Suresh Veeranki

• Evaluate productivity and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to identify any gaps and take necessary steps to resolve them.
• Review shop floor production wastage (RM, PM, SFG) and rework inventory to drive focus on material handling and associated technical efficiency for both factory and Job work site.
• Execution of short term and long-term capacity projects at site along with other stakeholders to deliver to volume commitment.
• Co-operates with Engineering team in delivery of plant reliability and capacity enhancement projects in factory.
• Support implementation of innovation/new product launch within the factory in collaboration with SUIT, R&D teams and deliver agreed ramp up plans.
• Assist Supply Chain team on resolving RM, PM supply issues by initiating strategic actions such as new vendor development, reviewing business share of vendors basis PM performance and run ability, etc.
• Work with different teams to identify opportunities of savings in production setup by improving efficiencies and landing these projects with finance teams approvals. Work with SCF on all capacity and Savings business cases.
• Engage in deployment of digital agenda for production setup by working on initiatives such as DFOS, Build app and Auto-manning.
• Cooperate with SHE Team in planning and implementation of safety/environmental programs.
• Work with Quality team to land QIP at site.
• Managed root cause analysis investigations, determining underlying issues in product failures and implementing corrective actions as necessary.
• Connect with blue-collar workers to address their wellbeing, enhance productivity, and facilitate up skilling (Future of Work) opportunities.
• Continuous Improvement – Lead Kaizen / Continuous improvement mindset in factory through employee engagement. Encourage autonomous maintenance practices among operators.
• Core team member in LTS discussions for leading LTS along with HR.
• Develop roadmap for site digital team and lead team to effective execution of strategy.

Key Achievements:

• Overall Capacity utilization (CU) of plant increased by 23% by addressing operation constraints of equipment's.
• Overall Instant Coffee roasting loss reduced by 2.4% by adopting machine learning technics.
• Extraction Pure Coffee Yield Improved from 48% to 51% by optimizing extraction critical parameters.
• . Increased Spray drier output from 960 kg/hr. to 1280kg/hr. by increased spray angle with modified nozzle in existing spray drier set up.
• Overall CPT reduced by 3% by doing other production costs benchmarking.
• Overall Utility Cost reduced by 9.13% (1.68 Cr) by optimizing extraction operation with single extraction columns.
• 3 times badged with Unilever U R Awesome award.

• I am the Unit representative for HUL-3P sites which are located at Hyderabad, Cochin & Toothkudi.
• I am responsible for Manufacturing operations of the products under the well named brands of KISSAN, KNOR & ANNAPURNA
• My responsibility to ensure all my 3P/2P Factory operations runs smoothly, resulting in high quality and efficient production
• Freezing Weekly/ Monthly Production Plans for each site by Collaborating with the central planning team
• Make Sure that the RM/PM availability based on the plans across all my units
• Directing, leading, and motivating workforce, imparting continuous on the job training for accomplishing greater operational effectiveness/ efficiency Planning and executing logistics related activities to dispatch stocks from my factories to depots in time and ensure the targeted Dispatch compliance for the plants
• Quality- I am responsible to ensure effective implementation of HUL QMP (Quality Management Process), Quality and Food Safety requirements by the Organization as and when applicable
• I must conduct monthly Audits for Quality as well as safety systems for my units and punching the reports in a HUL monitoring system
• Organizing central safety programs to build the safety culture in all my sites to ensure safety aspects like Process, equipment, and Employees safety
• New Products Launces and active participation in Cost negotiation meetings
• Reviewing my units Conversion cost on yearly basis and initiating KAIZENS to reduce it.

· Improving Machine efficiency as per defined standards, Efficiency tracker by implementing kaizen's and preventive Maintenance

· Make sure that the paid production hours are utilized effectively in terms of Man, Machine and Materials.

· My responsibilities include developing people’s skills, process, and machinery to meet world class manufacturing standards.

· Demonstrate leadership in application of technology to tackle manufacturing problems and implement immediate corrective actions.

· Reducing Overall cost and driving productivity by asset utilization and benchmarking.

· Planning and executing factory strategies for timely production and delivery.

• Appointed as a IC in charge and responsible for Shift operations
• Preparation of shift schedules and execution of daily production plan as per need and monitoring the same
• Controlling and monitoring of different operations involved in shift like maintenance activities with production supervisors, electrical supervisors and utilities supervisors
• Hands on Experience in operating and Maintenance of De-Stoner, Dicer, Multi Grade separator and color Sorter etc.

Appointed as a Line Engineer and responsible for Shift line operations.

• Operations and Maintenance of Linear Stretch Blow Molding machines
• Hands on Experience in Maintenance of Filler, Labeler, Super Chillers, Homogenizers, Pasteurizer etc.
• Handled CSD and NON CSD lines and responsible for Line OEE in shifts.
• Responsible for Prepare report, analyze data, and make recommendations for improve Line efficiency and solving maintenance-related problems in Line.
• Following C.I.P procedure before starting of filling line.
• Coordinated preventive maintenance schedules to reduce product downtime by 4.2%.