EXECUTIVE PROFILE

KARTHIKEYAN PALANISAMY

Phone: +971 – 506023118 / 058*******

Email: ad1z98@r.postjobfree.com

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SKILLS

Production & operations

management

Production planning & control

Inventory & warehouse

management

Procurement & SCM

TPM & TQM

Finance, budgeting, P&L & cost

management

Process engineering

ISO & ERP system

implementations

EDUCATION

Bachelor Of Technology – 2000 ~ 2004

School of Engineering & Technology

MBA (Operations Management) – On Going

LANGUAGES

ENGLISH -

TAMIL -

HINDI -

MALAYALAM -

STRENGTH

Delegation

Team building & management

Problem solving

Leadership

Self motivation & hard working

Fast learner & adopts to system

CAREER GROWTH

Energetic Operations & SCM management professional with 19+ years of experience across UAE, Africa & India in increasing revenue, developing & adjusting strategic goals & building self–reliant professional teams. Spearheaded a team of 6 direct managers to achieve & maintain the highest company-wide financial increase for 11 straight years. Seeking to use high level management skills to skyrocket ROI.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Operational / Production Management

Ensuring the production is carried out as per the plan & the targets are achieved within the stipulated time.

Reviewing the performance of the production team.

Monitoring & achieving the plant performance against its set objectives of time, manpower & quality of raw materials, and finished goods.

Plan for man, machine, material, & mould to make day-to- day operations run smooth.

Identifying the gaps and problem solving to increase productivity.

Reviewing the performance of the production manager.

Monitoring the set objectives of time, safety, manpower & quality of raw materials, and finished goods.

Ensuring efficient utilization of the equipment. Quality Management

QMS system creating, validating & updating, Obtaining new and renewal of ISO certificates.

Assures quality products and processes by establishing and enforcing quality standards and testing materials and products.

Develops raw material standards by studying manufacturing and engineering requirements, conferring and negotiating with suppliers, and devising testing methods and

procedures.

Establishes standards for the disposition of finished product by devising evaluation tests, methods, and procedures.

Institutes rework standards by devising inspection and physical testing methods and procedures.

Maintains product quality by enforcing quality assurance policies and procedures and government requirements.

Collaborates with other members of management to develop new product and engineering designs and manufacturing and training methods.

Completes quality assurance operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees and following up on work results.

Develops a quality assurance staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training employees.

CAREER PATH

Supply Chain Management & Demand Planning

Overviewing the procurement process & monitoring the materials flow to ensure timely delivery.

Negotiation skills with major suppliers & contribution to the improvement process of procurement/ purchase and credit terms.

Ensure that all the purchase orders/ contracts are signed off within the budget.

Calculating lead time in purchasing and making the materials available on time & ensuring the product is not affected both in quality & quantity.

Develop effective forecast models based on industry trends and demand patterns & support management with risk assessments and mitigation activities.

Successfully communicate forecast and inventory estimations to management & monitor and report on important changes in sales forecasts, budgets, and business strategies.

Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy. Product & Project Costing Management

Finalizing quotations as per the customer requirements & winning the bid in taking orders.

Estimating the project cost as well as product cost on in-house production & BOP is met as per the project profits.

Approving the BOQ for the projects and ensuring that they are meeting customer requirements at an economical cost.

Sales Quotation & LPO management

Review of quotations, specifications, sales standard rates, and discounted rates.

Credit facility limits, and approval for customers & monitoring sales order conversion rates.

Commercial & Collection Management

Sales & collection revenue against the target (weekly/monthly) Business Development Management

Relationship with clients (existing and new) consultants/ main contractors & customers

Relationship with various authorities/ Municipalities.

Customers’ satisfaction and approval.

Financial Management

Profit/ losses, AP & AR responsibilities.

Budget monitoring every month & improving the DPO (days payable outstanding).

Closely review the overhead expenses and cash flow monthly. Fleet & Workshop Management

Maximizing utilization of trucks, tippers & bulkers.

Minimizing breakdown of vehicles & analyzing performance weekly.

Monitoring relationships with drivers, registration, and fines of trucks and drivers.

Operating rental division of heavy equipment & machinery such as excavators, rollers, and graders. INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE SUMMERY

BADI DESIGNS LLC – UAE – 2023 – TILL DATE

One among the best interior and fit out industry located in Umm Al Quwain, who were mainly focusing on interiors & fit outs for villas, apartments & retail outlet. With a huge in house production capacity which includes machineries like Circular Saw, Press Machines, Lipping machines, CNC, 5 in 1 machines & many more.

Role: Operations Head

Systemized the complete in & out of the factory by implementing various manufacturing tools such as 5S, OEE, 8 D analysis.

Re structured the complete organization structure for smooth & un interrupted operations.

Leading sales team by assisting technically with clients to provide more solutions.

Purchased new machines for increasing the production, hired new carpenters, painters & office executives.

Assisting the customers in concept design & converting their ideas in to real out put.

Follow up on holded projects where items are manufactured.

Manage the P&L of the Plant / Factory and develop short and long term strategies to ensure profitability.

Responsible for overall Plant / Factory performance, expediting the receiving and shipping of goods and ensuring efficient, organized storage.

Implemented strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction and focus

SHAFA TANZANIA INVESTMENT CO Tanzania – 2019 to 2022 First MASA plant in Tanzania to meet customer demands on solid, hollow, interlock pavers & kerbstones. Best preferred solution providers for building materials & cost-effective turnkey construction company serving in East Africa region by maintaining high quality, efficiency, and beauty of the products. Started a new business line of heavy equipment (Grader, Roller, Excavators, Forklifts & other mining vessels) rental division & interior & Fit Out. Made as a one-stop construction solution. Roll: Factory Manager

Achievements:

Re-engineered and constructed curing chambers with blowers, water sprinklers & automated doors to maintain the humidity to ensure more curing of products.

Produced kerbstones of 600mm & 915mm in length by hand molding to meet customer demands in the market.

Freeze all mix designs according to customer requirements as well as maintain raw material costs at the optimum level.

Followed proper PPE at all times and made plant accident-free.

Increased the sales turnover by meeting the customer’s requirements at all points.

Re-engineered OEM layout to overcome the machine breakdown of the machine during production.

Due to high market demand developed a new rental division using excavators, rollers, and graders to meet client requirements.

Started a new factory for interior & Fit-out as demand was more. ESADORE INTERNATIONAL LLC – Dubai – 2018 to 2019

A pioneer in manufacturing & exporting XPS & EPS thermal insulation panels, grouting cement & dry mix cement. A leader in consulting, and contracting of SPA & Wellness centers across GCC & Asian countries. Which includes design, construction, commissioning, and service after sales of Steam rooms, Sana rooms, Hammam, Jacuzzi, Plunge Pools & designing and installation for interior & fit-outs for Hotels, SPA & wellness. Roll: Operations Manager

Achievements

Successfully started a manufacturing factory in the free zone for manufacturing Thermal Insulation Panels

(XPS & EPS).

Made 100% operatable factory by obtaining all licenses which include trade, export & import, civil defense, ISO, & operational permit.

Increased export & local sales revenue by up to 1.25 million AED a month only from the manufacturing division.

Initiated OODO ERP system for better business control of various departments.

Reduced on-site work by manufacturing the components in the house helped with the handover of projects on time.

BUCOMAC INDUSTRIES LTD (BUKHATIR GROUP) – UAE – 2014 – 2017 Pioneer in manufacturing & supplying concrete products throughout UAE by holding 4 MASA blocks & interlocks plants in various emirates & 1 kerbstone plant. Roll: Plant Manager

Achievements

Increased overall sales turnover to 21 Million Dirham annually from 6 Million annual turnovers –By clearing all the bottlenecks of the supplier by improving quality, quantity & on-time delivery by proper utilization of machine & fleet.

Reduced plant operating costs to 0.6 Million Dirham – achieving 83% of OEE, through Proactive utilization of labor, and materials, optimizing processing, and creating why why? Analysis for scrap & waste reduction.

Chairman award for best plant manager in 2015 in the whole Bukhatir Group & best employee award among 4 units in 2016.

Made customers 100% satisfactory in terms of timely delivery & quality which resulted in an increase in revenue as well as an increase in the number of customers.

Made systemized workflows to improve productivity (OEE), reduction of rejection (8D Analysis), Inventory control (ABC, ROP Planning), and redefined maintenance check sheet as per the consumables.

Given additional responsibility as Production Planning & Control (PPC) manager MOTHERSON AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES & ENGINEERING (INDIA) – 2008 TO 2013 Best in manufacturing plastic injection & blow molded products and suppliers for OEM car manufacturers like FORD, DIAMLER, HYUNDAI & Renault Nissan.

• 2012 to 2013: Production Manager (reported to General Manager; led a team of 100)

• 2010 to 2012: Assistant Manager (Reported to Production Manager; a Led team of 50) G.M PENS INTERNATIONAL PVT LTD, (Reynolds) INDIA 2004 to 2008 An Indian Company, working in the field of design, development & production of writing instruments Started Path

2006 to 2008: Senior–Engineer (Reported to Manager, Led team of 60) 2004 to 2006: Trainee – Engineer

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