Tamilalagan Krishnan

Operations Associate

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India8 yrs 8 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Led greenfield plant development and commissioning.
Achieved significant cost savings through operational efficiencies.
Strong focus on sustainability and safety in operations.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Manufacturing and Supply Chain Operations expert with a focus on sustainability and efficiency.

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Skills

Core Skills

Operations ManagementSupply Chain Management

Other Skills

Supplier NegotiationContinuous ImprovementCost ReductionTeam ManagementCross-functional CoordinationKaizenData AnalysisExcelInventory ManagementCost Saving InitiativesPreventive MaintenanceRoot Cause AnalysisSustainabilityRisk AssessmentMicrosoft Excel

About

Operations and Supply Chain professional with an MBA from IIM Mumbai (formerly NITIE) and deep experience in building and scaling large manufacturing operations. Led greenfield plant development, CapEx deployment, and end-to-end commissioning. Strong track record of translating business strategy into stable, cost-efficient, and scalable operations. Leadership experience spans plant operations, supplier ecosystems, asset management, and continuous improvement. Drove structured programs across maintenance, energy, procurement, and inventory to improve uptime, productivity, and margin resilience. Embedded safety and sustainability into core operating systems. Increasingly oriented towards the intersection of Public Policy, Governance, and Business, with a strong interest in how regulatory frameworks, infrastructure strategy, and institutional design shape industrial growth and national competitiveness. Brings an operational lens to policy thinking - focused on execution feasibility, capital efficiency, and long-term value creation.

Experience

8 yrs 8 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 2 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 6 mos

Current Experience

Procter & gamble

Manager - Product Supply

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos · Hyderabad · On-site

Fabric & Home Care - Liquid Laundry Detergents (Tide and Ariel)
1.Improved overall process reliability of the 50 ml sachet line, pouch lines producing SKUs ranging from 300 ml to 5L, bottle line by 2% points YOY.
2.Achieved Organizational Culture Score of 88% for HDL Packing Department with 45 employees by consistently addressing the grievances, keeping people engaged through various initiatives.
3.Low cost manufacturing - how often we have heard this term? I had lived it throughout my tenure as line manager, developing maintenance cost glidepath for the fiscal, driving ideation sessions, filtering out the high probability high savings ideas and relentlessly driving them - be it frequency optimization, localisation, Kaizens. This has helped us realise 22% savings YOY in terms of $/unit of production spend.

Supplier NegotiationOperations ManagementContinuous ImprovementCost ReductionSupply Chain Management

Mondelēz international

Project Intern

Oct 2022 – Oct 2022 · 0 mo · Remote

Performed MRO supplier harmonization and categorised them by performing secondary market research
Assisted in asset reliability roadmap to achieve a robust master data repository of 4000+ OEMs, OPMs, distributors/wholesalers and service providers

Deloitte

Management Consulting Intern

May 2022 – Jun 2022 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Project Details:
Ocean Freight Control Tower for consumer durable manufacturer
Deliverables:
Performed data gap assessment of cost and service data comprising 80 unique fields, prepared data dictionary of around 50 KPIs to conduct discussions with all stakeholders
Scaled up the KPI dashboard comprising cost and service metrics from the base region to other zones and provided overall visibility to the client
Developed an excel model to achieve cost efficient container allocation management to different carriers.
Analysed and arrived at insights on major spends in ocean freight logistics by category and identified potential dollar savings opportunities for the client
Awarded Pre Placement Offer for the same

Enactus nitie

Member

Nov 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Asian paints

2 roles

Senior Officer - Supply Chain

Jun 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · On-site

Roles and Responsibilities:
Uptime and efficiency of critical utilities like compressor, boiler, cooling tower, fire hydrant system, N2 plant by preventive and predictive maintenance, manpower deployment and planning.
Root cause analysis and CAPA implementation for recurring breakdowns
Scheme and BOM preparation, erection, and commissioning of greenfield and brownfield projects
Selection, onboarding, techno-commercial negotiation, procurement, annual rate contracts, annual maintenance contracts and payment for 50+ suppliers
Annual budget preparation of SSR worth INR 90 lacs and Cost saving initiatives to keep the revenue expenditure within allocated budget
Inventory management of MRO spares and consumables through maintaining optimal Reorder Point, Safety Stock and Lot Size for fast, slow and non moving items
Management of contractor personnel for daily work allotment and ensured their statutory compliance
Led sustainable themes on non-process water reduction, power & fuel optimization.
Achieved zero effluent generation in utilities by designing scheme of 100% reuse and blending of reject water
Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment of various processes and equipment, identification of actionable to reduce the risk rating and implementation of the same.
Coordinated Departmental Safety Committee Meeting for proactive identification and closing of unsafe acts and conditions and implementation of horizontal deployment CAPA.
Achieved compressed air leak of 19.5%, best figure across 8 plants of Asian Paints in FY 2020-21
Liaising with statutory bodies – application for necessary approvals, scheduling review, deviation reporting and actionable implementation and timely communication
Developed Rolling plan to implement stage 2 of Manufacturing Excellence for 5S in the plant
Have been recognized by the organization for many energy conservation initiatives
Won Platinum award for a Kaizen at 9th National 3M competition conducted by CII

Supplier NegotiationInventory ManagementCost Saving InitiativesSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management

Graduate Engineering Trainee

Jun 2018 – May 2019 · 11 mos · Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India · On-site

Erected, commissioned and handed over 84 pigging lines with 100% RFT in collaboration with ABB France, a $2 M capex project.
Ensured procurement of MRO items and critical spares for seamless operations of monomer and additive transfer process.
Negotiated and finalized ARCs with suppliers.

Institute of engineers(students chapter)

Secretary

Jun 2015 – May 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Coimbatore

Responsibilities:
Planned and designed events throughout the year on special occasions like Engineers’ Day celebrations
Recruited and deployed team members for effective management of the forum activities
Handled the annual budget by managing the expenditure for the event management
Single point of contact for all external stakeholders – college management, guests from industry and academia, other committee leadership, faculty guides and students
Conducted various intra and inter college contests for students and facilitated certificate and prize distribution
Was the Master of Ceremony for all events conducted