1. RL RANAWATRL RANAWAT
Phone:Phone: ++91 9769 980 931 ~ E-Mail:E-Mail: rl.ranawat@rediffmail.com
Aspiring to attain career enrichment through senior level managerial assignments in Profit Centre Operations /
Sales & Marketing with a reputed organisation. Prefer plants operation.
Professional Synopsis
A dynamic professional with 25 years of rich experience in spearheading business operations with key focus
on top line profitability.
Presently associated with a leading organisation (Heineken) in Nigeria in senior managerial position.
A keen planner, strategist & implementer with demonstrated abilities in managing supply chain activities for
accelerating the business growth.
Holds the distinction of travelling in many countries.
Possess excellent business acumen with skills to remain on the cutting edge.
Adept in cementing healthy relationship with clients for generating business and expanding market reach.
Proven skills in managing teams to work in sync with the corporate objectives & motivating them for
achieving business and individual goals.
An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & interpersonal skills; strong analytical,
problem solving & organisational abilities.
Career Highlights:
Well versed with ISO series of 9001:2008, 14001:2004, 22000:2005, TPM, TQM, MEP, Project Managements, 6
Sigma concepts and implementation. Deputed in Glass manufacturing plant at WAGI (Port Harcourt-
Nigeria) for four years implementing above systems. The plant ROS improved three folds after successful
implementation of above systems.
Set up three green fields projects (One Pepsi soft drink and two breweries) from planning to commission
level successfully.
Core Competencies
Establishing short / long term budgets in tune with corporate strategies
for achieving business targets.
Business planning, forecasting & analysis for assessment of revenue
potential in business opportunities.
Developing relationships with key decision-makers in target
organisations and establishing tie-ups for business development.
Overseeing the Plant & sales related operations, thereby achieving
increased business growth.
Sustaining the existing network & managing the supply chain function
at plant level, also ensuring timely distribution of merchandise.
Networking with financially strong & reliable dealers / distributors for
deeper market penetration & improved market share across MNC’s &
large enterprise customers.
Strategic Planning &
Management
Profit Centre Operations
ROI Accountability
Relationship Management
Liaising & Coordination
Team Management
2. Recruiting, leading, mentoring & monitoring the team members to ensure
efficiency in process operations and meeting of individual & group targets.
Organisational Experience
Just left Nigerian Breweries plc a week ago, one of the largest operating OpCo of Heineken Inv, in Nigeria.
Position Held: Brewery Manager – Makurdi Plant.
Jan’05 to Dec 2012, With Sona Group, Benue Brewery Limited & Sona System Business Associate
Management Ltd (A Heineken Group, Nigeria) location Makurdi at Benue State as Managing Director -
Plant operation and sales - Marketing management.
Key Deliverables
Looking after Plant & Sales –Marketing activities. The plant is in the manufacturing of Beer, Stout and Malta
Gold.
Directing responsibility for preparation, approval and control of annual plant budgets. i.e. COGs & Plant
Over heads & delivering within budgeted parameters.
Implementing and reviewing a quality system and developing documentation, document control and record.
Monitoring and controlling internal auditing and maintaining the plant QASIS rating.
Supervising raw and packing material inventory.
Notable Achievements
WAGI revenue improved to double over a span of three yrs.
WAGI was developed as export oriented company and covered many countries of the African subcontinent.
Elected as “Fellow” of one of the premier Institute of Industries and Corporate Administrators of Nigeria in
March 2011
Member of Institute of Directors.
Elected as “Fellow “of corporate executives of Nigeria.
Nov’98 to Dec’2004 with Shaw Wallace & Co. Ltd. Joint venture with South African Breweries – (SAB Miller)
Unit Head
Apr’95 - Sep’98 with Pepsico India Holdings Ltd.
Unit Head
Apr’90 - Apr’94 with Pepsi plant, Roha
Joined as Project/ Maintenance Engineer and rose to a post of Production & Maintenance Manager.
MM’75 – Jan’90 with INDIAN NAVY
Master Chief Engine Room Artificer (Heading engineering function of small ships and chief instructor)
Qualifications & 0ther expertise.
1975 Eq.BE. Mech. Institute of Marine Technology – INS Shivaji , Pune.
PepsiCo India holding specially trained for project management for setting up green field projects.
Personal Details
Date of Birth : 07-01-54
Residential Address: Vill + PO Chhatt, Tehsil Ghumarwin, District Bilaspur – Himachal Pradesh