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Raja Durairaj

Raja Durairaj

Salem

Summary

Factory Manager with extensive experience at Modern Safety Glass PVT LTD, specializing in strategic operations and quality assurance. Skilled in creating production schedules and leading teams to consistently surpass performance targets. Focused on improving customer satisfaction through effective problem-solving and operational efficiency.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Factory Manager

Modern Safety Glass PVT LTD
Hyderabad
02.2025 - Current

Oversaw production, technical, maintenance, and quality functions while reporting daily activities to Managing Director and Director.

Ensured factory operations met daily production targets with high efficiency and accuracy.

Developed and executed production schedules aligned with customer requirements.

Coordinated with inside sales team to prepare daily, weekly, and monthly production plans.

Collaborated with purchase team for raw material requirements based on sales forecasts and production scheduling.

Reviewed production plans in coordination with sales, marketing managers, and production planning teams.

Handled customer complaints through corrective and preventive actions.

Monitored production processes and employee performance on daily and monthly basis.

Senior Engineer -Planning & Production

Jersey Glass Factory
Doha
05.2017 - 11.2024
  • Handling overall production, technical, Maintenance and quality functions of the factory and reporting daily Activities to Divisional Manager.
  • Responsible for Entire factory operations and ensure to meet daily production targets with high efficiency and accuracy.
  • Develop and execute production schedules based on the customer requirement.
  • In coordination with inside sales team and prepare daily, weekly, monthly production plan.
  • In Coordination and follow up with purchase team for raw materials requirements based on sales forecast and scheduling as per the production plan.
  • In Coordination with estimation and inside sales team for pipe line orders and prepare resources and production Planning.
  • In Coordination with sales & marketing managers to review and schedule production plans according to market needs.
  • More focused in Raw Material and PVB Offcuts utilizations.
  • Handling customer complaints with Corrective and preventive actions.
  • Close Interaction with all suppliers and handling material complaints as well as for products validations and developments.
  • Monitoring production process and employee's performances on daily and monthly basis.
  • Conduct daily and weekly meeting with function Heads, production supervisors to ensure smooth operations.
  • In Coordination with machine maintenance engineers to have break free machine operations.
  • Responsible for new project implementation and completion on estimated time frame.
  • Ensure to achieve maximum yield of raw materials.
  • Intimating direct and indirect production losses to Divisional Manager and Finance Controller.
  • Monitor and controlling Daily Dispatch Activities.
  • Scheduling Preventive maintenance plan for all machineries.
  • In Coordination with HR manager for human welfare requirements and Solving their work and accommodation related issues.
  • Jersey glass factory is the largest glass processing facilities in Qatar and one of the largest and most prominent player in the middle east region with up to 0.5 million square meter of glass processing capacities per year. A Jersey glass factory industry specializes in providing its customer with a complete array of world class glass processing solutions with all under one roof.

Team Member - Customer Service, Planning and Logistics - Solution Business

Saint-Gobain Glass India Pvt. Ltd
Chennai
10.2013 - 04.2017
  • Actively serving at Advanced Coater Glass Processing Unit (ACGP) & Advanced Fire Safety Glass Processing (AFGP) as In-Charge of Customer Service & Planning departments.
  • Distinguishing efforts of processing from enquiry to invoicing of processing project orders and facilitating the need of customer to ensure 100% service rate.
  • Spearheading production planning and scheduling of the shop floor to ensure the smooth completion of orders on the proposed delivery date.
  • Essaying a key role in updating order status from time to time to the dispatch and logistics team and customers.
  • Arranging delivery based on priority and ensuring immediate revert on customer claims for project needs.
  • Support to Shop Floor Management for maximization of Men and Material & Machine with a help of WCM activities- 5S, Kaizen and QC.
  • Responsible for training, developing and motivation of employees.
  • Saint-Gobain is the largest manufacturer of float, automotive, mirror, coating and architectural glasses holding a production capacity of 850 tons of Float Glass Manufacturing /shift. They are exporting their products to all global markets.

Team Member - Project and processing

Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd.
Mumbai
06.2010 - 09.2013
  • Validating new products at processor end.
  • Lead and mentor teams for the smooth working of project operations.
  • Assist in the implementation of the developed product and perform strategies, designed to improve the sales growth.
  • Determining the status of the assigned projects expedites operations that delay schedules and alters schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
  • Attending to clients concerns & complaints and undertaking steps for effectively resolving them.
  • Imparting training programs for new recruits for project execution.
  • Developing new processors and product validation at their place.
  • Coordinate with all parties in the project, which include architects, consultants, Client, fabricators and processors.
  • Periodic inspection of construction site and every aspect of project to be documented.
  • Maintain strict adherence to budgetary guidelines, quality and safety standards.
  • Training the processor on safety and technical capabilities for the existing and new processors.
  • Assess the project requirements and resources required and estimate the possible output to determine the profitability of the project.
  • Handle product, planning, sourcing, finance management of the product.
  • Manage customer centric operations and ensuring customer satisfaction by achieving delivery and service quality norms.
  • Attending to clients concerns & complaints and undertaking steps for effectively resolving them.
  • Maintain cordial relation with service team for speedy response to customer complain to sustain the profitability of the business.

Education

B.E - Mechanical Engineering

Annamalai University
Annamalainagar, Tamil Nadu
04-2010

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

D.P.C Polytechnic College
Salem, Tamil Nadu
04-2007

Skills

  • Strategic Operation Management
  • Quality Assurance
  • Process Analysis
  • Process and Product Development
  • Risk Management
  • Control machine Breakdowns and Maintenance Cost
  • Control Material Inventory
  • Work on customer satisfaction and improvements
  • Identify, diagnose and resolve operational manufacturing and maintenance problems
  • Lead, coach and develop work team
  • Plans, work flow management
  • Develop and execute production schedules
  • Develop new procedure and processes
  • Manpower Planning
  • Production Increase
  • Meeting/Exceeding Target
  • Ensuring Healthy and Safety Environment

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 07/25/87
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital status: Married
  • Passport No:U0231565

Languages

  • Tamil
  • Hindi
  • English

Timeline

Factory Manager

Modern Safety Glass PVT LTD
02.2025 - Current

Senior Engineer -Planning & Production

Jersey Glass Factory
05.2017 - 11.2024

Team Member - Customer Service, Planning and Logistics - Solution Business

Saint-Gobain Glass India Pvt. Ltd
10.2013 - 04.2017

Team Member - Project and processing

Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd.
06.2010 - 09.2013

B.E - Mechanical Engineering

Annamalai University

Diploma - Mechanical Engineering

D.P.C Polytechnic College
Raja Durairaj