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HARI RAO
PRODUCTS-ENGINEERING-SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Bottom-line driven executive, supported by progressively responsible experience over 10 years in the
textile industry. Strong technical expertise and business leadership skills to effectively manage
complex scheduling, lead teams in multi locations and implement efficient processes to ensure smooth
operations.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Product Development International Business Strategic Sourcing
Customer Relations Inventory Management Vendor Management
Textile Technology IT and Database Design Logistics Management
EXECUTIVE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Artee Collections Inc, USA [ March-2004 – Till date ] 5+ Years
A 12 Million US Dollar company with over 7000 Skus- Suppliers of home furnishing fabrics to high-
end accounts like Kravet, Robert Allen, PKaufmann, GPJ Baker etc.
Production at more than 20 overseas locations and distribution to more than 190 locations
worldwide.
General Manager- Global Operations
Reporting to the President/CEO of the company.
Demand management , Procurement and Order fulfillment
Manufacturing flow management and support
Business process re-engineering as and when the strategies change to optimize the resources
Supplier relationship management
Effective Product development , commercialization and distribution
Outsourcing services and establishing partnerships
Performance Measurement and Benchmarking and Continuous Improvement Programs
Work closely with customers and production facilities and coordinate product design to
optimally integrate new and existing products into the supply chain
Visit overseas production facilities to establish supplier relationship, product development,
production, Troubleshooting, sourcing and quality assurance
Cost analysis, make-buy decisions, negotiation with vendors and optimize market-
effectiveness
Attend trade fairs to be up-to-date with market trends
Successfully established the China operations by setting up own office, quality control,
production monitoring and logistics teams
Currently implementing a vertical integration production facility to complement the design
studio for woven designs
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2. Himatsingka Seide Limited, India [ October-1999 – March-2004 ] 4 Years 5 Months
Then a 33 million US Dollar company- with over 4500 skus- Asia’s No.1 manufacturers and
exporters of high-end home furnishing fabrics to USA, Europe and Australia.
Position: Engineer/ Technology Manager
Reporting to the President ( Operations)
Applied intensive engineering knowledge base into manufacturing
Effectively implemented the ‘DesignCom’ ™ system for product/design management
Analyzed and restructured the product costing system
Professionally engineered ‘Creel Master’ for the silk velvet jacquard weaving to reduce the
cost of production by 30%
Designed and developed ‘Portable Color Document’ to electronically transmit color chips via
email from Data Color TM.
Designed and developed ‘Color matrix’ a system protocol to minimize the cost of color trials
in blanket weaving.
Analyzed raw-material requirement projections
Implemented Score-card, an MIS report evaluating operations performance
Studied and revised the quality policy
Active member of ISO implementation/ re-certification
Conducted preliminary study and feasibility analysis of finished goods products and markets
Developed algorithms for in-house ERP system.
Instrumental in company wide IT strategies
ACADEMICS
1995-1999 Bangalore University Bangalore, India
B.Tech. (Textile Technology) University First Rank and Gold Medalist
1992-1995 Institute of Textile Technology Bangalore, India
Diploma in Textile Technology State level First Rank and Gold Medalist
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Member of the Textile Institute, Manchester, UK
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
Best Performance award during 2002-03 at Himatsingka Siede Ltd
REFERENCES
Ms. Elise Paradis
Design director, Artee Collections Inc.( Former) : Tel: 508-259-8285
Mr. Mohan Rao
President , Himatsingka Seide Limited (Former) : Tel: (91) 98450-67606
Today: 8/6/2009
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