Karthikeyan TM, Plant Manager

Karthikeyan TM

Plant Manager

Saudi American Glass Company

Location
Saudi Arabia
Education
Master's degree, Applied Science and Computer Technology
Experience
22 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :22 years, 1 Months

Plant Manager at Saudi American Glass Company
  • Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
  • My current job since March 2016

1. Factory Management and Operational Control
2. Operations methods Developing, implementing, enforcing, and evaluating policies and procedures
3. Annual Budgeting and Set Targets within the Budget.
4. Ensuring Customer satisfaction by Quality and Quantity.
5. Daily Reviews with Production, Quality, Maintenance Inventory, and logistics departments.
6. Detailed Engineering Study for the efficient Order flow.
7. Raw Material Stock Availability Check and Material Request
8. Planning, Man and Machine Capacity Optimization & Utilization.
9. Customer Credential Check for Finished Goods Delivery.
10. Continuous Staff Training to meet needs with safety method.
Familiar to the Project requirements, Quality requirements, Raw material/ machine requirements for Timely Completion and Delivery,
Driven the company to the Next Stage, in Process, Procedure, Quality, Safety, Customer Satisfaction and Sale.
Implemented process enhancement initiatives through measures such as 100% resource Utilization like Man, Material and Machine, Firm Delivery Date, Job Completion and First-In-First-Out with Zero defects that resulted in customer satisfaction, Increase in Sale and drop down in rejection rate which ended in profit for the company.
Reduced the rejection rate by 18% and incidence of defects by less than 02% through measures such as addressing the Defect occurrence at the starting point with the concern, Staff awareness, Training and defect eradication.
Steered the implementation of quality initiatives such as Glass Standard Awareness, Quality at all Stage of Process that instilled basic quality philosophies of doing things right the first time, resulting in an 12% reduction in company rework cost
Exceeded production target by 40% of the required number, proving management in the Highest Invoicing of 15 Million in the Company’s History.
Successfully developed & implemented Planning, Scheduling, Stage wise Updating and traceability of the Product at any stage initiatives to streamline the inventory function.
Recycling/Reusage of Consumables, which resulted in saving material budget.
Manpower Reduction and Training Employees in Process, which resulted in 15% of cost reduction in staffing budget.
Training Key Staffs in LISEC and exposure to the software, this resulted in avoiding delay in the process.
Online Packing and Logistics, Inventory identification, this resulted in avoiding delay in delivery, achieving committed dates and increase in sale.

Production Manager – Factory Operation at White Aluminium Glass Division L.L.C
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • February 2014 to February 2016

Managing a large workforce of 308 members including Supervisor, Workers, Maintenance and Drivers.
Formulating budgets and achieving production targets
Led departments like Sales, Estimation, Procurement, Logistics, Store, Warehouse, and Maintenance.
Co-ordinating cross-functional activities through effective liaison with all stakeholders
Ensuring customer requirements are met and effecting pro-active early intervention to minimise risk in the supply chain
Maintaining and developing operational objectives against KPI’s, to evaluate business performance and making necessary changes for improved business performance
Communicating with senior management and other key department heads to ensure excellent levels of customer service and meeting delivery norms
Resolving any production issues, utilising resources and teams effectively
Administering optimum utilisation of machinery and capacity
Facilitating timely availability of materials through appropriate coordination with Warehouse, Purchase & Maintenance
Adhering to safety rules, policies and operational procedures in order to minimise risk of accidents & injuries
Evaluating needs for additional resources and training within team

Production Manager at EMIRATES GLASS LLC.
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2009 to December 2013

Led production operations for a team size of 256 members of Supervisor, Workers, Maintenance and Drivers.
Led departments like Sales, Estimation, Procurement, Logistics, Store, Warehouse, and Maintenance.
Annual Budgeting, Set Departments Targets within the Budget and Achieved.
Formulating budgets and achieving production targets.
Developed & implemented production plans and ensuring timely accomplishment of production targets as per projected sales volume
Kept track of compliance of final output as per KPIs and Annual Business Plan
Defined, planned & procured resources necessary to provide the level of service required to meet department objectives
Conducted detailed order study and reported to the Senior Management.
Order Detailed Study, raw Material Stock Availability Check and Material Request
Operation Planning, Man and Machine Capacity Optimization.
Customer Credential Check for Finished Goods Delivery, Customer Delivery Commitments.
Factory Management and Operational Control

Sr. Executive – Project Execution at VA TECH WABAG LTD.
  • India - Chennai
  • April 2003 to June 2009

Planning and Execution, Quality Conscious, Bidding, Billing & Certification, Negotiation with Clients/Sub-contractors/Vendors, Administration and Team handlings, Material Management (Entry, Stock and Clearance) and Target Oriented and Do right at the first time.
Well Skilled in handling Client, Consultant and sub-contractor towards the increase of completion time of the projects and increase in bill of quantities.
Complete Detailed Reporting to Higher Management via presentation of the project stage and Expected time of completion using Micro Planning Tools.
Controlled projects with respect to cost, resource deployment, time over-runs and quality compliance to ensure satisfactory execution of projects
Drafted construction schedule and base line schedules, micro-macro plans, catch-up plan for construction, supply, erection, installation, man and material
Planned for effective utilisation of man, money and material
Maintained progress report on a daily/ monthly basis
Entrusted with the responsibility of payment collection from clients and approved billing price break-up along with preparation of project cost plan and cash flow plan
Coordinated with sub-contractors for quantity and price verification
Verified works/ bill order as per the P.O.
Developed quality manual system, quality manual, standards, procedures, quality control and quality plans
Performed GAP analysis and delivered insights to the senior management
Supported internal quality audit activities, highlighted findings and suggested preventive corrective actions
Created a network plan of overall schedule & cost status and dealt with inventory control & balance cost for completion of the projects
MIS(Management Information Report)Drawing and Documents Approval Status Report.
Forecast Bills Status Report. Providing Safe and Healthy working Environment.
Site Audits reports and Legal Compliance Report

Faculty In-Charge at M/s CSC Computer Education Private Ltd
  • India - Chennai
  • December 2000 to November 2001

Faculty In-Charge, Staffing, Training and Management.
Marketing and advertising. Hardware /Software Installation and Training.
Presentation Skill.

Education

Master's degree, Applied Science and Computer Technology
  • at Periyar University
  • May 2003

Name of the Project: INCOME TAX SUBSYSTEM IN PAYROLL, Duration of Project : 6 months, This project has been completed successfully for the generation of the income tax for all employees of the NEYVELI LIGNITE CORPORATION in the computer services of the corporate office. It was developed by the software DEVELOPER 2000 as front end and ORACLE as the backend. This was done for the Master Degree course completion and appreciated for my better future.

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science
  • at University Of Madras
  • May 2001

Specialties & Skills

Problem Solving
Problem Analysis
Communication Skills
Delegation
Planning
Office tools
supply chain management
marketing
operations management
operation
logistics
negotiation
materials

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Arabic
Beginner

Training and Certifications

Saudi counsil of engineers (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018
Valid Until:
September 2024