Asela Chaturanga

Experience

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  MAS ACTIVE LINEA INTIMO

  Oct 2000 - Sept 2002

  Design Engineer

  I kicked off my carrier as a Design Engineer for Linea Intimo . Being apart of the front end of the business I was linked with designing seamless wear through developing knitting programs for global brands like NIKE, Sara Lee, VS, Limited Brands, etc..Developing seamless wear programmes for such notch brands was a key opening for me,in uplifting my designing ability.

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  SEAMLESS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE

  Oct 2002 - Dec 2003

  Assistant Manager - knitting

  As the Knitting AM in SDC New Jersey I was responsible with Designing and developing different fabrications inline to the customer requirements . Working offshore I had over look the sourcing side of the business and made sure that the on time delivery was met. My venture in New Jersey was outbound as I worked alongside with foreign designers which was very interactive. In the meantime I was also involved with providing technical assistance to production facilities located in Sri Lanka and Israel. Show less

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  MAS Holdings

  Jan 2004 - Mar 2015

  "Quality is an act, not a habit " This was the motto I followed as the Quality assurance manager of Linea Intimo. The plant having produced over 400 thousand seamless wear pieces a month my role was to ensure that each and every piece which was shipped out was of utmost perfection to the customers requirement. Setting up and maintenance of QMS through the whole value stream enabled to built quality into product and process.I was also over-viewing a fully fledged fabric laboratory which was used for all means of fabric testing. Show less

  • Deputy General Manager- Operations

    Apr 2013 - Mar 2015

  • Quality Assurance Manager

    Jan 2004 - Mar 2013
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  MAS KREEDA INTIMO

  Apr 2015 - Nov 2018

  General Manager Operations

  Served as the General Manager - manufacturing for the NIKE value stream of Linea Intimo. I drove the overall strategy formulation and implementation by giving leadership to several quality and operational projects with the application of Lean tools. Nike recognized the plant as Gold rated performance for quality.The plant comprises a concept to carton facility under one roof and my responsibilities began from the inception of a particular style program unto its carton completion.Working for a plant dedicated solely for Nike seamless manufacturing, I looked into the production produced from the fabric mill which comprises over 100 circular knitting machines and 17 drum dye machines. I also managed the Sewing mill as well which comprises a carder of over 230 team members. Further more the plants engineering & maintenance sector fell under me which included of a central chiller and BIO mass boiler unit as well. I also drove the LEAN culture of the manufacturing side giving leadership to many quality and operational excellence projects aimed at upgrading the overall operational performance with the application of Lean tools. Show less

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  MAS US Holdings Inc

  Nov 2018 - Jun 2020

  General Manager Operations

  Served as the General Manager Operations at MAS USA seamless and hosiery manufacturing operations providing leadership to diverse work cultures. Through the application of Lean Black belt knowledge, plant productivity was doubled with a span of six months. Waste elimination programs with Built in Quality applications have made a savings of over USD 1mn so far.

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  MAS Active (Pvt) Ltd

  Aug 2020 - now

  General Manager Operations