Prashathan Vijayakumar

Providing leadership for the Sri Lankan operations of the logistics departments of MAS Intimates, Silueta, and Bodyline.

The three main focus areas of the current role are to oversee the export, import, material transportation, and external warehouse operations of the above-mentioned SBUs. Build a strong pipeline of talent to bring in innovations and automations into the current processes to shorten lead times and optimize resources, and work closely with the customers and market to widen the current scope of operations to cater to customers with a 'beyond FOB' model.

Providing leadership to over 3,000 employees under the Manufacturing and Operations pillars, comprising the functions of Manufacturing, Raw Material Stores, Cutting, Finished Good Stores, PCU, and Embellishment.

With a key focus on enhancing efficiency via innovation and automation, improving connectivity across the value stream through problem-solving, and development of talent and pipeline creation.

Providing leadership to over 1,000 employees under the Manufacturing and Operations pillars, comprising the functions of Manufacturing, Raw Material Stores, Cutting, Finished Good Stores, and PCU.

Enhanced process efficiency by incorporating best practices from sister facilities, continuous process improvement, problem solving, and creation of a strong talent pipeline. Executed RM verticality strategy to localize RM buying and optimized logistics cost with proactive production and warehouse planning, converting air freight to sea freights.

Led the Production Operations of the facility with over 700 team members.

Improved production efficiency through enhancing multi-skill capabilities of team members, optimizing chassis-wise planning to minimize bucket loss, and engaging in continuous problem solving to streamline processes.

Acted as one of the eight Section Leads of the Production Unit of Slimline, supervising over 250 Team Members.

Executed the multi-skill plans to enhance team member capabilities. Met production targets and performed production order reconciliation for timely deliveries. Coordinated section activities across the ecosystem to ensure resource availability.

Business Analyst to the Chief Executive Officer of MAS Intimates.

Providing timely insights to the CEO on the performances of the Business and Manufacturing units of MAS Intimates. Conducting weekly and monthly business reviews and following up on action points promptly. Preparing reports and presentation decks for customer and external visits/meetings.

Business Analyst to the Chief Marketing Officer of MAS Intimates.

Weekly follow-up on sales of MAS Intimates and provide insights to the CMO. Conducting research on the product performances in the market and providing timely reports to the leadership team. Conducting business reviews on a regular cadence and following up on action points.

Operational Accountant for a Business Unit of MAS Intimates.

Oversaw inventory management and costing for a business unit within MAS Intimates' Operational Finance Unit. Conducted annual stock audits of multiple manufacturing facilities of MAS Intimates. Prepared month-end variance reports on Cost of Sales for Financial Statements.

Finance Lead of Vidiyal - Latest Manufacturing Facility of MAS Intimates in 2015.

Served as the exclusive Finance department representative at the Vidiyal manufacturing facility. Formulated annual and expansion budgets, heading Overheads optimization project to achieve budget savings. Generated month-end income statements, including variance analysis, while managing cash and payments at the facility.