Vikas Aggarwal

CEO

Gurugram, Haryana, India18 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 20 years of experience in manufacturing operations.
Expert in leading green and brown field projects.
Strong background in business development within FMCG.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in FMCG operations and project management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementOperations Management

Other Skills

LeadershipGreen Field ProjectsBrown Field ProjectsTeam BuildingRevenue GrowthProblem SolvingESGPlant ManagementMotivationConflict ResolutionTeam CollaborationOperations StabilizationProduction ManagementProject OperationsTeam Leadership

About

I am a Mechanical Engineer and an MBA in strategy and marketing with more than 20 years’ experience in manufacturing operations, project management (Green & Brown filed), engineering design, material planning and purchase, production planning, MIS system development/implementation & business development in the foods & beverages sector whilst working for prominent companies such as Unilever, Pepsi Co, Heinz, Amazon & Future Group I am a passionate person and believe everything is possible

Experience

18 yrs 6 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

6 yrs 11 mos

Current Experience

Varun beverages limited

4 roles

Vice President Operations and Projects

Promoted

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

Leadership # Green Field Projects # Brown Field Projects # Team Builder # Revenue Growth Driver # Motivator # Deep Dive # Problem Solver # High Energy # ESG # India # Africa # Carbonated Beverages - Pepsi, Dew, Sting etc # Non Carbonated Beverages - Slice, Tropicana # Aseptic Dairy Beverages # Fresh Dairy - Milk, Curd, Butter Milk, Paneer # Value Added Dairy - Mozarella Cheese, SMP, WMP, Bulk & Table Butter, Ghee # Lays Extruded Products - Puff Corn & Kurkure # Preform Manufacturing # Biscuits - Hard Dough, Soft Dough, Cookies, Rusk, Sandwich # USD 1500 Million Plus Investment Management

LeadershipGreen Field ProjectsBrown Field ProjectsTeam BuildingRevenue GrowthProblem Solving+3

AVP Operations and Projects

Promoted

Feb 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos

# Plant head # Green Field Projects Head # Team Builder # Motivator # Deep Dive # Problem Solver # Exceptional Performer # Bias For Action # Exceptional Listener # Empathetic & Kind # Mindfulness # Being Positive # Conflict Resolution # Supportive

Plant ManagementTeam BuildingProblem SolvingMotivationConflict ResolutionOperations Management+1

Assistant Vice President Operations & Projects

Promoted

Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 · 2 yrs

As an additional responsibility working to jump start and stabilize Tetrapak operations at 3 manufacturing plants and part of core projects team member involved in design of upcoming green field and brown field projects

Project ManagementTeam CollaborationOperations StabilizationOperations Management

General Manager Operations & Projects

Apr 2019 – Dec 2019 · 8 mos

I am leading the production and projects operations of the largest beverages plant in VBL producing both aseptic and non aseptic products namely Tropicana Juices, Creambell Dairy Shakes, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mirinda Orange, Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Black, AQUAFINA

Production ManagementProject OperationsTeam LeadershipOperations ManagementProject Management

Devyani food industries (p) ltd

Project Head

Jun 2016 – Apr 2019 · 2 yrs 10 mos · Gurgaon, India

Completed a green filed project with a budget of INR 200 Crore with a total plot area of 22 Acres based out of the most difficult region - Asansol (West Bengal) # Ice cream # Fresh Dairy # Aseptic Dairy # Aseptic Juices
Developing systems and processes for smooth execution of projects
Developing and hiring team members
Government liaison and handling local interferences

Project ManagementTeam DevelopmentGovernment LiaisonOperations Management

Amazon

Project Manager

Mar 2015 – Jun 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurgaon, India

Providing strategic inputs for site selection across India
Managing fulfillment center (warehouse stores) foot print, set up and launch
Managing various teams such as project execution, purchase, finance, operations, launch, safety, site HR, loss prevention, IT & Quality, thus ensuring successful launch of business across various sites in India
Vendor selection & performance management
Budgeting & expenditure control

Strategic PlanningProject ManagementVendor ManagementOperations Management

Future group people office

Manager - Projects & Purchase

Mar 2013 – Feb 2015 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Project Management : Designing & setting up of mega food park, manufacturing plants, cold stores, ripening chambers, IQF lines, specialty sauce plant, warehouses and utilities
Responsible for store management, RM/PM/Consumables planning and purchases
Developing and implementing MIS systems
Managing plant engineering, maintenance and operations
Managing client relationship and business development
Developing new business from scratch along with prospective entrepreneurs/clients
Developing business cases, capex proposals, budgets
Participate in developing the product, packaging, placement and positioning for clients

Project ManagementClient Relationship ManagementBusiness DevelopmentOperations Management

Hj heinz

Assitant Manager Projects

Jul 2010 – Mar 2012 · 1 yr 8 mos · Haldwani Area, India

Managing Green and brown field projects for Complan, Glucon – D & Breakfast cereals
Supporting new product launches with respect to developing product sourcing capabilities
Strategic capacity and expansion planning
Capital equipment and services procurement; Vendor development; Technology evaluation and selection
Budgeting and raising capital expenditure proposal
Identify and implement cost reduction projects
Developing civil structure design and awarding work contracts in co-ordination with architect
Managing high team performance levels
SAP Exposure – Worked on SAP for all projects work such as material requisition, raising capital expenditure proposal, billing, purchase order raising, monitoring expenditure, managing material inventory etc.

Project ManagementVendor DevelopmentCost ReductionOperations Management

Hindustan unilever ltd

Technology Executive - Projects

Jul 2006 – Jun 2010 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai

Setting of manufacturing plants and capabilities for food products apart from devising manufacturing footprint
Part of a multicultural cross functional team with the role of supporting launch of new products in the foods and beverages domain by providing value contribution throughout the Innovation funnel
Participating in high level team meets giving value inputs on progress, costing, timelines apart from supporting product and packaging development trials
Managing supply chain capability for manufacturing food products. Established capabilities for:
o SPREADS : Jam & Ketchup – Jam In Tubes, ketch up flexi pouch - INR 10 Cr
o BEVERAGES : Tea & Coffee – Instant & Conventional, Squashes – INR 54 Cr
o ICECREAMS : Kwality Walls – INR 20 Cr
o SAVOURY : Powder Food – INR 43 Cr
o NEW VITALITY PLATFORM : Corazon shots, Amaze Powder – INR 10 Cr
o TETRAPAK : Soya based Juice – Project Latino (International Project) – INR 110 Cr
Developing business case, managing project networks & carrying out risk analysis
Budgeting and raising capital expenditure proposals
Designing plant layout as per GMP, HACCP & Ergonomics standards
Designing, selection and procurement of capital equipment and services
Continuous improvement by implementing best practices & plant automation
Managing projects related to capacity expansion, quality improvement and cost reduction
Identifying, auditing and selecting contract manufacturers as per requirement
Received Directors Enterprise award for product innovation Kissan Squeeze
Received Directors cash award twice for new ice cream product innovations