Jacob Leo ChakravarthyB.E. Phone: 044 26871651 E-Mail Id:

(Printing Technologist) Mobile: 978 9987463

2, Ganesh villas, 49th street, CHENNAI – 600 080.

Seeking assignments in Planning/ Production/ Operations with an organization of repute in Newspaper Printing, Commercial Printing, Packaging and Publishing Industry.

SYNOPSIS

A professional Engineering Graduate with more than 25 years of experience in Production operations in Printing Press.

Possess excellent knowledge of Production Planning for Sheet Fed and Web Offset 4 Colour Printing, Binding, Scheduling, Delivering, TPM, Kaizan.

Well versed with resolving problems, related to production and finishing.

Expertise in planning & controlling the production operations (Prepress, Press, and Post press) as per the capacity available & sales projection.

Core team member in SAP Production Planning Module.

An excellent communicator with good analyzing and problem solving skills.

ACHIEVEMENTS

● Exemplary achievement in Special Economic Zone project which was made fully operational

in a record time of six months. (Cash award Rs.100000/-)

  • Minimization of Material Wastage. It is estimated that Rs.85000/- will be saved in one machine.
  • Given training to all production people, though they are new to printing Industry.
  • Though I have engaged less manpower, the output from the machine is increased up to 6% to

7%. This will reduce the operational cost.

  • Installation of Mitsubishi Press has been performed with in the shortest duration of 12 days

Compared to the commissioning time taken at other installation across India.

  • Implementation of SAP (PP Module) in Macmillan India Ltd.
  • Implementing successfully QMS, EMS, FSC, and PEFC systems.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Planning & Management

  • Formulating long term/short term strategic plans to enhance operations and achieve targets
  • Establish department polices, goals objectives.
  • Administering the operations encompassing production and finishing.
  • Coordinating with various departments for the smooth flow operations.
  • Determine staffing requirements, interviews and train employees.

Pre press / Printing / Finishing Operations

  • Managing daily operations. Offset Printing, Binding, Publishing, Digital Printing.
  • Overseeing the printing department which includes Prepress, production and finishing
  • Well versed with printing machines like Sheet Fed offset, Web Offset,& Binding Machines,
  • Setting up production targets and achieve the same within time and cost parameters.
  • Optimising man & machine utilisation to achieve pre set production targets.
  • Ensure complete QMS, EMS, GMP, and 5S.
  • Implementing Kaizen activities.

Operations/Maintenance

  • Planning and effecting preventive maintenance schedules of various Printing and Binding machineries to increase machine up time and equipment reliability.
  • Proactively identifying areas of obstruction/breakdowns and take steps to rectify the equipments through application of trouble shooting tools and spare parts planning.
  • Executing cost saving and energy saving techniques/measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in Expenditures and work within the budget.

Computer Skill

MS Office, SAP (Production planning module)

ORGANISATIONAL DATA

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Reporting to Vice President

From July 2008 to till today inRepro India Ltd.

(Text Books and Magazine printers, Books exported to Europe and African countries)

FACTORY MANAGER

Reporting to MD

From May 2007 to May 2008 working with Inpac Delta India Ltd

(Printing and Packaging Company)

ASSISTANT PRESS MANAGER

Reporting to General Manager

Since Feb’99 to May 2007 working with Macmillan India Press as a

Quality Controller,

Production Planning Executive

Assistant Press Manager.

WEB Offset Printer – 4 Colour

Apr’96-Apr’98 worked with DAR OKAZ Printing & Publishing CompanySAUDI ARABIA.

Text Books and News Paper Publisher.

ACADEMIA

  • Engineering Graduate in Printing Technology from Anna University, Chennai, Passed in 2006.
  • Offset Printing Course from Annamalai University in 1992.
  • Diploma in Printing Technology from Board of Technical Education, Government of Tamil Nadu in 1982.
  • Studied in Salesian Institutes of Graphic Arts. (SIGA)

PROJECTS

  • Wastage reduction in Production Department.
  • SAP (Production planning) implementation.
  • In Special Economic Zone , Project which was made fully Operational in a record time of

SIX MONTHS.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of birth: February 12, 1960

Phone : 044 26248651

Mobile : 978 9987463

Passport no. : F 0777466 (Expired on 16.11.2014)

Email id :

Address : No. 2, Ganesh villas, 49 th Street, Railway station Road, KORATTUR, CHENNAI-80

TAMIL NADU. INDIA.