Kannanari Saidalavi, DGM Operations

Kannanari Saidalavi

DGM Operations

Dabur Nepal Pvt Ltd

Location
Sri Lanka - Colombo 1
Education
Bachelor's degree, Mechanical engineering
Experience
27 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :27 years, 9 Months

DGM Operations at Dabur Nepal Pvt Ltd
  • Nepal
  • My current job since July 2014

Area of responsibilities
Production, Quality. Engineering, RM/PM Stores, Engineering stores, Engineering Purchase, Project and utility

Major KPI
 All the responsibilities as a Sr: Manager Operations which is mentioned above
 Efficiency evaluation and report of all utility equipment’s

Key Contributions/achievements
 Made the SOP’s for the Packaging integrity checking and RM/PM checking
 Driving to make the Monthly MIS (PO, PR Evaluation and cost analysis)
 Started the OCR along with Tetrapak
 Increased MME of the plant from 87% to 93 %

Major Capexes
 18KL sterilizer of Tetrapak (HAS)
 10.5 KL sterilizer of Tetrapak (HAS)
 22X3 KL Blending Tanks
 New TPCIP (tetra CIP fully Automated)
 New TPCSD (Tetra Pak Continuous dissolving system)
 New I line A3 Speed 200ml
 New I line A3 speed 1 liter
 Modification in Pulp Reception area

Head of Manufacturing at Dabur Lanka Pvt Ltd
  • Sri Lanka - Colombo 1
  • My current job since March 2015

Head of Manufacturing since May 2015 in Sri Lanka Plant (Dabur Lanka Pvt Ltd)
Reporting to the VP Operations

Area of responsibilities
All Plant Operations

Major KPI
 Production Planning, execution and Validation as per the Company standard without violating the quality Protocol
 Maintain the QL level and ensure the awareness of the GMP.GHK of the Organization
 Plan and Execute PM without affecting the scheduled production plan.
 Do the purchase within the budget and Plot negotiation chart along with plant MIS.
 Capex Proposal, purchase, ROI, Installation, commissioning and Evaluation of the same.
 Arranging the trainings to the employees.
 Safety Level of the plant.
 Maintain attrition level of the employees.
 Budget planning, executions and evaluation

Key Contributions/achievements

 Production Efficiency increased from 90% to 96%
 Training planned and under execution for departmental vise
 Completed and under executions many improvements in utility, product and service lines
 Re layout the plant for efficiency improvements

Major Capexes
 Installation and Commissioning of TBA/19-20V line
 Card Inserter for A3 Flex lines CBP-32
 Innovation in Sugar conveyor system.
 Innovation for Pomegranate dissolving system.
 Working on ETP zero discharge along with rain water harvesting.
 Supporting sister companies for the planning and execution of new Tetrapak line projects.

Sr: Operation Manager at Dabur
  • United Arab Emirates
  • November 2011 to July 2014

Sr. Manager Fruit Juice Operations since Nov 2011 to July 2013 (Dabur Nepal Pvt Ltd)
(Reporting to the HOO & leading a team of 6 managers directly reporting to me and more than 100 staffs are indirectly reporting)

Area of responsibilities
Production, Quality. Engineering, RM/PM Stores, Engineering stores, Engineering Purchase and Project

Major KPI
 Production Planning, execution and Validation as per the Company standard without violating the quality Protocol
 Maintain the QL level and ensure the awareness of the GMP.GHK of the Organization
 Plan and Execute PM without affecting the scheduled production plan.
 Validation of CPT (Cost per thousand) monthly with Tetrapak.
 Maintain the stocks and avoid write off for any NPD or Art work change.
 Do the inventory quarterly and evaluate the same with Plant MIS.
 Do the purchase within the budget and Plot negotiation chart along with plant MIS.
 Capex Proposal, purchase, ROI, Installation, commissioning and Evaluation of the same.
 Arranging the trainings to the employees.
 Safety Level of the plant.
 Maintain attrition level of the employees.
 Budget planning, executions, evaluation, and RCA if needed.

Key Contributions/achievements
 Certification of HACCP in 2012
 FSSC 22000 :2013 version-3 Certified in 2013
 Certification of OHSAS, QMS and EMS
 Execution of all CAPEX /projects within the time including machines installation, relocation & commissioning.
 Driving the production team for the control and evaluation of RM/PM wastage
 Did the all the purchase without delaying of any projects/Capex
 Made the Full inventory of entire engineering store, and separated MIS with department vise
 100% Delivery against production planning
 Monthly MIS (RM/PM deliver to production floor against Production)
 Re arranged the RM/PM stores for the better access and minimum delay
 Made the new technical team for Tetrapak and processing area

Major Capexes
 15 KL sterilizer of Tetrapak (HAS)
 15X3 Blending Tanks
 Renovated Filling Machine of TBA/8 Slim
 Renovated TBA/19-10V
 2X CBP-32 new
 50 KL Capacity RO Plant
 500cfm Capacity Compressor
 Re layout the Civil structure as per the layout.
 Innovation of Cooling system for Tetrapak machineries.

Site Manager at SIG Combibloc Obeikan
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • May 2006 to November 2011

Site Manager (May 2006 - Nov 2011) in Al Marai site (KSA)
(Reported to the Country Manager and Technical director & led a team of 15)

Job Profile:
As Site Manager, established shift production schedules, supervised, & strived to achieve the production goals as per the defined Key Performance Parameters-

 Handling of different nationality engineers
 Planning of scheduled PM, execution and verification during start up.
 Supervising and complaint issues related to sterility.
 Coordinating with Dubai office and Germany to discuss and rectifying the major issues
 Different customer handling from Al marai. Along with Al marai daily business.
 Solved different and difficult problems in big format and new machines in Al marai sites
 Appreciated many customers for timely intervention of the solving the problems
 Did major roles in customer handling in Saudi especially in Al marai site
 Handled different nationality engineers with successful achievement of management goals.
 Enhanced leadership skills by solving complicated technical problems, offering technical recommendations, suggestions and consultancies to various customers.
 Provided project support leadership for all projects in Al marai site. As a site manager of the customer
 Successfully solved complicated Technical problems at different customers.
 As Site Manager in Saudi for COMBIBLOC, assisted Engineers in problems solving, evaluating proposed solutions, making recommendations, and implementing approved idea
 Built and maintained relationships with a variety of people, from Production and Quality personnel, through to Chief Executives, Chief Operations Officers and senior executives of companies.
 In the food industry, maintained strong interdepartmental, personnel contacts, allowing for a better understanding of each other’s information and operational needs

Key Contributions:
 Completion of installation and commissioning of following machines
a. CFA 209-32 and its DE
b. CFA 124-24 (3 lines) and its DE
c. CFA 712-12 (2 lines) and its DE in different places of KSA
d. CFA 310-32 and its DE
e. CFA 112-32 (4 Lines) and its DE in different places of KSA

 Motivated staff & increased people productivity
 Efficiency reaches to 85% as we are committed to Customer

Handling Responsibilities as a Senior Production /Technical supervisor at sadafco
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • August 1996 to May 2006

As Handling Responsibilities as a Senior Production /Technical supervisor (August 1996 to May 2006)

* Taking care of the pasteurizers, Stork sterilizers, Tetrapak fillers and downstream machines
* Meeting with different department supervisors and evaluating current status of the plant
* Execution of the production plan with optimum level of the man power
* To be make sure that all the final product which is coming out of the plant as per the ISO standards
* Started PLMS (package line monitoring system) by the help of Tetrapak

Education

Bachelor's degree, Mechanical engineering
  • at Karnatak University
  • January 1991

Specialties & Skills

Project Management
Technical Direction
Plant Operations
Manufacturing Operations
Production
BSEE/SUPPLY
BUYING/PROCUREMENT
Packaging and manufacturing Expert
COST ANALYSIS
HACCP and FSSC 22000:2013
INCREASE
INVENTORY
ISO and FSSC 22000-2013 Version 3

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Intermediate