SASWAT KUMAR MOHAPATRA SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL

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Highly knowledgeable in a wide variety of tasks like: Plant Operations Business Process & Planning Production SCM Project Management Continuous Process Improvement Cost Saving Safety Material & Inventory Administration Quality Assurance; targeting top managerial assignments with an organization of high repute

PROFILE SUMMARY

Dynamic, Result-oriented Business Leader with over 21 years of experience and impressive success in consistently increasing business turnover YOY by re-organizing business direction and through strategic initiatives & cost control measures at the Plant.

Excellent in planning and effectuating preventive shutdown, breakdown and predictive maintenance schedules of machines and equipment to ensure zero/minimum breakdown as well as machinery/equipment increase uptime and equipment reliability.

A Principle Executive ‘Point of Contact’ for the team with responsibility of providing overall leadership and direction for all plant operations to continuously improve results in safety, quality, service, budget and cost performance.

Excellent track record of setting-up plants from scratch and turning around performance of underperforming production units into high performing units and on time implementation of projects under cost parameters; established state-of-the-art and FENA Guwahati manufacturing unit installation and Assam Manufacturing Unit project at SM Group, Gouripur.

An asset to the organization with impressive skills in reducing the cost by integrating operations with lesser operating time into existing operations and by replacing labor-intense processes.

Excellence in leading successful completion of projects with focus on streamlining material management & mobilization, machine & manpower management; expertise in project management from planning till execution for various projects for successful production.

Leveraged knowledge of Quality Improvement and Manufacturing Excellence Tools & Techniques like SAP, 5S, Kaizen, Lean, ISO-9001:2015 and TS 16949; skilled in implementing process improvement across various project processes to reduce rejection levels & cost and ensure high quality standards of project execution.

Expertise in taking corrective action for any negative trendsrelated to product quality, customer service, capacity, lead time, labour efficiency, space, utilization, yield, and business processes effectiveness.

Proven capabilities in developing strategies for managing the production processes by initiating modifications for lowering rejection rate, realizing operational efficiencies, controlling variability, losses costs and reducing the cycle-time and optimizing resources.

Skilled at strategizing and implementing processes modifications to enhance operational efficiency; formulated SOPs of the processes, developed plant facilities, layout & re-drafted master plan.

Inclusive leader ensuring sustainable growth in productivity, profitability and steering the annual budget planning, cost efficiency in the plant along with optimum usage of fuel and energy.

CORE COMPETENCIES

SOFT SKILLS

EDUCATION

B.E. (Chemical Engineering) from Mewar University in 2014

PG Diploma in Business Administration (Operations & Marketing) from SCDL, Pune in 2011

Diploma in Chemical Engineering from Sambalpur University in 1996

TRAININGS

Attended:

o5th & 6th Henkel India Technical meet held at Gurgaon and Chennai respectively

oSAP Training, Leadership Training, 5S, Kaizen, TS 16949, ISO 9001:2015

CAREER TIMELINE

NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHEMNTS ACROSS THE CAREER

At SM Group as Plant Head Operation:

Pivotal in governing the yield losses during production process & ensuring man-days per MT are not over 0.75; augmented the productivity of Both Plants to 3500 MT per month in a short span of 3 months.

Efficiently fixed both Unit and TBS Plant related breakdown issues within 2 hours with the adherence of RCA / CAPA.

Examined the timely Renewal of all factory Statutory Licenses before expiry and ensured zero penalty or interest for the Plant and Commercial Team.

Successfully reduced the operations delays and improved the Plant Capacities to 75%.

Sustained and continued the production lead time of max. 48 hrs., safeguarded 100% delivery of Goods as required by customer.

Created end cutting along with unloading and process rejection which led the reduction by 0.5%.

Magnificently reduced the maintenance cost to 20%and batch timing & quality cost to 15%without compromising the Product Quality

Took several initiatives to minimize the manufacturing and administrative cost by 18% and 12% respectively

Drastically reduced the liquidification of unproductive inventory, dead inventory by 30 days; streamlined the inventory process by allowing the movement of the material and its planning on fixed days

Led the reduction of emergency purchase and dispatch cost to 10% and declined the Fuel & Power Consumption to INR 14.61 Per Unit

Spearheaded the modification and evaluation of ABP, BSC, JD,KRA, WI, Engineering Manual &DRAWING, Quality Manual in a short span of 6 month interval as per business requirements

At Fena Pvt. Ltd. as Manager:

Conceptualized and executed Continuously Reviewing System focusing on achieving production targets and reducing unproductive inventory and batch losses

Introduced the tubular conveyor, multi-screw feeder, multi-discharge conveyor, pneumatic bar cutter, auto stitching and multi-track machine in a systematic way process which boosted the manpower across the plant

Successfully augmented the productivity & reduced the rejection rate of RM & PM; established a new vendor base by adding 11 new vendors and received competitive rates

Streamlined the Supply Chain System with an effective communication system resulting in minimized cost per MT of goods

Gained acknowledgment for introducing RCA method, labeling of material and separation of hazardous material such as Enzyme

Executed several project starting from planning, installation of machinery, storage area of raw material, finished goods and manpower planning during merger of two unit at Delhi (B-106, 147-148 DSIDC)

Splendidly optimized rejection of wrappers from 13% to 2 % andcontrolled overtime from 30% to 5%

At Henkel Teroson India Ltd.,

Headed a team of 40 members and supervised the shift production operations; worked in close coordination with the Quality Control Dept. for safeguarding the quality of semi-finished & finished product

Worked as a people manager and resolved customer queries concerning particle found in product Terostat 273 MUL; led the installation of modified pipelines & storage tank to control the wastage of costly liquid raw material such as DOP, DINP, and EXXOL D80

Successfully executedthe sign and labeling of material, FIFO and FMFO system during Material receiving and Dispatch

Reduced the batch time & maintained self-life period of semi-finished, raw-material, finished product in order to avoid wastage

WORK EXPERIENCE

SinceJul’14 with SM Group, Assam & Meghalaya Unit as Plant Head / General Manager - Operations

Key Result Areas:

Front-leading the entire gamut of overall plant operations entailing O&M, Production &Planning, Supply Chain Management, Cost Management, HSE Management, Quality Management, HR Management, Vendor Development, Finance and Administrative Functions

Spearheading entire plant operations as per the goals of organization and ensured the achievement of plant profit targets with SQCD (safety, quality, cost and delivery); increased the productivity, profitability of Unit ensured the yield, productivity, quality & achieved the target

Supervising the Material management and inventory control function ensuring the availability of the material

Setting-up &completing various projects in coordination with Cross-functional Teams to develop entire process from scratch to ensure streamlined production activities; collaborating with various departmentsfor implementing effective asset management, maintenance and shut down strategies and activities

Preparing production & dispatch plans, organizing resources to meet the business requirement; evaluating production deviations, investigating the critical deviations and maintain records for the same

Managing P&L operations, formulating business plans & budgets and directing manufacturing operations through business excellence philosophy

Conducting process & quality audits and implementing stringent quality control systems to enhance quality & reduce the rejection rate; improving productivity; ensuring adherence to the quality standards and supervising implementation of various stages of workflow using quality tools

Formulating models for engineering activities like troubleshooting & breakdown/ preventive/ shutdown maintenance for bringing down process control instruments’ downtime to a minimum level

Devising health safety management systems for maintaining sound environmental and safety conditions

Mentoring, motivating & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process operations; recruiting personnel and organizing regular periodic meetings & trainings for staff for discussing issues

Executing cost saving techniques and cost reduction activities to achieve reduction in terms of manufacturing expenditures, man-days, purchase, raw materials & energy consumption; implementing various continuous improvements in the plant

Identifying areas of improvement and executed process modifications and equipment calibrations to enhance operational efficiencies of machine / equipment.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

May’07 - Jul’11 with Fena Pvt. Ltd., Guwahati

Growth Path:

May’05 - May’07 with Henkel Teroson India Ltd., Gurgaon as Senior Engineer - Production

Aug’96 - Apr’05 with Fena Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi as Officer - Production

Growth Path:

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 6th September 1977

Languages Known: English, Oriya & Hindi

Address: Taharpur, Munisaragadha, Korai, JajpurKeonjhar Road, Jajpur, Orissa-755019

Process Analysis, Improvement and Optimization

Plant Operations Management

Material & Inventory Management

Vendor Development

Budgeting & Cost Control

Quality & Safety Assurance

Statutory Compliance

Supply Chain Management

HR & Administration Operations

Team Building & Leadership

Operation & Maintenance

Production Planning

Change Agent

Thinker

Planner

Innovator

Communicator

Collaborator

SM Group as Plant Head / General Manager - Operations

Henkel Teroson India Ltd., Gurgaon as Senior Engineer - Production

Fena Pvt. Ltd., Guwahati as Manager - Operations

Fena Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi as Officer - Production

Aug’96-Apr’05

May’05-May’07

Since Jul’14

May’07-Jul’11

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