President/General Manager - Paper Industry

SUMMARY

• Expertise in managing project resource planning and ensuring completion of projects within the stipulated time and cost norms
• Managed several major paper projects of $ 45 Million to $ 150 Million cost.
• Experience working in paper projects and paper mill operations in India, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa and Mexico.
• Traveled across Austria, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany,Iran, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, UAE, UK and U.S.A for inspection and engineering
• Detailing of various Paper, Chemical and Power Plants.
• Expertise in determining company's mission and strategic direction as conveyed through policies and corporate objectives; with focus on topline and bottom-line performance.
• A keen planner, strategist and implementer with flair to keep abreast the changing industry scenario.
• An effective communicator with excellent relationship, management skills and strong analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities.
• Demonstrated abilities in achieving cost savings across assignments and minimizing performance bottlenecks for achieving high productivity with maximization of men, material and machine.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Strategic Planning

• Establish corporate goals, short term / long term budgets & developing business plans for
• achievement targets.
• Actively involved in business planning and analysis for assessment of revenue potential in business opportunities. Evolve market segmentation & penetration strategies to achieve targets.
• Planning and coordinating the Production, Quality and Supply Chain of the products and ensuring seamless delivery.

Projects Planning, Procurement, Execution and Management

• Management of projects for plant set up, expansion, modernization, installation and commissioning of equipment.
• Managing activities right from the conceptualization stage to the execution; involving finalization of technical specifications, procurement, scheduling, progress monitoring, erection, testing and commissioning, site management, manpower planning & liaising with architects, consultants and contractors.
• Ensuring execution of activities / projects within time & budgetary parameters.

Production Operations

• Preparing production plans raw material purchases, manufacturing activities, assembly activities, testing & dispatch as well as scheduling various production activities.
• Handling product pricing, product portfolio analysis, cost estimation of new products and profitability studies of products.
• Estimating manufacturing time for the new products, discussing corrective actions with departmental heads and monitoring the key items under manufacturing.
• Preparing the techno-commercial offers, cost benefit analysis, payback period etc for major investments and analyzing impact of deviation in terms of lead-time/ cost.

Process Enhancement / Improvement/ VE

• Analyzing various processes/applications and recommending modifications & equipment calibrations to enhance operational efficiency.
• Appraising the prevalent production systems/ processes, identifying loopholes if any and undertaking result-oriented measures for alleviating them.
• Implementing processes for cycle time reduction, low cost automation, auditing manufacturing time and finding new methods to reduce manufacturing time.
• Planning for additional facilities required to improve productivity, conducting method study & work measurement etc.

Relationship Management

• Interacting extensively with other department heads for reviewing all the manufacturing and production activities and communicating the progress to the top management.
• Coordinating with clients/ customers for timely completion of projects within estimated cost.
• Continuous follow-up with production department, assembly department until the project is completed and finally handed over to the client.

EMPLOYMENT

Since Jan'13: working as the free-lance' CONSULTANT' for paper Mills, Dr.A.K.Chatterjee & Associates.

Assignments:

• Rama News Print paper Mills, Barbodhan, Surat, Gujrat (Bangur Gr.).
• Technical services being extended to Hinduja Gr.for their overseas clients (Iran etc),special packaging papers.

Jan"2012-Dec'12: - President -works of K R papers Ltd,

• Unit-II integrated agro based high speed paper machine by Voith,Kuster,Ruby,12.5 mw TG by Siemens.CD by HDO,ECF bleaching etc,
• Achieved all time highest record 301 T in a day & monthly 6088 T production, developed/Launched High bright 90+, KR-Brite quality,
• In unit-1 , achieved highest production of Absorbent/high strength Kraft.

March'10-dec'11: Project Director - Global packaging Solutions, San Diego USA/Tijuana, Mexico.

• Purchased used plant from Sappi, Michigan/St Cuthbert's paper mills, UK.

April '07 - Jan '09: Project Director - Watania for industry, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

• Implemented 150,000 Tons/year Packaging Paper Greenfield project 150 Mill USD project cost.
• Major plant from Voith/Metso/Allimund/Andtritz.

Jan '07-March '07: President - Works - Satia Paper Mills, Punjab, India.

• 200 tons/day agro based writing and printing paper mills.

July - Aug '06: Consultant - S.A Paper Mills, South Africa.

• Technical Audit and consultancy services for 80 tons/day Kraft paper making from recycled fiber.

Jan '05-Jan '06:Chief Executive - Pragati Papers Industries Ltd., India.

• It is a 150 TPD recycled based news print manufacturer.

Notable Accomplishments

• Successfully re-engineered the complete plant including rice husk based power plant and speeded up the paper machine from 450 to 605
• Instrumental in achieving highest day's production i.e. 152 M.T and highest month's production 4000M.t.
• Lowest energy consumption 582 unit /t.
• Lowest water consumption 12 kl/t.
• Successfully reduced the chemical cost by Rs 500/t. paper by using cost effective de-inking chemical
• July'04-Nov'04 :-Commissioned 200 tpd fine paper mills,recycled base,Chaddah papers,Metso/mechano/black Clausons/Siemens etc
• Worked for short period in Mohit paprs ,80 tpd agro based fine paper mills.

Nov 2000- June 2004: Unit Head (President) - ABC Paper Mills, Hoshiarpur, Punjab, India.

• 150 TPD agro based fine quality paper manufacturer with the turnover of Rs.100 Cr. ($ 22 Million)
• Responsible for projects of about $ 50 Million renovation and upgradation with Lignosulphonate project, and power plant.

Notable Accomplishments

• Achieved National - Energy award from Govt. of India, awarded by Vice president of India.
• Safety Award by the Punjab govt. in 2003, for Zero industrial accident.
• Instrumental in achieving the highest day and yearly production.
• Increasing the % yield of pulp from agro fiber.
• Merit of developing the fantastic high bright paper and branded as 'White Gold', out of 90%agro fiber.
• Innovative chemical by LIGNOSULPHONATES from the spent black liquor.
• Successfully extracted the methane gas from the black-liquor and the utilized in the boiler saving the fuel cost.

Sept '99- Nov '00: Joint. Director (Tech) - Indian Agro Paper Mills Association (IAPMA) , India.

• It is an autonomous body co-coordinating with Govt. of India and mills owners helping in formulation of govt. policies for paper industry.

Notable Accomplishments

• Headed various process development activities.
• Played a key role in organizing the PAPEREX-'99
• Initiated technical consultancy services to the member mills.
• Involved in the pulp mill operation upgrade of Pudumjee paper mills, Pune, India.
• Participated in discussions with govt. for environment policy matters to paper mills.

Jan '96-Oct '98: Vice President - Yatindra Pulp and Paper Industries Ltd. India

• Managed joint venture with m/s SCA-HYGYENE, Sweden, for the LWC paper and soft tissue mills operated in Austria & Germany.

Notable Accomplishments

• Pivotal in managing 100 TPD LWC/Art/Specialty Printing Paper Project with imported Paper Machines from U.S.A. Project value $ 60 Million.
• Instrumental in commissioning the Soft-Tissue Paper Project.

Apr '92- Jan '96: General Manager - Shiva Paper Mills Ltd., India

Notable Accomplishments

• Successfully commissioned the soft tissue plant imported from Austria and established the product.

Apr '90-Mar '92: Tech. Director - Multiwall pulp & Board Mills Ltd, Kashipur, India. Agro based Kraft paper unit.

Completed the project from conception to conception with all activities - civil construction, basic and detail engineering, capital equipment procurement, erection and commissioning. Also redesigned and commissioned 10x2, Chinese Soft Tissue units at Rajasthan.

Mar '89- Oct '90: Project Manager - ITC-Tribeni Tissues Limited, India

• 60 TPD Cigarette and Hitech Tissue Paper Plant.
• Complete project management $ 45 Million project - pulp mills, bleaching plant and power plant.

Oct '88- Mar '89: General Manager Paper Division - TAJ Group of Hotels, Bombay, India

Sep'84- Oct'88: Head of Paper and Packaging Division - Paharpur Cooling Towers (P) Ltd India (Manish paper and uni-system, CFC unit) Profit Centre Head

• Co-ordination for 1.2 mills PP woven sacks.
• Apr'82- Sep'84: Consultant - Chem.-Projects Design & Eng. (P) Ltd. New Delhi, India Detailed Engineering and commissioning of 8 paper plants.

Apr''80- Apr'82: Project Manager - Shiva Paper Mills Ltd, Rampur, India

• Erected and commissioned departmentally, 50 tons/day agro base writing and printing paper plant

Oct'77- Apr'80: Project Engineer - Papyrus Papers Ltd, Kalyani, India

• 30 Tons/day, MG & MF Paper Plant

Sep'74 -Sep'77: Process Engineer - India Paper & Pulp Co. Ltd. (IPP), India

Apr'72 -Sep'74: Shift In-Charge - Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills Ltd., India