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Ramalingam Saravanan

Ramalingam Saravanan

Plant Manager - Director

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Otto, LagosMember since November 20, 2022
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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%

Experience

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.

Education

  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)

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