D.

WESLEY NAVARAJ
Mob:91-9590012325
Mob:91-9243045315
wnavaraj@yahoo.com

My Profile:

• Qualified from the Southern Regional Institute of Printing Technology, Chennai

and worked for reputed printers at various capacities and finally worked as Senior
Manager-Operations/Production for Vaartha, the publishers of leading Telugu and
Hindi dailies of Andhra Pradesh having 19 branches across the state.
• Can handle any press as its Profit Centre Head and capable of learning things
swiftly.
• Experienced in managing and implementing QA Procedures of Prepress and Press
of large set up.

Brief summary of my skills/Experience:

• Operations (Production, Maintenance and Coordination)

• Quality Assurance / Quality control ( Based on 5S Methodology )
• Inventory Control of Materials, Consumables and Spares for Production
• Guiding Purchase department for quality purchase
• Packing, forwarding and logistics control
• Customer Service / Public Relations
• Business Development / Marketing
• Teaching ( Printing Instructor )/Multi-skills development

My Merits/Strengths:

• Good at Public Speaking / Public Relations.

• Good at written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
• Good at computer skills and presenting things effectively.
• Good at organizing Events, Conferences and Meetings.
• Having professional contacts in Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and most of the
parts of Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Andhra and Kerala.
• I can operate machines and attend to most of the mechanical problems.
• Trained by Manugraphs engineers at Manugraphs Company to handle
Manugraphs Machines.

Area of Specialization & Machines handled:

• Offset machines since 1985 and handled various machines including Adast-
Dominant, swift, Polygraph, Heidelberg, Ryobi, Panetta, HMT, Cruesotloire (UB
30/35), Harris, Orient, Hong-Hua,Coroset,Newsline-30,Newsline-45, Citiline
Express, 4H Tower Units and Fast 300.
• Having good knowledge on Large Format Digital Printing Machines (Water based
inks, solvent based inks and UV inks ).

Marketing experience at Thiraviam Printers, Kvp ( Feb 1986 – June 1989 ):

I was privileged to manage this press independently and learned Marketing,

Customer Service and Administration of a job press.
 Duties and Responsibilities of my latest Job

As Senior Manager of Vaartha Group, a major supply chain and a leading Telugu and
Hindi daily of Andhra Pradesh having 19 branches across the state from July 2007-2009

Operations (Production, QA/QC, Maintenance):

Ensuring Cleanliness & Orderliness of Press, Product Quality and Delivery on time
and Cost savings by drafting and implementing the Standard Operating
Procedure for the production Department in all the 19 branches of the Group.

Identifying and Developing leaders among the crew members and imparting
training on SOP to all crew members through leaders.

Auditing directly and through trained Auditors to evaluate the implementation of
SOP and to achieve the best of results.

To evaluate the Quality of Product by collecting samples from our internal
customers belonging to Product Sales & related departments.

Training of Staff:

To impart training to maintenance crew on preventive maintenance methods as

to reduce downtime.

To impart training to production crew as to improve product quality and reduction
in wastage of materials.

To impart training to all team leaders on documentation as to improve
productivity and to minimize the quality defects.

To do the Performance Appraisal of each staff on a half yearly basis and to advise
for improvement wherever necessary.

Inventory Control of Materials, Consumables and Spares for Production:

To take stock of Materials, Consumables and Spares every day and to arrange the
same as per the standard stock of each item.

To Maintain the record of average yield of every item based on the input of
operators and to feed back the concerned as to avoid loss to company.

To maintain the data of waste of materials and consumables as to keep the
consumption under permitted limit.

To maintain a separate log of costly spares like blankets and bearings as to check
their life and to initiate remedial action if necessary.

Guiding Purchase department:

To maintain inventory control and feedback records on materials, consumables

and spares and to guide the purchase officer to procure good quality stuff.

Business Development/Customer Service:

As a part of Core Management Committee I was participating in the Business

Planning and Implementation meetings.

Satisfying our internal (Sales departments) and external (Readers and
Advertisers) customers was my major responsibility.

Packing, forwarding and logistics control:

As Newspaper is a big supply chain which reaches many readers every day, we
oversee the packing, forwarding and transporting segments to work
simultaneously in line with production.
 Information on Previous Industrial Experience

EPML, Bangalore as Press Superintendent ( November 1995 – July 2007 ) :

Prepress and Print crew were taught Standard operating procedures (Based
on 5S Methodology) and there was improvement in Product Quality, Delivery
on Time and reduction in wastage of materials and consumables.

Training and education were imparted on Multi-skills and many of the staff
learned additional skills than their regular skill/work which resulted in the
reduction of OT expenses and manpower requirement.

Handled manpower so tactfully which made the laborers’ union inactive and
positive towards the efficiency of production.

FEL / Times of India, Bangalore as Sr. Officer (Sep 1993 – Oct 1995 ):

Handled Production, Maintenance and Inventory Control of materials and

spares and ensured the smooth running of press by implementing Standard
operating procedures.

The power of labor union was shattered as printing was carried out with
officers, engineers and few casual laborers for twice when the workers went on
flash strike.

Deccan Herald, Bangalore as Production Asst. ( Aug1989 – Aug 1993 ) :

Learned to operate multi color web offset machines and printed daily
newspapers, weekly magazines and books.

Learned to do preventive maintenance systematically and documentation wok.

Thiraviam Printers, Kovilpatti as Manager ( Feb 1986 – June 1989 ) :

I was privileged to manage the press independently and learned Operations,

Marketing, Customer Service and Administration of a job press.

I also learned to outsource work whenever and wherever necessary.

Graphic Arts School, Sivakasi as Instructor ( Aug 1985 – Feb 1986 ) :

I was benefitted as I learned printing technology in depth as to teach and train

students and it is useful even today.

I got rid of stage fear and gained public speaking skill.

The Hindu, Chennai as Apprentice :

As an apprentice from IPT, Madras, I gained an understanding of systematic and quality

printing meant for producing newspaper and quality magazine like sports star for six
months.
Qualifications:

• A First Class Diploma in Printing Technology, a 3 ½ year course from Institute of

Printing Technology (Southern Region), Madras.
• Higher Secondary Course from board of Higher Secondary Education, Tamilnadu.

Notice Period:

One Month, however, I will try to join you at the earliest.

Reason for change:

It is my pleasure to learn new things and technologies with higher responsibilities and
yours is one I desire to be part of, so, it is time that I switch to a creative arena of
printing and to achieve great things for the organization while I grow in career.

Flexibility to relocate:

I am willing to relocate immediately while my family from next academic year as my son
is in 11th standard (ISC) and my wife is a teacher handling ICSE who has to serve the
full academic year till April 2010.

Howbeit, I assure to fulfill my duties and responsibilities whatsoever to the satisfaction of

my superiors and my family won’t be a hindrance to it.

Salary Expected : Negotiable

Languages Known : English – To Read, Write and Speak

Tamil – To Read, Write and Speak
Kannada – To Speak
Telugu – To Speak
Hindi - Learning at present
Malayalam - Beginner

Computer knowledge : M.S. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop,

Internet.

Personal Details :

Age : 43
Religion : Christian
Nationality : Indian
Marital status : Married
Children : One Son

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