Amit Swadeshkumar Sethia is an experienced executive manager with over 20 years in operations management and quality assurance, currently serving as the head of sales and quality assurance at Infinium Precious Resources Ltd. He has a strong educational background with an MBA in operations and finance, and he has successfully implemented process improvements and strategic business initiatives across various roles in different companies. His core competencies include operations management, strategy formulation, and team management, alongside certifications in quality standards such as ISO and GMP.

1. A multifaceted excellent executive manager and leader with an operations and business management focus
Over 20 years of experience in Operations and process improvement sector with a focus in Strategic Planning, Business
Operations, Quality Assurance and Business Compliance
Profile Summary
 An MBA (Operations & Finance) Professional with 20 years of experience in Operations
Management, Process Improvements and Quality Assurance and New Business
Development.
 Presently working in Infinium Precious Resources Limited as Sales and Quality
Assurance & Compliance Head.
 Business leader and corporate professional with demonstrated skills in initiative,
creativity and success in the domain of Business Operations ,Business Development,
Business Planning, Sales, Process Improvements (Lean Management Application) and
Account Management
 Hands on experience in setting up operations and ensuring Business continuity and
having corporate focus while promoting learning and innovative approach to revenues
and profits and reviewing service delivery to meet changing needs.
 Skilled in carrying out operations pertaining to Quality Assurance and ensuring
compliance of ISO and GMP standards
 Strong ability to rapidly navigate emerging challenges in managing business
operations with focus on top-line & bottom-line performance and expertise in
determining company’s mission & strategic direction as conveyed through policies &
corporate objectives
 Clear vision, mission focus, and strong core values; rapidly adapt to new
environments, immediately add value, and build relationships with key distributors
 Utilize extensive quantitative and qualitative analytical capabilities to enhance
operational effectiveness and meet operational goals within the cost, time & quality
parameters
 An enterprising leader with proven abilities in leading teams towards the achievement
of organizational goals and industry best practices
CORE COMPETENCIES
 Formulating corporate goals, short term and long term budgets and developing
business plans for the achievement of these goals
 Identify the areas for improvement within the organization.
 Developing strategies & value added solutions designed to assure achievement of
goals as agreed to the volume, market share and profit objectives
 Analysing latest marketing trends & tracking competitors’ activities; providing valuable
input for fine tuning sales & marketing strategies
 Implement the formulated strategies and develop a PDCA cycle for monitoring and
achieving targets.
 Realignment of the organization structure as per the requirements of company’s
objectives.
 Conducting meetings for setting up targets, objectives and streamlining processes and
executing team the process owners
 Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters career development
opportunities and motivates high performance amongst team
EDUCATION
 Executive MBA (Operations and Finance) from NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies)
 Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Stream from Saurashtra University, Gujarat
 Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma Green Belt Certification course from KPMG
 Certified Internal Auditor for ISO9001: 2008 as well as NABL(ISO/IEC 17025)
Key Skills
Operations Management
Process Improvements
Strategy Formulation for
Business Process
Quality Management
Team Management
Strategy Planning & analysis
New Business Development
Financial Analysis
Training & Development
Soft Skills
Communicator
Collaborator
Innovator
Thinker
Intuitive
Team Player
Ethical
Problem Solver
AMIT SWADESHKUMAR SETHIA
: +91 – 9987547415/ 22-25707415
: amitssethia@gmail.com

2. ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since Jan’10 with Infinium Precious Resources Ltd., Ghatkoper; Mumbai
Growth Path:
Since Feb’10-Vice President - Business Head (Minting & Industrial Products)
Feb 10 to Jan 14- Business Development
Feb 14 to Jan 16 Quality Assurance & Complaince for Laboratory &Processes
Feb 16 till date GMS Implementation and Business Development
Key Result Areas
 Responsible for topline and bottom line (P&L) for Minting & Industrial Products Vertical by achieving targets and
increasing profitability by increasing contribution margins.
 Development of Business Plan and cost benefit analysis by interfacing internal and external stakeholders and
aligning with the vision, mission & objectives of the organization.
 Customer Mapping, Segment mapping & estimation of market potential alongside benchmarking competition.
 Fostering a culture of operation excellence through building of organizational culture, structure, system &
processes.
 Performing activities like building of manufacturing processes and analytical Laboratory processes in line with the
International and accepted norms and getting the systems accepted by the customers across the Industries.
 Setting up of Refinery and Salt manufacturing process for Gold,Silver,Platinum and Palladium metals by scripting
the SOP’s and Product Dockets with total control of BMR as per GMP.
Accomplishments:
 Initiated the startup of the Infinium Precious Resources Ltd. along-with 5 others and formed an Executive Team who
scripted the Infinium project right from drawing board stage till the execution with focusing of major activities such as:
o Mapping sales, drawing up verticals, preparing business plan, cost benefit analysis and selection of machinery for
the project, setting up operations & systems.
 Played a vital role in:
o Working at various levels to lay down building blocks for green venture such as recruitment of key personnel and
establishing SOPs and procedures for manufacturing & sales & preparation of business plan
o Preparing new verticals such as Life Sciences, Performance Coating and Energy Material Division.
o Instrumental in Equipment Qualification, Process Validation and setting up of Manufacturing as per GMP
Standards.
 Established the Quality Assurance and Compliance Division in the organization
 Instrumental in:
o Laying the roadmap for organization for ISO 9001/14001/18001 and GMP compliance
o Scaling of the Laboratory to achieve NABL certification both for mechanical as well as chemical Testing
o Setting the roadmap for LBMA certifications/ timelines in Infinium
Dec’07 – Jan’10 with Gitanjali Gems Ltd. ( A Multi Brand & Multinational Retail Company) as Vice President Process control
& Operations
Key Result Areas
 Streamline the operations across the manufacturing units to meet the targets of sales.
 Supervising plant utilization and effective deliveries through capacity planning, debottlenecking and various
performance indicators like customer complaints, productivity improvement, cost of consumables and quality
enhancement.
 Steering the integration of technology and operations to collaborate and function as one unit with focus on reducing
rework,workflow and enhancing client experience.
 Integration of Refineries of three locations in India to optimize the yield and recoveries.
Accomplishments:
 Essayed a stellar role in:
o Managing Operations for 3 units in India and 1 in China
o Planning and developing processes for manufacturing operations at 4 locations in India and one location in China
o Integrating their purchase, precious metal buy and the orders to streamline the order flow and reduce the cycle
time of deliverables and thereby optimize the production process
 Orchestrated reduction of process loss and optimization of processes
 Planned and integrated all the plants and manpower in India and increased manufacturing capacity from 12000 pcs in
4 factories to 50000 pcs in 3 factories

3.  Instrumental in conceptualized a centralized PPC and procurement cell to have a better control on inventory and people
 Organized training sessions for the staff to emphasize of productivity and timely execution of orders
 Streamlined acquisition of Gili into Gitanjali alongwith 2 more people
Feb’07 – Dec’07 with Reliance Retail Ltd. ( A Multi Brand Retail Company) as Senior Manager Sourcing
Key Result Areas
 Develop the vendors for Studded and Non studded jewellery who are ready to make for Reliance Retail.
 Facilitate Setup of jewellery stores service centers across India.
Accomplishments:
 Distinction of having developed Vendors for West Region for Diamond Studded Jewellery and Plain Jewellery Retail
 Established the 1st Jewellery Retail Counter Back office for sourcing secondary Metal
Jun’99 – May’03 with Parekh Platinum Limited as Assistant Manager Production
Key Result Areas
 Setup the Hollowing and Refinery division for the Bhat plant along with Findings division.
 Setup the Hollow Bangle making for the Bulk supply.
Accomplishments:
 Established the:
o Refiney and Hollowing Division with the process driven approach.
o Implemented the process for making Spring rings and Clasps and thereafter hollow bangles & hoops for the Export
market.
 Was sent to Arezzo Italy for the training of the processes and machinery by the company. Successfully accomplished the
same.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Jun’06 – Jan’07 with Clarity Gold (A Jewellery Manufacturing Company) as General Manager Operations
May’04 – Jun’06 with Intergold India Pvt. Limited as Production and QA Manager
Jun’03 – Jun’04 with Elegant Collection as Assistant Manager Production
Apr’95 – Jun’99 with Marc Walker Opticals Limited
(Joined as Engineer Projects and rose to the position of Assistant Manager)
Nov’94 – Apr’95 with Mannesman Rexroth India Limited, Ahmedabad as Trainee PPC Engineer
EDUCATION
 Completed MBA (Operations and Finance) from NMIMS (Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies) in August
2015. Stood 2nd in the whole batch and was awarded the medal and the meritorious certificate by the Dean.
 Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Stream from Saurashtra University, Gujarat in 1994
Other Courses:
 Lean Manufacturing & Six Sigma Green Belt Certification course from KPMG
 Certified Internal Auditor for ISO 9001: 2008 as well as NABL(ISO/IEC 17025)
Training
 Hands of Training on Machinery Installation & commissioning in Italy for 1 month twice in my career
PERSONAL DETAILS
Date of Birth: 13th January 1973
Residential Address: Flat #301,Building #23C, MHADA, Nr. S.M. Shetty School, B/h Jalvayu Vihar, Powai, Mumbai;
Maharashtra 400076
Location Preference: First preference Mumbai but open to other locations as well.