Freelance Consultant in the areas of Turnaround, Capacity enhancement, de-bottle necking, lean, waste elimination, 5S, cost controls, go-to-market and gap analysis on call basis. Also served as a primary caretaker to my family medical issues / supports for 6 months period.

Country head for India operations and look after business development, sales & marketing (B2C & B2B), channel development, strategic planning, HR & IR, IT, manufacturing (production, maintenance & QA/QC,HSE), supply chain (procurement, planning, WH & logistics) and P & L.

Business Head for the Metal Section Profile LLC, which manufacture the products as per the structural drawing requirement, business development and sell the products -PUF insulated sandwich panels, single skin roofing/cladding sheets, purlins / steel sections profiles, flashings and accessoriesContribution to the businessMarket study and gap analysis done for the product range, pricing, market requirements in GCC and developed the new markets. Developed marketing tools–product catalogue, price list, sample kit etc for effective sales & marketing by the team.Layout designed (Continuous line, dis-continuous line, 5 roll formers, shearing/bending m/c’s & RM in 4000sq.mtr shed) , Identified, Finalised & signed contract and commissioning the continuous PUR/PIR sandwich panel line with 24 mtrs long double belt including cooling, stacking & packing. Visited Kuwait, China and Korea for business development, RM and new equipments sourcing in line with long term planning.

Head -Manufacturing & supply chain planning cell and responsible for the end to end planning, purchase of raw material / capital goods & Manufacturing of all product groups in plants and ensure the product availability at the distribution centres.Significant Contribution: Implemented SAP – PP, MM, QM modules with MRP. Introduced 5S&TPM and realised Rs. 5 cr revenue on sorting the RM, PM, FG & in-process Inventory in 3 month span.

Unit head for Chennai plant & Hosur state art of new Manufacturing plant, which produces paints for Decorative, General Industrial, High performance coatings, OEM automotive and powder coating paints with Alkyd, Polyester, MF, Acrylic, CED resins and paints.Contribution to the chemical industry & environment - Designed and developed chemical barrel cleaning machine and reuse of the recovered chemicals.Received certificate of achievement from Industry 2.0 magazine for the above contribution to manufacturing innovation & design in the Manufacturing Innovation Conclave – 2012. Significant contribution - Successfully handled 2 trade unions in the Chennai plant closure activities and amicably settled the permanent workmen under VRS scheme.Played a key role in Hosur- Green field project from conceptualisation stage to completion stage. Quick ramp up of phase –II (Automotive, General Industrial, High Performance, Solvent Base Decorative, powder coating & Resin) and achieved the desired targets productivity, Delivery performance and cost in six month span.

Operations Manager - responsible for Technical, Tender & contracting, Project sale, New product & expansion projects, Plant operations.Few break through acheivements are given belowManufactured World longest single PUF insulated Panels – length: 20 mts exported to Vietnam by way of modifying the machine & containers for shipment.Developed / sourced low price fully automated mineral wool cutting & feeding machines and integration with PUF insulated panel machine – two category of products in one line ( products – PU insulated panel and mineral / rock wool insulated panel )

Responsible for ERW tube, Galvanising (CGL), Pre painted, roll forming plant operations and Techincal support to East, Southern & South african region group companies.Significant contribution Designed and fabricated vertical rack storage system (loading / unloading through EOT cranes) for pre-painted steel coils

Responsible for operation and maintenance of ERW tube rolling steel mills including the finishing equipments.Significant contributions to Front Fork tubeDeveloped on line double end chamfering machine & abrasive wheel cut off mechanism ( defect elimination)

Responsible for operation and maintenance of re-cirulating and ring main pit baking furnaces, pitch impraganation plant.Significant contributionDeveloped damper control mechanism for uniform raise in temperature throughout the furnace (fuel saving)