Chandra Shekhar

MBA in finance, Post Graduate in Footwear Technology & Management (PGDFTM) with masters in commerce (M.Com.) and 20 years of overall experience of working in industry and consultancy in production planning, product costing, grading, line balancing, quality control, product sourcing, inspection, assembly etc. Worked in Ethiopia under the twinning project between FDDI and Leather Industry Development Institute (LIDI) funded by UNIDO for increasing productivity and quality in different footwear companies. Worked on TTLM and ran B.Sc. programme with collaboration of LIDI and Addis Ababa Science & Technical University (AASTU), Ethiopia.

Delivered industrial training to workers in stitching & cutting department in different footwear industries. Also worked as project co-coordinator in HRD projects in different places of Rajasthan and Punjab.

Production Manager/Quality Head - Atleta Sportswear Pvt. Ltd. - Faridabad

(2024-05)

Atleta sportswear is EVA sports footwear manufacturing company. Company is manufacturing sports footwear for renowned brands like Reliance, Duke, Shree leather, Relaxo, Bata, D.Soft, Yonex, Woodland etc.

• Reporting to the owner directly relating to the day to day activity of the factory
• Developing the new vendors
• Cost negotiation with the buyers
• Looking after all the production processes from incoming material to the dispatch
• Monitor daily production report and discuss with all production supervisors and quality persons
• Discuss and plan with purchase, planning, product development, store and production department heads (Cutting, Stitching, Printing, HF, Fusing, Assembly & Packing) team for the upcoming month orders
• Manage and handle all workforces on the shop floor
• Timely delivery of all consignments
• Co-ordination with purchase team and store for the raw material procurement
• Given guidance to different production supervisors and Q.C. persons in process and final as per the norms of the buyer
• Work as per the quality norms of the different footwear brands
• Checking quality from incoming material to final inspection of the footwear
• Controlling the repair/rejections in process and final
• Planning of the articles for cutting, screen printing, fusing, HF, stitching & assembly so that dispatch can done timely
• Monitoring the manpower of cutting, screen printing, fusing, HF, stitching, assembly and packing
• Monitoring the process of upper and sole treatment in assembly line

Sr. Faculty - FDDI (Footwear Design & Development Institute-Noida) - Noida

(2007-07 - 2024-04)

FDDI is the international recognized Institute in the training of footwear, leather goods accessory design and technology and providing other services like testing of leather/textiles/shoes allied materials (having international testing facilities), consultancy to Indian & international clients in the field of production, quality, planning.

• Providing consultancy in different leather and sports footwear industries Indian and Overseas for increasing productivity and quality
• Providing industrial training in different footwear industries on different types of machines
• Guiding and consulting manpower in industry about different types of machines used in the cutting, stitching and assembly department
• Providing technical knowledge to the industrial manpower and students about the production, planning, quality control, line balancing, costing, grading, hand cutting, machine cutting, stitching of different types of machines, leather identification, product costing etc
• Guiding students about different types of the projects during training

Assistant Production Manager - Sagari Leathers (Pvt.) Ltd. - Agra

(2004-07 - 2007-07)

• Follow up daily production report
• Co-ordinate with purchase team and store regarding the upcoming materials and short materials
• Meeting with supervisors regarding the production and quality
• Controlling the excess leather taken by the cutter while cutting
• Calculating the cutting loss/profit made by the individual cutter
• Working on increasing the productivity and quality
• Follow up cut-cat and fit-cat system in cutting and stitching

Consultant - Various Footwear Industries - India

(2004)

Provided industrial consultancy in different footwear industries for increasing productivity and quality

• Tata International Ltd., Dewas
• MirzaInternaltional Ltd., Noida
• Zeeta Leather, Gurgaon
• Mayor Leather (Pvt.) Ltd., Jaipur
• Tej International (Pvt.) Ltd., Agra
• Dabur Shoe (Pvt.) Ltd., Agra

Consultant/Trainer/Project Co-coordinator - Various Organizations (FDDI, LIDI, AASTU) - Ethiopia, Africa

(2012 - 2016)

Worked under twinning project in Ethiopia funded by UNIDO between FDDI and Leather Industry Development Institute (LIDI)

• Worked in different footwear companies for increasing productivity and quality
• Given training to the faculties of Leather Industry Development Institute (LIDI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the area of production & quality control
• Worked on TTLM (Training, Teaching & Learning Material)
• LIDI collaborated with Addis Ababa Science & Technical University (AASTU) for running B.Sc. programme - prepared curriculum for B.Sc. programme
• Delivered lectures and practical training to the manufacturing engineering students
• Prepared handouts/technical manuals for AASTU

Project Co-coordinator - Various Organizations - Rajasthan and Punjab

Worked as project co-coordinator in HRD projects in different places of Rajasthan and Punjab

• Jaipur
• Alwar
• Jodhpur
• Phalodi
• Patiala
• Muktshar

MBA - Finance - Manipal Sikkim University (2010 - 2012)

Post Graduate Diploma - Footwear Technology And Management - FDDI, Ministry Of Commerce (Govt.Of India) (2002 - 2004)

M.Com. - Commerce - K.R. College, Mathura (2002)

B.Com - Commerce - S.D. College, Palwal (1999)

Intermediate - U.P. Board (1996)

High School - U.P. Board (1994)

Certificate - Export Management - Indian Institute of Commerce & Trade, Lucknow