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Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

▪ Leading a team of Managers, Engineers and technicians responsible for complete maintenance of Soap and Liquid Manufacturing lines.▪ Ramped up Toilet Soap Production to 220 Tons/Day through installation & commissioning of 4 soap lines transferred from other plants.•Improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of soap lines to 70% within 6 months generating $ 500K contribution•Deployed $0.5M to improve Toilet soap quality through automated raw material dispensing and batching… Show more ▪ Leading a team of Managers, Engineers and technicians responsible for complete maintenance of Soap and Liquid Manufacturing lines.▪ Ramped up Toilet Soap Production to 220 Tons/Day through installation & commissioning of 4 soap lines transferred from other plants.•Improved Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of soap lines to 70% within 6 months generating $ 500K contribution•Deployed $0.5M to improve Toilet soap quality through automated raw material dispensing and batching •Commissioned $0.3 M Selective Pallet Racking system in Warehouse for storing 250K cartons.•Won best Kaizen prize awarded to top 1% of total projects for exponentially increasing productivity with low-cost innovation Show less

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

•Successfully handled mechanical aspects of greenfield consumer care manufacturing facility with investment of $ 30 M•Delivered 4 pre-engineering buildings worth $ 2.8 M for upstream & downstream operations of soap manufacturing•Installed & commissioned the world’s fastest toilet soap line worth $ 2 M with output of 700 soaps/min •Setup three liquid plants worth $ 1 M for production of Fabric Conditioner, Dish Wash & Hand Wash

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

•Strategized the glass packing material sourcing for the Unza group that resulted in savings of $3.3M (20% reduction)•Created a blueprint for Warehouse Management System (WMS) involving upstream & downstream stakeholders’ teams•Led a cross-functional team of 10 that implemented Supply Chain Management (SCM) System with SAP Integration & remote access through cloud for vendors

South East Asia

•Trained purchasing teams from group companies in Indonesia, Vietnam & China for direct spend optimization Projects

Subang Jaya,Selangor, Malaysia

•Optimized spend across the top three packing material categories by implementing strategic sourcing & design optimization initiatives generating annualized savings of $4.5M, winning best inter-departmental project award

Haridwar Area, India

•Conceptualized & designed Wipro Consumer Care’s first-in-house Fabric conditioner Plant worth $300K•Installed state-of-art CCTV Network for Wipro India’s 2nd largest plant that became benchmark for other plants• Improved soap noodle bagging output by 3x to 72 Ton/day with 50% less manpower through automation in packing•Eliminated pack shortage issues in confectionary line through installation of Online Checkweigher saving $30K•Reduced effluent load by 10% by implementing a soap… Show more •Conceptualized & designed Wipro Consumer Care’s first-in-house Fabric conditioner Plant worth $300K•Installed state-of-art CCTV Network for Wipro India’s 2nd largest plant that became benchmark for other plants• Improved soap noodle bagging output by 3x to 72 Ton/day with 50% less manpower through automation in packing•Eliminated pack shortage issues in confectionary line through installation of Online Checkweigher saving $30K•Reduced effluent load by 10% by implementing a soap water recycling system in the saponification plant saving $100K Show less

Haridwar

• Commissioned $650K Saponification plant (upstream of Soap production) with a capacity of 72 Tons/Day

Mysuru , India

* Studied the manufacturing of burner of CFL. * Analyzed the various types of defects possible in burner manufacturing.* Worked on Pinch Seal Defect and implemeneted and suggested measuers to reduce the inoperatives of this particular defect* Investigated on root causes for Bend Mark and Tip Crack through on-line experiments and suggested remedies.* Overall reduced the inoperatives from 1.32% to 0.82%

Chennai Area, India

Simulation of Wheel angle of rotation based on the Steering Wheel input.

Bachelor Of Technology Honours (B.Tech. Hon), Mechanical Engineering, 9.07

Activities and Societies: Institute Hockey Team, Hostel Hockey Team

Intermediate / +1,+2, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

High School

Activities and Societies: School Hockey Team , School Quiz Team, Elocution, Member of School Parliament