RAMALINGAM SARAVANAN

Senior level assignments in lead the Plant Operations  

33 Years Experience | Operations | Engineering | TPM  @ FMCG ( Home & Personal care, Foods & Beverages, Fertiliser and Chemicals)                                                                                                                       

A Bachelor of Engineer (Mechanical) & MBA,  with an extensive experience of 33 years in the entire gamut of activities in the engineering and manufacturing space inclusive of TPM, WCM, Production Planning & Control, Maintenance, Value Engineering, process control, Project – installation and commissioning, Supply chain , Stores , Purchase , Logistics  as well as Safety, health & Environment and Quality. 

1. Maintenance Engineer at  Indag Products Limited, Fertiliser and Sulfuric Acid plant located in Cuddalore - India for 4 years 3 months
2. Engineer & TPM Coordinator at HUL – Hindustan Unilever Limited -  FMCG Home & Personal care ,  Foods & Beverages  industries and Tannery of wool-on-leather processing for 24 years 3 months.
3.  Senior Manager Operations & TPM Coordinator at Del Monte India Foods Pvt Ltd ( Joint venture of Bharathi Enterprises & Delmonte)- Foods & Beverages for 2 years 4 months  

Currently working as a Plant Manager with a Lead Food Factory, (mfg of Seasoning Cubes & Powder competitors of Unilever – Knorr & Nestle – Maggi cubes) In charge for overall Factory operations located at Sango Ota , Ogun State - Nigeria since Dec 2019. Holding the Market share of 15% 

Certified TPM Instructor of JIPM  from Aug’07

• Trained through the study training course “The Production Management  Systems for India - Automobile industry”  in Osaka-Japan, organised by AOTS for 2 weeks combining Industrial visit to seven factories including Toyota Factory during Feb’07.
• Active member during implementation of SAP R3 MM & PM module at HUL Pondy HPC. ERP - Orion, 

                                                                  Areas of Expertise 

Total Productive Maintenance

Productivity Improvement

Manpower Management

Rejection Reduction

Waste Management

Low Cost Automation

Project Management, 

End of Line Automation

Maintenance Management

Supply Chain Management

Powerpoint, MS Word, SAP PM

Karakuri, PakoYoke , RCA , P S Tools   

Mechanical Seals, Pumps

Rotary & Static Equipments

Distillation Column with packing

Air, Vacuum, Steam, Refrigeration 

Process Equipments GLV, Reactors 

                 Energy Conservation,    

Have gained experience for over more than 25 years in manufacturing operations and supply chain across FMCG companies. Have got diverse exposure in manufacturing and maintenance operations in Personal care – Toilet Soaps , Shampoo, Cold cream , cosmetics & talc, in Home care – Detergents Bars, Powder & Liquid , in Chemical Distillation of Fatty Acids and in Foods & Beverages – Fruit Juice - Hot fill ,  Lipton Ice Tea, Tomato Ketchup, Mayonnaise  processing , Fresh ( Cold Chain) & Processed Vegetables & Fertilizer - Single Super Phosphate, Sulfuric Acid, Pesticides - Monochrotophos, Butachlor & DEPA.  Have acquired skills in the area of manufacturing strategy, operations, engineering , maintenance , TPM, WCM, safety & environment, Project management, Industrial relations and supply chain. Proven leadership in running manufacturing operations, building and leading teams, building world class practices & systems and networking across regional teams.

1. Master of Business Administration ( M.B.A.)
2. Bachelor of Engineering ( B.E - Mechanical) 
3. Certified TPM Instructor from JIPM ( Japan Institute of Plant Management - Tokyo)