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Rajat Pandey

HOD-Operations I Plant Head (DGM)
Durgapur

Summary

15 Years of Learning & Practicing under Manufacturing -PPC , Supply Chain , Plant Operations ,Materials Management , Plant & Production Manager , Operations Manager (Mfg -SCM) , Chemical Plants EHS & Compliance , Quality Assurance for Specialty Chemical Sector Businesses, Polymers -Paints ,Adhesives-Composites ,Resins-Hardener,Textile, Coatings & Polymers-Specialty Adhesives & Construction Chemicals, Silicone Emulsions , Industrial & Engineering Silicone , Elastomers ; Food & FMCG Feedstock Chemicals

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Head of Operations-DGM

Wacker Silicones
08.2023 - Current

Plant Head for Manufacturing of Engineering Silicone , Elastomers Industrial Silicone -Sealants , Silicone Gums & Automotive Silicone Silicone EP Emulsions , Personal Care & FMCG


Accountable for 07 Functions as Plant Head (HOD)


  • PPC : Production Planning & Control
  • MM : Materials Management
  • PME : Plant Maintenance & Engineering
  • QA : Quality Assurance
  • EHS : Environment Healthy & Safety ,
  • PP : People Planning , Goals & KPI
  • CM : Cost Control. , Budget-Opex


Team Size 25 I DR -07 Managers

Controlling "QSCSP" Quality-Speed-Cost-Safety-People

Manufacturing -Head I Plant Manager

Cosmo First Limited (Cosmo Specialty Chemicals Division)
12.2020 - 08.2023

Controlling QSCSP "Quality" "Speed" "Cost" "Safety" "People" For Manufacturing Operations and Plant Management for Specialty Chemicals Business Subsidiary 'Cosmo Specialty Chemicals Pvt Ltd" Of Cosmo Films Ltd

Manufacturing Plant Manager , Manufacturing Head-Specialty Chemical Business 1900 MTPM (+1500 MTPM Phase-II) ~350 Cr


1-Textile Chemicals -350 MTPM (50 Cr.)

2- Specialty Adhesives Polymers Binders -300 MTPM (100 Cr.)

3- Coatings Chemicals -250 MTPM (100 Cr.)

4 - Master Batches - Compounding 1000 MTPM (100 Cr.)

GPM-2 I Group Plant Manager (02 Units)

Atul Limited
10.2018 - 12.2020

Managing Manufacturing Production Plant Management and Supply Chain Distribution Operations for "Polygrip" and "Lapox" Brand of Atul Ltd. under Polymer Adhesives Business


• Manufacturing Operations for 02 Plant Units

• Capacity Manager for 1050 MTPM (Formulation and Reaction Plant) and 250 MTPM (FFP Plant)

• Managing Business worth 180 Cr under 02 Plants

• Brands "Polygrip" and "Lapox" Planning for supporting S&D

• Production Planning and Control

• Plant Maintenance, Engineering and Capacity Planning

• Production Product Matrix Planning

• FFP : Formulation Filling and Packing

• RM PM FG Planning Scheduling and Distribution

• Capacity Expansion of Plant and Tank Farm from 600 MT to 1050 MT

Operations Manager Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Huntsman Corporation
02.2017 - 10.2018


Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations Manager for 02 Plants Located in Goa (India) under Advanced Materials Business for Brands "Araldite" and "Aradur" (Adhesives Business) of Huntsman Corporation India


• Manufacturing Production -Supply Chain Operations for below Plants &Capacities of 600 MTPM, 160 Cr


Mfg_Plant_1. & SCM of Araldite-Aradur Industrial Brand for 350 MTPM (North Goa)


Mfg_Plant_2 & SCM of Retail Araldite DIY Brand for 250 MTPM (South Goa)


• Synthesis and Formulation of Resins as Adhesives

• FFP : Formulation Filling and Packing of Adhesives Resins and Hardener, Binders and Curing Agents, Sealant , Construction Chemicals etc.

Assistant Manager -Process I Production

Louis Dreyfus Company
07.2013 - 02.2017

Managing and Controlling Process and Production Operations for FMCG Feedstock Chemicals, Chemical and Physical Refinery , Hydrogenation Process , Crystallization Fractionation and Soap Splitting, Separation Process ,Acid Oil Process


1000 MTPD RBD-Refinery –Hydrogenation – Inter esterification,

550 MTPDFractionation & Crystallization Unit I B-B Sales

600 MTPDProcess-Mfg. for “Mother Dairy” NDDB I Dhara ; Bunge-Dalda

200 MTPD FFP Formulation Filling & Packing Manufacturing model

Assistant Production & Utility Incharge

N.C.F Pvt LTD
06.2007 - 07.2010

Worked as an Assistant Production & Utility Incharge, (2007-2010) In M/S N.C.F Pvt. Ltd. (Milling Firm- 10 MTPD), Hardoi -U.P, (3.1 Yrs.)

• Worked as an Assistant Production & Utility Incharge

• M/S N.C.F Pvt. Ltd. Milling Firm- 10 MTPD Hardoi -U.P

Education

Bachelor of Economics -

C.S.J.M.U
CSJMU -KNP
08.2007 - 05.2010

Diploma In Information Technology -

Board of Technical Education (UP)
Govt. Polytechnic Kanpur
08.2004 - 05.2007

Intermediate College -

State Board (U.P)
BNSD InterCollege
07.2001 - 05.2003

High School -

State Board (U.P)
St. Xavier's HS
07.2000 - 05.2001

B.Tech Chemical Technology - Chemical Technology & Chemical Engineering

Harcourt Butler Technical University
H.B.T.I (KNP)
05.2010 - 05.2013

Skills

1-Analytical Data Oriented Decision making , Info based

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Projects (Capex) I Growth Assignments

Capex of 350 MTPM Textile Chemical & 250 MTPM Coatings Chemical Plants -(12/20 - 05/21)

 Capex of 350 MTPM Textile Chemicals Plant + 250 MTPM Coatings Chemicals Plant completed in August-2021, Capex worth 25 Cr for CSCPL (CFL), with Govt. Body License by DISH, CTE, CTO from MIDC, EC from MPCB -CPCB & PESO


Capex of 300 MTPM of PU I DL-WL-PSA Adhesives, Expansion of PU_Adh to 600 MTPM (08/21 - 05/22)

 Capex of 300 MTPM of PU I DL-WL-PSA Adhesives, worth 25 Crunder completion April-2022 for CSCPL (CFL) with Environment Clearance from MPCB-CPCB, CTE-CTE & PESO


Expansion & Automation of PU, Rubber Adhesives to 1050 MTPD (11/18 - 10/19)

Capacity Expansion and Automation of Polyurethane and Rubber adhesive and Epoxy Plants to produce twice the current and reduce input manpower cost (625 to 1050 MTPM)


Aluminum Tubes Extruded tubes and HDPE containers Packaging Automation Project (02/18 - 07/18)

Aluminum Tubes and HDPE containers Packaging Automation Project: Tech. Transfer to Improve capacity by 30 %  reduce Input cost by 20 %


Erection & Commissioning of “Thermosyphon Heater –SFTS-20”  (03/16 - 11/16)

Erection & Commissioning of “Thermosyphon Heater –SFTS-20” (megawatts heat O/P: 2.6 Million kilo cal.) Thermax May 2014 to bring down VC of processing by $ 2.3


Energy Management” (Site Energy Champion) Energy Conservation Projects (04/16 - 12/16)

Energy Management” (Site Energy Champion) projects for given target saving energy 500 kWh and 1500 kg/hr Steam reduction, resulting reduction in 2,00,000 kg CO2-e (emission) per year as carbon credit, resulting VC down by 12.5% YOY

Retro Commissioning of Cooling towers water circuit,  compressed air circuit, heat recovery circuit in 1000 TPD physical refining to  bring down Utilities by 12% YOY

Interests

Analytical Data Oriented Decision making

Conflict Management Team Management

System Driven Controls Loop Implementation

Professional References I Mentors I Leadres

1-Ganesh Doifode - Vice President Plant Ops., LDC (2013-17) Contact No- +91 8291277375

2-Govardhanan Hari - Head Advanced Materials -Huntsman Corp (I)-(2017-18)- Contact No - +91 9769912153

3-Kiran Malewadi - Vice President – Polymers I Reporting Manager in Atul Ltd. (2018-2020)

- Contact No - +91 8879654019

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 11/15/86 I Male (39) 

Parents : Retired form State Govt. Service 

Community : Hindu I Brahmin 

Nationality - Indian 

Native _ Kanpur (U.P) ; India 

Contact - 09935468905 

rajat.srk@rediffmail.com

Timeline

Head of Operations-DGM

Wacker Silicones
08.2023 - Current

Manufacturing -Head I Plant Manager

Cosmo First Limited (Cosmo Specialty Chemicals Division)
12.2020 - 08.2023

GPM-2 I Group Plant Manager (02 Units)

Atul Limited
10.2018 - 12.2020

Operations Manager Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Huntsman Corporation
02.2017 - 10.2018

Assistant Manager -Process I Production

Louis Dreyfus Company
07.2013 - 02.2017

B.Tech Chemical Technology - Chemical Technology & Chemical Engineering

Harcourt Butler Technical University
05.2010 - 05.2013

Bachelor of Economics -

C.S.J.M.U
08.2007 - 05.2010

Assistant Production & Utility Incharge

N.C.F Pvt LTD
06.2007 - 07.2010

Diploma In Information Technology -

Board of Technical Education (UP)
08.2004 - 05.2007

Intermediate College -

State Board (U.P)
07.2001 - 05.2003

High School -

State Board (U.P)
07.2000 - 05.2001
Rajat PandeyHOD-Operations I Plant Head (DGM)