1. Pankaj Naik
+971 507839220 pankaj2177@gmail.com, pankajsureshnaik@gmail.com
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S E N I O R P R O D U C T I O N M A N A G E M E N T P R O F E S S I O N A L
S Y N O P S I S
 Professionally matured and accomplished Production and Quality Manager with more than 2 decades of experience in
handling entire plant/factory operations related to production and quality specially for packed beverage and water industry
 Acquired hands on exposure in implementing strategic preventive and maintenance plans for waste water management and
optimal use of raw materials for reducing the plant cost and increasing the production capacity of the plant. Increased
production efficiency for Rose Water (PET) by 48% while spearheading as Head of Manufacturing Manager for Crystal Foods
 Demonstrated professional credibility in the areas of plant operation, project support, technical specifications, resource
mobilization, shutdown and start up planning and monitoring to ensure delivery within scheduled time and budget
 Proven abilities in routinely meeting production schedules while formulating the annual production budgets and holding
production costs in check, bringing about significant reductions and deploying process improvement strategies
 Deft in planning, vendor development, procurement, logistics, customer service, management of inventory of critical spares
to manage maintenance calls expeditiously and to handle any type of production unit challenge relation to plant operation
S K I L L S S N A P S H O T
P R O F E S S I O N A L D E G R E E S , T R A I N I N G & M E M B E R S H I P
Master in Business Administration, Kaizen School of
Business Management, Mumbai, India, 2013
Diploma in Packaging Technology (General Packaging),
India, 1998
Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Mumbai University, India in 1994
Training
Oracle R1 &R12 Supply chain (Production Module) Discoverer –Oracle software Using SQL
Windows 2000, Visual basics 6.0, Basic A+ Mini Business workshop By Coca cola company (UAE)
Lead Auditor Quality Managements System ISO 9001-
2000(BVQI)
Certified Plant Operator – Asian Bottled Water Association
(2007)
Certified Internal Auditor (SGS) 2004, 2005, 2006 Undergone Trainings Balanced Score Card (Plant KPIs)
Advance Training – Finance for Non-Financial Manager (2007)
C A R E E R P R O G R E S S I O N
Dubai Crystal Mineral Water & Refreshments L.L.C Co at Hatta, Dubai
Head of Manufacturing Manager Dec’14 – Oct’16
Reporting to: General Manger and Managing Director (Rabhee Group)
Key Achievements
 Play a lead role to formulate annual budget for sales and production and submit it to the Board for approval with
emphasis on market price to DA & KA account
 Designed New Water treatment with emphasis to develop LOW Sodium Water and successfully
installated/commissioned the system before the project time.Solely formulated a New water composition to add value
to product(s)
 Commended by senior management for budgeting, planning and successfully implementing Rose Water in Glass Bottle
project
Plant Operations Quality Assurance Supply Chain
Management
Vendor Development
Budgeting &
MIS

2.  Recognized for increasing the production efficiency for Rose Water (PET) by 48% (approx. 0.1M Dhs) by semi-
automated process line
 Proficiently handled the manpower and their training along with preventive maintenance planning and programs and
as a result increased the Cup Line OEE by 5%
 Proved instrumental in handling the installation(s) of new high speed line (SIDEL Matrix10) before the target date
saving OPEX cost (approx - 0.1 M Dhs saving) during project works
 Devise effective strategies to save approx. 0.5 M dhs of RM cost by reducing the consumption of Line wastage Raw
material by implementing process mapping, training staff and creating new RM vendor
Responsibilities
 Create all short and long-range business plans for Bottled Mineral Water, Rose Water and Vinegar, conceive and
develop all production initiatives, initiate and secures sales ensuring best product quality
 Actively involved in planning and coordinating production activities in coordination with various departments and
ensure timely availability of raw materials for seamless production of the products
 Supervising the entire team of 35 skilled and semi-skilled professionals and provide technical support in handling
production activities including machine and equipment management, purchase planning, commercial operations,
vendor development, stage inspection and progress monitoring
 Identify the scope of improvement while maintaining the quality and yield of product consistently
 Successfully maintain safety in the process and equipment as well as with operating personnel
 Formulate budgets for timely procurement of raw materials, payments and overheads ensuring smooth production
and execution of projects. Accountable for reducing the labor and power cost hours in 1st quarter of 2015
 Manage raw material stores operations thereby ensuring optimum inventory levels to achieve maximum cost savings
 Implement plans for strategic utilization and deployment of available resources to achieve production objectives
 Play a key role in achieving maximum customer satisfaction by providing pre/post technical assistance to suppliers and
achieving delivery and service norms
United Mineral Water Co. WLL – Doha, Qatar
Factory Head Aug’13 - Oct’14
Reporting to: Managing Director and Chairman
Achievements
 Took instrumental role in re-commissioning the production line and stared sales and distribution of production in
local and export market within a short period of 4-6 months after getting required approval from Qatar
municipality and Supreme council of Health Qatar
 Implemented various cost saving measures in order to save approximately 0.5 million (QR) raw material
Responsibilities
 Fully accountable for efficient factory operations to achieve defined productivity milestones along with handling a
talented team of 45 professionals
 Drawn up production plans based on order book position and in consultation with marketing department to
achieve overall corporate margins during expansion in Qatar
 Planned requirements of raw materials and other inputs and charted schedule of procurement to ensure timely
availability and in compliance with quality norms
 Introduced process controls and consumption norms to avoid process wastages
 Maintained proper material usages and investigated any discrepancies. Followed all raw material usages,
investigated variances as required
 Created daily production schedule to meet customer requirements and to fulfill the daily shipping schedule
 Geared the activities for studying market demands and implemented expansion project through in depth
feasibility study and created a series of reports covering Qatar and GCC markets
 Established and adjusted work procedures to meet production schedules, coordinating closely with quality control
Masafi Mineral Water Co. LLC – Masafi, RAK, UAE
Assistant Production Manager Aug’10 – Jul‘13
Production In-charge / Water Resources Head Sep’06 –
Aug‘10
Reporting to: Plant Manager/General Manager Plant
 Technically involved in designing and maintaining water filtration system including ultra filtration, ion exchanger,
reverse osmosis, RM system, bore well management and distributions system with cost of chemicals and filters
reduced from AED 0.092/case to AED 0.085/case (2011-2012)
 Fully accountable for reducing the cost of chemicals and detergent used by 15% in 2012-2013
 Distinction of introducing and implementing strategic factory operations which resulted in raising the production

3. volume by nearly 5-15 % in years 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010
 Credited for improving the overall water production by reducing ozone injection from 0.15ppm to 0.05ppm for all
bottled water packages
 Effectively implemented waste management system which resulted in reduction of loss of water and also reduced the
cost per case using the Overall equipment effectiveness & Total equipment effectiveness concept
 Played a significant role for Masafi in getting the ESMA accreditation (Emirates Standards and metrology Authority)
and became the 1st company to get certified in UAE in the year 2013
 Leveraged broad competencies in identifying the main cause of Zero ozonation caused due to the use of PHE plates
 Fixed any quality issues in water production after final quality audits were performed, efficiency in raising quality to get
the produced shipped
 Built and guided a cohesive team of 95 professional and maintained spirit throughout the organization
Al-Ahila, COCA-COLA Gulf – Al Ain, UAE
QA & QC Controller and Chemist May’99 – Aug‘06
Reporting to: Plant Manager
 Credited for implementing ISO-9000: 2001 / ISO-14000 in the entire plant and maintained its documentations
 Spearheaded the entire plant activities and bagged Silver Award for quality product and Gold Award for the plant at
Coca-Cola Gulf Awards for Quality for 3 consecutive years (1999, 2000 and 2001)
Pepsi – Cola India Holdings Limited – India
Quality Control Executive / Executive Chemist May’96 – May‘99
Reporting to: Quality Assurance Manager
 Overall responsible for handling quality operations and achieved Gold Award for Laboratory and Syrup Room
operations and Silver Award for the plant at the PEPSI International Quality Audit for 2 consecutive years (1996 and
1997)
A D D I T I O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N
IT Skills  Windows 2000, Oracle SQL, Visual basics 6.0, Basic A+ and MS –Access 2000, MS Office 2013,
AUTO-CAD 2012 and Google Sketch 8 Up 3D Drawing
Date of Birth  13th
Apr 1973
Languages Known  English, Hindi, Marathi and Urdu
Driving License  Valid UAE and Qatar license
References  Available upon request