Aniruddha Oak has over 30 years of experience in production management, process engineering, and operations management in the paint industry. He is currently the Plant Head at Apcrotex Coatings Pvt Ltd in Pune, where he has ensured zero rejection for certain coating processes. The document provides details of his career history and accomplishments, qualifications, skills, and contact information as he seeks new managerial assignments in operations management or production roles in the paint industry.

1. ANIRUDDHA OAK
Mobile: +91-9673998478 • Email: ana2563@gmail.com
Managerial assignments in Operations Management/ Paint Application Process/ Production/ Marketing in the Paint
Industry preferably in Pune
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
 An astute professional with over 3 decades of experience in the field of Production Management, Process
Engineering, Process monitoring and Process Design Engineering.
 Currently working with Apcrotex Coatings Pvt Ltd, Pune as Plant Head.
 Adept at identifying bottlenecks and improving reliability and productivity interested in an assignment with at major
corporation in designing, planning and executing tasks in new projects or in existing facility.
 Gained knowledge of ERP for business with a good knowledge of MS Office and Internet Applications, reqd for
Business applications.
Core Competencies:
Process Improvement • Production Operations • Cost Rationalization • Pre-commissioning • Business Development •
Marketing • Commissioning • Process monitoring • Project Scheduling & Planning • Enquiry Preparation • Technical Offer
evaluation• Resource Optimization • Project Co‐ordination • Documentation & Control • Team Management
CAREER CONTOUR
Apcrotex Coatings Pvt Ltd, Pune Plant Head Since Jun’16
Veena Industries Ltd, Pune SeniorManager – SurfaceCoatings Dec’15 - Mar’16
Taikisha Engineering, Pune Consultant - Paint Shop May’15 - Sep’15
MDS Coatings, Dewas Head – Plant Operations May’14 - Nov’14
SuperAuto India Ltd, Chakan Head – Paint Shop (SeniorManager) May’13 – Dec’13
Pagan Paints & Chemicals Ltd, Pune Manager – Sales & Marketing Jan’12– May’13
Saboo Coatings Ltd, Mohali Technical Support Manager Aug’09 – Sep’11
AkzoNobelCar Refinishes India Pvt Ltd, BangaloreProduct Manager Apr’08 – Jul’09
Grand Polycoats Pvt Ltd, Vadodara Technical Sales & Service Manager Sep’04– Mar’08
Bombay Paints, Mumbai Deputy Manager – Sales Support Aug’02 – Jun’04
BASF Industries Pvt. Ltd., Pune Sale Executive Jan’99– Jul’01
Daewoo Motors India Ltd, New Delhi Assistant Manager Oct’96 – Dec’98
(Production Engineering)
The Premier Automobiles Ltd, Mumbai Officer – Paint Process Engineering Jun’87– Sep’96
Sigma Paint Ltd., Mumbai Chemist – QC Dec’85 – Jun’87
Key Deliverables:
 Conducting the paint process engineering and handling painting activities within build quality with standard
operations of painting.
 Processing the quality audits and troubleshooting the line concerns.
 Conducting entire outgoing quality audits from paint shop stage to stage like PTCED, Sealer & Top Coats.
 Conducting quality assurance & control along with monitoring & updating the manufacturing processes.
 Conducting process wise best practices & benchmarking study & implementation in paint shop.
 Performing innovation & idea generation to improve product & process quality.
 Identifying the scope for improvement and stabilizing the quality of PT- CED, Sealer & Top coat.
 Auditing and monitoring the performance of paint shop processes by statistical process control method (SPC).
 Holding technical, logistics, operational/ manufacturing activities as well as the functions related to Inventory &
Supply Chain Management activities and handled internationally.
 Developing an overall plan of action and set appropriate goals, taking into account both immediate and future needs.
 Overseeing the production output with quality (Coating process/ quality/ Planning) and controlling rejection,
customer complaints and over process cost.
 Exploring market for promoting products; conducting competitor analysis to achieve market share metrics; product
forecasting and technical support for product promotion identifying the customer needs. This was done during tenure
of BASF, Akzo Nobel and Saboo Coatings.
 Reaching out to the unexplored market segments/ customer groups for business expansion. Taping information from
various sources/industry for new opportunities.

2.  Handling zone wise dealer visits and understanding requirements to improve product & process quality.
 Handling zone wise competitor’s vehicle final finish study for products improvements.
 Mapping client’s requirements and providing best products to suit their requirements backed up by prompt pre and
after sales service.
 Conducting on line trials & process audits for ensuring outgoing quality from supplier end.
 Generating business from existing accounts and achieving profitability and sales growth. Building and maintaining
healthy business relations, ensuring maximum customer satisfaction.
 Performing new projects development activities for upcoming models, shades selection, developments and testing’s
activities.
 Extending back end support and making technical presentations at customer end for skill improvements, marketing
presentations for business planning.
Highlights:
 Efficiently ensured ZEROrejection at Apcrotex Coatings Pvt Ltd for CED Coating.
 Efficiently ensured minimal rejection and achieved acceptanceof 94% at Taikisha Engineering India Pvt Ltd.
 Ensured minimal rejection and achieved acceptance of 92% at MDS Coatings India Pvt Ltd.
 Successfully prepared documentation for deployment of TPM, TS, TS-16949 and ISO-14001.
 Achieved reduction in rejection by productive maintenance & process control of paint shop.
 Handled new product – UV Coating for plastics and established Vega Auto as customer for UV Coating for helmets, in
1 year.
 Actively coordinated within organization with R&D, Production, Finance, and QC departments for tender business
from BPCL and HPCL.
ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS
1990 B.A. from Kakatiya University
1985 Diploma in Surface Coating Technology (Paint Technology) from D.E. Soc's Technical Institute, Pune
TRAININGS UNDERGONE
 Attended training program on “Paint & Coating Inspection” organized by NACE International India section, received
qualifying certificate.
IT SKILLS
 Windows XP/Vista, MS Office and Internet Applications.
 Worked with ERP during the tenure in Akzo Nobel for business analysis.
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date of Birth: 25th February 1963
Address: 10, CanAprk Soc, Opp Atreya soc, Gujarat Colony, Kothrud, Pune – 411038 Maharashtra
Linguistic Abilities: English, Hindi, Marathi and Gujarati
Passport No.: J 3408000 (Valid till: 29.12.2010)