Bangar Rao Pullepudi
Skilled Professional In Operations Management | Food I Feed I Extrusion & Ayurvedic Pharma
Summary
Aspiring for senior management positions in Production, Planning, Operations & Maintenance, and Supply Chain Management, aiming to utilize expertise for operational optimization and organizational growth.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager Production
Godrej Agrovet Limited -Pet Food
Nasik
02.2025 - Current
- Operational Management: Oversee daily plant operations with a focus on productivity, safety, and efficiency.
- Production Planning: Lead the overall production planning process ensuring alignment with marketing and sales requirements.
- Quality Assurance: Ensure all products meet internal quality benchmarks and regulatory standards by maintaining strict control of process parameters.
- Cost Control: Drive initiatives to manage and control production costs, material yields, and utility consumption.
- Equipment Maintenance: Oversee the maintenance and spares management of both process and utility equipment.
- Process & Performance Improvement: Drive improvements in process efficiency, OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), and capacity utilization. Implement good manufacturing practices and green initiatives.
- Statutory Compliance: Ensure complete statutory compliance with respect to plant operations and coordinate with HR and legal teams for the same.
- Safety: Ensure safety of people, products, and machinery, fostering a culture of safety across the plant.
- Manpower Management: Coordinate with HR for manpower planning, recruitment, and training to ensure plant staffing needs are met efficiently.
- Stores & Inventory Management: Ensure proper store management and optimize inventory levels of raw materials, packaging, and spares.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with R&D, QA, SCM, and marketing to support innovation, quality, and timely delivery of products.
- Active contribution to the implementation of food safety systems such as HACCP by assisting in team structuring, defining roles, and supporting compliance initiatives
Assistant Manager - Production
Godrej Agrovet Limited
Vijayawada
05.2016 - 02.2025
- Collaborate with the central planner to schedule daily production, ensuring market demands are met through effective Production Planning and Control (PPC) using Replenishment method.
- Regular review of plant performance, developing action plans for continuous improvement in product quality, productivity, safety, operating cost control and coordinate with the team for implementation.
- Ensure weekly and monthly production targets are met by Coordinating with the Supply chain team (SCM) to facilitate the timely availability of raw and packing materials as per the production schedule.
- Improve Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) by monitoring and reducing recurring losses (breakdowns, changeovers, startups, ramp downs, and operational issues), tackling bottlenecks, and enhancing plant capacity utilization (CU).
- Utilize various analytical tools such as Why-Why Analysis, 4Ms method, Pareto Analysis and VSM to identify and resolve potential issues related to specific problems.
- Conduct reviews of non-moving materials to optimize inventory levels and decrease stock value, thereby improving cost efficiency.
- Identify areas of quality failures and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) to mitigate recurrence and enhance overall quality standards.
- Motivating teams to enhance their career growth and make positive contributions to the company.
- Imparting training (OJT/CRT) to various personnel's thereby ensuring optimum performance and developing their skills.
- Managing plant Safety and responsible for maintenance of SCORE ZERO by maintaining leading parameters high and lagging parameters low.
- Responsible for implementation of Lock out Tang out (LOTO) procedures during maintenance.
- Conducting Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (HIRA) for various activities and establishing safe work practices.
- Overseeing new brownfield projects at the plant, ensuring adherence to safety guidelines and Management of Change (MOC) processes.
- Liaison with govt. Bodies and external stakeholders as and when required.
Production Manager
Source Natural Foods and Herbal Supplements limited
Hyderabad
04.2014 - 05.2016
- Coordinated monthly production planning for instant foods and health beverages based on demand forecasts.
- Forecasted inventory and staffing needs while adhering to budget constraints.
- Managed daily production scheduling to ensure compliance with established SOPs and GMPs.
- Led IQ, OQ, and PQ initiatives for new equipment in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Maximized efficiency through strategic allocation of manpower and machinery resources.
- Maintained accurate production records, ensuring precision of BMRs and MMRs.
- Facilitated development of comprehensive HACCP plans for food production processes.
- Organized weekly performance reviews to identify and address process deviations.
Plant Supervisor
Cargill India Pvt. Ltd
02.2011 - 04.2013
- Preparing production plan for various kinds of fish feed (Sinking and floating) and shrimp feeds as per the requirement.
- Production process monitoring and controlling through regular workplace inspections.
- Preventive maintenance scheduling and monitoring by following all the safety measures.
- Ensuring safe work practices by following LOTO procedures.
- Reviewing all the NEAR MISS REPORTS on regular basis to know and resolve unsafe conditions in plant.
- Preparation of plant operation report on monthly basis for production cost review using Model Mill software.
- Updating the production details, materials/manpower in NIS & Mode Mill software's on daily basis.
- Responsible for preparation and sending of purchase request for spares/material.
- Reviewing of operations & production issues and reporting the status to plant manager on daily basis.
- Coordination with the other departments like Purchase, Quality, Stores, and Maintenance for smooth operations.
Education
M.Tech I CAD/CAM |7.6 CGPA |SRKREC -Bhimavaram
Andhra University | 1st Class01-2014
B.Tech I Mechanical Engineering | BVCEC-Amalapuram
JNTUK | 1st Class01-2011
Intermediate | GRC Modern College -RCPM |
1st Class01-2006
SSC | GMD Modern HS - RCPM | 1st Class
01-2004
Skills
- Production and Operations management
- Overall equipment effectiveness
- Budget and P&L oversight
- Total productive maintenance
- Lean Methodology Application
- Inventory Management and Process loss control
- Safety and environmental compliance
- HACCP standards implementation
- GMP compliance
- Process optimization
- Operational efficiency
- Brownfield project management
- Problem-solving skills, attention to detail
- Proficient in analysis and data interpretation
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Leading diverse technical and non-tech teams
Accomplishments
- At GAVL, I led and contributed to multiple brownfield projectsHonored with the ‘Race Award’ by the MD and Chairman of GAVL in FY 2024-25 for demonstrating outstanding professional excellence.
- At GAVL, I led and contributed to multiple brownfield projects ,including
- Machinery upgradation, increasing throughput by 6,000 TPA, and improving quality
- Established firefighting and odor control systems, ensuring compliance with safety standards and regulations
- Managed installation of 534 kWp rooftop solar system, generating 695,000 units of green power to enhance energy efficiency and sustainability
- Deployed advanced storage solutions, creating 100 MT space and enabling effective PM management, aligned with safety protocols and MOC procedures.
- Spearheaded inventory optimization across aqua plants during MDP, improving visibility, identifying key focus areas and achieving 25-30% inventory reduction with 30-50 LPA cost savings.
Certification
- Food safety supervisor - advanced manufacturing
- Management Development Program (MDP/MDC)
- Fundamentals of finance and strategy
- Making sense of financial numbers
- Collecting analyzing & presenting data
- Managing teams
ERP/SOFTWARE EXPOSURE
- SAP (PP End user)
- Legatrix / Lexcare ,Sofi
- Model Mill / NIS ,Ayurware
- Hyper Mesh
- AutoCAD and Ansys
Timeline
Manager Production
Godrej Agrovet Limited -Pet Food
02.2025 - Current
Assistant Manager - Production
Godrej Agrovet Limited
05.2016 - 02.2025
Production Manager
Source Natural Foods and Herbal Supplements limited
04.2014 - 05.2016
Plant Supervisor
Cargill India Pvt. Ltd
02.2011 - 04.2013
M.Tech I CAD/CAM |7.6 CGPA |SRKREC -Bhimavaram
B.Tech I Mechanical Engineering | BVCEC-Amalapuram
Intermediate | GRC Modern College -RCPM |
SSC | GMD Modern HS - RCPM | 1st Class