Srinivasan Kanagaraj

A result-oriented professional with 14+ Years of Experience Responsible for incoming raw material checking, in process checking, visual inspection, pre-delivery inspection, quality control & quality assurance. Supporting and developing suppliers in establishing improvement programs, verifying implementation of quality improvement programs at suppliers. Plan and coordinate engineering process on daily, weekly and monthly basis to produce high quality products.

Develop and adopt best practices to improve production capacity, quality and reliability. Responsible for consumables, cost control, raw materials and yield saving activities. Interaction with external calibration agencies and calibrated instruments Handling different types of Gauges, Measuring Instruments & panel checkers.

Conducting MSA studies for attribute & variable Ensure quality check on the finished products which are out for dispatch. Timely and periodical testing of inward material at laboratories and maintaining the records and to be ensured before accepting the material. Involved in the quality control management of auto-parts and quality check the incoming raw materials.

Inspection of processing and reporting the related faults to the department concerned. Maintain the shop floor clean and safe as per standards. Work with purchasing to ensure supplier performance is regularly reported and that appropriate and timely corrective action is implemented.

Coordinate with technical support, engineering, manufacturing to ensure awareness to known purchased part or product quality issues. Develop long-term supplier relationships and generate and implement cost reduction ideas

PROCESS EXCELLENCE IN-CHARGE at BALL BEVERAGE PACKAGING INDIA PVT.LTD (2016-08 – Present)

• Responsible for IMS audit, internal & external audit In Plant. Review and update control plan and quality procedures according to process and product characteristic change reduce the RPN level through monitoring occurrences and put a robust detecting control at their end.
• Approval of new customer product in production line & qualifying as per customer requirement Validation, Revalidation of product.
• Having can Packaging, Pet Bottle Audit & implement quality procedure as per plant quality policy.
• Time study for process improvement & change over time reduction increase efficiency.
• Works on a cross-functional project team through all phases of the product development process. Conducting daily sunrise and sunset quality meetings.
• Analyze nearly finished product samples daily for quality, durability, safety and known product specifications before the final stage of production evaluate the materials routinely used during production, the work environment and components during production by running specific quality tests.
• Verification & approval of all incoming, in-process and final inspection reports
• Conduct plant internal audits (GMP, GHP, GLP), other food safety program
• Initiating actions to control reduce variation in the product, process characteristics initiating non-confirming report, identifying root cause & capa for customer complaint
• Participating in and driving the team in plant improvements initiatives such as 5s, opl (one point lesson), Why? Why? Analysis, KPI (Key Performance Indicator) goals monitoring.
• Calibration Of auto, manual torus gauge, Sencon distribution gauge (decorator Ov & lacquer) follows up and maintains records of mechanical measuring equipment.
• A dynamic knowledge in implementations of SPC, MSA, PPAP, APQP, FMEA, check sheets.
• Responsible for monitoring quality by generating CP, CPK/PPK and daily summary report. Ensuring product and customer requirement compliance and releasing COAs to customer.
• Checking and monitor internal coating (Lacquer) of LSM for HME, adhesion test. Involved in checking Necker dimension, light tester presto rejection, extractor, palletizer, finish pallet, visual inspection, stretch film wrapping process and finish pallet at palletizer.
• Ensure brimful capacity, head space and drop test of finish can. Hold for inspection non confirmation products.
• Identification and development of traceability system, control charts and control plan to achieve quality as per customer's requirements. Submitting monthly rejection Data by providing the rejection trend by using various quality tools for successful analysis of process failure and reducing overall rejection and increasing the product quality and quantity.
• Handling customer market complaints and taking robust solution for recurrence 5S,3C followed in workplace to standardize and identify the materials easily at the shop floor
• Provided manufacturing with support on problem-solving / corrective action implementation, defect prevention and continuous improvement activities. Conducting competency matrix, skill matrix and training on ISO & housekeeping activities.
• Preparation and submission of PPAP documents to customers, whenever appropriate. Got two Piece can Making Training in Egypt, Dammam Good knowledge in HACCP & FSSC 22000 (ISO-TS-22002-4:2013)

Operating Engineer Quality Assurance at JK TYRES & INDUSTRIES Pvt Ltd (2012-05 – 2016-08)

Diploma in Mechanical Engineering – Rajaji Institute of Technology (2012-05)