VENKATESAN E.

Contacts: +91 9488345265; ~ E-Mail: venkate2010@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE: Seeking challenging career as a managerial position that would enhance my skills and contribute towards the growth of the organisation.
PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOT

A dynamic professional with nearly 13 years of experience in Production, Planning Process Enhancements,
Vendor Management, Cost Reduction and Team Management.

Presently associated with Yell Adworks., Bangalore as Process Lead - Production & Planning. A keen planner & executor with exposure in managing entire operations with key focus on top line & bottom line
profitability by ensuring optimal utilization of resources.

Abilities in enhancing production process operations, optimising resource & capacity utilisation, escalating
productivity & operational efficiencies; while curtailing costs & expenses.

Well versed with ERP System(Material Management). Proficient in manufacturing processes, resource management and handling all machine shop activities. A leader with strong skills in taking cost reduction initiatives and implementing quality systems for
enhancing plant efficiency.

Effective communicator & negotiator with strong analytical, problem solving & organisational abilities. Proficiency in managing relationships with internal / external customers to ensure a high level of awareness of services offered with associated costs and standard turnaround times for delivery. Areas of Expertise; - Planning & Control - Cost Reduction

- Production - Maintenance

- Quality - Client Satisfaction

- Process Improvement - Team Management

AREAS OF EXPERTISE Production Planning & Control Managing overall operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishment of production targets within the time and cost parameters. Coordinating overall procurement activities, implementing effective techniques to bring efficiency in operations, improve quality standards & achieve maximum cost savings. Planning & implementing maintenance schedules and carrying out periodic checks to ensure performance of various equipments and maintaining requisite documents for the same. Planning for production cost, subcontract component, process improvements, raw material & inventory, etc. Vendor Management Carrying out development and inspection of samples - estimation, costing and finalisation of quotations. Finalizing purchase orders; scheduling and following up with vendors for supply of components. Evaluating & negotiating with vendors for price & various other terms & conditions. Assessing the performance of the suppliers based on various criterions such as percentage for rejections, quality improvement rate, timely delivery, credit terms, etc. Quality Management Systems Ensuring adherence to the quality standards such as Kaizen; overseeing implementation of various stages of workflow using quality tools. Maintaining quality level as per targets given by the customers and targets given in the business plan and generating innovative ideas. Identifying areas of bottlenecks / breakdowns and taking steps to rectify the equipments through application of trouble shooting tools like root cause analysis. Man Management Directing and leading the technical personnel. Imparting continuous on job training to the workforce for accomplishing greater operational effectiveness / efficiency. Working on talent pool and succession planning of the management cadre and workforce, appraising their KRA based performance and providing feedback on the same. ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS Diploma in Electronics & Communication Engineering from Chamber Of Commerce Manali Ramakrishna

Polytechnic, Thanjavur in 1995.

 Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (MBA) in Symbiosys, Pune 61% (Awaiting for Certifi-

cate)

Key Highlights: Led a team of 85 members and achieved 100% production, planning & dispatch activities. Instrumental in handling production, vendor development and sub assy. section. Actively coordinated with Design, Purchase & Sales for on time delivery. Proactively involved in cost reduction of vendor components by changing processes and alternating materials.

Aug 01 Apr06 with MacMillan India Ltd Growth Path: Aug 01-Apr06 with Macmillan India Ltd., Bangalore Joined as Junior Graphic Designer and promoted as Senior Graphic Designer May06-Aug08 with Pindar Set India Ltd. Growth Path: May06 - Aug08 with Pindar Set BPO services India Ltd., Bangalore Joined as Senior Graphic Designer and promoted as Team Leader Key Highlights: Functioned as a Team Leader and headed a team of near about 70 members. Successfully improved the process by using SPC tools such as Parato analysis & Lean Manufacturing principles. Played a vital role in making programs to control internal as well as customer P.P.M. Proactively handled customer audits, P.P.C. department and mass production independently. Sep08-Till Date with Yell Adworks. Growth Path: Since Sep08 with YB Print Process in Yell Adworks India Ltd., Bangalore Joined as Operation Executive and currently designated as Process Lead- Procurement Operations & MIS Role: Providing a reliable, accessible and effective escalation point for the organization on any operational matter or problem. Conducting formal performance & service reviews with the appropriate data personnel and managing the associated operational plans with a team of 4-6 Executives & Analyst to achieve targets in required timeframe Monitoring process performance, usage for deterioration trends and early warning indicators. Designing the report metrics based on team and process statistics. Formulating and defining system scope and objectives based on both user needs and on good understanding of information technology, business processes and industry requirements. Analyze business and user needs, document the requirements and translate them into proper system requirement specifications & advising on business processes improvisation methods. Liaising with the Operations team and finance teams to ensure all reporting needs are being satisfied, delivered appropriately and on time. Gather, analyze and understand all case data. Mapping various processes for project review. Preparing statistical data and Usage of PowerPoint in the presentation of meetings. Defining MIS standards and policies in compliance with external auditors Managing process IDs and ID requests to clients for the new hires joined process. Maintaining various IDs used by Customer Support Executives on their call for purposes like Documentation, Line testing, Support site access, Knowledge base access etc. Ensuring the on-time and accurate ID request to client for activation, deactivation, reactivation etc. based on the status of agents enrolled to the specific process. Designed and implemented Materials Management System software at all units so as to streamline purchasing, store keeping and inventory control processes in addition to implementing internal control systems for inventory management. Evaluate vendor performance monitoring on quarterly basis. Good functional knowledge of SAP ERP Material Management.

Highlights: Was rewarded has a best performer (POB). Represented MIS in all Management Meetings. Played a vital role as a team member in GB Project. Awarded with outstanding in appraisals. Automated all reports & represented MIS in all management meetings. Training Programs Attended Attended various training programs and workshops on the following: A course on Leadership Skills Conducted by inhouse training program

Industrial Safety & Fire Fighting. Attended training program of SAP in Material Management module from Inhouse training program as Core team. Statistical Process Control ISI Bangalore Certified in Advanced MS Excel Training 2007 Open Mind IT Services

IT Skills: MS Office, ERP Packages SAP, etc

PERSONAL DOSSIER

Date of Birth Address Passport No.

: 16th April, 1975 : Contact: No. 10, Reddy Layout, Rajaji Nagar, Mookandapalli, Hosur 635126 : F5065115 Valid Upto: 2/10/2015