Harry Jadeja, B.E, MBA

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e-mail: adu705@r.postjobfree.com, Cell # 817-***-****

QUALITY/CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT LEADER

Accomplished Quality and Process Leader seeking a management position in a Quality-Process oriented environment. Perfect for an organization that needs a qualified individual with demonstrated success in continuous process improvement techniques, manage ISO 9001:2015 Quality System, Change Management, FSSC22K, BRC, FDA, PPAP, GMP, and hands on in using Lean Tools to exceed corporate objectives. Strong manufacturing processes and quality improvement background paired with several Quality/Process/Leadership certifications, and MBA.

CORE STRENGTHS

Plant Management Laboratory Management Continuous Improvements Project Management Organizational Change Root Cause Investigations Reduction-in-force Training & Development Sanitarian Plant Management Representative Food Safety and Customer Auditing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Multi Color Corporation. Dallas, TX 2021- 2022

Products: Labels

Plant Management Quality Manager

-Active involvement with customers through direct communications, and plant visits to resolve quality complaints and reinforce the relations.

-Leader of continuous Improvement teams for waste reduction and minimize quality complaints through projects and kaizen.

-Manage lab instruments for critical quality Tests

-Plant management representative for ISO 9001:2015.

-Plant Sanitarian to manage BRC Certification.

-Manage laboratory technicians, customer complaints, plant procedures, Food Safety items, and Interaction with Third party auditors.

-Improved avg. customer complaints from 28 counts (Avg revenue claims $28,000) to 9 counts (Avg Revenue claims $9,000) within a year.

-Improved plant waste from 20% to 17% to accomplish savings by $220,000 using Kaizen method.

-Improved make ready of hybrid presses from 45 minutes to 30 minutes using Kaizen method.

PRINTPACK INC. Grand prairie, TX 2000- 2006 and 2008 - 2021

Products: Unprinted and Printed flexible packaging laminates, Co extruded plastics films for food products.

Rejoined as Quality Manager

Manage Quality department, Lab Team members and Customer Complaints.

Active involvement with customers through direct communications, and plant visits to solve the complaints and reinforce the relations.

Manage lab instruments for critical quality Tests such as GCMS, OTR, WVTR

Plant management representative for ISO 9001:2015.

Plant Sanitarian to manage AIB and FSSC22k Certification.

Mange laboratory technicians, customer complaints, ISO system, Food Safety items, and Interaction with FDA auditors.

Accomplished quality KPIs every year with 10% improvement. in revenue related customer claims.

Improved reclaim consumption in place of reprocessed materials to minimize waste and save virgin materials. Annual Savings increased over $100,000.

Optimized line output and gauge variation on 8-layer blown co-ex line through continuous improvements

for temperature profiles and line conditions for various EVOH and Nylon based barrier films.

Optimized Additives (BHT, Polybutene & Slip) consumption & saved over $120,000

Reporting to Plant manager

Process Engineer to Quality Manager

Active involvement with customers through direct communications, and plant visits to solve the complaints and reinforce the relations.

Champion for alternate material qualifications to improve gross margin.

Customer requirement co-coordinator. Managed over 1000 product trials for new applications.

Actively involved in modification of the new structures to meet line configurations and customer requirements.

Facilitated Product Development Group to improve performance of new blown film structures.

Identified equipment limitations & formulated detailed Standard Operation Condition data sheets, Product Brief & pump rate sheets for all the blown co-ex (up to 8-layers), cast (up to 7-layers) & mono film lines related job orders.

Improved line output of 5-layer blown film line by 20%. Received Corporate leadership award.

Reduced laboratory manpower from nine to five team members after revisiting testing frequencies. (Annual Savings $160.000).

Resolved customer complaints for BST by avoiding corona treatment for the films used for extrusion lamination. Resulted in to cost savings of corona treat. (Annual Savings $80.000)

Certified Power Tools Champion (Green Belt)

Tetra Pak Denton, TX 2007 - 2008

Products: Aseptic Laminates to pack liquid food products such as Juice, milk, oil etc.

Lamination Manager

Managed 22 team members of extrusion lamination department.

Facilitate tandem extrusion lamination line to make seven-layer laminates.

Managed continuous improvements of line per corporate standards.

Pactiv Corporation, Temple, TX 2006 -2007

Products: “Hefty” brand plastics products such as trash bags, and polystyrene bowls

Senior R& D Engineer

Active involvement for improving extrusion processes.

Facilitate Product development group for resin qualifications.

R & D role for both polyethylene and polystyrene plants

NIRMA LIMITED. India 1995-1999

Products: Unprinted and printed flexible packaging laminates, films for food and non-food products.

Plant Manager

Full responsibility for site operations with all functions reporting directly

-Joined the Group in April-1995 as a General Manager (Packaging) having responsibility to commission the flexible packaging project.

-Played key role in Selection and commissioning of the entire plant & machineries. Sourced necessary tooling and received regulatory agency approval during the project implementation stage. totaling 120,000 sq feet and $15M in capital spends.

-Managed 350 employees after selection and recruitment for the plant at a later stage.

-Designed, invented, and implemented systems and work methods in the area of Gravure printing, blown film lines, dry lamination, extrusion coating, slitting, bag making, production planning, quality assurance, utility, mechanical maintenance, electrical & electronic maintenance etc.

-Implemented daily management tier structure to report operation metrics on safety, quality, and delivery.

-Successfully commissioned entire project to make 1M poly bags and 10MT laminates on daily basis to realize annual savings of $1.2M.

Hindustan Packaging Company ltd. (TETRA PAK, INDIA) 1991-1994

Products: Aseptic laminates used to pack liquid food products such as milk, oil, and juice

EDUCATION

MBA (Major: Operations and Production Management) from University of Texas at Arlington. (UTA). GPA 3.6

Bachelor of engineering (B.E.) Production, Saurashtra University. India. Rank 2nd in the university. Equivalent GPA 4.0

CERTIFICATIONS

Passed AutoCAD part 1, Visual Basic 6.0 proficiency and course exams.

Attended Advanced Excel, Quality Control, CPR & OSHA, Foundation of Leadership & numerous other seminars & training programs.

Six Sigma Green Belt Certificate

HACCP Certificate

PERSONAL

Citizen of the United States. Interests include reading, playing chess, and traveling for business or pleasure.

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