Balkrishna Dhakar
Textile Sustainability Professional
Jaipur
Summary
Dedicated Certification Manager offering 10+ years of experience in helping people to think sustainably and corporations employ environmentally-friendly practices. Gifted communicator with dynamic and persistent personality, diplomatic nature and relationship-driven mentality. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level Sustainability Manager position. Well-versed in reviewing and addressing operational sustainability problems with supply chain and different innovative programs. Successful establishing clear goals and developing strategies to reach targets.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
8
8
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Assistant Manager - Audit & Review
Global Sustainability Certification & Inspection Services (GSCI)
Jaipur
12.2021 - Current
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents.
- Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues.
- Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Worked with customers to understand needs and provide excellent service.
- Led projects and analyzed data to identify opportunities for improvement.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
- Leading India, Pakistan, Turkey audits and conducted shadow and witness audits for various countries.
Assistant Manager Certification
OneCert International Pvt. Ltd.
Jaipur
02.2017 - 12.2021
- Conducted 600+ Audits & Technical reviews for GOTS & Textile Exchange as per standard requirements.
- Improved quality assurance procedures to minimize errors and increase effectiveness of inspections.
- Improved operations through consistent hard work and dedication.
- Performed duties in accordance with applicable standards, policies and regulatory guidelines to promote safe working environment.
- Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Spearheaded daily staff meetings to identify improvement strategies, discuss policy updates and recommend improvements.
- Helped team members maintain business professionalism by coaching each on methods for delivering exceptional service to every customer.
- Identified control gaps in processes, procedures and systems through in-depth assessment and suggested methods for improvement.
- Successfully faced accreditation witness audit 02 times.
Senior Shift Officer
Fertichem Cotspin Pvt. Ltd.
Chandigarh Punjab
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Learned new skills and applied to daily tasks to improve efficiency and productivity.
- Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.
- Managed team of employees, overseeing hiring, training and professional growth of employees.
- Created spreadsheets using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
- Worked flexible hours across night, weekend and holiday shifts.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.
- Maintained excellent attendance record, consistently arriving to work on time.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
Manufacturing Manager
Arvind Mills
Ahmedabad
10.2013 - 12.2014
- Tracked new material shipments and coordinated flow of materials at different stages of manufacturing to align with procurement expectations.
- Evaluated suppliers to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
- Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, training and mentoring individuals with lagging skills.
- Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
- Anticipated and addressed production problems, material shortages, equipment malfunctions and unavoidable delays.
- Wrote process, employee and production schedules.
- Identified strategic business opportunities to advance technology through licensing and project development.
- Changed equipment over to new products to meet customer requirements.
- Reviewed processing schedules and production orders concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints.
- Achieved aggressive production and quality requirements for different type of yarns.
- Applied lean principles to improve workflow and quality and reduce waste.
Shift Officer
Sangam India Limited
Bhilwara
04.2012 - 10.2013
- Trained staff of direct labor employees to perform assembly and manufacture of specified products.
- Set and enforced performance-oriented production approach, significantly increasing worker output and reducing safety incidents.
- Accomplished targets and met demand by assessing equipment performance, reviewing materials supplies and organizing manpower.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.
- Used coordination and planning skills to achieve results according to schedule
Education
MBA - Business Management
NMIMS
Mumbai India 12.2021 - Current
B. Tech. _Textile Technology - Textile Engineering
MLV Textile & Engineering College
Bhilwara Rajasthan 05.2008 - 04.2012
High School Diploma -
MBSSS
Bharatpur Rajasthan India 04.2007 - 03.2008
Skills
Complaint resolution
Report preparation
Key holder experience
Staff education and training
Service standard compliance
Training development aptitude
Technical Support
Compiling data
Database development
Planning and Coordination
Cultural Awareness
Microsoft NET framework
Certification
Lead Auditor - ISO 45001
Accomplishments
- Collaborated with team of 35 in the Certification and Auditing Management.
- Most valuable bronze member on Textile Exchange Hub and actively participating in discussions & Webinars.
- Active member of different communities like companies creating material change, Membership community, OCRT etc.
- Used Microsoft Excel to develop inventory tracking spreadsheets.
- Hosted various training sessions and attended various webinars and trainings with different online platform internationally like- Microsoft Team, Zoom, Google Meet, Line etc.
- Conducted 600+ domestic & international individual audits & Technical Reviews for different Textile standards (GOTS & Textile Exchange).
- Successfully faced accreditation audits 05 times and witness audit 02 times.
Additional Information
I have attended several webinars & seminars by scheme honors for effective implementation of various changes in policies and procedures.
I have attended several trainings internally & Externally.
Details mentioned below-
Webinar #2: How Us Textile Recovery Works & Emerging Innovation in Sortation Technologies -
23-Aug-17
Webinar #3: State and Municipal Views on Textile Waste in The U.S.
06-Sep-17
Traceability of GMO-free Cotton - from the seed to the shirt
14-Dec-17
Inhouse Training for ISO 9001 and Internal audit methodology
12-Oct-17
Green Productivity by ISO 14001- APO
1 January– 31 December 2017
Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSAS 18001)
12-16 June 2017
SA 8000 Basic Auditor Training Course New Delhi by SAI
12-16/06/2017
In House Training on File Management, Initial Review, Technical Reviews, Risk Analysis,
Transaction Certification, Input Approval, Report Writing, Labour Laws, 2018 Witness Audit
20/05/2019 - 22/05/2019
Onecert certification procedure, RCS RWS, Documentation Part RWS, Standard RWS, RDS, Issues during audit, Volume reconciliation TE, Transaction Certificate
27/09/2019
BSAFE on-line e-learning course certificate
02/04/2020
OneCert Annual GOTS & Textile Exchange (GRS, RCS, OCS, RWS, RDS & CCS) Training
04/02/2020
Webinar on Water free and Chemical Free dyeing – Introducing the Green Revolution Confirmation
14/04/2020
Online training- InternalTraining (GOTS v6.0, OCS 3.0, GRS, RCS, RWS, RDS, CCS etc.)
27/04/2020 to 02/05/2020
Training on Remote inspections during COVID-19- Hybrid Audit, Remote audit, Desktop Audit etc.
06/04/2020
Organic Content Standard 3.0 Launch (By Textile Exchange)
30/04/2020
CB Webinar on GOTS 6.0 (By GOTS)
09/04/2020
CB & AB Webinar (By Textile Exchange)
22/04/2020
CDS Workshop 1: Material composition, certificate renewal, data handling of raw material producers, irregular volume reduction
30/04/2020
CDS Workshop 2: Issuance and numbering of certificates, volume reconciliation, data exchange between TEtrackit and Re.Trace
07/05/2020
CDS Workshop 3: Updates on raw material, processing, and product classification (annex to scope certificate policy)
14/05/2020
GOTS Webinar on 'Gender Based Violence'
04/06/2020
CDS Workshop 4: Data Structure Part-1
04/06/2020
CDS Workshop 6: Open Issues and Additional Clarifications
18/06/2020
Method of Implementation and Mentoring Zero Liquid Discharge and Reducing Their Operational Running Cost
10/07/2020
2.1 Scope & TC Policy and Volume Reconciliation (TE and GOTS Webinar)
26/08/2020
Onsite training in paper industry - Supply chain, Processing & Auditing
15/10/2020
Training for leather manufacturing & understand the supply chain
12/12/2020
Internal Training on ASR-213-V1.0 - Process, Product & Raw material classification
11/02/2021
Biodiversity Benchmark Drop-in Clinics - Webinar
21/02/2021
Biodiversity Benchmark Drop-in Clinics session 2 - Webinar
23/02/2021
How sourcing man-made cellulosic fibers (MMCF) from sustainably managed forests
11/03/2021
GRS V 4.0 & RCS V 2.0 Internal Training on Key changes
12/03/2021
Basics of ISO & ISO9001 (QMS)
03-21/05/2021
Lead Auditor course for Environment, Health & Safety Management Systems (EHSMS) as per ISO 14001: 2015 & ISO 45001: 2018
24-29/05/2021
Training Webinar for Product Stewardship of Chemical inputs for GOTS version 6.0 by GOTS
30/06/2021
Primary information Process, Product & supply chain; Post-Harvesting Operation up to finishing; Fibre information (Nature & Man made)
17/07/2021
Fundamentals of Plastics & Polymers/Introduction to Polymer Chemistry/Plastic Recycling-A Beginner Course by Udemy
19-08-2021
General 1 - Virtual CB Meeting 2021
27/04/2022
Webinar - Navigating your material Change Index Scorecards
Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSAS 18001)
Timeline
Climate Action Training In Fashion Industry
05-2022
SLCP
02-2022
Assistant Manager - Audit & Review
Global Sustainability Certification & Inspection Services (GSCI)
12.2021 - Current
MBA - Business Management
NMIMS
12.2021 - Current
Assistant Manager Certification
OneCert International Pvt. Ltd.
02.2017 - 12.2021
Senior Shift Officer
Fertichem Cotspin Pvt. Ltd.
01.2015 - 01.2017
Manufacturing Manager
Arvind Mills
10.2013 - 12.2014
Shift Officer
Sangam India Limited
04.2012 - 10.2013
B. Tech. _Textile Technology - Textile Engineering
MLV Textile & Engineering College
05.2008 - 04.2012
High School Diploma -
MBSSS
04.2007 - 03.2008