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SAJITH SHETTY H
Kundapur
Summary
Experienced Plant Manager adept at improving output, maximizing quality and boosting employee satisfaction with hands-on management style. Recognized as effective business manager and motivational leader. Successful manufacturing management career spanning 10 years.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Manager
Y Cook India Pvt Ltd
09.2024 - Current
- Forecasted future production needs accurately, allowing for strategic decision-making regarding staffing levels, equipment investments, and inventory management.
- Reduced costs by eliminating materials waste and unnecessary labor hours.
- Boosted employee morale and productivity through effective leadership and motivational techniques.
- Mentored and developed staff members, promoting professional growth opportunities within the organization.
- Enhanced safety standards with implementation of comprehensive safety training initiatives for all employees.
- Increased production efficiency by optimizing plant layout and implementing process improvements.
- Managed direction and planning for plant with focus on optimization of daily functions, exceeding customer expectations, and achieving KPIs.
- Balanced labor needs with production schedules to optimize workforce utilization while maintaining output targets.
- Managed budgeting and resource allocation, ensuring optimal use of funds for operational efficiency.
- Conducted thorough root cause analyses on production issues, identifying solutions for continuous improvement efforts.
- Negotiated favorable contracts with suppliers, securing cost savings on raw materials without sacrificing quality.
Plant Head
Godrej Agrovet Ltd
07.2022 - 09.2024
- Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
- Set, enforced, and optimized internal policies to maintain responsiveness to demands.
- Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe, or ineffective practices.
- Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
- Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications, and missed deadlines.
- Developed and implemented strategies to maximize customer satisfaction.
- Supervised operations staff and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.
- Developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency.
- Increased profit by streamlining operations.
- Managed inventory and supply chain operations to achieve timely and accurate delivery of goods and services.
- Monitored daily cash discrepancies, inventory shrinkage and drive-off.
- Reduced operational risks while organizing data to forecast performance trends.
- Trained and guided team members to maintain high productivity and performance metrics.
- Assisted in recruiting, hiring and training of team members.
- Responsible for achieving production plan compliance.
- Implementing safety system on shop floor e.g. work permit system, SOP's, Guards/Interlocking audits.
- Improving the PQCDSM of the line by implementation kaizen and OPL's etc
- Ensuring all statutory Compliance of the Factory and with all Government Authorities.
- Responsible for RM/PM yields and consumption of consumables.
- Engage and work closely with other department like stores, shipping, quality, HR for smooth operation.
- Responsible for maintenance of line equipment and spare management.
- Responsible for executing CLIT activity, weekly PM, abnormality identification and RCA for failures.
Assistant Production Manager
Varun Beverages LTD
03.2020 - 07.2023
- Taught employees how to collaborate on daily job tasks and achieve service targets.
- Coordinated with General Manager in different operational issues and promotional activities.
- Developed and maintain operational guidelines for staff.
- Monitored employee productivity and optimized procedures to reduce costs.
- Supervised operations team to support operational excellence and excellent customer service.
- Developed systems and procedures to improve operational quality and team efficiency.
- Implemented new technology to streamline processes and improve operations.
- Stayed up-to-date with industry trends and best practices to improve skills and organizational operations.
- Performed statistical analyses to gather data for operational and forecast team needs.
- Monitored key performance metrics to identify areas for improvement.
- Monitored inventory and approved reorders of stock to secure necessary resources and meet customer demand.
- Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
- Negotiated price and service with customers and vendors to decrease expenses and increase profit.
- Reduced operational risks while organizing data to forecast performance trends.
- Identified and qualified customer needs and negotiated and closed profitable projects with high success rate.
- Scheduled employees for shifts, taking into account customer traffic and employee strengths.
Production Officer
ITC (FCPL)
04.2018 - 03.2020
- Coordinated production work between shifts by completing checklists and documenting updates.
- Developed new ways of manufacturing and improved existing manufacturing processes.
- Organized repair and routine maintenance of production equipment.
- Determined best and most efficient uses of available resources, labor and equipment.
- Planned and assigned daily duties to staff members.
- Reviewed raw data and production trend forecasts to effectively plan operations.
- Oversaw discipline, safety and good housekeeping systems.
- Recommended process improvements to enhance product quality.
Production Officer
TTK Healthcare Pvt Ltd
08.2015 - 03.2018
- Planned and assigned daily duties to staff members.
- Determined best and most efficient uses of available resources, labor and equipment.
- Developed new ways of manufacturing and improved existing manufacturing processes.
- Organized repair and routine maintenance of production equipment.
- Reviewed production reports to spot and correct issues early.
- Oversaw discipline, safety and good housekeeping systems.
- Recommended process improvements to enhance product quality.
- Reviewed raw data and production trend forecasts to effectively plan operations.
- Implemented policies and standard operating procedures for continuous improvement.
- Created and implemented strategies for improving operational efficiency and accuracy.
- Collaborated with other leaders and executives to direct workflow and support operations.
- Enhanced processes by pinpointing bottlenecks and working with supervisor to resolve.
- Supervised ongoing daily production phases.
- Interpreted work order information and specifications to plan, schedule and complete jobs precisely.
- Troubleshoot equipment to reduce service calls and downtime.
- Planned, organized and monitored resources to deliver efficient use of labor, equipment and materials.
- Monitored daily and weekly key performance indicators to maintain on-track status.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - mechanical engg
Sir M Visveshvarya Institute of Technology
07.2015
Diploma - mechanical engg
Siddaganga Polytechnic
06.2012
Skills
Troubleshooting skills
MTTR AND MTBF
5S AND KAIZEN
QUALITY CIRCLE AND FOCUSED IMPROVEMENT
AM & PM
OEE, TQM, PQCDSM, CLIT
TPM
Budgeting
Production scheduling
Operations management
Team building and development
Continuous improvement
Plant and warehouse operations
Regulatory compliance
Software
Timeline
Plant Manager
Y Cook India Pvt Ltd
09.2024 - Current
Plant Head
Godrej Agrovet Ltd
07.2022 - 09.2024
Assistant Production Manager
Varun Beverages LTD
03.2020 - 07.2023
Production Officer
ITC (FCPL)
04.2018 - 03.2020
Production Officer
TTK Healthcare Pvt Ltd
08.2015 - 03.2018
Diploma - mechanical engg
Siddaganga Polytechnic
Bachelor of Engineering - mechanical engg
Sir M Visveshvarya Institute of Technology