Vijay Gangadharan, Manager

Vijay Gangadharan

Manager

Dabur Egypt Limited

Location
Egypt
Education
Master's degree, Applied Inorganic Chemistry
Experience
23 years, 1 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 1 Months

Manager at Dabur Egypt Limited
  • Egypt
  • My current job since September 2013

Manufacture of Cosmetic Products -Hair Oil, Shampoo & Conditioner, Toothpaste, Shaving Cream, Hair Removing Cream, Henna Hair Color.

September 2013 till now

• Developing system required to implement GMP & achieve 22716 standards & ISO 9001 Standards.
• NPD (New Product Development) along with Technology transfer in plant and developing & setting qualification processes to ensure Right First Time execution for growing business of the organization.
• Furbish Lab Infrastructure to improve compliance for speciality parameters.
• Monitor, Review & plan to improve Plant Quality KPIs.
• Oversee local MOH requirements & requirements for exports & ensure compliance.
• Achievements:

o ISO 9001:2015 (first time certification)
o ISO 22716:2007 (first time certification)
o Successful Halal Certification during 3 month Dabur Dubai Deputation for Dabur Dubai Manufacturing
o Reduce % Rejection by 50% through Data Analysis and focus on bigger contributor

Management at S. C. Johnson Products Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • October 2009 to August 2013

Responsible for steering the Quality Assurance System in SCJ Own Manufacturing and Contract Manufacturing.
Support Global Quality in setting up PCA & SPC system for Asia Region.

Achievements:
Currently Piloting Quality Engineering Concepts for New Products
Drive SAP implementation as Process Lead for Manufacturing (Production, QM & Warehouse)
Support roll out of new GMTS organization: Setting-up Monitoring & Diagnostics for Asia region
Successfully drive the Qualification Process for Cost Saving Projects pertaining to Electrical Devices.
Faciliated roll out of Behavior Based Safety Culture and ensure nil Injury. This has rolled out in Asia as Best Example Learning
Deploy PCA process for Manufacturing sites in Asia. Planning SPC roll out.

Asst Manager
  • India
  • October 2007 to October 2009

Responsible for steering the Quality Assurance System in SCJ Own Manufacturing and Contract Manufacturing and thereby building systems so as to build base to enable India to become an IMC.
Work across function to achieve First Time Roll Out of New Products.
In 18 months period has achieved the following:
Define & Establish the Operational Standards for Quality Mangament (Defect Classification, Sampling Plan & AQL, , Metric review system incl. definition)
Completion of ISO 9000 certification at Baddi & Guwahati - first time for SCJ India
Achieved Silver Rating in Global Quality Standard of Excellence
Graduation from Unacceptable score of 1.9/5 in SQA to Acceptable score of 3.6/5 at both the Manufacturing location.
Translating the Company Strategy and Vision into Operations Scorecard for the Ops Team

Executive – Quality Assurance Executive at Hindustan Unilever Ltd
  • India
  • June 2006 to September 2007

Responsible for Quality Assurance at all 3 Units of Unilever and its Contract Manufacturers at the cluster.
Driving Quality Improvements Programmes, Supplier Audits, Inter Factory Audits and Internal Audits of Quality Systems.
Achieved Systems Health Check Score of > 90% overall and 100% score in critical items first time ever at the cluster.
First to roll out the new Sampling Plan across Unilever India sites after understanding the requirements.
Responsible for Quality Assurance at its third party operations
Supplier Audits, Inter Factory Audits and Internal Audits of Quality Systems.
Customer compliant handling for complaints originating from the factory

Senior Officer at Asian Paints Ltd
  • India
  • October 2005 to June 2006

Quality Assurance
Drive paper less documentation as ISO 9000 DDC incharge through effective use of SAP - ERP.
Build capabilities in the plant by providing training on ISO 9000 & Statistical Process Control.
Working cross functionally to prepare an effective six monthly Corporate Management Review report

Chemist
  • May 2001 to September 2005

- Quality Assurance (May ’01 - September ’05)
Best employee award for reducing lead time in testings & approval.
Completed Cost Saving Project in New Caesin Solution having a cost saving of 0.5Rs. / per Kg.
Make effective use of SAP to generate MIS thus increasing the efficiencies.
Co-ordinating ISO 9001 activities in the plant as Decentralised Document Control Incharge
Calibration of lab equipments
Training plant personnel on basics of SPC
Microbiological Testing of Raw materials apart from regular tests on RM, PM & Intermediates.
Hands on approach on key Instruments such as Gas Liquid chromatography, UV - visible Spectrophotometer, Karl Fischer Titrator, Brookfield Viscometer and others

Education

Master's degree, Applied Inorganic Chemistry
  • at Government Engineering CollegeGovt. Science College
  • June 2001

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Specialties & Skills

APPROACH
CALIBRATION
DATA ANALYSIS
ISO 9000
QUALITY
QUALITY CONTROL

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