ANILKUMAR BHASKARAN-PMP
Mahboula
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. A hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure a Senior Project Manager position. Ready to help the team achieve company goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Project Manager
Prominent Dairy Company In Kuwait
09.2016 - Current
- Managing various types (Dairy production, Utility, HVAC & Building expansion) of internal capital projects.
- Directly responsible for conducting the engineering of projects either with internal resources or through Consultants.
- Proficiency in conducting Feasibility study, Preliminary Engineering and Detailed Engineering of multidisciplinary projects.
- Developed comprehensive project plans, identifying risks and mitigation strategies for timely completion.
- Budget Estimation and Capital requisition
- Developed and maintained project budgets to control costs and meet organizational and project goals.
- Risk assessment, evaluation and mitigation plan
- Purchasing support- specifications, vendor evaluation, equipment selection, quote review, equipment manufacturing support, FAT, payment management.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers, securing favorable terms for the organization''s benefit.
- Direct execution or indirect execution through contractors.
- Budget and Schedule monitoring, problem management.
- Project review meetings, analysis and reporting.
- Erection, Installation and Commissioning management.
- Project Validation, Handover and closing.
- Established effective communication channels with stakeholders to ensure transparency and alignment of expectations.
- Adapted quickly to unexpected challenges or obstacles encountered during project execution, devising creative solutions without compromising objectives.
- Implemented change management processes to accommodate evolving project requirements while minimizing disruptions.
- Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
- Conducted post-project evaluations to identify areas of improvement and implement corrective actions for future endeavors.
- Optimized resource allocation by closely monitoring project progress and adjusting team assignments as needed.
- Led cross-functional teams for successful project delivery within scope, schedule, and budget constraints.
- Monitored project progress, identified risks and implemented corrective measures to acquire success.
- Ensured compliance with industry regulations by staying current on changes in legislation or guidelines relevant to projects'' scopes.
- Established and managed change management processes to fulfill successful project transitions.
- Parallel role of Discipline lead- Mechanical.
- Mentored junior project managers and team members to enhance their skills and career growth.
- Coordinate Training requirements.
- Some of the Projects handled: -
- Concept to commissioning of new, fully automatic filling line of 16000 cph, for Yoghurt filling in plastic cups. Fully automatic line with Industry 4.0 level automation for monitoring and control.
- Relocate and upgrade the existing bakery facility to new location, for manufacturing products like Ice cream cones, biscuits, almond roasting etc..with a production capacity of 3x12000 Cones per hour.
- Installing new high-capacity Aseptic tanks (3x 45000L capacity) for UHT processing of Milk and juice products.
- Replace the Vacuum Chamber and Infusion Chambers in multiple UHT processing plants.
- Replace the Cooling Tower for UHT processing Plant.
- Major Air conditioning upgrade project of 11000 KW cooling capacity, for the existing Main factory. This includes, Ammonia Chiller plant upgrade, substation upgrade, structural upgrade, piping, ducting and AC units' upgrade etc.
- Replacement of Baltimore Condensers (4x 3900 KW Capacity) for Ammonia chiller plant.
- Upgrading Ammonia plant by installing 4 new Ammonia compressors of capacity 2400 KW, to cool down the process water.
- Install new underground Diesel storage tanks (2x 45000 L capacity).
- Routine Facility expansion projects- support for small and medium size facility projects, for HVAC, Utilities, Firefighting and Fire alarm system modification and new installation.
Assistant General Manager
Larsen & Toubro – Technology services
08.2014 - 09.2016
- Delivery head for a major Global MNC account for handling multiple projects in multiple disciplines.
- Planning estimation scheduling and monitoring of fmcg projects.
- Technical conversations & negotiations with Clients marketing team, Technical teams and OEMs.
- Resolved problems promptly to elevate customer approval.
- Mentored staff members, fostering a supportive work environment that enhanced employee performance and retention.
- Manage to train people down the line to make them competent enough to take challenging roles in technical and management levels.
- Head of Packaging:- Packaging head for the fmcg projects, which are having packaging scope of work.
- Marketing support:- Proposal generation, technical discussion, scoping, estimation and negotiation with Customers.
- Some of the projects handled: -
- Delivery head for a green field project Global MNC for their new site in Nairobi, Kenya. Huge project with high scope for Packaging, 40 above lines with complete scope of Process, Mechanical, Utility piping, Ducting, Electrical, Control engineering and Civil Structural and Architectural engineering.
- Project Management for a packaging intensive project for a brown field project in Turkey.
- Successfully completed the front-end engineering for this Multi million project for setting up a Home Care Powder facility in existing plant.
- Delivery head and Packaging lead for a Soaps manufacturing capacity augmentation project for Global MNC in one of their plants in Ethiopia, Africa.
Sr. Project Manager
M/s Neilsoft Limited
11.2010 - 07.2014
- Delivery head for a major US account, for handling multiple projects involving multiple disciplines.
- Project scope study and generating feasibility reports for new projects, with techno- commercial feasibility analysis.
- Managed entire project cycle including, Preliminary Engineering, Detailed engineering and Installation support, project closure.
- Maintained schedules to meet key milestones at every project phase.
- Established effective communication channels with stakeholders to ensure transparency and alignment of expectations.
- Implemented change management processes to accommodate evolving project requirements while minimizing disruptions.
- Conducted post-project evaluations to identify areas of improvement and implement corrective actions for future endeavors.
- Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
- Facilitated workshops to collect project requirements and user feedback.
- Manage to develop technical models and documents/ data base to enable the company to take more challenging projects in future.
- Manage to train people down the line to make them competent enough to take challenging roles in technical and management levels.
- Manage the marketing activities for expanding engineering services to developing domestic market.
- Some of the projects handled: -
- Project manager of a process- mechanical project for a paper converting plant of M/S Procter and Gamble, USA, for their prominent expansion plan. Huge project with high scope for Process and Utility piping, Ducting, Electrical and Control engineering and Structural engineering.
- Handled onsite assignments to assist site engineers to deal with multiple projects of process packaging nature at multiple levels like preliminary engineering, detailed engineering, construction and as-built documentation.
- Worked for major Clients like Kraft Foods USA, Schreiber Foods USA, and Nestle USA etc.
- Simulation modeling skills for fully automatic lines and semi-automatic lines. Successfully completed line simulation projects for Johnson and Johnson USA and Kimberly Clark USA using FlexSim software as simulation tool.
- Managing multiple plant projects through multiple project managers, project leads, discipline leads and domain experts. The projects are mainly of process, utility and packaging nature.
Manager- R&D
M/s Indian Diary Machinery Cooperation (I) Ltd
12.2009 - 11.2010
- Strategically and innovatively plan, implement, manage the R&D team, to attain technological leadership in the field, by continuously developing new products and improving the existing ones, thereby meet the customer requirements.
- Work with internal & cross functional team to develop and improve methodologies and project flows.
- Lead the development, innovation and selection of technologies that are aligned with both business and operating goals.
- Perform day-to-day reviewing, checking and managing the team.
- Handle presentations, briefings and reports on behalf of the design teams to Senior Management.
- Testing the design concept by computerized modeling.
- Coordinate prototype manufacturing and testing.
- Support Engineering & Projects department for site related issues in Dairy plants.
- Enhanced product development by streamlining R&D processes and implementing innovative strategies.
- Reduced project timelines for new product launches through efficient resource allocation and effective team management.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of R&D efforts, resulting in improved overall performance.
- Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
- Streamlined and monitored quality programs to alleviate overdue compliance activities.
- Some of the projects handled: -
- Development of Safe flow pneumatic Valves as part of the regular development process.
- Development of Mix proof pneumatic Valves as part of the regular development process.
- Development of Flow modulating pneumatic Valves as part of the regular development process.
- Coordinate the development activities of Homogenizers for Diary Industries.
- Coordinate the development process of Cup/Cone filling sealing machines for Ice cream packaging in Diary Industries.
Onsite Project Manager-US
e-Engineering Solutions of M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd
02.2007 - 10.2010
- Site In charge, responsible for managing engineering and design of the entire packaging line from on-site.
- Manage to coordinate with the offshore for knowledge transfer, getting the deliverables like Bid RFQs, Plant layouts prepared from offshore center.
- Contact OEMs for project detailing, getting techno-commercial quotes.
- Vendor development, vendor evaluation and selection.
- Procurement document preparation and support.
- Manage to do techno-commercial comparison of quotes and prepare the Budget estimate for the project.
- New project scoping, proposal work, estimation and negotiation.
- Attending kick off meetings, setting up the project team and management through completion.
- Resource management, new resource section or contracting of work.
- Construction support and risk mitigation activities at site.
- Some of the projects handled: -
- Deputed at P&G, Alexandria plant as “Site lead”, to manage all projects awarded to L&T
- In the role of Project Manager, successfully completed a multimillion project, with a fellow US consultant SSOE.The project was about engineering, procuring and installing a fully automatic process packaging line to produce unit dose packs of detergents, marketed under Cascade brand
- Managed a project to make a major process change to the existing formula of the detergent products marked under Tide brand
- Managed another project with fellow US consultant CH2M HILL to achieve a major process change in P&G's one of the liquid detergent products. This involves engineering, procurement and installation of process equipment's like high-capacity tanks, pumps and associated piping work. Entire CAD work was done in PDS design platform.
- Deputed at P&G, St.Louis site as “Site lead”, to handle all kinds of site related projects, mainly packaging projects.
- Managed a packaging line expansion project, as project manager as well as packaging lead engineer.
- The projects was about increasing the capacity of the existing line and automate some of the secondary packaging operations to produce room freshener known under the brand name Noticeable.
- Associated with detailed engineering and installation of a fully automatic packaging line for packing dishwashing unit dose packs well known under the brand name Cascade.
- Managed several plant as-built drawing works as part of ongoing plant data management activity.
- As Onsite project Manager handled a Case Packing Automation- Preliminary engineering project for Unilever Owensboro plant.
- The project was for automating secondary packaging of their frozen packaging line.
- As Onsite packaging lead engineer handled a Packaging line Preliminary engineering project for Unilever Franklin Park plant.
- The project was about defining the Equipment layout and Budget estimation of new Side dish and Soup lines supposed to be installed in Franklin Park facility.
- As Onsite project Manager handled a Tertiary packaging renovation project for Unilever Olathe plant.
- This was a project to identify the spare capacity of existing Palletizers and Stretch wrappers and automate additional 5 manual packaging lines considering the spare capacity.
- Project manager for managing large converting line engineering projects comprising of Process, Utility, Civil Structural, Electrical and Instrumentation disciplines for a USA based MNC.
- Project manager and Technical lead for engineering of complete packaging lines starting from primary packaging till shipment packaging for USA based MNCs.
Offshore Project Manager
e-Engineering Solutions of M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd
07.2005 - 02.2007
- Responsible for managing the engineering and design of entire packaging line from offshore center
- Managed to coordinate with the front end for knowledge transfer
- Getting approvals on design deliverables like Bid RFQs, Plant layouts
- Contact OEMs for project detailing, getting techno-commercial quotes
- Manage to do techno-commercial comparison of quotes and prepare the Budget estimate for the project.
- Coordinated multidisciplinary teams across various locations to achieve cohesive project execution from planning through completion stages.
- Reduced project delays by implementing risk mitigation strategies and closely monitoring progress.
- Enhanced team performance by providing consistent feedback, training opportunities, and fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Implemented quality assurance measures to maintain high standards of workmanship on all offshore projects.
- Ensured timely delivery of projects through diligent scheduling, task prioritization, and resource allocation.
- Successfully managed change requests while minimizing impact on project timelines and deliverables.
- Developed comprehensive project plans to outline scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables for all stakeholders.
- Some of the projects handled: -
- As Offshore Lead engineer handled the Preliminary engineering project of a high-speed bottling line for Unilever, Olathe Plant.This project was about installing a new Margarine process packaging line at Olathe plant.
- As Offshore Lead engineer, handled Preliminary engineering project of a high speed “Flexi packaging” line for a food plant in US.
- Conducted plant audits, submitted reports with help of onsite project engineers for US food & beverages plants.
Manager – Design Department
M/s. Pakona Engineers (I) Pvt LTD
11.1997 - 06.2005
- Functioned as Department Head in Design department.
- Successfully managed to do the Design & Engineering, on average of fifteen (15) packaging machines per month, for various international clients
- Responsible for managing engineering against “Work orders” for various models of Flexi-packing machines
- Familiar with erection, commissioning, after sales support, post-dispatch equipment trails
- Conversant with project engineering activities including study of work orders, timeframe fixing, appropriate manpower allotment, co-ordination with marketing for order clarification, design activity, detailing and drawing work, attending machines in process etc.
- Achieved departmental goals by developing and executing strategic plans and performance metrics.
- Facilitated successful cross-functional collaborations for the completion of key projects, fostering strong working relationships among team members.
- Streamlined workflows by identifying bottlenecks in existing systems and proactively addressing these challenges through appropriate solutions implementation.
- Launched quality assurance practices for each phase of development
- Managed senior-level personnel working in marketing and sales capacities.
- Planned, created, tested and deployed system life cycle methodology to produce high quality systems to meet and exceed customer expectations.
- Managed and motivated employees to be productive and engaged in work.
- Accomplished multiple tasks within established timeframes.
- Mentored junior team members for career advancement, fostering a pipeline of future leaders within the organization.
- Some of the Design projects handled: -
- Fully automatic Horizontal Form fill seal machines were designed and supplied to NHM Ltd, Russia, for their application of packing tomato ketchup, mayonnaise, fruit juice etc. in stand-up pouches with spout at 45 degree.
- Fully automatic Horizontal Form fill seal machine was designed and supplied to M/s General Mills India, for their application of packing pudding powder and chocolate chunks.
- Fully automatic high speed HFFS machine was designed for FDC Ltd, Goa for their application of packing ORS powder in four side seal pouches. Speed of the machine was 160 pouches per minute.
- HFFS machine for Bottle shape stand up pouches with straw inside was developed for Urban packaging Nigeria.
- Fully automatic Vertical Form Fill Seal machines were custom made for detergent packing application for several clients like Hindustan Lever, Cussons International, Moawia El Brier Sweets etc.
- Hardcore experience in Design Development activities of various types of packaging machines including special purpose machines (SPM) for Clients like Hindustan Unilever, FDC, Dr.Reddy's, PZ Cussons, Tata Salts, Johnson & Johnson etc.
- Involved with the pre-dispatch trials, corrective & preventive activities, installation and commissioning support of Flexible packaging machines and Blister packing machines for Clients like Hindustan Unilever, Rasna, Cadila Pharma etc.
Sr. Development Engineer
M/s. Elmach Packaging (I) LIMITED
11.1996 - 10.1997
- Responsible for managing design/ engineering activities as part of the production work order processing.
- Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration for efficient project completion and seamless communication between teams.
- Managed multiple concurrent projects while maintaining strict adherence to deadlines and budget constraints.
- Delivered comprehensive technical documentation, simplifying maintenance procedures for future developers.
- Resolved complex technical issues using expert problem-solving abilities, minimizing delays in product delivery timelines.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
- Some of the projects handled:-
- Associated with the projects for developing new models of Blister packing machines as per the market requirement.
- Managed prototyping tasks and pre-dispatch trial running.
- Successfully managed to develop packaging machines by doing reverse engineering.
- Managed to do as-builting of the drawing after successful completion of a design development project.
Design-Development Engineer
M/s. IMA-PG India LIMITED
11.1993 - 10.1996
- As Design Development Engineer, responsible for managing design/ engineering activities as part of the production work order processing.
- Familiar with all machine design principles including fits, tolerances, surface finish from various machining process etc.
- Streamlined development processes, leading to reduced production time and increased overall efficiency.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
- Some of the tasks executed:-
- Associated with the projects for developing new models of Blister packing machines as per the market requirement.
- Designed change parts for various models of Blister packing machines as part of routine work order processing, for various pharmaceutical companies in India, Cipla, Cadila, Rabaxy, Torrent Pharma etc.
- Successfully managed to develop jigs and fixtures for CNC machining center, for manufacturing intricate components of Blister packing machines.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Govt. Engineering College Thrissur
Thrissur, Kerala, India07.1992
Skills
- Project Management- EPC
- Plant Engineering- FMCG projects
- Equipment Manufacturing- Packaging
- Stakeholder Management
- Line Simulation
- Cross-Functional Communication
Certification
- CM - Certified Manager Certification, PMP
- Certified in Auto CAD
- Certified in MS Project
- Certified in FlexSim 3D Simulation
- Certified in Ansys Simulation
Reading, Watching Movies, Listening Music, Swimming, Badminton
Reading- Love to read Novels and Short stories.
Watching Movies- Habit of watching of good content.
Listening Movies- Love to listen semi classic musics and spiritual songs.
Swimming- Enjoy doing swimming.
Badminton- Enjoy paying shuttle badminton.
Languages
Malayalam
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Hindi
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Sr. Project Manager
Prominent Dairy Company In Kuwait
09.2016 - Current
Assistant General Manager
Larsen & Toubro – Technology services
08.2014 - 09.2016
Sr. Project Manager
M/s Neilsoft Limited
11.2010 - 07.2014
Manager- R&D
M/s Indian Diary Machinery Cooperation (I) Ltd
12.2009 - 11.2010
Onsite Project Manager-US
e-Engineering Solutions of M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd
02.2007 - 10.2010
Offshore Project Manager
e-Engineering Solutions of M/s Larsen & Toubro Ltd
07.2005 - 02.2007
Manager – Design Department
M/s. Pakona Engineers (I) Pvt LTD
11.1997 - 06.2005
Sr. Development Engineer
M/s. Elmach Packaging (I) LIMITED
11.1996 - 10.1997
Design-Development Engineer
M/s. IMA-PG India LIMITED
11.1993 - 10.1996
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Govt. Engineering College Thrissur
- CM - Certified Manager Certification, PMP
- Certified in Auto CAD
- Certified in MS Project
- Certified in FlexSim 3D Simulation
- Certified in Ansys Simulation
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