Quality Assurance Manager

Himesh Rathnayake

**/*, ************* ****, ********* South, Sri Lanka.

Mobile :- 009*-***-****** Residence :- 009*-***-******

E-mail :- *******@*****.*** Skype :- himesh-rathnayake

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Profile I am a very creative, adoptable and result oriented self-motivated

person used to operating at the Senior level within a range of

international branded Apparel Manufacturing Factories. I have

excellent communicational skills to inspire, build and lead

competitive team towards goal. Having over 19 years of experience in

Quality / Technical Management, Depth knowledge in end to end in

product development to manufacturing process implementation.

Systematic and statistical problem solving, productivity and

craftsmanship improvements are the adopted culture of my self.

Ability to work as a team & independently is some of the key

strengths of myself.

Exposure As a Brand Quality Manager, I am responsible of five to six branded

labels in the aspect of Quality Assurance and Product Technical

aspects which produce in seven to nine manufacturing units island

wide.

Responsible of products that developed at central sample facility

are bulk feasible, durable and customer satisfied.

Process and product innovations to overcome challenges of product

value stream.

Operation deskilling and standardizing to get the optimum output in

craftsmanship and efficiency.

Leading the projects of Vertical startup, Built In Quality and Quick

Change Over.

Leading the process and standard setting of new customers and

ensuring the customer is well serviced in the aspect of product and

service quality.

Leading plant quality and technical teams in achieving customer

satisfaction and company KPIs.

Having depth knowledge in all basic processes and standards which

internationally followed in apparel development and manufacturing.

Having depth knowledge in Toyota Production System and follow the

practices in all level processes.

Depth knowledge in ISO quality standards, laboratory testing

standards, material inspection standards, in-process inspection

standards and shipment inspection standards.

Well experienced in setting -up a quality process, aligning KPIs,

training teams and achieving goals.

Key Projects and New product introduction -

Initiatives Aligning process and people from product development to bulk

production startup from 50% efficiency by deskilling of products and

innovating tools

Built in Quality -

Build quality in to process and product

Assuring material and data inputs accuracy

Execution accuracy

Output accuracy

Re-structuring of quality system -

Changing the current reactive system to more proactive approach

Closer look at needle point and live problem solving

Streamline material and data flow aligning quality, technical

structure

Present MAS Active Trading (Pvt) Ltd. (MAS Holdings) 2013

Employment Up to date

Divisional Manager Quality Systems - Active wear

Responsible from Product Development to Bulk Execution in the aspect

of Technical and Quality for all the customers in 7-9 manufacturing

units

Product simplification from development to better execution.

Standardization of operations across products to minimize set-up

bucket loss

Aligning the Value Stream of all teams (Busyness division, Product

development and Bulk execution) and create common KPIs.

Material alignment to improve product performance.

Works with - lululemon, Columbia, Nike, Polo RL Europe / USA,

H&M, Patagonia, Mark,s ect

Work Experience MAS Active - Asialine (a company of MAS holdings) 2007 -

2013

Snr. Manager Quality & Technical - Knit sportswear, Under wear

Working on SQDCM (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and Moral) pre set

parameters to achieve the production excellence in 2015.

Rated as 4B in MOS (MAS Operating System practicing lean

manufacturing) and working towards 4A in 2011.

Rated as A in factory assessment for Quality systems.

Customers - Nike, Jockey, Columbia, H&M, Polo RL.

Sari International, Jordan (member of Polgat Jeans, USA)

2004 - 2007

Snr. Quality Assurance Manager - Stretch and rigid, Denim and twill

Jeans

Established total QA procedure to overcome problems of customers and

achieved second best supplier of Middle East region.

Style development and execution in Jordan and Egypt for Goody's

Family Clothing.

Customers - Goody's, Gloria Vanderbilt, Levi's, JC Penny.

Vision Apparels International, Sri Lanka

2002 - 2004

Quality Assurance Manager - Knit Dresses / Tops / Bottoms

Obtained ISO 9001-2000 and was the Management Representative.

Act as the plant head @ Ingiriya production facility.

Customers - Nike, Next, MAY department and Kohl's.

Favourite Hanwalle Ltd, Sri Lanka

1999 - 2002

Quality Assurance Manager - Knit Baby and Children wear

Customers - NEXT, Baby Gap, GAP and Old Navy.

Ceylon Knit Trend Ltd (a member of Hirdaramani Group) 1995

- 1999

Fabric Technologist - Knit Tops / Bottoms

Maintaining RM quality and headed the textile laboratory for the

group.

Obtained Marks & Spencer accreditation for testing textile and

garments.

Customers - M&S, Tommy, C&A, Gymboree.

Education Asoka Vidyalaya Colombo 10, Sri Lanka

1994

Passed G.C.E Advanced Level examination from Science stream

including Zoology, Botany and Chemistry.

Asoka Vidyalaya Colombo 10, Sri Lanka

1991

Passed G.C.E Ordinary Level examination with One Distinction, Six

Credits and One Simple Pass.

Professional Fully trained and experienced in implementing ISO 9001-2000.

Qualifications Experiencing lean manufacturing based on Toyota Production System

trained in Japan Toyota Motomachi plant by AOTS.

Blue belt holder of lean manufacturing system.

IT Skills Fluency in MS Words, Excel, Visio, Outlook.

Professional presentations from Power Point.

Graphs and flow charts to display company status.

Profile Gender - Male

Age - 39 Years

Marital Status - Married

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