• Gender: Male
• Age: 65
• Designation: Vice President
• Highest Education Level: Post Graduate Diploma
• Preferred Country: India
• Preferred Location: Mulund (Maharashtra)
• Work Experience: 42.2 Year(s)

Education

Diploma in Industrial Safety from Annamalai University with 58% in 2009
PG Diploma in Operations Management from IGNOU in 2001
Course on Rubber Science & Technology of Hasetri in 1999
Diploma in Management from IGNOU in 1995
BSc (Chemistry) from Bombay University in 1980

Skill Sets

IT Proficiency: MS Office, Internet

Work Experience

Vice President
Since Jan 2011
Company Profile: Manufacturer of Construction Chemicals, Adhesives, Road Marking Paints, Rubber Chemicals, Glued Steel Fibers, Marine Coatings, etc
Job Profile:
Sourcing and developing markets for Rubber industry and Infrastructure segment.
Created and established a new product line for construction sector.
Identify new products and sources for the same.
Contact and correspond with product manufacturer s on sourcing.
Create and follow up business plans and strategies.
Create customer data base and plans to reach out to each customer.
Key person in exploring new and innovative products, contacting the manufacturers and launching them in India.
Designed content and layout for product brochures, Technical and design manuals, content for website design, concepts for stall design & advertisements to be used for Exhibitions & Magazines.
Written articles for construction magazines, newsletters which have been published in print and displayed on net.

Manager - Technical Services
Oct 2007 to Dec 2010
Company Profile: Indenting Synthetic Rubbers, Plastic Resins and Rubbers Chemicals
Job Profile:
Overseeing marketing & Technical Service for Synthetic Rubber (NBR, SBR, EPDM, PBR) Nitrile PVC polymer, factices, Carbon Black & Rubber Chemicals.
Held individual charge of NBR / PVC & factice Indian market.
Notable Contributions:
Enhanced sales turnover of Group Co. from 9 crores to 12 crores in 2008 & achieved average turnover of 3.5 crores per month in current year.
Addition of new customers, developing customer data base &
re-introduction of old customers with plan & follow up.
Identified new application areas for existing products, developed new product grades & suggested quality improvements, formulation development, remedial actions for product / process problems.
Reduction in overdue payments by 50% & average credit period.

Senior Manager Production
Dec 2006 to Sept 2007
Zenith Industrial Rubber Products Pvt. Ltd.
Job Profile:
Overseeing entire production operations, ensuring world class manufacturing levels, implementing various quality tools such as 5S, Kaizen etc for enhancing the entire operations.
Notable Contributions:
Successfully identified training requirements of the staff, development & conducted training programs accordingly.
Spear headed staff consisted of Head - Maintenance, Officer- PPC, 6-Production Officers and 150 workmen.
Achieved WCM (world class manufacturing) level 2.
Handled all activities related with training & preparation of FMEA and Product development system (APQP).
Prepared plan of Maintenance system & prioritised activities.
Streamlined material movement and handling systems, implementation of pulls cards.

Production Manager
Dec 2005 to Dec 2006
The Rubber Products Ltd.
Company Profile: Leading company manufacturing moulded goods, rubber sheets, extruded seals & profiles, hoses, coated fabric & inflated goods, PU items, Silicone tubing & moulded goods.
Job Profile:
Approving monthly production plan, raw material planning, scheduling processes, machinery manpower & material optimisation, trouble shooting process problems, meeting delivery schedules & waste reduction. Manpower training & managing production force of 5 officers & 17 supervisors & 250 workmen.
Notable Contributions:
Accomplished production target of Rs.75 lacs in extrusion in one month. (Average production was Rs.12 lacs per month).
Attained minimum target of 95% of production plan in every month and record highest production during tenure.
Supervised activities related with process development for extruded seals, profiles & fenders.
Optimised speed of rotocures for increased productivity, improvement in spreading and compound quality.
Oversaw trouble shooting of frictioning quality and reduction in extrusion die setting time.
Significantly contributed in implementation of 5S activities on shop floor.

Technical Manager
Apr 2004 to Nov 2005
Al-ammar Belting Exports Ltd.
Job Profile:
Managing all activities pertaining to approval of incoming, in-process & finished products, issuing material & process specifications, SOP s. Controlling non - conformities in products & process, customer complaints, vendor development & new product & process development. Conceptualization / designing of new compounds, modifications / improvements of existing compounds.
Notable Contributions:
Prepared Quality Manual and SOP’s for entire production process.
Rationalised number of raw materials required & formulated measures to effect reduction in inventory carrying cost.
Optimized cure time to improve product quality & productivity. Study and improvement in life of curing sleeves.
Introduced & implemented revalidation process and process for tack testing.
Initiated cost reduction of compound formulations & improved quality & life of low cost belts for African market.
Designed poly belts with fabric impression and less ride out and designing raw edge belts for better life.
Conducted study of root cause for product rejections and effecting improvements and reduced incoming product rejections.

Assistant Manager - Technical
Sep 2001 to Mar 2004
Pix Transmissions Ltd.
Job Profile:
Directing all activities regarding Raw material approval (Natural & Synthetic Rubber, Carbon Black, fillers, chemicals, fabrics, cords, hose wire etc.), Rubber compound approval, Supervision of Chemical, Physical & Mill Control laboratories, Calibration of Instruments & approval.
Preparation & updating specifications, control plans & work instructions, new vendor development and implementation of 5S activities.
Notable Contributions:
Efficiently prepared FMEA, control plans & SOP for compound mixing and calendaring operations.
Conceptualized system for testing of compounds & in-process material in time bound manner.
Study of compound mixing with respect to time, temperature and energy & evaluated various grades of Neoprenes with respect to mixing behaviour process characteristics in detail.
Implemented quality tools such as 5S in carbon storage & weighing area for enhancement of the entire process.

Manager Quality Control
Nov 1994 to Jun 2001
Mehta Rubber Chemicals Ltd.
Job Profile:
Supervised activities related with approval of inputs, intermediates, finished products, process trouble shooting and control, Analytical method development, control of non conforming products, administration of laboratory, budgeting, product and process development, scaling up and attending customer complaints.
Notable Contributions:
Successfully handled additional charge as Manager Quality Control in Mehta Sulfites (India) Ltd., manufacturer of Sodium sulfite, Sodium metabisulfite & Potassium metabisulfite from 1998 to 2000.
Efficiently provided Application Support to customers in Non Tire sector & technical support to marketing.
Prepared Procedures - Documents & data control, Identification & trace ability, Inspection & testing, control of non conforming product, handling customer complaints etc.), prepared material specifications and Work Instructions as per ISO 9002.
Conducted training programs for ISO system, house keeping & safety, communication skills etc for employees along with on the job training for chemists.

Significantly Contributed in:
Establishment of entire laboratory, developed analytical methods for materials, policies and procedures for Q.A.
Development of ZDC, ZMBT, CBS, MBTS, MOR, BL, and W-100 & SP products & scaled up ZDC, ZMBT products.
Technology transfer of TMT and TDQ. Successful in achieving approval of major tire cos.
Acquirement of ISO 9002 certification.

Analytical Chemist
Apr 1982 to Nov 1994
A.L.A Chemical Ltd
Company Profile: Market leader in Polymer additives business.
Job Profile:
Testing of Incoming, in-process and finished product, process control. Product development.

Knowledge Purview:
Products: (Polymer Additives)
Antioxidants - Tris nonyl phenyl phosphite, W-100, Styrenated phenol, triphenyl phosphite.
Stabilizers like TBLS, DS, LS, DBLP, CS, BS, Ba- Cd mixed soap, Liquid blends of Ba, Cd, Zn, Ca etc.
Organo tin mercaptides, Organo tin maleates, laurates etc.
Antioxidants like Mark C, Tris nonyl phenyl phosphite, epoxidised oils, Polyester polyols, leather auxiliaries, Polymeric plasticizers, and other specialty chemicals.
Leather Chemicals like fat liquors & lacquers.
Synthetic Rubber, factices, fillers, rubber chemicals.

Raw Materials: viz. metals (tin, cadmium, lead), oxides and hydroxides, fatty acids, alcohols & glycols, amines, isocyanates, peroxides, emulsifiers, solvents, oils.
Developed Tin stabilizers, antimony stabilizers, epoxy plasticizers, phosphite antioxidants etc.

Instruments: G.C, U.V - Vis spectra, K.F titrator, refractive index, pH analyser, Rheometer, Mooney Viscometer, Universal testing machine, DIN abrader, De-mattia flex tester, compression Set

Equipments: Chemical process equipment, Rubber Mixing mill, Banbury mixer, Intermix, Kneaders, Hot & cold feed extruder, Calendar, Rubber coating machines, Rotocures, Moulding press, vulcanizer, V belt building machine, V belt cutting & grinding machine.

Proficiency Forte:
Production Planning & Control: Overseeing production related tasks including planning, control and trouble shooting.
Setting up production targets and achieve the same within time and cost parameters.
Optimising man & machine utilisation to achieve pre set production targets. Undertaking resource planning for optimizing man & machine utilization, reducing wastes for enhancing productivity and profitability.

Marketing & Technical Service:
Identifying customers, market potential, application areas, product & grade selection, sampling, providing application support.
Customer follow up, collection plan & solving customer complaints.

Quality:
Implementing quality standards viz. 5S, Kaizen and maintaining the relevant documents & reducing rework and scrap by providing adequate mistake proofing. Ensuring compliance of various quality measures.
Coordinating corrective & preventive action for in–house quality problems and customer complaints. Accountable for receiving inspection, in-process inspection and final inspection & verifying the effectiveness of quality systems.

Development:
Knowledge of different kind of polymers, rubber compound development, application development, analytical methods for testing of polymers, polymer additives.

Process Enhancement:
Analyzing various processes / applications and recommending process modifications and equipment calibrations to enhance operational efficiency. Implementing major cost savings strategies, productivity enhancements and improvements. Ensuring complete in-process quality control & continuous improvement in process capabilities. Foreseeing performance bottlenecks and taking corrective measures to avoid the same.

Material Management:
Developing a dedicated and alternate vendor source for, achieving cost effective purchase and reduction in delivery time. Ensuring effective inventory control for ensuring ready availability of materials to meet the production targets. Conducting inspection and audits on regular intervals.

Man Management:
Supervising the performance level of the staff for ensuring accomplishment of the target.
Organizing regular periodic meetings & trainings for staff & engineers for discussing current work issues and devising solutions for enhanced operations. An active member of the works committee & plays key role in decision regarding labour wages, productivity targets, quality and safety targets.

Future Goals

To achieve a carrier in a progressive & rewarding work enviroment where I can actively devote my creative ability & professional interest to satisfied my urge for excellence.