Vageesh Kumar has extensive experience leading production operations for consumer packaged goods companies in Africa and India. Some key highlights of his career include: - Starting up and leading production for a toothpaste, cosmetics and food manufacturing plant in Nigeria. - Growing production from 100MT to 450MT of toothpaste over 8 years as Production Manager for Chemie & Cotex in Tanzania, making it the largest toothpaste manufacturer in East Africa. - Successfully installing production lines for cream and lotion plants in record time in Tanzania and Ethiopia. - Receiving numerous commendations and awards for exceeding performance targets from management and machinery suppliers. His responsibilities have included overseeing all production

1. Vageesh Kumar, B.E (Production)
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!!CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
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- Starting a green field project of tooth paste, cosmetics and foods manufacturing and packaging industry in
Nigeria
- A project completed in ETHIOPIA to establish a cosmetics and tooth paste plant
− Installation, commissioning and start-up of complete tooth paste plant , from the stage of negotiation of
the machinery to the final output of the plant,
− Successful installation, commissioning and startup of cream/lotion plant in a record time of 3 months in
Tanzania,
− Certificate of commendation from CEO of NORDEN machinery limited, (the largest and the best ma-
chine manufacturer of tube filling and packing machine in the world) for getting the best output at the
lowest rejection level, at Kalamar, Sweden.
− Several commendation letters from the management of Chemi and Cotex Ind. ltd. (CCIL) for surpassing
performance targets before the due date,
− Major and pivotal role in CCIL to make it the largest FMCG industry in east Africa from no. 5 position
since I joined 8 years ago,
− Led the production team to transform CCIL into the largest toothpaste manufacturer in East Africa, with
80% of market share in TANZANIA, and an exporter of its product into other East African countries and
South Africa. The only country in the world where a local player is surpassing the giants like Colgate and
Unilever with such a huge margin.
− On my watch, CCIL grew its production from 100 MT of toothpaste to 450 MT in eight years.
− On my watch, CCIL’s products won East Africa SUPERBRAND award for SIX consecutive years since
2007.
− Developed Indigenous Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) to adhere to the local government regulations, re-
duce company cost and complying operational health and environmental requirements of the community.
− Undertook scores of KAIZENS to improve man and machine efficiency.
− On my watch, the first in India to launch CORE and SHEATH format in tooth paste, for Unilever India
Limited,
− Led the production team to produce 20T of shampoo/day from 8T/day, at Mul group of companies,
Daman, India,
!!PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
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Since:— September 2016 - working with McDaniel Personal Care Products Limited, Lagos Nigeria as
Head Of Operations, to start, establish and run a green field project of tooth paste, cos-
metics and foods manufacturing and packaging
!August 2007-August 2016
Production Manager, CHEMI & COTEX IND. LTD., TANZANIA; EAST AFRICA)
East Africa’s No.1FMCG Company. No. 1 toothpaste, cosmetics and food products manufacturing industry with
workforce of 1500, a total product rage of 200 and diverse interest in manufacturing of plastic and metal products
also
− Had overall responsibility for developing and implementing the plant’s annual budget as well as carrying out
the annual strategic plans of the facility,
− Planned and directed production and maintenance activities and priorities for products in keeping with effec-
tive operations and cost factors,

2. − Coordinated production activities along with procurement, maintenance, production planning, safety and
quality control activities to obtain optimal use of employee and equipment resources,
− Reviewed and analysed production to determine causes on non-conformity with production specifications
and operating or production problems,
− Developed and implemented methods and procedures to eliminate operation problems and improve product
quality,
− Modified machines and equipment in order to improve production and quality of products,
− Had responsibility for communicating changes in schedules, production or procedure to all shifts and em-
ployees,
− Oversight for resolving interpersonal issues & working towards a harmonious work environment, perfor-
mance management and development of all direct reports,
− Ensured all the preventive maintenance schedule are done correctly
− Provided Engineering leadership and direction on manufacturing platforms and processes and projects,
− Developed equipment and process strategy and recommended platforms,
− Developed and identified new platforms and equipment for increased productivity and cost reduction,
− Owned Cleaning In Place (CIP) program management and supports CIP implementation: Productivity im-
provement, yield maximisation, material substitutions,
− Preparation of CAPEX and CAPEX optimisation.
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− Overall responsibility for the following as well:—
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− Manpower Management and handling the Labour contractor,
− Inventory Planning and cost control,
− Health Safety and Environment (HSE)
− Continuous monitoring for material flow, production, inspection & inventory to avoid any bottleneck situa-
tion,
− Maintaining the minimum inventory of Work In Progress (WIP) components & other materials like rework
components & scrap for proper utilisation of floor space,
− Quality and system documentations,
− Active participation during regulatory audits and potential customer audits,
− Planning, preparation and evaluate daily/monthly/quarterly/yearly reports,
− Daily rejection & rework analysis through Pareto diagram & take corrective action
− Conducting test runs on production equipment by providing appropriate operating parameters and ensuring
that the test run is implemented smoothly to meet the required objective.
− Spearhead value analysis of production cost and manpower utilisation.
− Conceptualise and implement strict measures in operating procedures to optimise resources and capacity util-
isation.
− Optimise man and machine utilisation to achieve pre-set production targets.
− Evaluate work centre outputs and down time analysis of critical machines with in quality parameters.
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Quality / Safety Assurance
➢ Ensure compliance of various quality measures & norms during manufacturing
➢ Co-ordinate in preparation, checking, maintaining and updating documents as per norms.
➢ Involved in preparation and facing of internal and external audits.
➢ Review of laid down procedures and standards for production department to avoid cross cont-
amination.
➢ Developing a framework of quality standards, procedures & systems.
➢ Maintaining the safety awareness level and standards across the production department.
➢ Revamping workflow processes for integration of quality systems and effective implementation
of Quality Management systems.
➢ Communication
➢ Co-ordinate with inter-departments like warehouse, engineering, Quality control and Quality
assurance
➢ Co-ordinate and ensure planned preventive maintenance of production equipments.
➢ Co-ordinate with Customers for timely deliveries and continual improvements to enhance cus-
tomer satisfaction.

3. Training
➢ Identifying training needs and conducting employee training & development,
➢ Planning and scheduling training calendar for the associates.
➢ Impart on-job training and conduct refresher course to improve the skill and efficiency of
people.
➢ Reviewing and up-dating competency matrix for associates.
➢ Carry out personal development of the people
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Visited Norden machinery (Sweden) thrice in the last 6 years for technical discussions, machine modifi-
cations, FAT’s and study of the new as well as existing machines.
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May 2003 – July
2007 Assistant Production Manager, Mul Group of Companies, Daman, India
(A leading FMCG producing 40,000 ton per annum (tpa) of toothpaste, cream & 30,000 tpa shampoo with
work force of 300)
!− Had responsibility for preparing shift schedule of all workers, operator and fitters.
− Job and machine Allocation.
− Preparation of Production Plan and its control.
− Co – ordination with R.M. & F.G. Stores, purchase, sales & time office.
− Time - Study.
− Prepared of Daily, Weekly & Monthly report of Production against target, Percentage of loss or scrap.
Review of this report with Production manager and G.M. for further action (corrective action when re-
quired).
− Had responsibility for maintenance of:
➢ Lined carton filling and packing machines used for pouch filling of cream, shampoo & paste.
➢ Multitrack sachet filling machines used for pouch filling of shampoo and cream.
➢ GAB, GAN & NORDON M/C’s, used for tube filling and cartooning of paste and creams.
➢ FRYMA, THERMOTECH,and ADAM mixers
➢ Auto collators and shrink tunnels,
➢ Bottle rinsing, filling, capping, and labelling machines for concentrated drinks and water,
➢ Spout filling and flow wrap packing machines,
➢ Candle extrusion and flow wrap machines
➢ Carton packing m/c, End gluing, and inkjet printers.
➢ Volumetric filling M/C used for bottle filling of oil and shampoo.
➢ Utilities – Boiler, Compressor, Heat-exchanger, Vacuum pumps, E.T.P., D.M. & R.O. Plant,
Cooling tower, chilling plant etc.
− Undertook the following trainings and Certifications:
➢ I.S.O. 9000 Series
➢ T.P.M : Total Productive Maintenance
➢ CSFS: Consumer safety and framework standards
➢ QCRM: Quality Control road map.
➢ UQCSRM: Unilever Quality control and safety road map.
➢ SHE: Safety, health and Environment.
➢ PCRO rules: Packaged commodities and regulation order rules.
➢ CCP & HACCP: Hazard analysis and critical control point
!Jan 2000
-April 2003 Lark Wires and Info-Tech Limited, Goa, India

4. Second (2nd) largest Enamelled Copper wire manufacturing company in India in partnership with S.I.C.M.E.,
Italy. Having state of the art fully automatic in-line drawing and enamelling machines
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− Had responsibility of handling the 3M’s i.e. Man, Machine and Materials.
− Had oversight of production activities starting from raw material inwards to packaging of finished
goods.
− Prepared quality manuals, quality procedures and work instructions for ISO 9000 certification. After suc-
cessful completion and implementation we got ISO 9002 certification.
− Received best employee award of the year 2001-2002.
− Developed some statistical techniques to enhance productivity.
− Developed customer by increasing customer rating by responding to their ever changing needs in a most
cost effective and efficient manner by developing our product.
!!Jan 1997-
Dec 1999 Hindustan Wires and Products limited, Patiala Punjab, India.
(1st Copper wire manufacturing Ind. of India)
− Had responsibility for handling the whole enamelling plant for production and maintenance.
− Increased production by making some changes in process and parameters.
− Reduced scrap by 2%
− Reduced rejection by making some changes in on line testing
!EDUCATION
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1992-1996 B.E, (Production) Dr. B.A Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India
1992 H.S.C, Bihar Intermediate Education Council (Patna)
1990 S.S.C, Bihar School Examination Board (Patna)
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!BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
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Date of Birth: 05 September 1973| Nationality: Indian | Sex: Male | Father Name: Prof Naresh Nandan Singh
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Passport No: K2867341
!!!PERMANENT ADDRESS
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C/o Prof Naresh Nandan Singh, Babhangama House, Opposition. Mehsaul Naka,Sursand Road, Sitamarhi; Bihar;
India. Pin : 843315
!!!!EXPECTED SALARY – Negotiable
!!NOTICE PERIOD - 2 months
!!!!! Vageesh Kumar

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