Ashwani Kumar
Textile Engineer
Hamirpur
Summary
Organized and dependable professional experienced in leadership and team management. Achieved significant results through strategic planning, effective communication, and problem-solving. Focused on embracing challenges and delivering high-quality outcomes while supporting team goals.
Overview
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1
Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Manager
Vardhman Textiles
07.2024 - Current
- Core team member in SAP S4 HANA implementation with strong exposure to business process reengineering, blueprints, functional specifications, system testing, and data migration.
- Skilled in aligning business requirements with SAP solutions and driving end-to-end implementation from planning to execution.
- Created BPR and BBP documents aligning business processes with SAP standards.
- Analyzed business problems and designed SAP-based solutions.
- Prepared and validated functional specification (FS) for customer developments.
- Performed System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Training or UAT (User Acceptance Testing) from order to dispatch cycle.
- Managed data preparation and migration using LTMC.
- Maintained material masters, and understanding of BOM, routing, work centers, and production versions.
- Looked after new plant erection in midway and managed data of all the accessories.
- Managed a team of shift office workers for daily routine work.
- Managed a team of 85-plus workers on a daily basis for daily routine work.
- Managed advanced shop floor product or running material line-wise planning for 24 hours.
- Installed new open-end two machines with erectors and learned about machines, successfully set the product, and gave training to the team as well, including shift officers and workforces as well.
- Led team initiatives to streamline operations, enhancing workflow efficiency and staff productivity.
- Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
- Mentored junior staff, fostering skill development and promoting a collaborative team environment.
- Scheduled shifts of shift officers and senior workforces to ensure the smooth running of shifts.
- Addressed compliance of shift officers and workforce on a timely basis.
- Maintained compliance with health and safety regulations, ensuring a safe environment for both staff and customers.
- Coached new TGTs, ensuring a smooth onboarding process and quicker adaptation to their roles.
- Conducted performance evaluations and provided constructive feedback to employees.
- Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
- Recruited, interviewed, and hired new employees.
- Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
Senior Executive
Vardhman Textiles Ltd
03.2020 - 04.2024
- Managed Sampling Unit, reduced lead time from 20 days to 15 days with the help of 2 supervisors and 45 plus workers, monitoring daily sampling production of 300 kg/day and 15 samples per day from mixing to packing, ensuring all the quality parameters.
- Customer counter development, especially in Fancy Melange Yarn, with final fabric appearance.
- Quality control throughout fiber to knitted fabric in all the newly developed samples, bulk, as well as customer development.
- To knit the final developed yarn in single jersey, as well as in flat knit form, or as per customer requirements.
- Circular knitting machines with a 96 feeder diameter of 30 inches (18's-30's), an 88 feeder diameter of 30 inches (30's-40's), a 24 feeder diameter of 22 inches (31's-50's), and a 12 feeder diameter of 2 inches (16's-30's).
- To find out new techniques to develop fancy mélange yarns.
- Developing special blends in bamboo, linen, wool, silk, nylon, etc.
- To coordinate with PPC to fulfill buyer requirements and deliver on time.
- To coordinate with MDC (Melange Color Development Centre) and R&D for shade and quality issues.
- Working in new product developments on different themes, like nautical and aura.
- Handling of man, material, machinery, and quality-related issues in the lab dips, samples, and bulk for better runability issues.
- To coordinate with R&D for resolving customer complaints in knitted/woven fabrics.
- To finalize the percentage of dyed fibers used to make dyed mélange and fancy mélange yarn with MDC.
- Handling of man, material, machinery, and quality-related issues in the lab dips, samples, and bulk for better runability issues.
- Responsible for the fibers mixing plan, as per different yarn types and shades.
- Responsible for all parameters while producing different types of yarn, such as hosiery yarn, warp yarn, compact, siro, jaspe, spectra slub, feather, snow, medley, functional, Tp-Beauty, Angelina, and all types of new products developed.
- Control of soft waste.
- Managed teams of professionals focused on improving initiatives.
- Led a member of the manufacturing and product operations team.
New Product Development Engineer, Senior Executive
Vardhman Textiles
03.2020 - 07.2024
- Managed multiple projects effectively in a demanding environment with tight deadlines.
- Documented each step in the product's development process for use in manuals.
- Brainstormed with peers and other members of the design team to determine enhancements and product features.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, and engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
- Worked flexible hours across nights, weekends, and holidays.
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources, and presented results.
Shift Officer, Executive, Senior Executive
Vardhman Textiles
07.2013 - 07.2020
- Look after all shift activities, product/count changes, workforce allocation as per given hands, breakdown reasons and resolve, shift production data monitoring, and so on.
- Look after production planning and all activities in their absence of GSO.
- Specialized in creating high-quality mélange products for diverse applications.
- Oversaw daily operations to ensure compliance with safety standards and procedures.
- Coordinated shift schedules, optimizing workforce allocation to enhance productivity.
- Trained and mentored junior officers, fostering a culture of teamwork and accountability.
- Implemented process improvements that streamlined workflow and reduced operational delays.
Education
B.Tech - Textile Engineering
J.N. Govt. Engineering College
Sundernagar, Mandi06-2013
12th - Science
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education
Hamirpur, HP03-2009
10th - PCM
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education
Hamirpur, HP03-2007
Skills
SAP S4 HANA PP-Module
Operational Planning
Shopfloor Management
Team leadership
Budget management
Decision-making
Solution provider
Quality Control
Monitoring and reporting
Process Improvement
Troubleshooting
Project management
SAP S4 HANA implementation
Accomplishments
- Designing Custom screens & Implementation of SAP S4 HANA for PP-Module having knowledge of BOM, Routing , PV, Workcenters, STO, MTO, PIR & PPC activities etc.
- Advanced Excel for data-driven planning and KPI monitoring
- Knowledge of Different types of Fibers like Cotton, Polyester, Acrylic, Viscose, Modal etc
- Knowledge of New fibers like Recrotherm, Feel fresh, Bico
- Sorona, Silwarm acrylic, T-clean Anti-bacterial , Eco-made, Eco-vera, Sea-Cell etc
- Depth knowledge of different types of cotton fibers like Shankar-6,J-34,Giza86, Pima, etc
- Knowledge of all major areas and machinery of textiles and their technology
- Knowledge of spinning, weaving, Knitting , garments & all basic knowledge of other fields related with textiles
- Proficient in ERP and SAP system
- Knowledge of different types of Fancy yarns with their appearance effect on fabric
- Well known of shades & appearance effect on knitted fabric made from different types of dyed & fancy yarns
- Well known of yarn & fibers properties & quality parameters to be used for knitted fabric & warp fabric yarn
- Knowledge of all Fancy products like Feather , Medley, Mongrel, Flaky, Snow, Spectra Slub, Neps , Slub yarn, Anti-bacterial yarn, Breathable yarn, Low pill yarn
- Knowledge of yarn qualities Uster 3 & 5, RKM, Yarn defects, fiber qualities & fiber specialties
- Knowledge of Vortex & Ring yarn
- Acamedic Projects
- Study of soft waste
- Project on different complaints related to fancy products
- Study on number of trials in fancy Lab-dips
- Project on Injected content percentage
- Study of neps and control at carding machine
- Project on yarn content in ring frame
- Project on carding machine wrapping out
Certification
2020-03 [PACE Trainer], [Gap Inc.]
Timeline
Assistant Manager
Vardhman Textiles
07.2024 - Current
Senior Executive
Vardhman Textiles Ltd
03.2020 - 04.2024
New Product Development Engineer, Senior Executive
Vardhman Textiles
03.2020 - 07.2024
Shift Officer, Executive, Senior Executive
Vardhman Textiles
07.2013 - 07.2020
12th - Science
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education
B.Tech - Textile Engineering
J.N. Govt. Engineering College
10th - PCM
Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education
Additional Information
- Training attended
- Leadership Skills
- Time Management
- Problem solving and decision making