Sujai Raghavendra
Bengaluru,INDIA
Summary
A technically qualified professional with a strong foundation in effective communication, people management, and leadership skills. Demonstrates exceptional problem-solving abilities and a commitment to quality, serving as a motivator for excellence within the organisation. Known for sincerity, hard work, and integrity, with a focus on driving organisational success through strategic initiatives.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
2004
2004
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Plant Manager
Precision Metal Industries FZC
Sharjah
03.2025 - 08.2025
- Company Overview: Specialized in manufacturing Fasteners, Gaskets & Flanges catering Oil & Gas industry.
- Recommend & implement financial strategies to optimize utilization of Manufacturing resources
- Data evaluation and coordination of monthly financial closings
- Managing budgets and controlling plant expenses to ensure financial health
- Visit customers in each vertical & understand their concerns & implement strategies
- Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations
- Developing strategies to increase productivity and efficiency within the plant
- Determine KPIs and measure them on a regular basis
- Develop and implement operational policies and procedures for efficient operations
- Reduce maintenance cost by switching to alternative materials through feasibility study
- Implement Effective Maintenance Practices (EMP) to improve overall equipment effectiveness
- Overseeing the maintenance and repair of plant machinery to avoid costly downtimes
- Analyze Customer Complaints, Reduce and Increase employee understanding of Quality
- Keep accurate records and document customer service actions and discussions
- Drive ISO & other audits and certification. Establish 5S & best practices across operations
- Enforcing strict safety regulations to prevent workplace accidents and ensure employee safety
- Enforce Environmental health and safety protocols during all stages of production
- Ensuring all plant activities comply with legal and environmental standards
- Develop, lead and execute purchasing strategies with cost and scenario analysis benchmarking
- Use software to monitor demand and document characteristics of inventory
- Managing logistics and supply chain relationships to ensure seamless production cycles
- Keep track on OTIF, Leaves, Vehicle utilization in effective manner
- Reporting to: Managing Director
Head QHSE/ Kaizen Promotion Officer
Al Khaleej Steels Industries L.L.C
Abudhabi
02.2024 - 02.2025
- Company Overview: Company specialized in manufacturing Galvanized steel wires, Mattress Spring wires, ACSR wire, PVC Coated wires, Chain-link Fence and fencing products.
- Review current standards and policies and devise SOPs for overall business process
- Assess organization's business practices & sustainability through Environmental, social & governance (ESG)
- Establish Kaizen Culture thru Centralized Focus on Kaizen, Standardization of Practices, Data-Driven Decisions, Training and Education, Monitoring and Sustainability and Alignment with Organizational Goals.
- Monitor all operations that affect quality and guide subordinates
- Assure the reliability and consistency of production and final output appraise customers’ requirements
- Report all malfunctions to production executives to ensure immediate action
- Facilitate proactive solutions by collecting and analyzing quality data
- Maintain safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures complying with legal regulations
- Reporting to: General Manager
Operations Manager
Vidvath Enterprises
Bangalore, INDIA
11.2016 - 04.2023
- Company Overview: Company specialized in Industrial Automation and manufacture of Instrumentation assemblies, Level and Temperature controllers at Bangalore (Karnataka)
- Responsible for department managers and supervisors with review/approval for all operations employees.
- Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations.
- Increase production, assets capacity & flexibility while minimizing costs & maintaining quality standards.
- Analyze and improve organizational processes, workflow, employee, infrastructure implement changes.
- Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics, performance monitoring through KPI and targets to ensure effective return on investment.
- Enforce policies, procedures and processes for receiving product, equipment utilization, inventory management and shipping.
- Contribute operations information and recommendations to strategic plans and reviews, prepare and complete action plans, implement production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards.
- Develop best practices and quality concepts and resolve problems, complete audits and identify trends.
- Maintain safe and healthy work environment by establishing, following, and enforcing standards and procedures complying with legal regulations.
- Devise ways to improve customer experience, including resolving problems and complaints.
- Manage vendors, pricing, rebates, service levels & reduce procurement cost thru new vendor development
- Developed alternative materials and cost-effective consumables.
- Reporting to: Managing Director
Plant Manager
Al Khaleej Steels Industries L.L.C
Abudhabi
01.2014 - 10.2016
- Company Overview: Company specialized in manufacturing Galvanized steel wires, Mattress Spring wires, PVC Coated wires, Chain-link Fence and fencing products.
- Plan, organize, direct and run optimum day-to-day operations to exceed our customers’ expectations.
- Responsible for production output, product quality and on-time shipping.
- Develop systems and processes that track and optimize productivity and standards, metrics and performance targets to ensure effective return on assets.
- Increase production, assets capacity & flexibility while minimizing costs & maintaining quality standards.
- Allocate resources effectively and fully utilize assets to produce optimal results.
- Monitor operations and trigger root cause, corrective and preventive actions.
- Share a trusting relationship with workgroup, recruit, manage and develop plant staffs.
- Collect and analyze data for waste minimization, Commit to plant safety procedures.
- Address employees’ issues or grievances and administer collective bargaining agreements.
- Stay up to date with latest production management best practices and concepts.
- Implement strategies in alignment with strategic initiatives and provide a clear sense of direction & focus.
- Reporting to: General Manager
QHSE Manager
Astrotech steels private limited
Sri city, INDIA
10.2012 - 09.2013
- Company Overview: Company specialized in manufacturing Specialty Nails, Collated fasteners and Bulk nails.
- Initiate quality and product certifications like ICC and ISO integrated management system.
- Initiate In-house testing setup for mechanical and performance testing.
- Identify QHSE improvement areas and to initiate, recommend and provide solutions.
- Set up QHSE Policies, procedures, standards, tools and method and perform Incident investigations in need.
- Perform internal and external audits on QHSE and International Code Council.
- Contribute to a co-operative working environment within the department.
- Maintain safe, productive working scenario by developing skill level in workforce through training program.
- Implementation of the Quality Plan for incoming, in-process and final inspection.
- Validate process, review production & quality reports to determine appropriate continuous improvement.
- Reviews daily non-conformances, chairs the material review board, and initiates corrective actions plans and initiate continuous improvement plans designed to prevent reoccurrence of the non-conformance.
- Conducting Quality training for machine operators & QC technicians.
- Direct communication with customers regarding technical queries
- Responsible for management review meetings, identify route cause analysis to ensure process capability
- Compile quality control reports, create statistical process control metrics, manage nonconformity material discrepancy reports, and recommend continuous improvement activities.
- Reporting to: Vice President (Operations)
QA/QC Manager
Millennium Steel/ Precision Fasteners L.L.C
Dubai
04.2007 - 09.2012
- Company Overview: Company specialized in manufacturing Galvanized steel wire through Magnetic Hydro Dynamic technology, Specialty fasteners, Collated fasteners and Bulk nails.
- Study & monitor the QC reports, Advice corrective and take remedial actions whenever required.
- Ensure timely calibration of all equipment and devices.
- Conducting Quality training for machine operators & QC technicians.
- Communicating with customers regarding technical queries & complaints.
- Initiate 8 Disciplinary CAPA for customer complaints / non-conformities.
- Communicate Quality issues to Top Management on regular basis.
- Co-ordinate and conducting Internal Quality Audits for 9001:2008 and 14001:2004 as per schedules.
- Authorize technical data sheets and test certificates.
- Implementation & training of Kaizen techniques and 5S practices. Responsible of inspections in all stages.
- Ensure the promotion of awareness of customer requirements throughout the organization.
- Perform internal and external audits on ISO and International Code Council.
- Responsible for issuing and controlling all documents related to ISO and ICC.
- Responsible for management review meetings & prepare route cause analysis to ensure process capability.
- Reporting to: Operations Manager
Quality Control Engineer
Dubai Wire FZE
Dubai
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Company Overview: Company specialized in manufacturing Steel Wire, Specialty fasteners, Collated Fasteners like Plastic Strip, Wire Coil, Paper Strip and Bulk nails etc.
- Monitoring product inspection, customer complaints, corrective & preventive action implementation.
- Ensure timely calibration of all equipment and devices.
- Conducting Quality training for machine operators & QC technicians.
- Initiate corrective and preventive actions on customer complaints / non-conformities.
- Communicate quality issues to department managers on regular basis.
- Co-ordinate and conducting Internal Quality Audits for 9001:2008 and 14001:2004 as per schedules.
- Perform internal and external audits on ISO and International Code Council.
- Coordinate with all departments for control of all documents related to ISO and ICC.
- Active participation in MRM & prepare route cause analysis to ensure process capability.
- Reporting to: QC Manager
QC Technician
IFB Industries Ltd
Bangalore
12.1996 - 04.1998
- Company Overview: BOSCH group of company specialized in manufacturing Fine blanking parts and Heat treatment services for gears, motors for automotive application.
- Handling product inspection, customer complaints, corrective & preventive action implementation.
- Coordinate for internal audits on ISO 9001: 1994 Quality management system.
- Customer visits & customer complaints handling.
- Active Team leader for statistics process control systems.
- Work with colleagues and emphasis on teamwork & Harnessing effort to company objectives.
- Reporting to: QC Engineer
Education
B.E - Mechanical Engineering
Annamalai University
Higher Secondary Certificate - undefined
Pune Institute
Industrial Training Program - undefined
S.T.F Affiliated to N.T.T.F Bangalore
Secondary School Certificate - undefined
S.K.N.M.M High School
Skills
- Technically Qualified
- Effective communicator
- People Management
- Leadership Skills
- Problem Solving
- Quality Motivator
- Sincere hard working and Integrity with the organization
Certification
- Certified Kaizen Practitioner (Kaizen Foundations, Total Flow Management & Total Productive Maintenance)
- Certified Quality Champion conducted by International Accreditation Services – Dubai U.A.E
- Certification training in “Analytical Measurement & Uncertainty” ISO 17025 conducted by IAS – Dubai U.A.E
- Certified “Internal Auditor – ISO 9001:2000 and 14001:2004 MQC Services – Dubai U.A.E
- Diploma in “Quality Management Systems” from Sigma Consultants Services Bengaluru, INDIA
- Intensive Training program in “3D AUTO CADD - CATIA through CADD CENTER Bengaluru, INDIA
- Actively participated in Team Building Workshop and various other self-development programs.
Projects
Implementation of Kaizen continuous improvement program through AM & TPM in Sprint 1 & 2., Implementation of Integrated Management System (ISO 9001: 2015, ISO 14001: 2015 & ISO 45001: 2018), Active participation in CE, Eco Vadis, EU Ecolabel and CBAM., Establish and standardization of Mattress Spring wire & Galvanized wire for ACSR cable wire., Pivotal role in implementation of DELMIA Works IQMS ERP system in operational processes, Implementation of Integrated Management Systems (ISO 9001: 2015 & ISO 14001: 2015), Implementation and Training program of ERP for overall business processes specialized in CRM, MRP & EMP., Implementation of 5S Best practices, Kaizen techniques and TQM along with KANBAN system, Implementation of Dbrix ERP system, Headed Renovation project of existed Conventional Wire Galvanizing Line to Nitrogen wiping technology in coordination with FIB Belgium & achieved 3000 MT production output., Implementation of ISO 9001: 2008 & ISO 14001: 2004 Integrated Management System., Certification program of International Code Council – ICC ES-ESR 2303., Training & establishment of 17025 Accredited Testing Lab., Implementation of ISO 9001: 2008 & ISO 14001: 2004 Integrated Management System., Certification program of International Code Council – ICC ES-ESR 2303., Training & establishment of In-house testing Lab accreditation in accordance to ISO 17025., RAMCO ERP system implementation for production and statistical process control for quality.
Languages
English
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent
Tamil
Fluent
Telugu
Intermediate
Kannada
Fluent
Affiliations
- Reading, Travelling
Timeline
Plant Manager
Precision Metal Industries FZC
03.2025 - 08.2025
Head QHSE/ Kaizen Promotion Officer
Al Khaleej Steels Industries L.L.C
02.2024 - 02.2025
Operations Manager
Vidvath Enterprises
11.2016 - 04.2023
Plant Manager
Al Khaleej Steels Industries L.L.C
01.2014 - 10.2016
QHSE Manager
Astrotech steels private limited
10.2012 - 09.2013
QA/QC Manager
Millennium Steel/ Precision Fasteners L.L.C
04.2007 - 09.2012
Quality Control Engineer
Dubai Wire FZE
01.2005 - 01.2006
QC Technician
IFB Industries Ltd
12.1996 - 04.1998
Higher Secondary Certificate - undefined
Pune Institute
Industrial Training Program - undefined
S.T.F Affiliated to N.T.T.F Bangalore
Secondary School Certificate - undefined
S.K.N.M.M High School
B.E - Mechanical Engineering
Annamalai University
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