Manish Kandpal

**** *********** ****, **** ****, SC 29715

803-***-**** * acqp7o@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Plastics manufacturing engineering position with a leading company in polymer/plastics industry.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Over twenty years of experience in leading, coordinating, managing, developing and training in plastic tool engineering, material, process, cost reduction and product manufacturing.

Over three years of experience as Market Development Manager in the Plastics Industry.

Able to initiate, organize, lead and follow through with procedures in a team environment to obtain goals with consistent successful results.

Quick learner- strength in careful listening and decisive action.

Able to relate to people at any level of business and management.

Clear thinker, creative and a good planner.

Strong communication skills and good business acumen.

Highly effective in negotiation, problem solving and analysis.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Mueller Systems, Cleveland, NC 2012 to Present

Molding Manager/Molding Process Engineer

Management and Engineering

Overseeing the daily operations of twenty injection molding presses and tool room to meet the performance requirements.

Analyzing and scheduling production to meet customer’s needs.

Ensuring and improving overall efficiencies within the department and responsible for 250 tools.

Educate and train process technicians in understanding process variables and its impact on product quality and efficiency.

Provide continuous improvement leadership to drive sustained improvement in department’s KPI’s.

Lead role in molding room safety, KAIZAN and 5S+1 improvement teams.

TE Connectivity, Rock Hill, SC 2008 to 2011

Senior Plastics Engineer

ENGINEERING & LEADERSHIP

Led a team of 6 operators, two engineers and technicians in a product migration project, which resulted in the successful transfer of thirty-two molds, six injection molding and five overmolding machines over a condensed three-week time period.

Trained operators and technicians in the Robot Operation and a high speed camera vision system.

Communicated effectively with customers, vendors, marketing and sales personnel, and other engineering disciplines to analyze and solve problems encountered during the design and manufacture of products.

Understood Injection Molding processes in detail, implemented process and equipment modifications to obtain continuous improvement and ease of operations. SIM certified.

Initiated and implemented tooling changes to improve the moldability & the quality of the product.

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GE Plastics/ SABIC Innovative Plastics, Pittsfield, MA 2005 to 2008

Marketing Development Manager

SALES & MARKETING

Worked as a Marketing Development Manager at GE Plastics/SABIC Innovative Plastics covering eight southeastern states. Closed in the year 2006 of $1.6 million in the electronics industry and $1.5 million in appliance industry. Delivered $3.7M of new business in the year 2006.

Awarded GE Imagination Growth traits award for the year 2006.

Created new business growth opportunity in the Fiber Industry. Closed $700M business in 2007 and introduced three new products in the Fiber Industry.

Closely work with OEM’s and molder in design, processes and new applications.

Communicated and worked closely with GE industry manager, product managers and technologist to introduce new products.

Organized Lunch and Learn Session at OEM facilities to introduce GE product portfolio.

Added eight new OEM’s in the SABIC customer list and increased business of $500M in the year 2007.

AMP/Tyco Electronics Corporation, Rock Hill, SC 1994 to 2005

Senior Plastics Engineer

LEADERSHIP & COMMUNICATIONS

Led a team of ten operators, two engineers, schedulers and technicians in a product migration project, which resulted in the successful transfer of 100 molds and 13 Injection molding machines over a condensed four-week time period. Conducted weekly transfer meetings with upper level management.

Responsible for engineering and logistics of outsourcing of the Amplimite product from the USA to India, which produces over $2 million of connectors per year. Coordinated with project engineer to develop the product migration plan and also conducted training for the managers and engineers.

Supervision for 100 plus molds and working with both inside and outside vendors. Evaluate and recommend changes to existing mold tooling, processing and mold designs.

Coordinate manufacturing process activities to insure manufacturing realizes maximum capacity and cost objectives for the department.

Established molding process standards and monitor the adherence to these standards, notifying manufacturing of any discrepancies which may affect quality.

Provided ongoing plastics engineering expertise and guidance to manufacturing operations including: processing, tooling, material issues and maintenance of complex molds.

Plastics Engineer II

ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT

Managed the engineering requirements for a team of 100 people and 37 molding machines which produce state-of-the art electronic connectors utilizing high performance thermoplastic engineering resins. This operation generates approximately $100 million in sales annually.

Supervised and managed the transfer of entire molding operation from Lowell, NC to Rock Hill, SC.

Initiate and evaluate engineering changes when required to improve manufacturing situations or to meet changes requested by the customer.

Responsible for sampling existing complex molds to determine the feasibility and cost of product additions or engineering changes. Directed mold/material change or process changes that result in reduced mold maintenance, product cost and scrap reduction.

Provided technical expertise for training programs for the mold technicians and actively participated in meetings, conference and seminars related to TE molding capabilities.

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Plastics Rotational Engineer

Completed the two year long AMP rotational engineering development program. Worked in the Automotive, Transportation, Communication and Industrial Business unit of AMP Inc. Completed three major projects: criteria for injection molding machine selection, mold flow design of connector and the design of an experiment to reduce warpage of connector for transportation group.

INTERNSHIP, DuPont Electronics, Clearfield, PA Jan. 1993 to Aug. 1993

Created material specifications with material suppliers. Established quality control and process troubleshooting of 45 molding machines.

EDUCATION

Master of Science: Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA -1994

Bachelor of Science: Fiber Science, Government Central Textile Institute, Kanpur, India -1990

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Mold Flow and AutoCAD.

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