Prashanth Peter Pereira
Pune
Summary
Hardworking and motivated Supply excellence manager with 21 years of experience and a record of success in the FMCG industry. Highly-motivated employee with a desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Supply Excellence Manager
Tastybite Eatables Limited(Part of Mars Foods UK)
01.2021 - Current
- Leading transformative change within the factories through Mars Supply Excellence (TPM)
- Initiate improvement projects to improve areas of quality, productivity, safety, waste reduction
- To track all KPI and conduct weekly KPI review meeting, also work with the Maintenance manager to focus on the machine reliability and problem solving
- Lead and manage throughout improvement projects to be completed smoothly and collaboratively within the budget and time frame
- Support CVS phase of factory / production line expansion to ensure on time start-up
- Responsible for Site manufacturing data reporting and administration of data reporting tools
- Interact with engineering, operations and maintenance teams to improve equipment efficiency, as well as, eliminate waste
- Identify opportunities and initiates projects to achieve MCC improvement which means reduce manufacturing cost and increase profit margin
- Implement focused improvement projects in conjunction with the FI pillar and Continuous Improvement teams, directed at equipment stops reduction and waste reduction
- Responsible for quality of KAIZEN projects
- Responsible for process effectiveness of FMOS (Factory Mars Operating System)
- Also being a key member by assign in Daily Performance Meeting and responsible for escalation process of issues / abnormality handling that required supports, from both FMOS and daily performance meeting.
Operations Manager(Frozen Line)
Tastybite Eatables Limited(Part of Mars Foods UK)
01.2019 - 12.2020
- Oversee the day-wise manufacturing requirements, plans and actual compliance, including multiple indices like People Safety, energy, water, quality improvements
- Ensure consistent improvement levels of productivity with zero or minimum wastages, optimum manpower utilization and high machine uptime
- Lead a complete team of Asst Manager/shift officers and operators to a high energy and positive working environment
- Lead the efforts in identification and implementation of continuous improvement initiatives and inputs to company's CAPEX spends across all aspects of operations
- Ensure a daily stock of production and despatches is maintained and ensure RM, PM, utilities are available in time
- Continually work to develop skill-set of manpower of all levels and ensure right skill and no
- Of associates on all the lines/ positions, basis standard mapping
- Lead efforts in preventive and autonomous maintenance across the shopfloor, to maintain high uptime of the equipment
- Ensure high levels of hygiene on the floor through continuous training programmes and tools for execution
- Lead continuous improvement and NPD (both product and process) initiatives on the shopfloor across the operational division
- Develop continuous channels of communications through team meetings / one-to-one discussions cross-functionally
- Ensure ERP system is continually updated and book stock is in line with physical stock, maintaining transparency across the operations - lead by example in upkeep of the same.
Shift Manager
Mars Wrigley Confectionery
10.2009 - 01.2019
- Lead FMOS(i.e
- Shift Handover, performance review meetings and process confirmation) that enables the team to measure and manage the KPIs of agreed contract deliveries for safety, quality/food safety, cost and customer service’s
- Escalate and provide clear communication of operational issues
- Be the first point of contact to the team in the shift
- Ensure the right people are aware of issues that may impact performance
- Ensure regular communication with Value Stream Manager
- Collaborate with other functions i.e
- Quality and food safety, Safety, Maintenance, Engineering, Logistics and Commercial, to ensure consistent product quality, safety, productivity and reliability
- Promote and drive LEAN, problem solving with 5 whys and FRCA (failure root cause analysis) and continuous improvement culture within the team
- Support the implementation of continuous improvement activities that impactful to safety, quality/food safety, productivity and reliability to the assigned areas
- Develop the operators/Technicians by co-coordinating training, assignment and ownership programmes and monitor their development and progress
- Conduct PDPs to reflect and discuss performance with focus on their development
- Ensure disciplinary matters dealt in accordance to the company policies and procedures
- Conduct team meetings to enhance team building and engagement
- Identify issues with engagement and follow-up on agreed actions with the team
- Work closely with other production team leaders and shift team members to ensure consistent performance and standardization in practices across the shifts
- Lead the Emergency team in handling emergency situation in the factory
- Work closely with Value Stream Manager to ensure the team has the required capability, competency and attitude to succeed in delivering the team or areas objectives.
Production Area Leader
Unilever Gulf FZE(Lipton Tea Factory)
07.2006 - 09.2009
- Responsible for the end product quality on all lines during the shift
- Oversee production lines adherence to quality standards (SRCs and other documents) and take corrective actions in case of any risk
- Coordinate with respective department with regards to any quality issue arising during the shift by following the escalation procedures
- Report any quality or food safety incidents during the shift
- To ensure the delivery of production schedule during the shift
- To implement the continues improvement method to optimize production performance parameters (Efficiency, rework, Scrap.....)
- To lead continues improvement workshops
- To participate effectively in the related site projects
- To report any changes that will effect plan execution and ensure immediate escalation of issues
- Production scheduling and raw material movement
- Lead the process of new operator’s induction, training and tracking their performance and progress in the shift
- Assist the Production Team leader in identifying development needs for the shift operators.
Project Technician(Plant Automation)
Pidilite Industries Limited
03.2002 - 05.2006
- Installing and maintaining of different types of the modern smart electronics and pneumatic instruments
- To carryout preventive, breakdown and corrective maintenance
- To read engineering drawings, loop diagram, P&ID diagrams, Logic diagram and hookup diagrams
- To carryout shutdown activities as per the plan
- Overhauling and maintenance of valves
- Doing faultfinding, configuration on DCS and SCADA applications
- Adding and modification on existing control system.
Education
Professional Graduate in Electrical Engineering -
International Institute of Management & Technical Studies
Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering -
SNM Polytechnic
Skills
- Operations Management
- Workforce Management
- Performance Management
- Team Leadership
- Budget Control
- Cross-functional team management
- Innovation management
- P&L Management
- Incidents management
- Labor Relations
- Data Analysis
- Inventory Management
- Workflow Optimization
- Quality Assurance Controls
- Cost Reduction
- Quality assurance and control
- Six Sigma Certification
- Team Building/Leadership
- Lean manufacturing and design
- Inventory Control
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Process Improvements
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt – QAI
- IOSH Managing Safely – IOSH UK
- Lean Yellow Belt – Mars Inc
Accomplishments
- Spot Award, Tastybite Eatables Limited, 01/2024, Identifying & Delivering cost saving & Cost Avoidence initiatives across Yield & Productivity Improvement-VLS
- Spot Award, Tastybite Eatables Limited, 01/2023, Implementing FMOS all across factory(Training/KPI Boards/Audits)
- GATE Award, Tastybite Eatables Limited, 01/2022, Identifying & Delivering cost saving & Cost Avoidence initiatives across Yield & Productivity Improvement
- GATE Award, Tastybite Eatables Limited, 01/2021, Relentless work done during lockdown to have minimal writeoff of RM ,PM & FG through internal & External Validations
- Supply Star of Quarter 3, Mars Wrigley Confectionary, 09/2015, Implemented Kaizen by designing top guide for the Flow wrap Machines which saved $42000 for the business
- Supply Star of Quarter 2, Mars Wrigley Confectionary, 06/2013, Implemented Kaizen by designing curve guide for wrapping machine resulted in increase of efficiency by 15% for particular SKU
- CAN DO Award, Unilever Gulf FZE, 12/2008, For Achieving 2008 Production Target
- CAN DO Award, Unilever Gulf FZE, 05/2009, For Achieving 4.8 tons above target for lines 3 and 4
- Tastybite Eatables Ltd, 01/31/2019, present
- Delivered 21Cr worth of VLS initiatives which 5% of Total COGS
- 30% Improvement in throughput of Top 10 Products by Volume
- Improved site level efficiency from 70% to 78%
- 11% improvement in Mandays/MT
- Improved plan compliance from 89% to 98%
- Reduced Non quality Cost from 1.5% to 1%
- Improved Manual line output from 3MT/day to 7 MT/Day
- 10% Improvement in Shift Output by managing breaks and Creating WI for packing load products
- Improved Yield of multiple products as per standard along with R&D team which resulted in 2% MAC improvement
- Reduction of QA sampling resulted in savings of 40 Lacs/Annum
- Mars Wrigley Confectionary, 10/2009, 01/2019
- Achieved and maintained a very high level of engagement with the team(Best across the full factory-4.95 Gall-up score)
- Raised Kaizen worth savings of $42000/year to the business by redesigning one of the machine parts to eliminate frequent downtime's in Chocolate wrapping machine.
- Raised Kaizen project worth savings of $17000/Annum to the business by redesigning sensor holding bracket and changing sensor.
- Raised Kaizen Project worth savings of $9000/Annum and 15% efficiency Increase for a Particular SKU.
- Increased Productivity of the line by modifying end conveyors which reduced 21FTE to 15FTE.
- Part of Lean Project for Rework reduction which saved $55000/Annum.
- Unilever Gulf FZE, 07/2006, 09/2009
- Awarded 'Can do' for several times for achieving Case fill in Each lines.
- Successfully completed 'Click Lock' project (New Show box Design) that includes new Machine Installation and trial.
- Pidilite Industries Limited, 03/2002, 05/2006
- Part of Hexane recovery automation project which recovered 80% of Hexane back from the process
- Received appreciation letter from Plant GM for timely completing the Automation Project in Vapi, Gujarat
- Project member of Total Plant Automation in Taloja and Vapi Plant
- Supported Job workers in Solving Machine related Issues(Taloja, Vapi & Sarigam)
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 05/19/1979
- Nationality: Indian
Languages
- English
- Hindi
- Kannada
- Konkanni
- Tulu
- Marathi
Training
- LEAN immersion training
- HACCP Training
- Leadership Competencies Training
- Inductrial Engineering for Productivity from NITIE
Languages
Kannada
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Konkanni
Proficient (C2)
C2
Marathi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Tulu
Proficient (C2)
C2
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Supply Excellence Manager
Tastybite Eatables Limited(Part of Mars Foods UK)
01.2021 - Current
Operations Manager(Frozen Line)
Tastybite Eatables Limited(Part of Mars Foods UK)
01.2019 - 12.2020
Shift Manager
Mars Wrigley Confectionery
10.2009 - 01.2019
Production Area Leader
Unilever Gulf FZE(Lipton Tea Factory)
07.2006 - 09.2009
Project Technician(Plant Automation)
Pidilite Industries Limited
03.2002 - 05.2006
Professional Graduate in Electrical Engineering -
International Institute of Management & Technical Studies
Diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering -
SNM Polytechnic
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt – QAI
- IOSH Managing Safely – IOSH UK
- Lean Yellow Belt – Mars Inc
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