Suresh Supramaniam

Products exposed: Polypropylene, High Density Polyethylene, Low density Polyethylene, Super Absorbent Polymer, Butyl Acrylate, Glacial Acrylic Acid, Acetic Acid
 Single point focal communicator with off-takers for implementing product quality at the plant
 Managed Product & Logistics Quality customer complaints investigation-RCA, CAPA and Plant trials
 Implemented & maintained QC Lab Quality management system- ISO17025, ISO9001, GMP, GLP
 Ensured QC Laboratory testing as per the standard and resolved issues by Quality Troubleshooting
 Led Lean Six Sigma projects by Training, developing and mentoring team members
 Managed Product classification, waiver, Supplier Qualification, controlling spec, OOS investigation
 Lead auditor for System compliance, maintenance, audit trails on ISO9001, ISO17025, ISO45001, ISO14001, RC14001, P&G QAKE -Quality System Design standard
 Drive team on Product Certification audit (UL, LNE, NSF), Regulatory requirements (GMP, REACH, RAPID) and strategic planning Balanced Scorecard- KPI objectives
 Created product quality assurance plan and improved Analysis standard operating procedure
 Complex wide TASNEE Idea system - ‘FIKRAH’ committee secretary for managing its activities
 Ensured overall quality from raw material-Supply chain, management of production, logistics- packaging, Warehouse Management, Freight Management, COA and export documentation
Accomplishments-External:
 Received “Professional Excellence award" for Process excellence contribution by Anexas (Jul’21)
 “My Quality Hero” write-up special article published on ASQ QP Magazine (Nov’20)
 Winner of the prestigious ‘ASQ MEA Quality Professionals Award 2019’ (Nov’19)
 Awarded ‘Qimpro Certified Qualitist’-L2 for excellence among Quality Professionals (Nov’19)
 Contributed for ‘The PMI Standard for Business Analysis’ (Dec’17)
 Reviewer of ‘Strategic Foresight’ Book by CQI in Quality world magazine (Jun’17)
 Authors of ASQ SQBOK V3.0 (Service Quality Division -Body of Knowledge) book (Apr’17)
 Recognized by ASQ ‘A New Generation of Quality Leaders’ in Quality Progress magazine (Nov’16)
 Served as an ASQ SME author and/or reviewer for: CQE e-learning course (Jul’21), Quality 4.0 Summit (Jul’21), CQE course preparation (Sept’16) & Question bank (Jun’15), CMQ/OE course prep (Apr’16), Six Sigma Black Belt Question Bank (Dec’14)
 Received GPCA RC ‘Product Stewardship’ award for developing codes and standard (May’11)
Accomplishments-Internal:
 Recognized for Technical & Quality leader tasks remarkable contribution to get ISO17025 (Oct’20)
 Recognized for implementing Best Quality Project ‘NWA (Northwest Analytics) - Proactive Real-time SPC analytics at Complex, which resulted in off-spec reduction (Sept’19)
 Recognized as ‘Best Standards Implementer’ for leading and maintaining the P&G QAKE system at SAPCO plant resulting in higher business value to supply the product (Oct’18)
 Honoured for top auditing skills & remarkable contribution by CEO/EVP:
Audit program 2017 to 2020, As ‘Top 5 Internal Auditor 2013’, ‘Most active lead auditor 2013’
 Recognized as Top 3 proactive employee in the company for ‘Highest Accepted Ideas’ (Jul’16)
 Recognized for outstanding performance in Leading Lean Six sigma projects by GM (Oct’15)
Blending efficiency savings ~4 Million $, Vortex variation reduction savings ~2 Million$
 Recognized & awarded by CEO and President for:
a) IMRS Phase 2 top performing department for IMRS coordinator role (Oct’14)
b) High performance Training coordinator for training team to achieve IMRS goal (Oct’14)
c) Developing Integrated Management Rating System (IMRS) as Tiger team/SME (Feb’14)

• Project Quality Management for new product introduction from concept to commercialization
• Execution as per Product Development System & APQP (Advanced Product Quality Planning)
• Single point focal communication coordinator for Project Quality system
• Ensuring and leading to stage gateway deliverables on Time with agreed Cost and Quality
• Project planning, GYR tracking & presenting the monitoring status with risk mitigation plan
• Performing Quality Audits & initiating improvements activities at in-house and supplier’s end during
Prototype to Production Trial Run
• Involved in QFD from collection of voice of customer and translate them into specification
• Providing or facilitating quality techniques training like Reliability, DFMA, FMEA (Design, Process & Machinery), PPAP, control plan, benchmarking, etc.,

• Assuring Raw Material Chemical & Dimensional analysis, In-process & Outgoing product quality
• Managing customer complaints, Supplier Quality assurance, new product development feasibility, third party inspection (RITES & RDSO) and Calibration of Instruments
• Coordinating for Quality Management System (QMS) along with Management Representative and responsible for product, process & system quality compliance with internal and external standards
• Implementing quality management system (ISO/TS 16949, TQM) and ensuring its compliance
• Working knowledge & application of TPM, MSA, QCPC, Design Of Experiment (DOE), Statistical techniques (SPC, SQC), QC tools, 5S, APQP, PPAP, Process flow diagram, FMEA, Control plan, Gauge R&R, Global 8D - concepts and documentation
• Developing Supplier for Self-Certification and Monitoring supplier quality metrics by addressing performance gaps thru recovery plan
• Solved the crack defect in brake blocks, improved disc pad paint-finishing problem & developed an system to arrest fly loss of Resin and gasoline evaporation resulting in cost saving

• UV-Vis-NIR Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy online measurement development to quantify oxidation state of VPO (Vanadium-Phosphorous-Oxide) catalyst during selective n-butane oxidation
• Optimising the in-situ (real working conditions) and ex-situ spectroscopy probing. In-situ spectroscopic investigations were carried out during VPO precursor synthesis, calcination and activation
• The ex-situ analysis consists of characterisation with respect to the ex-situ diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, XRD, SEM, particle size analyser, attrition resistance and auto titration
• Analysis of exit gases thru Gas Chromatography. Interpretation of analytical data and conducting technical literature searches
• Implemented a spectroscopic (In-situ & Ex-situ) system with quantification of oxidation state for the investigation of VPO, resulting in process development and cost reduction
• Developed a Chemometric model (correlation-analytical results) for analysing the spectra output quantitatively. Aided direct study of spectra in curves and peaks quantitatively

• Involved in the New Product R&D of electro-luminescence (OLED) and organic solar cell applications. This included literature analysis, sample preparation, thin film coating, and thickness measurement
• Analysis with analytical equipment’s like Melting point detector, pH meter, UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, photoluminescence and techniques

Involved with the application of precursor layers by dip coating, metallographical preparation and microscopial investigation of pyrolysed coatings