Rajesh Neelakandan
Chennai
Summary
Dynamic management professional with over 31 years of extensive experience leading operations within top-tier multinational organizations. Expertise includes production planning, materials management, imports purchasing, and sales support, complemented by a strong foundation in Voice of Customer initiatives. Recognized for driving team collaboration and operational efficiency while achieving measurable outcomes through strategic planning and process improvement. Adaptable and committed to fostering a culture of accountability and excellence, consistently aligning with evolving organizational needs.
Overview
31
31
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Manager Operations
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2008 - Current
- Company Overview: $7.5BN fortune 500 company leading technology solution company
- Joined as a team leader and got elevated as manager of supply chain operations and currently leading 8 strong professionals in the VOC-COE team responsible for entire VOC program for HPE OPERATIONS
- Instrumental in bringing a positive P/L impact worth $1.5MN
- Drove a project involving three countries (Romania, India & China) resulting in 14% reduction in process cycle time leading to reduction of TAT by 2 days.
- Driving the team towards high performance culture leading to 50 Kaizens in a calendar year
- Vast experience in streamlined functioning of supply chain and quote to cash operations resulting in enhanced operational efficiency.
- Talent development, retention and resource utilization
- Stake holder engagement and collaborating across regions towards business outcome.
- Performance management of the team
- Complete transformation of VOC programs for HPE services
Asst. Manager – Imports purchase & Material planning
Panasonic Home Appliances
10.2002 - 07.2008
- Company Overview: Panasonic is a household brand name owned by Matsushita Electric Industry Japan with an annual turnover of $15MN.
- Joined as a Senior Executive planning and got elevated to Asst. Manager Imports procurement and overall Material planning.
- Responsible for import purchase covering over 60 components and raw materials from across 7 countries across in Asia.
- Responsible for planning and Inventory Maintenance for ensuring optimum level of stock within the Budgeted cost.
- Create order plan (with a lead time of 60 days) after acquiring relevant production plans (from ERP system) and making forecasts based on PSI and market trends
- Implemented Advance License System in Panasonic – Resulting in savings of more than 12 lakhs per annum in Indian Rupees.
Planning officer
Sensortronics Sanmar Limited
08.1994 - 09.2002
- Company Overview: Join venture company pioneer in manufacturing of Load cells for weighing systems
- Joined as production trainee and moved laterally as a Production planning control officer
- In charge of preparation of monthly production plan within delivery dates in close interaction with Marketing and Purchase; also revise plans based on market dynamics
- Managed complete work-in-process tracking for 13 models (each with 10-12 processes), in addition to scheduling and following up with 6 sub-contractors.
- Handled manpower planning, optimal capacity utilization, preparation of contingency plans (for unforeseen situations) and creation of material shortage plans
- Implemented effective material costing system in Sensortronics – Including developing a complete list of all the components used in each of the models.
Education
MBA - Operations
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
01.2008
MA - Economics
Annamalai University
01.2000
BA - Economics
Annamalai University
01.1997
Skills
- Operations management
- People management
- Process management
- Stake holder management
- Transition management
- Production planning
- Vendor management
- Negotiation skill
- Service Delivery
- Voice of Customer
Certification
- PMP TRAINED 2013
- Lean Manufacturing & Waste Elimination, Management Study Center 2006
- Internal Auditor [ISO 14001], Sanjeevi Reddy Consultants 2004
- 5S and Housekeeping, Sensortronics Sanmar Limited 2000
- TQM, Sensortronics Sanmar Limited 2000
Timeline
Manager Operations
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
08.2008 - Current
Asst. Manager – Imports purchase & Material planning
Panasonic Home Appliances
10.2002 - 07.2008
Planning officer
Sensortronics Sanmar Limited
08.1994 - 09.2002
MA - Economics
Annamalai University
BA - Economics
Annamalai University
MBA - Operations
Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
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