Chinthaka Udayanga Thuduwewaththa is seeking a senior managerial position and has over 20 years of experience in the cement industry, holding various roles related to quality assurance, process engineering, production management, and continuous improvement. He has a proven track record of leading projects that reduced costs and improved efficiency, safety, and quality, and has received several awards from Holcim for his contributions. He is skilled in areas like lean manufacturing, strategic planning, and safety culture management.

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Chinthaka Udayanga Thuduwewaththa
43/3 Peter Kiringoda mawatha, Karapitiya, Galle, Sri Lanka
Tel: +94 777260784 E mail: chinthaka.thuduwewaththa@holcim.com
Summary
To obtain a challenging senior managerial position while adding best value to the company by leading
organizational strategies through vital experience in continuous improvement management, LEAN
manufacturing, Safety quality & energy management, process engineering, customer management.
Skills and Expertise
 Safety culture management
 Strategic planning & Budgeting
 Team Leading and Change management
 Cost and Budget management
 LEAN Manufacturing and continuous
improvement
 Process Optimization in Energy & equipment
design
 Quality Assurance and Market place complaint
management
 Human resource development & coaching
 Project management & commissioning
 Problem solving & Root cause analysis.
 Systems and Product standards
 Net Working Capital Optimization
 Manufacturing resource planning
Honors and Awards
Holcim Supiri Awards 2016 One gold award under star of the function category
 Reduction of the clinker factor of the HLL by improving the product quality (91 Mio LKR/annum )
 Implementation of quality system in Geocycle department (100 Mio LKR )
Holcim Supiri Awards 2015: 2 gold awards under star of the function category
 Reduction of the production cost introducing an operational cost optimization tool (Based on TCO)
 Taken all initiatives to reduce cost for energy under EARN.
 Pesticide packing feeding and leading team till all 20 ton consumed. ( 20 Mio LKR )
Holcim Supiri Awards 2014: 5 Gold awards for star of the function category
 Reduction of electrical energy cost by optimizing compressed air usage (16 Mio LKR)
 Improvement of cement grinding system by reducing false air in the system & improving the fan
efficiency (20 Mio LKR/annum)
 Improvement of production rate by improving efficiency of the dynamic separator by modification of
the material feeding arrangement (20 Mio LKR)
 Switch off of the unnecessary Fans, Bag filters after optimization of the process operation (8 Mio
LKR/annum)
 Centralization of the compressed air system in PCW and introduction of a new system for the fly ash
feeding line (13 Mio LKR/annum)
The best Innovative ideas Awards 2007: Environment efficiency: To introduce high temperature bag filter
replaced ESP and save 8 ton /h waste materials.
The best Innovative ideas Awards 2006: Safety: on coal mill systems on inertization to avoid

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explosion.
SAP Awards: Sales force implementation on technical, CRM sections and input given to Net promoter score
Professional Experiences and Key Highlights
Continuous Improvement Manager - Holcim (Lanka) Ltd September 2015 to present
 Lean management implementation
o Improved Technical systems, Management infrastructure, mindsets & Inculcated
sustainable maintenance culture with improving SOPs, WI and people development
o Application of LEAN tools and reduced non-value added processes, activities & systems.
 Reduction of Kraft paper bag damages & optimization of cost for packaging materials together
with Holcim Malaysia (~ 28 Mio LKR/annum saving)
o Identification of the technical requirement & existing conditions in bag design.
Improvement of bag quality, converting process & cost of the packaging materials
o
Lead Coach Manufacturing Excellence (EARN) - Holcim Lanka Ltd Sept 2013 - Sept 2015
Inculcate Lean energy culture in five areas following Dream run process.
 Electrical Energy : Saved 12.4 Mio LKR by 48 kWh/t to 41 kWh/ t & compressed air
 Fuel consumption : Saved 80 Mio LKR by TCO based coal sourcing
 Quality: Saved 91 Mio LKR by Clinker Factor by 3 %
 Fuel substitution : Saved 40 Mio LKR by TSR 6 % ( Pesticides / Ready feed / consistency )
 Maintenance: Saved 30 Mio LKR by shut down compression and quality of work.
 Packing and dispatch optimization : Rate improved 55 t/h to 68 t/h and Bag conversion
 Net Working Capital: Reduced 400 Mio LKR to 300 Mio LKR.
Quality, Product and service performance manager in marketing department Oct 2010 - Sept 2013
 Product Quality index improved from 60 % to 90 %.
 Product portfolio : Developed Holcim Extra product made a wide product portfolio
 Customer management : Mega project customer complaints solved like Hambantota Harbor and
Airport , OCH, Southern Highway
 Customer compliant handling
Quality Assurance Manager - Holcim (Lanka) ltd April 2010 - Oct 2010
 Ensured ISO 9001 /14001 and OHAS 18000 across the group
 Trained customers and Own team on Quality
 Established state of the art labs
 Cost of production improved – Clinker factor improved

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Quality Assurance Manager / Process Manager - Holcim Lanka Ltd April 2009 - April 2010
 Product market share : Improved OPC Market share from 2 % to 30 %
 Customer complaints : Reduced customer complaints from 1200 to 40 per annum
 Product quality improved by Root causes analysis setting quality target at all level
 Inculcate quality mind set and behavior
Process Development Manager - Holcim Lanka Ltd March 2007 - April 2009
 5 years manufacturing resource planning on Capacities, All resources, services and utilities
 Process Optimizations at Group level – Galle plant and Palavi plants
 Process optimization at regional level – Bangladesh, Vietnam, India, Thailand
 Safety: Implement Process safety and 5 cardinal rules
Production Manager - Holcim Lanka Ltd Jan 2007 - March 2007
 Performance management: Set KPIs for operations staff
 Support functions: aligned and agreed service level
 Best practices Mortified SOPs and WI shared and trained
Process Development Manager - Holcim Lanka Ltd May 2006 - Jan 2007
 Project commissioning – Coal/ Bluesky / Cement mills/ Cl bypass/ Burner
Process Performance Engineer - Holcim Lanka Ltd March 2001 - May 2006
 Established Process Engineering dept in Holcim by convincing top management
 Commissioned total cement analyzer (XRD/XRF) in Holcim Lanka.
 Process optimization : Heat and mass balance of unit operations
 Bottleneck analysis : Capacity analysis on process
 Energy management and bench marking of energy utilization in view of energy conservation.
 Environment : Design bag filters and Low NOx burners
Operation Engineer – Galle Cement Company Ltd May 1999 - March 2001
 Achieved the maximum dispatch rate (65 t/h to 80 t/h) through process modification and through team
leadership.
Instructor – Faculty of Engineering, University of Moratuwa January 1999 - May 1999
Education
MBA (General) - University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
BSc (Eng) in Chemical & Process Engineering Faculty of Engineering, University Of Moratuwa, Sri
Lanka
Professional Membership
Member - Institute of Engineers Sri Lanka

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Member - Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE)
Professional Courses
1. Customer Solutions: Product Quality Management course - Nov 2009 – Holcim technical support
(Vietnam)
2. Strategic management: Management Seminar course on February 2008 in Switzerland – Marketing,
finance, manufacturing, logistics, Management
3. Fuel substitution : Holcim Alternative fuel turn table on 2007 March in Switzerland
4. Process Optimization : Certified as Process Performance Engineer course held in Holcim Switzerland
01.02.2004 to 01.09.2005 at cost of 6.2 Million LKR
5. Manufacturing excellence : Cement course spring 2001, held in April 2001 Switzerland in cement
manufacturing, Material technology, process technology, Plant Engineering
6. Business Economic analysis of a company : Economic management analysis of a company held in 2003 by
Holcim Switzerland
7. Product portfolio: Product portfolio management seminar in Thailand
8. Resource planning: Training for Quarry Scheduling and Optimizing Expert from 26.03.2003 to 01.04.2003.
9. Integrated management system: Team member of ISO 14000, ISO 9001, ISO 2001 & ISO 18001
implementation and auditor training certificate.
10. Energy optimization : Energy saving and optimization course from university of Peradeniya
11. Leadership : Diploma of Business Management (frontline Management) offered by t+b solutions (Australia)
pvt ltd., (Nationally Recognized training in Australia ) 2006 to 2008.
12. Lean Green belt – Lean practitioner Green belt Certificate on lean management in 2015
13. Train the trainer: Certificate of participation in Train-the-Trainer Course conducted by Holcim Group
Support in Sri Lanka.
14. 7 Habits: Successfully completing The Seven Habit of Highly Effective People Training Program conducted by
FranklinCovey South Asia in Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2012.
Projects
Project commissioning, Evaluation, leading process engineering activities, Safety, Quality and Energy efficiency
at Major Capital investments in below projects which was conducted in Holcim (Lanka) Ltd
 Combustion efficiency - Kilns upgrading project in (310 Mio LKR )
 Fuel cost optimization - Coal mill project ( 300 Mio LKR )
 Production capacity improvement -Roller press in (200 Mio LKR )
 Production capacity improvement - Cement mill and Chloride Bypass (150 Mio LKR )

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 Environment emission controlling - High temperature Bag filter ( Rs 140 million )
 Energy optimization – Alternative fuel feeding system - ( Rs 60 million )
 Heat transfer efficiency - Cooler optimization project - ( Rs 50 million )
 Dispatch rate improvement -Packing plant installation - ( Rs 10 million )
 Environment emission controlling – Two Bag filters installation at raw mills ( Rs 1 million )
 Product portfolio – Design and launching Extra durable cement and masonry –Product design
 Business risk management – Mega customer product application project – Product application risk
Volunteer Experience
 Coaching: Coach two shift managers and chemist to improve their managerial skills.
 Coaching : 12 undergraduate from university of Moratuwa from chemical and Process Engineering
 Process Optimization regionally: Optimized 4 cement Grinding plants in Bangladesh.
 Trainer to Manufacturing workforce on 2008 on cement manufacturing and ECOMAN training.
 Career guiding: 10 engineering undergraduate trainees trained annually on process engineering
from 2002 to 2010.
Personal Details
 Name in full : Chinthaka Udayanga Thuduwewaththa
 Date of Birth : 1971-12-10
 Gender : Male
 NIC No. : 713454001 V
 Civil Status : Married
 Nationality : Sri Lankan
Non Related Referees
I hereby declare that all the particulars furnished by me are true and accurate to the best of my knowledge.
Yours faithfully,
Chinthaka Thuduwewaththa
Thushara Priyadharshana
Head – I &A Center
Holcim (Lanka) Ltd
R.A de Mel Mawatha,
Colombo 03.
+94-77-2990680
thushara.priyadharsana@lafargeholcim.com
@holcim.com
Nalina Dayananda
Logistics Planning Manager
Holcim (Lanka) Ltd
R.A de Mel Mawatha,
Colombo 03.
+94-77 -3596258
nalina.dayananda@lafargeholcim.com