Commercial packaging graphics,packaging Technologist

Kannan G.Iyengar

No. ***, *rd Floor Khalifa Building Karama, P.O. BOX # 17139 Dubai, U.A.E

Res: +9714 - 3964630 Cell: +97150 - 7256729

Email: *****.*******@*****.***

Objective

I am a self motivated and challenging individual seeking an opportunity to obtain a position as a Packaging Manager/technologist or higher positions within the field of Packaging development/commercial packaging buying in FMCG firm, which allows me to utilize my packaging technology and commercial skills in a manner that will be beneficial to the company, while providing opportunities for advancement.

Qualification

 Post Graduate Diploma in packaging technology from Indian Institute of packaging, India 2001-02

 Mechanical Engineering Diploma from Technical board of Karnataka. India 1990-93

Synopsis

 Fourteen years of experience in packaging FMCG firm & ten years of packaging development and commercial buying

 Confectionary and Food packaging expertise in structural and packaging modeling

 Expertise in “Flexible, Rigid plastics, Metal, Board, Gloss and their development, manufacturing and converting process”

 Have good knowledge in below-the-line graphics, and various print technology

 Well verse with Supplier development and Vendor assurance program which enable to share the technology and knowledge to develop the and materials and supplier to high standards

 Hands on Experience with high speed packaging machineries, materials and confirmation tests

 Experience in packaging buying, cost modeling and identifying potential cost saving methods and its implementation

Professional Experience

 Mars GCC, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Confectionary products

• Commercial – Packaging Technologist and Graphics Implementation 2006-07 to till date

o Key area for packaging concept to commercialization

o Responsible for commercialization of new packaging developments initiated by R&D and Marketing

o Team leader for below the line graphics process start from artwork development to printing.

o Ownership for packaging vendor development locally and globally

o Manage external design and external production resources, including artwork agency, printers and pre-press, to optimize design, quality, and efficiency

• Packaging Buying

o Ownership of the packaging buying budget, packaging buying locally and globally

o Responsible for all costing of new projects and packaging contractual agreements

o Long and forward planning for commodities that directly impacting packaging pricing

o Ownership of SAP Supply Chain direct buying expertise and representing as “SAP Functional expert” for commercial team

o Work collaboratively with Marketing, Packaging Development, Production Planning, and Legal text to ensure on time project delivery.

o Cost saving activity of packaging and packaging cost module brought “USD 250K per year”

o Harmonizing the Graphics workflow and cost module brought saving of “USD 100K per year”

• Research & Development – Packaging development 2002 to 2006

o Leading research and packaging development, innovation and implementation of new packaging concepts to commercialization

o "Sourcing of new packaging material and technologies" and secure competences potential usable in food packaging.

o Supported major project and line extensions where it related to machine and materials

o Ownership for optimizing packaging quality and cost through material improvements

o Provided technical support to operations through packaging process optimization

o Responsible for conduct packaging online and packaging integrity testing and confirmation.

o Leader and manage assigned structural and material based packaging projects.

o Experience in utilize expertise in the qualification of new supplier’s designs and materials.

o Develop and maintain accurate specifications for packaging materials and procedures.

o Provided technical support for investigation of incidents that involve package design related product integrity, easy operational impact and environmental impact.

o Recommended to new techniques, equipment and technologies for improving production efficiency

o Responsibility handled for technical support for root causes analysis of packaging consumer complaints.

o Change in design and rigid plastic material reduced product breakages in market place and brought cost “saving of half a million dollar per year”.

o Material change for low life product bring in the cost saving to business up to “USD 300K/year”

• Research & Development – Packaging Technician, Technical services 2001 to 2002

o Managed packaging quality and support packaging material improvement on the line

o Supported and contributed to development of improved packaging systems and material quality to improve functional effectiveness and efficiency of wrapping line

o Responsible for supplier development and Vendor assurance program which enable to share the technology and knowledge to develop the supplier to high standards

o Supported packaging development team concept and functional packaging development

o Identified and implemented package material technologies to improve cold seal packaging material, which brought down rejection level from 10% to less than 0.5%

• Production Associate Aug1999 to Dec 2000

o Responsible for production and operation monitoring, trouble shooting in wrapping area.

o Hands on experience in operation, Troubling shooting and maintenance of high speed and sophisticated twist wrap, Flow wrap, FFS , Foil wrap, Fold & envelope wrap and packaging line accessories and machinery.

 DCW Home products Ltd; Mfd. of Wheat Flour, salt, spices and house hold food products

• Executive Packaging Engineer Sep1996 to Aug 1999

o Responsible for testing and developing packaging materials and specification

o Developing and Implementation of new packaging concept to commercialization

o Team leader for corporate level Packaging development and supplier development.

o Support to new machines selection and commissioning of packaging machines.

o Developed and implemented training procedures including operations, quality, and safety for production and R & D.

• Packaging Engineer maintenance Aug 1995 to Aug1996

o Maintenance and troubleshooting of high-speed packaging machinery like Form fill seal (Robert Bosch, Hyson, and Rovema), semi automatic bottling and packaging line accessories. Managing team of 4 people.

o Work experience in Major project expansion, commissioning and managing team of 8 people

o Ownership for Maintenance scheduling & Spares plan and Local development of machine parts.

o Organizing Packaging materials trial on machines

o Implementation of quality standards and specification for the packaging materials.

o Introduction of Statistics quality control system on production line.

o Cost reduction on packaging materials selection and developments

 Nestle India Ltd, Najangud, India, Mfd. of instant Coffee and Energy drink Milo

• Operations Associate Mar 1993 to Aug 1995

o Operation, trouble shooting and maintenance of high-speed packaging machinery like FFS (Rovema, Nichrome, Flex) Canning, Bottling, Coding machines and packaging systems.

o Well trained in machine maintenance and packaging quality assurance system.

 Shivananda Industries, Mysore. Trainee engineer and Engineer (February 1992 to 1993)

o Looking after shop floor supervision and quality control of precession engineering components.

Professional Courses /Training Received

• Principles & Advance Lean (Porsche Consultants)

• Packaging Buying Techniques (Mars)

• External influencing skills (Mars)

• SAP Direct Buying Functional Expert (Mars)

• VA, ISO and HACCP(Mars)

• Crucial conversation (Carnegie)

• Strategy Development and Execution (Mars)

• Material Quality Management (Mars)

Computer Skills

 Excellent working knowledge of Macintosh, IBM, MS Office, MS Office, Lotus notes,

 Function expert in “SAP Direct Buying”

 Auto CAD 2000, Certified by Master Educational institute Dubai, Good design and operational skills on Artios CAD, EV package and TOPS software packages

 Knowledge of PhotoShop and Adobe Illustrator and Artpro

Personal Data

Date of Birth: 20th July 1969

Place of Birth: Mysore, India

Nationality: Indian

Marital Status: Married

Reference: Furnished upon request

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