Priyan Silva
Colombo,Sri Lanka
Summary
A competent, specialized professional in process improvement(continuous improvement) in both vertical and horizontal aspects of business from FMCG to Consumer Durables.
I'm looking for full-time work in the role of Production Manager, Continuous Improvement manager, Operational Excellence manager, Factory Manager, General Manager or any other operational position in the manufacturing industry.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
General Manager – Supply Chain and Operations
Edinborough Foods Products (Pvt)Ltd. (Culinary Foods, Condiments, Seasoning, HORECA foods)
Colombo
04.2023 - Current
- Tomato sauce, Tomato paste, Tomato puri, sweet chili, Mayonnaise, Soya sauce, BBQ sauce, Oyster sauce, Mustard cream, Chili paste, Canned foods, Vinegar, Seasonings powder, Chocolate spread, Jams, Cordials, Syrups, Retorted Can and Jelly powder are in the main scope of production
- Overall responsible and leadership for the BRCGS AA Grade Certified, HACCP, SMETA, ISO 22000, SLS certified food manufacturing factory operation
- Overlooking and responsible for 4 food manufacturing plants and one PET bottle manufacturing injection and blow molding plant
- Overlooking and responsible for the total engineering and maintenance operation
- Overlooking and responsible for the company procurement and supply chain operation
- Overlooking and responsible for the company main logistics and distribution center
- Overlooking and responsible for the company HR and Administration function
- Overlooking and responsible for the company IT and infrastructure function
- Overlooking and responsible for the Quality Assurance functions
- Administratively overlooking and responsible for the Research and Development functions.
Factory Manager
Edinborough Foods Products (Pvt)Ltd. (Culinary Foods, Condiments, Seasoning, HORECA foods)
Colombo
04.2022 - 03.2023
- Tomato sauce, Tomato paste, Tomato puri, Sweet chili, Mayonnaise, Soya sauce, BBQ sauce, Oyster sauce, Mustard cream, Chili paste, Canned foods, Vinegar, Seasonings powder, Chocolate spread, Jams, Cordials, Syrups, Retorted Can and Jelly powder are in the main scope of production
- Overall responsible and leadership for the BRCGS AA Grade Certified, HACCP, SMETA, ISO 22000, SLS certified food manufacturing factory operation
- Overlooking and responsible for 4 food manufacturing plants and one PET bottle manufacturing injection and blow molding plant
- Overlooking the company main logistics and distribution center
- Overlooking the total engineering and maintenance operation of the factory.
Operational Excellence Manager/Continuous Improvement Manager
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt)Ltd (Home Care & Personal Care)
Colombo
04.2020 - 03.2022
- Heading the Operational and Manufacturing excellence of the FMCG business
- Leading the factory 5S team as the 5S Champion
- Drive and lead the factory TPM journey as the head for TPM secretariat
- Introduced and implemented the OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) for the operations
- Drive the LEAN Implementation while developing the continuous improvement culture
- Introduced and implemented the business KPI matrix to measure the employee and business performance
- KPI matrix was designed based on PQCDSM
- (Productivity/Quality/Cost/ Delivery Safety/Moral and Sustainability) Continuous Improvement culture was driven based on KAIZEN platform along with full pledge employee recognition scheme
- No of Kaizen and NKPE(No of Kaizen Per Employee) was the main Moral measuring KPI in the PQCDSM KPI matrix
- Drive the Lean SIX Sigma projects under DMAIC process
- Trainer for LEAN/Six Sigma/TPM/5S/KAIZEN and Productivity
- Drive and lead the operational cost saving platform focusing the direct labour and overhead costs reduction projects to reduce the conversion costs
- Carried out Works Study, Time Study and Method Study projects on labour optimization and direct labour cost reduction.
Health Safety and Environment Manager (SHE/Compliance Manager)
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt)Ltd
Colombo
04.2018 - 04.2020
- Drive and lead the company employee health and safety function
- Introduced and implemented the Incident Accident register to capture all incidents including Near Mises of the process within the operation
- Introduced and implemented the TRIFR (Total Recordable Injury Frequency Rate) to measure the accident level of each function of the business
- Developed HIRA (Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment) for each process and implemented to mitigate the risk for accidents and maintain the acceptable risks
- Categorized all incidents and accidents into Near mises, FAI (Fist Aid Injuries), MTI (Medical Treatment Injuries), and LTI (Lost Time Injuries) and measured the Health and Safety performance of each operation
- Drive and lead the OHSAS (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series) safety management system implementation
- Drive and lead the company environment protection function and overall sustainability activities
- Introduced and implemented the Impact Aspect register to capture all causes impact to the environment due to the internal and external process within the operation
- Drive and lead the company overall EMS (Environment Management System).
Production Manager
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt)Ltd
Colombo
04.2010 - 03.2020
- Soap manufacturing operation
- Responsible for Daily/weekly/monthly production
- Preparation of annual CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) budget
- Preparation of annual plant overhead budget
- Drive cost saving and cost reduction for plant OHD
- Preparation of daily weekly and monthly production plan according to the demand plan and deliver the targets
- Troubles shoots and foresee any process issue so that it doesn’t affect for the final output and the plant productivity
- Make sure a quality production output meeting the first-time right quality (RFT)from the plant
- Make sure to have smooth and proper control of the ERP (SAP) system
- Driving the plant annual cost saving projects
- Make sure an accident-free environment, and build a safety culture in the department
- Motivate the employees through the kaizen scheme
- Provide infrastructure for the employees to implement Kaizen
- Driving the plant annual cost saving projects
- Analyze the impact of cost saving initiatives towards the product GP (Gross Profit) maximization
- Special Project Manager assignments as Production Manager: New soap manufacturing line (1Mn USD) & Crutcher pot installation (0.1Mn USD), Plant capacity expansion and capability development.
Shift Manager (Shift Executive)
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt)Ltd
Colombo
07.2006 - 03.2010
- Soap Manufacturing Operation
- Handling the SAP system as the main ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
- Understand the demand plan and prepare the daily and weekly production plan by SKU (Stock Keeping Units) wise
- Measure the machine standard output rates and measure the machine utilization and finally overall capacity utilizations to prepare the annual CAPEX and OPEX budgets
- Overall responsible for the entire 8 Hour/12 Hour shift production output while maintaining the highest quality
- Frequently communicate with the quality assurance department to minimize the quality deviation of the products and maintain uninterrupted delivery to the market
- Supervise the entire technical and non-technical shift staff towards the final shift target
- Focus on optimizing the utility consumption such as electricity, water and compress air, in the process
- Develop training modules to the shift employees with HR, in order to match the employee’s skill levels gaps
- Identify the employee skill gaps through gap analysis and design the training programs under OJT (On the Job Training), Classroom training and external training.
Executive Production (Production supervisor) and Executive Quality assurance
Raigam Marketing Foods products (Pvt)Ltd
Colombo
07.2005 - 06.2006
- Biscuit manufacturing operation
- Responsible for biscuit manufacturing daily line output and the final quality of the biscuit
- Supervising over 250+ employees attached to biscuit manufacturing process
- Responsible for biscuit manufacturing final quality of the biscuit.
Quality Assurance Manager
Aloy Expo (Pvt)Ltd
Colombo
05.2004 - 06.2005
- Fresh sea food, Vegetable, and fresh fruit export operation to EU(Europe)Market
- Responsible for managing the quality of export fish and vegetable process, complying with the HACCP and EU certification system requirements
- Maintained the records and documents to manage the HACCP food safety and quality system
- Handling the daily laboratory testing to measure the histamine level of fresh fish
- Develop, Implement, and manage the required mechanism to maintain the GMP level of factory operation
- Conducted the employee awareness and training session for GMP, HACCP and ISO requirements.
Education
Lean Black Belt -
Institute of Lean Management
Colombo, Sri Lanka05-2018
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt -
Brandix I3
Colombo, Sri Lanka08-2015
Certificate of Supply Chain Management -
IIMA (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad)
Ahmedabad, India03-2014
Diploma in Industrial Engineering -
University of Moratuwa
Colombo, Sri Lanka03-2014
MBA (Master Of Business Administration) -
University of Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka01.2012
PGDBM (Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management) -
University of Colombo
Colombo, Sri Lanka03-2008
B Sc. (Agri.) Specialized in Food Science & Technology -
University of Ruhuna
Matara, Sri Lanka09-2004
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Work Study & Time Study
- TPM & TQM Implementation
- KAIZEN Implementation
- HACCP Food Safety Management System
- SAP(ERP)
- LEAN Management
- 5S Implementation
- OHSAS
- BRCGS Food Safety Management System
- Business Process Improvement
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Communication
- Presentation
- Team management
- Project Management
Accomplishments
Awarded the university colours in 2002 for volleyball
Community Experience
Vice President - Sports Club(Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt)Ltd)
References
- Thusith Gunawarnasuriya, Chief Supply chain Officer - Lion Brewary, 0777809410
- Chandana Weerabahu, Head of Supply Chain - Maliban Biscuits (Pvt)Ltd, 0773659536
Interests
- Process Improvement
- Employee Training
- Lean Management/TPM
- Cost Savings projects
- Team Management
- Budgeting
Timeline
General Manager – Supply Chain and Operations
Edinborough Foods Products (Pvt)Ltd. (Culinary Foods, Condiments, Seasoning, HORECA foods)
04.2023 - Current
Factory Manager
Edinborough Foods Products (Pvt)Ltd. (Culinary Foods, Condiments, Seasoning, HORECA foods)
04.2022 - 03.2023
Operational Excellence Manager/Continuous Improvement Manager
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt)Ltd (Home Care & Personal Care)
04.2020 - 03.2022
Health Safety and Environment Manager (SHE/Compliance Manager)
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt)Ltd
04.2018 - 04.2020
Production Manager
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt)Ltd
04.2010 - 03.2020
Shift Manager (Shift Executive)
Hemas Manufacturing (Pvt)Ltd
07.2006 - 03.2010
Executive Production (Production supervisor) and Executive Quality assurance
Raigam Marketing Foods products (Pvt)Ltd
07.2005 - 06.2006
Quality Assurance Manager
Aloy Expo (Pvt)Ltd
05.2004 - 06.2005
Lean Black Belt -
Institute of Lean Management
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt -
Brandix I3
Certificate of Supply Chain Management -
IIMA (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad)
Diploma in Industrial Engineering -
University of Moratuwa
MBA (Master Of Business Administration) -
University of Colombo
PGDBM (Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management) -
University of Colombo
B Sc. (Agri.) Specialized in Food Science & Technology -
University of Ruhuna
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