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Jiya lal

Greater Noida

Summary

I am a competent professional with 20 years of experience in Production, Planning, purchasing, Inventory Control, Dispatch Planning, Installation Management, Quality Control, Costing and Design & Innovation. Rich knowledge of Shop fit Fitting, Modular Kitchen, Corporate furniture and Metal joinery techniques etc. along with designing of showroom for retail and corporate customers. Comprehensive experience in devising significant solutions, managing day to day production & manufacturing operations for making effective utilization of man, machine, method & materials. Expertise in implementing cost saving measures to achieve reduction in raw material, procurement & logistics cost Boasting a consistent & proven track record of successfully employing production practices that improve efficiency, reduce operating costs whilst increasing performance, all to tight time scales and within budget. An effective communicator with relationship management skills & ability to relate to people at any level of business.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

General Manager – Design and Product Innovation

Studiokon Venture Pvt. Ltd
Gurgaon
01.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: SKV is a leading interior company in Gurugram catering to businesses that aspire to have inspiring workspaces. SKV specializes in offering end-to-end solutions for office spaces and makes sure that the requirements of its clients are duly always met. www.skvindia.com
  • Developing creative, functional, and user-friendly designs.
  • Ensuring designs meet technical specifications and client requirements.
  • Balancing innovation with feasibility, cost, and manufacturability.
  • Researching market trends, new materials, and technologies.
  • Generating and evaluating new ideas for products, processes, or improvements.
  • Encouraging a culture of creativity and continuous innovation within the team.
  • Ensuring design outputs meet safety, regulatory, and quality standards.
  • Reviewing prototypes and designs for accuracy and usability.
  • Maintaining design documentation and version control.
  • Working with cross-functional teams (R&D, sales, production, marketing) to align designs with business goals.
  • Presenting design concepts clearly to stakeholders and clients.
  • Coordinating with vendors and suppliers for material/technology feasibility.
  • SKV is a leading interior company in Gurugram catering to businesses that aspire to have inspiring workspaces. SKV specializes in offering end-to-end solutions for office spaces and makes sure that the requirements of its clients are duly always met. www.skvindia.com

Operation Head – Pan India

MMA Design Pvt. Ltd.
Noida
08.2019 - 01.2022
  • Company Overview: MMA Design Pvt. Ltd. was started in 2016 with an aim to provide World Class furniture manufactured in India. They work with the best factories in India to ensure centuries-old crafts and contemporary design sensibilities are seamlessly blended. They intend to promote Indian Culture and skills to a global platform whilst engaging in socially responsible practices. www.mmadesign.in
  • Manage procurement processes and coordinate material and resources allocation.
  • Coordinate with vendor service operations and find ways to ensure that everything is going in right direction.
  • Build and maintain relationships with all department heads, external partners, and vendors to make decisions regarding operational activity and strategic goals.
  • Oversee the implementation of engineering solutions throughout the organization.
  • Oversee expenses and budgeting to help the organization optimize costs and benefits.
  • Keeping employees motivated and organizing appropriate training and development in line with the company succession plan and training matrix.
  • Provide all backend support to all branches like drawing, costing, snag closer, any technical support etc.
  • Plan, monitor, and analyze key metrics for the day-to-day performance of the operations to ensure efficient and timely completion of tasks.
  • To reduce cost of procurement.
  • Cataloguing of product.
  • MMA Design Pvt. Ltd. was started in 2016 with an aim to provide World Class furniture manufactured in India. They work with the best factories in India to ensure centuries-old crafts and contemporary design sensibilities are seamlessly blended. They intend to promote Indian Culture and skills to a global platform whilst engaging in socially responsible practices. www.mmadesign.in

Operation Head - Furniture (Shark, SPIN & Bleu Concepts)

Shark Shoplifts Pvt., Ltd.
Gr. Noida
04.2010 - 07.2019
  • Company Overview: SPIN & Bleu Concepts is a parent company of ‘Shark Design Studio'- India's premier retail solution provider. Spin is a buoyant initiative in furniture segment which is lines between homes, office and recreation have progressively begun to blur making adaptable and mixed-use spaces a norm than exception. Shark is a retail & Manufacturing Company that creates compelling brand experiences. www.sharkdesigns.com
  • Preparing & implementing monthly, weekly & daily production plan as per delivery schedule; issuing materials as per production plan.
  • Ensuring timely accomplishment of production targets within the cost parameters and working towards reducing wastage of manpower and material.
  • Preparing & implementing operating procedures and work instructions for different work locations; planning & implementing maintenance schedules for all equipment.
  • Negotiating with vendors for special rates and products; optimizing production volumes by balancing line in different models, thus achieving reduction in terms of cost.
  • Taking stringent quality measures including preparation / maintenance of necessary documents to ensure compliance with standards and customer requirements.
  • Supervising & managing machines operations, evaluating technical drawings before commencement of production and driving implementation of quality standards.
  • Providing guidance & recommending improvements on production methods to reduce production costs.
  • Monitoring implementation & documentation of quality systems, managing techno-commercial activities relating to contracts and procurement of utility equipment.
  • Monitoring the installation of product in factory and at site, deploying suitable manpower & equipment / materials and ensuring proper planning for timely execution of projects.
  • Entrusted with the responsibility of administering of material at stores and timely dispatch of final product.
  • Coordinating with Purchase Department for procuring material as per BOQ and providing inputs to purchase department on maintaining MSL/ROL.
  • Identifying and developing potential vendors / suppliers for achieving cost effectiveness; assessing performance of the vendors based on their competitiveness.
  • Conducting spot checks on Production and QC team, scheduled and un-scheduled inspections on assembled and in-process materials for dimensions, technical correctness, finish and so on.
  • Performing in-process audits and driving implementation of quality tools in shop floor to increase productivity & reduce rejection.
  • Conceptualized and designed the complete layout for a showroom of Bleu.
  • Supervised inspection of raw material which improved product quality by 40 % against 20% previously.
  • Implemented several measures to identify deformities, malfunctions or other abnormalities such as developing an Excel based Costing Sheet which helped in preparation of quotations quickly and without any error.
  • Reduced the rejection rate by 30% and incidence of defects by 25%.
  • Augmented production capacity by reducing machine set-up times, providing appropriate training to workers, faster production cycles with minimum stoppage timings, preventive machine maintenance and so on.
  • Contributed to smooth distribution of documents and tasks to all departments like BOM to Purchase, Cutting List, Cutting Plan and Boring Plan to Production and one list each to QC, Packing, Dispatch and Installation Department by creating a system to distribute documents and tasks to all departments.
  • Utilized IMOS software for efficiently automating production line.
  • SPIN & Bleu Concepts is a parent company of ‘Shark Design Studio'- India's premier retail solution provider. Spin is a buoyant initiative in furniture segment which is lines between homes, office and recreation have progressively begun to blur making adaptable and mixed-use spaces a norm than exception. Shark is a retail & Manufacturing Company that creates compelling brand experiences. www.sharkdesigns.com

Asst. Manager (PPC)

Magppie International Pvt. Ltd.
Sonipat
02.2007 - 03.2010
  • Company Overview: Magppie, started as a design led brand for premium gifts & home accessories was launched in the year 2000. This Indian enterprise is an offshoot of a 40-year-old family run business of rolling stainless steel. It was India's first brand to create a new category of lifestyle home accessories. www.magppiekitchen.com
  • Facilitated value engineering, made production drawings and procured new tooling.
  • Conceptualized, designed and developed new products as per the requirements of customer.
  • Provided guidance & recommending improvements on production methods to reduce production costs.
  • Delivered mockup for new products/developments and visited vendor place for sample testing / development.
  • Rendered analysis for costing and designed CNC tool paths.
  • Worked closely with Production, Stores, Purchase, and Installation Department for resolving techno-commercial issues.
  • Effectively reduced the machining time by designing the products in a way to reduce the no. of passes on machines.
  • Made designs for standard kitchen modules and new profiles for PVC foiled shutters.
  • Initiated optimum utilization of excess material on shop for various projects which result in cost savings.
  • Devised and implemented streamline flow for reducing production cost.
  • Magppie, started as a design led brand for premium gifts & home accessories was launched in the year 2000. This Indian enterprise is an offshoot of a 40-year-old family run business of rolling stainless steel. It was India's first brand to create a new category of lifestyle home accessories. www.magppiekitchen.com

Service Engineer

Nelito System Ltd
Delhi
05.2006 - 02.2007
  • Company Overview: Nelito Systems Ltd. provides software products & services for Banking, Financial Services, Micro-Finance and Government verticals globally. Since forming in the year 1995, Nelito has earned a unique reputation for its solutions and delivery Excellence with more than 400 customers in 20 countries across 4 continents. www.nelito.com
  • Provided support on management of database SQL by for Core Banking Software and troubleshot any issues found; administered hardware devices.
  • Nelito Systems Ltd. provides software products & services for Banking, Financial Services, Micro-Finance and Government verticals globally. Since forming in the year 1995, Nelito has earned a unique reputation for its solutions and delivery Excellence with more than 400 customers in 20 countries across 4 continents. www.nelito.com

Education

Diploma - Computer Science

Govt. Polytechnic Mandi Adampur
Mandi Adampur
01.2004

12th -

Holy Child High School
Hisar, Haryana
01.2001

10th -

Holy Child High School
Hisar, Haryana
01.1999

Skills

  • Production Operations
  • New Product Development
  • Process Enhancement
  • Quality Assurance & Control
  • Installation Management
  • Team Management
  • Product Costing
  • Product Designing
  • Procurement

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 08/23/84

Organisational Experience

  • 01/2022, Current, General Manager – Design and Product Innovation, Studiokon Venture Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Haryana, SKV is a leading interior company in Gurugram catering to businesses that aspire to have inspiring workspaces. SKV specializes in offering end-to-end solutions for office spaces and makes sure that the requirements of its clients are duly always met., Developing creative, functional, and user-friendly designs., Ensuring designs meet technical specifications and client requirements., Balancing innovation with feasibility, cost, and manufacturability., Researching market trends, new materials, and technologies., Generating and evaluating new ideas for products, processes, or improvements., Encouraging a culture of creativity and continuous innovation within the team., Ensuring design outputs meet safety, regulatory, and quality standards., Reviewing prototypes and designs for accuracy and usability., Maintaining design documentation and version control., Working with cross-functional teams (R&D, sales, production, marketing) to align designs with business goals., Presenting design concepts clearly to stakeholders and clients., Coordinating with vendors and suppliers for material/technology feasibility.
  • 08/2019, 01/2022, Operation Head – Pan India, MMA Design Pvt. Ltd., Noida, Uttar Pradesh, MMA Design Pvt. Ltd. was started in 2016 with an aim to provide World Class furniture manufactured in India. They work with the best factories in India to ensure centuries-old crafts and contemporary design sensibilities are seamlessly blended. They intend to promote Indian Culture and skills to a global platform whilst engaging in socially responsible practices., Manage procurement processes and coordinate material and resources allocation., Coordinate with vendor service operations and find ways to ensure that everything is going in right direction., Build and maintain relationships with all department heads, external partners, and vendors to make decisions regarding operational activity and strategic goals., Oversee the implementation of engineering solutions throughout the organization., Oversee expenses and budgeting to help the organization optimize costs and benefits., Keeping employees motivated and organizing appropriate training and development in line with the company succession plan and training matrix., Provide all backend support to all branches like drawing, costing, snag closer, any technical support etc., Plan, monitor, and analyze key metrics for the day-to-day performance of the operations to ensure efficient and timely completion of tasks., To reduce cost of procurement., Cataloguing of product.
  • 04/2010, 07/2019, Operation Head - Furniture (Shark, SPIN & Bleu Concepts), Shark Shoplifts Pvt. Ltd., Gr. Noida, Uttar Pradesh, SPIN & Bleu Concepts is a parent company of ‘Shark Design Studio'- India's premier retail solution provider. Spin is a buoyant initiative in furniture segment which is lines between homes, office and recreation have progressively begun to blur making adaptable and mixed-use spaces a norm than exception. Shark is a retail & Manufacturing Company that creates compelling brand experiences., Preparing & implementing monthly, weekly & daily production plan as per delivery schedule; issuing materials as per production plan., Ensuring timely accomplishment of production targets within the cost parameters and working towards reducing wastage of manpower and material., Preparing & implementing operating procedures and work instructions for different work locations; planning & implementing maintenance schedules for all equipment., Negotiating with vendors for special rates and products; optimizing production volumes by balancing line in different models, thus achieving reduction in terms of cost., Taking stringent quality measures including preparation / maintenance of necessary documents to ensure compliance with standards and customer requirements., Supervising & managing machines operations, evaluating technical drawings before commencement of production and driving implementation of quality standards., Providing guidance & recommending improvements on production methods to reduce production costs., Monitoring implementation & documentation of quality systems, managing techno-commercial activities relating to contracts and procurement of utility equipment., Monitoring the installation of product in factory and at site, deploying suitable manpower & equipment / materials and ensuring proper planning for timely execution of projects., Entrusted with the responsibility of administering of material at stores and timely dispatch of final product., Coordinating with Purchase Department for procuring material as per BOQ and providing inputs to purchase department on maintaining MSL/ROL., Identifying and developing potential vendors / suppliers for achieving cost effectiveness; assessing performance of the vendors based on their competitiveness., Conducting spot checks on Production and QC team, scheduled and un-scheduled inspections on assembled and in-process materials for dimensions, technical correctness, finish and so on., Performing in-process audits and driving implementation of quality tools in shop floor to increase productivity & reduce rejection.
  • 02/2007, 03/2010, Asst. Manager (PPC), Icecubes - Magppie International Pvt. Ltd., Sonipat, Haryana, Magppie, started as a design led brand for premium gifts & home accessories was launched in the year 2000. This Indian enterprise is an offshoot of a 40-year-old family run business of rolling stainless steel. It was India's first brand to create a new category of lifestyle home accessories., Facilitated value engineering, made production drawings and procured new tooling., Conceptualized, designed and developed new products as per the requirements of customer., Provided guidance & recommending improvements on production methods to reduce production costs., Delivered mockup for new products/developments and visited vendor place for sample testing / development., Rendered analysis for costing and designed CNC tool paths., Worked closely with Production, Stores, Purchase, and Installation Department for resolving techno-commercial issues.
  • 05/2006, 02/2007, Service Engineer, Nelito System Ltd, Delhi, Delhi, Nelito Systems Ltd. provides software products & services for Banking, Financial Services, Micro-Finance and Government verticals globally. Since forming in the year 1995, Nelito has earned a unique reputation for its solutions and delivery Excellence with more than 400 customers in 20 countries across 4 continents., Provided support on management of database SQL by for Core Banking Software and troubleshot any issues found; administered hardware devices.

Timeline

General Manager – Design and Product Innovation

Studiokon Venture Pvt. Ltd
01.2022 - Current

Operation Head – Pan India

MMA Design Pvt. Ltd.
08.2019 - 01.2022

Operation Head - Furniture (Shark, SPIN & Bleu Concepts)

Shark Shoplifts Pvt., Ltd.
04.2010 - 07.2019

Asst. Manager (PPC)

Magppie International Pvt. Ltd.
02.2007 - 03.2010

Service Engineer

Nelito System Ltd
05.2006 - 02.2007

Diploma - Computer Science

Govt. Polytechnic Mandi Adampur

12th -

Holy Child High School

10th -

Holy Child High School
Jiya lal