Machine Operator Assistant

ASHUTOSH SADANAND PHATAK

Permanent Address: *** Jet Street, Laudium, 0037, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa.

SUMMARY

Experienced Production Manager in the Printing field. In depth knowledge of Flexo and Litho Printing Technologies from unsupported films to self adhesive material to board. Key Specilizations: Capacity Planning, Cost saving, research and development, reducing rejections and quality issues.

SKILLS

Effective communicator.

Management of staff and disputes.

Good knowledge of MS Office and Systec print solutions.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

Production Manager Jan 2016 to Current

Clomark (Ref: Available on Request) Midrand, Gauteng

1)Production Planning i.e. (Material, Man, Machines). Placing orders for Raw Material per order and also maintaining minimum stock levels in the raw material stores.

2)Procuring of raw materials at a better cost and quality and also negotiating lead times for deliveries.

3)Raising quality concerns which may arise with different raw material suppliers.

4)Checking of daily production and submitting figures to higher management on Time, Material and Quality in a form of a percentage.

5)Solving technical and quality issues which may arise by investigating the root cause.

6)Implementing measures to cut costs on material which is the highest contributor to the profit margin.

7)Liaising with customers and Technical in-depth involvement on new product development (Packaging requirements and product conformity as per customer).

8)Managing internal and external disputes and taking necessary actions as required.

9)Good knowledge of the different types of material used for different applications.

Head Production Supervisor Printing Dec 2013 to Jan 2016

Morvest Premium Ideas (Ref: Neville Lewis - +276********) Midrand, Gauteng

1)Ensuring that all jobs are setup correctly including the inline Domino Variable data printer.

2)Placing orders for raw materials and rotary screens required for the job.

3)Creating a Bill of Materials for each new job.

4)Technical involvement in shade matching and colour orientated issues as well as setup of flow-wrappers and over-wrappers for packaging.

5)Implementing of processes to meet daily targets with least material and time wastage.

6)Complete participation in product development for customers.

7)Allocation of Manpower where required and managing 160 employees across 3 shifts.

8)Planning and recording of daily production and producing waste graphs for monitoring and controlling wastage and internal rejects.

9)Performing KPA’s on all employees reporting directly into me.

10)Placing necessary quality control measures and working together with the Quality team to draw FMEA’s and Control Plans for each part.

11)Scheduling preventative maintenance on machines together with the maintenance staff.

Flexo machine operator Aug 2011 to Nov 2012

Rama Labels (Ref: Rupesh Rama - +278********) Laudium, Gauteng

1)Ensuring all jobs are setup correctly and timeously.

2)Mounting of Flexo plates on the correct cylinders.

3)Mounting of die as per job.

4)Pressure settings of plate to substrate and register setting.

5)Colour matching as per master sample.

6)Regular weekly maintenance of machine.

Production Coordinator June 2010 to July 2011

Adpak Intl. Nairobi, Kenya

1)Planning of jobs for each machine.

2)Allocation of manpower where required.

3)Checking quality of labels produced.

4)Approving the proof prior to production.

5)Working on improving material and time efficiencies.

6)Solving internal and external quality issues.

Assistant Operator June 2009 to June 2010

Interlabels Mumbai, India

I have worked at Interlabels as production trainee/machine assistant on a Gidue 8 colour Flexographic press where we produced self adhesive labels for the liquor, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, food, baggage tags for airlines. My duties were:

1)Mounting of Flexo plates for the job.

2)Mounting of Embossing plates and dies.

3)Set up of the machine which includes: material, inks, anilox rolls, plate cylinders and dies.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

DIPLOMA: PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY 2011

IIT MUMBAI MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA INDIA

DIPLOMA: PRINTING TECHNOLOGY 2009

GIPT MUMBAI MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA INDIA

MATRIC 2003

ZINNIAVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL RUSTENBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

PERSONAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH: 03/12/1985

PLACE OF BIRTH: KOLHAPUR, MAHARASHTRA, INDIA

NATIONALITY: SOUTH AFRICAN

RACE: INDIAN

PASSPORT NO.: A01883940

PARENTS: MR. SADANAND D PHATAK AND MRS RAJNI S PHATAK (currently residing in South Africa)

DRIVING LICENSE: INDIAN AND SOUTH AFRICAN

CELL NO: +276********

EMAIL: ***********@*****.***

INTEREST AND HOBBIES

1)Chess

2)Cricket

3)Movies

4)Travelling

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