Prakash Kumar Gupta

Establish data flow, communication and related best practices and regularly audit work-in-progress to ensure these requirements are consistently met between business objectives and operational plans. • Confer with Factory Manager & General Manager of Production in establishing production goals and continually process metrics to ensure that budget management, financial reports, pricing strategy and ROI goals are met. Oversee/manage all Production Coordinators, including assignment of duties and scheduling. • Drive lean manufacturing profit YOY and reduce manufacturing rate YOY through productivity projects in shop floor by CAPEX execution & crisis management as per timelines. • Coordination with stakeholders on handling of ready to eat manufacturing line of KIVO Brands in Casava, Non-Dairy Creamer, Sugar, Cocoa and flavor-based product. • Executing the final reports of inventory based on demands & forecasting, raw material, costing, resourcing, production planning and control, machine utilization with capacity vs demand and plant performance reports with key stake holders. •Analyze Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Production figures and identify opportunities for increased productivity

• Manage food production facility of plants to achieve the daily production plan incorporating with product quality, quantity, production & cost efficiency and delivery as well as to ensure production requirements based on plant capacity and product specification maintain target days of stock, sales forecasting, MIS, P&L Management. • Develop and execute production plans and budgets for the setup of new dairy products of coffee and tea making Ready to drink and Boutique tea products with capacity of 720T/year. • Engage with R&D as well as the commercial team to develop new product strategies, new materials, and process innovations with continual improvement. • Ensure adherence to the process specification and maintaining all quality parameter to meet quality standards and ensure full compliance with Food Safety (GMP,HACCP,FSMS) and Health safety Regulations. • Driving supply chain KRA as Line efficiency, Productivity, Availability, On Time Fill Rate, Manufacturing Cost, Total Safety Index, Inventory , Warehouse management, Capacity Expansion by conducting periodic reviews. • Handling a Capex budget allocation of the factory along with monthly inventory verification, identifying slow moving materials bottlenecks near expiry items recommending solutions to mitigate the loss Led greenfield plant setup (7200T/year capacity) Reduced downtime by 12%, improved efficiency by 7.5% Managed 200+ workforce across production & supply chain Handled Capex planning, P&L, and capacity expansion Achieved zero stock-out through demand forecasting & planning

• Executed metrics to drive process improvement for the manufacturing of instant tea and coffee production, reduce cost, drive growth and meet business goals. • Handling raw material storage of Milk powder, Sugar , Spices Flavors, Fruit Flavors and FDC coffee under FSSAI regulation. • Associated with quality and R&D team for the development of new product in instant beverage line with flavor enhancement products. • Designed and executed the completely new factory setup for the packing of instant tea and coffee premix of capacity 52T/day along with the specialized boutique tea line and ensuring Compliance with legal standards(OHSAS,FSSC,EMS) for the Plant. • Expertise in packaging of pyramid tea bag, capsule packaging and other customized design for the packaging of specialized boutique tea. • Supply chain planning and order management process standardization to facilitate enterprise and global executive roll up of strategic and tactical plans across the region. • Maintenance and managing the all critical spare stock of Packaging Machine and Utilities. • Coordinate with project management and other functional areas for deployment of continuous improvement, capability excellence initiatives and related projects for large scale project deliverables for order management and supply chain planning. • Broad knowledge in supply chain planning and order management to provide advice to the business around process, projects and technologies to mature related processes. • Design and implement supply chain planning and order management training. • Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.

Experience in Production/Project/Engineering/SHE/Supply Chain and Team Management in Tata Global Beverages Limited. Expertise in managing operations involving resource , production, materials planning, in-process inspection, team building and co-ordination with the internal & external departments. Experience in production planning, streamlining processes /Kaizen / procedures to facilitate smooth operations, reduce costs / idle time and enhance productivity. Adopt in managing engineering function for reducing breakdown / downtime & enhancing operational effectiveness of equipment with an aim to optimum utilization of resources to reduce cost of goods. Trained in OHSAS 18001:2007 ; ISO 14001:2015 ; FSSC 22000 v4.1; Transforming the plant to achieve the target of an accident free work environment through planned changes, identifying risks & mitigating, encouraging Near Miss reporting and implementing the changes for its closure. Possess excellent interpersonal, analytical and negotiation skills with proven track record of utilizing a process-oriented approach towards the accomplishment of cost, profit, service & organizational goals.

• Planning and executing supply chain strategies for timely production and distribution of products to our consumers, customers and distributor partners. • Manage a team of Raw/Packed Material and Finished goods planners leading forecasting & planning for manufacturing operations of a plant / category • Lead Cost savings and Supply Chain re-design projects for your category to improve inventory. • Coordination for distribution requirements for finished goods across plants, DC and logistics partners • Reducing Physical distribution cost while improving service levels. • Effectively handling the Utility maintenance of plant such as air compressor, DG, filler machine, automatic packing machine and availability of spares, defining & maintaining critical parts stock limit. • Monitoring & reviewing downtime, wastage, efficiency, OEE of each machine, discussing the figures with the operators & taking predictive & preventive corrective actions for improvement. • Assisting management team in the strategic planning using market analysis and project data. • Providing analysis to the business on opportunities and risks aligned with changes to business strategy on shows/projects. • Driving operational transformation and process improvements in areas such as system integration and production reporting. • Lead and guide the team towards efficient quality processes and timely delivery of product thereby achieving organization goal and Customer satisfaction. • Ensuring timely checking the inventory for moving and non moving, write off of material.

Production planning, scheduling and meeting monthly requirements on time.  Executing dispatch of over 95+SKU’s across 68 depots in PAN India in order to have zero stock- out instances by ensuring on time changeovers.  Ensure that all Production Operations adhere to the Company’s Safety, Health and Environment Standards  Maintaining a close coordination with the Procurement team and ensure the material reaches our warehouse on time to achieve zero stock out.  Ensuring the Material Warehouse facilities comply with the standards on Safety and Quality.  Ensuring preventive maintenance of machines, availability of spares, defining & maintaining critical parts stock limit.  Conducting weekly production , quality & Safety Cascade, circle meetings are conducted consistently to manage Production activities and results.  Trained in ISO 45001:2018; FSSC 22000 v4.1; ISO 14001:2015; OHSAS 18001:2007  Certified Internal Auditor in OHSAS 18001:2007 ; ISO 14001:2015;  Executing the Internal & External Audits requirements standards and maintaining requisite documents.  Monitoring and record the daily production and checking the production & operation report to achieve the production in time by using optimum utilization of machine and manpower.  Effectively handling the MIS, PPR, EHS, and Sustainability Report.  Processing the order to the vendor for the parts requirement and Creating Purchase order for invoice received from the principles.  Effective management of cGMP and cGHP in Factory premises to adhere the quality assurance toensure the zero defects in Product.  Engaged in Production improvement activities by installation of visual indicator in the production floor supported by Kaizen and Cost Improvement projects. Transforming the plant to achieve the target of an accident-free work environment through planned changes, identifying risks & mitigating, encouraging Near Miss reporting and implementing the changes for its closure.