Vijay Krishna J

Experience

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  Britannia Industries Limited

  Jul 2010 - Sept 2017

  • Execution of disruptive innovation, innovation, renovation, price increase, consumer promotion projects for operations in more than 30 plants across India• Stabilization of greenfield and brownfield lines through manager & officer skill development, labour training, equipment upgradations and delivery of desired product & packaging quality• Calculation of P & L, conversion cost, CAPEX estimation for projects in order to get payback & IRR• Assessment of Manufacturing feasibility for new projects and build - up facility post getting CAPEX approval• Fixing product and process specs for new products along with R & D and CQA• Carrying out line wastage study, improving existing defective levels and standardizing across plants• Developing commercialization protocols, MS project networks & partnering in facility assessments• Facilitating process capability analysis, variability reports & commercial approvals for new product• To draft & improve commercialization SOPs for new products• Preparation of Sign-Off Dockets, Dossiers & transferring technology to plant.• Facilitating TQM projects in large plants Show less • To carry out new launches, re-stages, output improvement projects in cake & rusk portfolio.• Tracking and improving Quality scores of cake and rusk plants through quality and design improvement projects• Implementing standard maintenance systems in plants across India• To execute engineering improvement projects & ensure quality, cost savings• Partnering teams in development of product stencils• Ensuring smooth run of projects related to "Q Ops" team• To work on cost saving & efficiency improvement projects like capacity enhancement, asset utilization, conversion cost benchmarking• To draft documents for company's AOP.• Execution of TQM projects in factories all over India Show less • To achieve budgeted production, efficiencies & adhere to weekly PVA.• Reduction of breakdowns by machinery upgradation & preventive maintenance schedules.• Embedding the culture of 5 S, Jizhu Hozen, Near miss closure, Kaizen.• To carry out infrastructural improvements for improving process, enhancing quality & reducing worker attrition• Improving outputs through process improvement, design changes and labour motivation• Ensuring compliance to FSSAI audit, ISO 22000 audit & corporate quality audit• Ensuring shift schedule adherence of officers• Handling a huge workforce of 500 people and training of workers, technicians and operators Show less • Achieving milestones and business targets in production numbers & quality matrix numbers• To ensure positive material variance & show improvement trends in factory performance• Reduction of line wastages and improving daily outputs• To strengthen factory quality systems through daily SOPs and weekly audits• Incorporate quality tools like TQM & QNN into the existing factory systems• Reducing variance in crucial process parameters and stabilizing the same.• Executing Kaizens & maintaining displays and communication systems in the factory• To comply to ISO audits & corporate quality audits. Show less

  • Manager- Commercialization & Scale Up (Ops)

    Mar 2015 - Sept 2017

  • Technical Manager- Cake, Rusk, Engg Projects and TQM

    Apr 2014 - Feb 2015

  • Manufacturing Manager- Ops, Maint. And Quality

    Oct 2012 - Mar 2014

  • Technical Manager- CTE

    Apr 2012 - Sept 2012

  • Operations Manager

    Mar 2011 - Mar 2012

  • Management Trainee

    Jul 2010 - Feb 2011
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  ITC Limited

  Oct 2017 - now

  - Heading biscuit factory at Bangalore and responsible for Productivity, Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety and Morale. - Accomplished Manager with 10 years experience in FMCG sector- Executed dynamic & challenging roles all across India in Operations, Manufacturing, Engg, Projects & Supply Chain.

  • General Manager- Manufacturing (Biscuits Own Factories)

    Jul 2024 - now

  • General Manager and ICML Head

    Oct 2022 - Sept 2024

  • ICML Food Complex Head

    Oct 2021 - Sept 2022

  • Factory Manager at FCPL

    Oct 2017 - Sept 2021