SURYA RAO

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India37 yrs 7 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in textile sourcing and compliance management.
  • Proven track record in fabric development and vendor relations.
  • Strong background in trend analysis and market research.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Textile Industry Expert with a focus on Sourcing and Compliance.

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Sourcing Manufacturing RetailTextile IndustryTextilesSourcingApparelDenimFashionVendor RelationsProduct DevelopmentTrend AnalysisManufacturingGlobal SourcingTrendRetailExport

About

Experienced Technocrate with a demonstrated history of working in the Apparel Fashion and Textile industry. Skilled in Trend Analysis, Negotiation, Import, Sales, and Textiles. Strong marketing professional with a Associate’s Degree focused in Textile Manufacturing-Weaving from Textile Association of India, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India..

Experience

37 yrs 7 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs
Average Tenure
3 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Revise clothing inc

Global Compliance Coordinator

Jun 2022Present · 3 yrs 11 mos · NJ, United States

Texaco synthetics pvt. ltd.,

Business Development Manager

Jan 2019Sep 2023 · 4 yrs 8 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

  • Business Development E-Mobility Solutions

Wal-mart

FABRIC & COLOR MANAGER

Jan 2007Nov 2011 · 4 yrs 10 mos · BANGALORE, INDIA

  • Fabric Sourcing, New Devlopments, Supplier Development, Technical Support, Mill Matrix, Raw Material positioning.

Wal-mart global sourcing (india) private ltd

Fabric and Colour Manager

Jan 2007Nov 2011 · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • Sourcing support and timely procurement of all Textile Raw Materials by Apparel team. Sourcing Fabrics from all major Asian countries like India, China, Indonesia, Pakistan.
  • Conducting extensive development work on fabrics with designers for highly demanding market following Seasonal trends.
  • Maintaining consistent quality standards set for various retail markets including Sustainability Initiatives and supplier's score card management.
  • Mill Matrix and Nomination process by identifying Mills capability and capacities.
  • Yarn leveraging and positioning projects with Indian Spinners
  • Sales & Marketing/Business Development
  • Designing and market research for marketing strategies.
  • Building and developing healthy business relations with corporate / institutional clients in India and overseas.
  • Taking adequate measures to achieve on time delivery/collection norms.
  • Plant Operations
  • Overseeing production related tasks including planning, control & trouble shooting.
  • Overall plant operations and ensuring that quality products are provided to the end-users in time. Enhancing quality of the finished products and minimising waste.
  • Project Management
  • Overall project execution from layout planning, budgeting to purchase to final stages of installation and plant commissioning.
  • Significant Accomplishments across the career span

Chelsea mills

2 roles

Technical support

Dec 2004Dec 2006 · 2 yrs

  • Established Indian Mills as primary source for Knit/ Denim Fabric for Bangladesh Garment conversions.
  • Cost savings by leveraging Core fabrics and Technical support to Garment Sourcing Team.
  • Improvement in Supplier Score card by Third Party testing results.
  • Strict follow up of Import Compliance for US/Europe market .; A Govt. recognised Garments Export house), manufacturing and exporting premium Garments; Manger. Under Chelsea Mills, having 5 garment mfg units at different locations in New-Delhi and NCR, India, catering to leading buying houses in India like Gap Inc. Old Navy, AMC, Armani etc for knit and woven fashion Garments.
  • Achievements:
  • Sourcing required fabrics/Trims right price and quality for Garments
  • Keeping shipment targets in mind always achieving OTD average 92% .
  • Managed optimum Volume of fabrics for approx 600K Units of garment consumption per season.
  • Sourcing of related Trims from Nominated Trim suppliers from Domestic and overseas source.
  • Maintained stringent norms required for Children Garments for US Market.

Fabric Manager

Jan 2004Dec 2006 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Lucky group of companies

as Chief Marketing Officer

Apr 2003Jun 2004 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Lucky Group of Companies is 60 years old company established in Thailand, involved in trading operations in Textiles, Plastics etc.
  • Achievements:
  • Handling operations involving conversions of Woven and knitted fabrics for developing products such as Denim Fabrics, Poly/Cotton/Rayon Blended Fabrics and Circular Knit Fabrics.
  • Introduced and monitored Buy Back policy successfully by maintaining quality of raw materials which resulted in improved turnover.
  • Penetrated into new markets like Denim & Knit Fabrics for higher value addition.
  • Instrumental in improving sales turnover by providing low risk credit increase to clients.
  • Introduced Finished Seamless Inner Garments for men/women, sports/swim wears etc. as new products in our trading scope of products.

Thai air covering company ltd

General Manager

Dec 2000Apr 2003 · 2 yrs 4 mos

  • Member company of President Knitting & Garments Co., Thailand.
  • Achievements:
  • Managing Marketing, Sourcing of Raw Materials, Production functions Spandex-Air Covered Yarns, Knitted Fabrics, Seamless Knitted Garments, stretch fabrics with Nylon 66 Microfilaments.
  • Installation of Texture Nylon66 high count and micro-filament
  • DTY project with high speed Barmag FK machines and Rieter-Scragg machines with 100 % On-line monitoring systems.
  • Introduced and implemented Air- covered Elastane yarns and seamless knit garment project. Developed potential clients of Denim Stretch Fabric producers.
  • Product development - New products such as Super Bright Yarns for Elastane covered yarns/ polyester yarns/ polyamide yarns for knitting and Air-covering end uses.

Textile mills in thailand

CMO

Apr 1996Jun 2004 · 8 yrs 2 mos

Alpha group of companies

as Manager

Apr 1996Dec 2000 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • DTY.
  • Alpha group of Companies is a composite textile mill having manufacturing facilities from yarns to Garments.
  • Achievements:
  • Overall plant operations of DTY/TFO Plant with 4500 TPA Capacity.
  • Instrumental in enhancing the capacity utilization by 20% by introducing processing of Polyamide 66 micro-fibre yarns.
  • Automation to achieve better efficiency and cost savings in manufacturing operations.
  • Instrumental in receiving Quality awards of ISO & TQM.
  • Achieved highest quality preparation of Filament Yarns to achieve maximum productivity possible on weaving m/c running at 1040 RPM in Delta Air-jet, consistently.

Impex ltd

with Akai

Jul 1994Apr 1996 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Achievements:
  • Instrumental in establishing a new project near Mumbai.
  • Supervised the project right from dismantling, logistic and start up of 12 high speed Texturing machines from Samsung Corporation South Korea to Akai-Impex in Mumbai within record time of six months.

Utexrwa sa

Waving Manager

Sep 1988Apr 1994 · 5 yrs 7 mos

  • Acheivments:
  • Started as Texturing & preparatory Manager and rose to the position of Weaving Manager in 1990.
  • Erection and commissioning of Rieter-Scragg, Murata TFO and Fancy-Twisters operations for Filament Yarns
  • Handled weaving plant of 72 Sulzer Projectile Weaving Machines for Cotton and Synthetic Filament Fabrics.
  • Managed the weaving plant under the Sulzer Team from Switzerland and honoured by Certificate for excellent contribution towards completing weaving operations within record time.

Rajester texturisers pvt. ltd

Technical Manager

Jul 1985Aug 1988 · 3 yrs 1 mo

  • Achievements:
  • Overall operations of Texture and Twisting Plant with optimum efficiency.
  • Managed all technical aspects for manufacturing, quality, after sales service for Texture /Twisted/ Warped Beams.

Reliance industries ltd.

Shift Incharge

Feb 1981Jun 1985 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Yarn-Division having 16 High Speed SDS Draw Texturing from Scragg, as Production Supervisor

Education

Textile Association of India, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India.

Associate’s Degree — Textile Manufacturing-Weaving

Jan 1982Jan 1984

University of Jabalpur

B.Sc — Chemistry

Jan 1977Jan 1979

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