booking.
Minimize change order plan in Extrusion section.
Distinction of having maintained 98% on-time delivery with low freight cost (450 MT/Month).
Pivotal in managing rotogravure, flexographic printing and other operations related to flexible packaging.
Meticulously reduced the Inventory from 150 MT to 60 MT within 1.5 month.
An active member involved in various cost saving projects.
Worked with key customers, viz. Reliance, Aditya Birla, Bharti Wall Mart, Heritage Food India, Avenue Market, Bata India Ltd., Trinethra Super Retail, Tesco (U.K), Bunzl (Denmark) & MGB (Germany).
Thrice awarded with cash prize for delivering outstanding performance by the Managing Director in 7 years.

Plastic Process Engineer
May 1997 to Jul 2000
Company Name: Ellora Time Pvt. Ltd.

Trainings Attended
Special Process Training with Bio-compostable material at LIMAGRAIN CEREALES INGRADIENTS in France.
Attend special course of 'Bio plastics and Biodegradable plastics' at CIPET, Chennai.
BRC/IOP Global Standard Packaging Awareness Training
Sedex Ethical Trade Audit.
Fire and Safety Training.
Safety in the Use in Chemicals.
Film Extrusion Defect Analysis.
SAP system for Production Module.

Computer Skill
Word, Excel, Power Point

Areas Of Expertise
Plant Operations / Production, Planning & Control
Planning day-to-day activities, production schedules, implementing management plans, budget planning & allocation of budget for new projects for achieving monthly production targets.
Preparing & maintaining entire production related reports, procurement plans and work delegation schedules for timely completion of production process.
Maintaining cross-department interaction for achieving 100% delivery scheduled ratio.
Coordinating for in line problem sorting for complete target achievement and optimising productivity.

Quality Control
Implementing techniques with key emphasis on improving quality; ensuring adherence to various quality systems for enhancing productivity.
Handling testing equipments like Tensile testing, COF, MFI, Dart Impact, Moisture Analyzer for compostable materials & products.
Maintaining quality standards for incoming materials, identifying gaps and taking corrective and preventive action.
Enforcing strict adherence to the safety guidelines/regulations for incident-free environment.

Project Planning & Execution
Managing projects for the erection and commissioning of equipments and utilities for enhancing operational capacity and seamless functions, as well as OEE monitoring.
Calibrating equipment on a regular basis to ensure performance capacity of various equipments fulfils required norms and standards.

Maintenance Operations
Developing and implementing plans & schedules for maintenance operations & annual turnarounds with focus on optimum utilisation of manpower and material.
Coordinating troubleshooting & breakdown/ preventive/shutdown maintenance for curbing downtime to a minimum level.

Process Enhancement
Ascertaining areas of improvement and recommending process modifications and equipment calibrations to enhance operational efficiencies of the systems.
Identifying the areas for cycle time reduction by incorporating modifications in the machine cycle.
Stressing on productivity improvement, curbing rejection, improving housekeeping and eliminating waste.



Future Goals

Growth in Resources
Financial Aspects
Satisfaction
New Experience
Stability

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