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Akhilesh Sinha September, ****

Address:

H-242, The Park Place

Sector-54, DLF City, Phase-V,

Gurgaon-122011, Haryana

Mobile No :

Personal : +91-753*******

Email ID : acr2bn@r.postjobfree.com

PERSONAL DATA:

Born on : 16 March, 1960

Family : Married. One son ( DOB- 08 Feb 1989) and one daughter (DOB-26 Jun 1990)

Education : B Tech (Mechanical), IIT Delhi, 1983

First with Distinction, CGPA – 9.32 on 10 Point scale

Profile in Brief:

32 Years experience with reputed multinationals/large corporations (ICI, HUL, ConAgra, ITC, Birla Tyres, Goodyear India Ltd) with demonstrated capabilities in international best practices in various aspects of management.

Part of Leadership team and Management committee for last 8 years. High level of commercial acumen with ability to analyse Business environment and challenges, Business Strategy development and deployment, corporate governance, risk analysis & mitigation, New business development, Coordination of Sales & marketing, Revenue growth, margin expansion. Preparation of business plans (annual and rolling) with strong focus on P&L and execution / delivery of results.

Grown from a technocrat, strong on Engineering, Project Management (Led execution of several medium & large / Green Field projects ) and a seasoned Manufacturing professional (more than 15 years experience in managing large/multiple/distributed manufacturing facilities) with effective management of various stakeholders (internal and external) Cost, Quality, Delivery, Working Capital, etc) to an effective Business Leader .

Experience in multiple domains viz. Consumer durables, Chemicals, FMCG (Personal care & Foods), Paper & Paperboards, Packaging & Printing and Tyres.

Championed and driven several Continuous Improvement initiatives viz. SPC, SQC, Six Sigma, Lean transformation, Business Excellence Models ( Level 8 IQRS certification by DNV), HACCP, Business Process Reengineering including Organizational culture transformation.

Ability to quickly acquire/understand nuances of business w.r.t new technologies, customer and business needs, and most importantly relate to people quickly to become operational at policy, strategic and execution levels with attention to important details.

Ability to develop appropriate strategies, action plans and execute them towards removing constraints, risk mitigation, improving operational efficiencies, debottlenecking and driving business strategies/plans/targets while continuously work on building capabilities of people, organization & processes for sustainable & profitable growth of an enterprise in the short & long terms.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Goodyear India Limited : July 2014 till date

Birla Tyres : May 2012 to June2014

ITC Limited : July 2004 to May 2012

ConAgra Foods : Dec 2000 to June 2004

Hindustan Unilever Ltd : Mar 1993 to Nov 2000

ICI India Limited : Nov 1984 to Mar 1993

Voltas Limited : June 1983 to Nov 1984

EXPERIENCE / ACHIEVEMENTS:

Goodyear India Limited (July 2014 to Date

One of the most reputed and 3rd largest Tyre manufacturers globally.

Designation /Place in the Organization : Director manufacturing reporting to Vice Chairman and MD in India and functionally to the VP manufacturing Asia Pacific responsible for manufacturing operations of Goodyear’s Ballabhgarh unit.

Key Achievements:

Evolved mitigation business strategy and developed manufacturing capability for commercial and grader tyres to commercialize within 6 weeks to mitigate the impact of slowdown in farm business and exceeded the Profitability and Cashflow targets – two key KPIs for the business.

Quickly understood and became operational with Goodyear systems and processes in various aspects.

Led the Collective Bargaining process with the unions and closed the tripartite agreement without any significant disruptions maintining continuity of supply from the unit.

Put in place Continuous Improvement processes with engagement of large cross section of associates and delivered $2.05 Million in savings.

Birla Tyres- Laksar Operations (May 2012 to June2014

One of India’s largest and state of art Tyre manufacturing facility for truck and bus tyres, LCV, 2/3 wheelers, Tractors, tubes and other accessories employing > 5000 permanent workmen, 900 Managers & Staff plus approx. 1500 indirect labour. CurrenTurnover of plant ~ Rs. 3000 Cr ( at full capacity > Rs 5000 Cr)

Designation /Place in the Organization : Chief Operating Officer (COO) reporting to CEO/President

Role & Responsibility:

All aspects of Operations viz. manufacturing, HR, IR, Finance, commercial, IT, EHS, Product Development, Budgeting, Capital investment decisions/execution, Legal, Liason with Govt authorities/society including P&L.

Member of Management committee and various steering committees

Responsible for driving Radial Tyres’ business for Truck and Bus

Key Achievements:

Main focus was turning around the business from an operating loss(EBIDTA) of Rs. 428 Cr in FY 2011-12. Very quickly understood the key imperatives of business, key aspects of operations and got into the act of transformation of the management culture &work culture with clear and sharp business focus (viz. IR, Material control, Product & Service Quality, data/fact based decision taking w.r.t Operational efficiencies & product portfolio rationalization). In close coordination with of other team members/other CXOs- viz. Sales/Service, marketing, Supply Chain, RM purchasing combined with some softening of rubber prices, we could improve the Operating profits (EBIDTA – ) as per following:

EBIDTA (All figures in Rs. Crores)

FY 2011-12

H1 FY 2012-13

H2 FY 2012-13

FY 2013-14

As part of Steering committee successfully drove and implemented SAP and played major role in MM,PP and QM modules while supporting FICO and SD modules. SAP went live in April 2013.

Similarly as part of steering committee instituted Human Resource management system in the entire organization w.r.t restructuring the organization, job evaluations, designations, performance management system etc.

Besides, several other systems and processes were revampted for Laksar operations and aligned other functions in Birla Tyres.

Most importantly built a culture based on mutual trust & respect at all levels including workmen, unions with transparent and open communication. Worked relentlessly on building system & people capabilities including driving SQC, SPC data interpretation capabilities, Six Sigma in collaboration with Indian Statistical Institute and other training resources.

ITC Limited - Packaging & Printing Division (June 2007 to May 2012)

Largest packaging & Printing factory in India with capabilities in almost all formats of packaging in paper, paper board and flexibles & serving diverse segments. Customer base includes most multinationals & major compainies in India. Significant presence in Export markets of Europe, North America, Africa and Middle East and in Asia Pacific Region. (NTO > Rs 1400 Crores. p.a)

Designation & Place in Organization : Head Manufacturing & Member of Management Committee (MC)

Reporting to : CEO of Packaging & Printing Business

Role & Responsibility :

Directly responsible for :

All aspects of Manufacturing Operations viz.Production, Engineering, Product development, HR, Finance, Procurement, EHS, MIS, logistics & Customer service.

P&L including Product costing and quotation costing along with Sales & Marketing

Execution of all capital projects for the business.

As member of MC –

Formulatiion of Business strategies and plans (long term & short term)

Review of performance of all functions in the business viz. Sales & Marketing, Finance, HR, Materials, Logistics, MIS.

Key Achievements:

Exceeded Business plan in top and bottom line through improved operational efficiencies – Cost, Quality, Delivery and flexibility.

IQRS-Level 8 certification for Munger unit in first assessment in Oct’09 after 13 months of starting IQRS journey.

First ever to attain Level 8 certification in first assessment globally,( Level 8 is the highest reached by any company/unit in India)

First Wind Energy Project for ITC - Sep’08; Installed capacity -14.1 MW; Capex- Rs. 90Cr.

Championed and drove several Six Sigma projects of high impact in various functions resulting major improvements in Operational efficiencies, quality and other performance parameters .

Leading execution of for Rs300 Cr brownfield expansion project in North (in progress).

Leading HACCP and BRC/IOP certification processes for compliance to packaging for foods.

ITC Limited(PSPD Division), Bhadrachalam July 2004 to May 2007

Largest Paper/paperboards unit in India with an integrated pulp and paper mill with its own forestry programmes and self sufficient w.r.t power requirements through Cogeneration & captive power generating capacity of 140 MW . (Capacity – 500,000 TPA, NTO> Rs.3000 Cr)

Designation /Place in organization: General Manager, Technical, reporting to Vice President

Role & Responsibility:

Responsible for all Technical aspects of Factory operations, viz. Qualty Management System across supply chain, Product & Process development, R&D, Customer service, technology selection & upgradation etc besides driving key initiatives such as SQC/SPC,Six Sigma, Lean and TPM .

Key Achievements:

oRevamp of Technical services organization, R&D infrastructure.

oCapability building of people and processes thru rigorous training on Six Sigma, SPC in association with Indian Statistical Institute and external constultants while championing & driving several six sigma projects .

Resulted in major improvements in process controls, productivity, reliability, quality with reduction in non conformance to less than half in most products or processes.

Agro Tech Foods Limited (Con Agra Foods India) Dec 2000 to June 2004

A subsidiary of Con Agra Foods, USA .

Designation/Place in organization: Head Manufacturing & Projects reporting to Business Head

Role & Responsibility:

Developing and executing manufacturing strategy for the company including identification & execution of Capital Projects .

All aspects of operational aspects (viz. cost, quality, delivery, logistics) of a distributed manufacturing setup in India including product development/R&D

Key Achievements:

Received Company President’s award for outstanding contribution in 2002-03

Evolved and executed manufacturing strategy for the company.

Reduced delivered costs by 22% thru reductions in processing costs, restructuring of manufacturing operations and reduced other supply chain costs.

Led execution of 3 new projects at Kakinada, Taloja and Mangalore .

Developed manufacturing capability and Launch of for three new products successfully in a short time frame.

Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) March 1993 to Nov 2000

Designations: Sr. Project Manager /Factory Engineer

Role & Responsibility:

Execution of high priority & fast track /Green field projects for the Home and Personal Care Division of HUL as Sr Project Manager

Head of Engineering & EHS.

Place in Organisation:

Reported to the Head of Engineering and Projects.

Key Achievements:

Led HLL’s largest state of art green field project for Home & Personal care at Pondicherry.

Subsequently, stabilizing operations & quick ramp up to rated capacity with a freshly recruited team of Operating personnel through training/development and instituting various systems & standards in Factory operations.

Execution of a very high stake project of HLL for Detergents at Sumerpur, UP.

A fully automated factory completed from concept to commissioning within 7 months. Important aspect being Nil accidents, high engineering standards & workmanship leading to quick commissioning and rampup to rated capacity. Fastest ever in HLL till 2000.

Several modernizations, improvements, innovations and development of new processes.

Received Chairman’s award for outstanding performance in 1996, 1998 & 2000.

ICI India Limited Nov 1984 to Mar 1993

Nov 1984 to March 1993 ICI's Explosives Factory Gomia, Bihar

Designations: Maintenance Manager/Project Engineer/Mechanical Design Engineer

Key achievements:

Maintenance of a large, complex & Hazardous set up comprising of manufacturing plants for Nitric Acid, Sulphuric acid/Oleum, Ammonium Nitrate, Nitrocellulose, MNT, processing of waste acids, concentration of Nitric & Sulphuric acids & other intermediates with associated utilities viz. Steam, Power, DG sets, Water, storage/handling of Anhydrous Ammonia & Waste water.

Process development, Design and execution of ICI’s

oFirst two Emulsion Explosives plants at Gomia

oFirst Bulk Explosives delivery system (mobile) and Onsite plant at Singrauli, MP

oSeveral Modernization/Debottlenecking projects including revamp of Nitric Acid plants, Nitroglycerine weighing & Handling plant etc at Gomia

Voltas Limited Thane Works, Mumbai June 1983 to Nov 1984

Designation : Management Trainee/ Production Engineer

Responsibilities : After 1 year of training confirmed as Production Engineer for the Room

Air Conditioners manufacturing unit.

Key achievements: Responsible for debugging and first commercial production of rationalised

Air conditioners with improved design and replacement of several metallic corrosion prone parts with plastics.

PROFESSIONAL :

Attended several training courses / professional workshops & seminars in on various aspects of management viz. Business leadership, manufacturing, Project Management, Safety, Environment, Lean, Six Sigma, Business finance, marketing etc.

HOBBIES & INTERESTS : Sports (snooker, badminton, tennis, cricket etc), Painting, Travelling, Swimming & Rifle shooting

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