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Industrial Designer
Jagan Murugan
Manama, Bahrain
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About
I would like to introduce myself as an Industrial Designer and as an artist. There is a very thin line between an artist and a designer. Both create works of art. But the difference is that a designer does his strokes intentionally serving the purpose of the items function. While an artist strokes as per his muse.
My core strength has been focused on design, planning, execution & installation of steel structures and equipments. I have secured mechanical and structural contracts and executed them successfully. I also have experience in design for manufacturing setups. I have also sufficient exposure to procurement and warehouse management. I have a good knowledge of Materials and their properties. I am also having good knowledge in material processing for Manufacture.
I have good understanding of the Manufacturing Technology and able to assess and design the Manufacturability of any product. I am also capable of Value Engineering and am able to redesign or restructure the existing manufacturing process to improve the Value of a product and yet optimizing the production cost.
I have my experience in Research and Development for developing and manufacturing new products or process as the need demands.
Strengths:
Leadership Charisma, Strategic Planning, Dynamic Team Player Sense of Responsibility, Highly inquisitive, creative and resourceful, excellent skills in communication, knowledge of manufacturing technologies, knowledge of material properties, industrial design
Skills:
Conceptualization/Visualization, system thinking, marketing, material estimation (Project/manufacturing), technical/creative writing, project coordination, design of toys, furniture, joinery/jigs and fixtures, sketching, cartooning, printing, model making, material simulation -
Education
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Post Graduate Diploma in Product Design Product DesignNational Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India1998 - 2001• Courses done in NID : Ergonomics, Design Overview, Design Process, Materials & Processes, Simple Product Design, Technically Complex Product, Systems Design Display & Control, Design Management, Product Graphics, Product Semantics,Craft Documentation • Skill Oriented Courses : Design Drawing, Analytical Drawing, Free Hand Drawing, Model Making Elements of Form, Nature and Form, Theory of Colour, Geometric Construction, Typography, Basic Photography, Techno Aesthetic Detailing, Representation Techniques • PG Diploma Project: Toy Design Client: Khazana, New Delhi Brief: To Design Educational Toys in Wood, Construction Toys, Puzzles and Fun Toys for Children in the Age group of 3-6 years.
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BTech Mechanical MechanicalRegional Engineering College, Calicut, Kerala, India1992 - 1996• Electives : Maintenance Engineering, Statistical Quality Control • Final Year Project : Design and Fabrication of Flow Measuring and Varying Device for an Abrasive Jet Machining Set up • Seminar : Importance of Advertising in Marketing • Aggregate 68%
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Experience
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Factory ManagerPoullaides Construction Company WLLManama, BahrainJun 2013 - Dec 2016 (3 years 6 months)Head of Interior Design Works and Mechanical Engineering Works , Coordinator Mechanical Projects
As Factory Manager I have overall responsibility for all Joinery & Metal Works production and for providing the strategic direction for the department in advancing the organization to its potential.
• Ensuring that all Joinery work is completed to the highest standard.
• Ensuring that working processes (planning, testing, & documentation etc) are efficient & adhered to by the Production team.
• Quality control and improvement of departmental output.
• Maintain communication and relationships between Design and the site requirements.
Project level
• Individual procedures and process including adherence to The Company’s ISO standards.
• Quality of work produced to meet project requirements.
• Being the point of contact for clients
• Ensuring staff adherence to The Company’s processes and procedures.
• Taking part in recruitment of suitable staff to the department.
Design
• Actively seek to further departmental knowledge and personal development through training and experience.
• Have a thorough knowledge of Design Production processes and procedures.
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Mechanical Works Project ConsultantPanorama Contracting & Engineering Services LTD.Manama, BahrainApr 2012 - Feb 2013 (10 months)Planning, Procurement, installation & Commissioning of Process piping and Equipment
• Oversee the construction project from start to finish.
• Perform a key role in project planning, budgeting, and identification of resources needed.
• Create the teams, develop the objectives/goals of each and assign individual responsibilities.
• Project accounting functions including managing the budget, tracking if team expenses and minimizing exposure and risk in the project.
• Ensure that construction activities move according to pre-determined schedule.
• Devise the project work plans and make revisions as and when need arises.
• Communicate effectively with the contractors responsible for completing various phases of the project.
• Co-ordinate the efforts of all parties involved in the project, which include the architects, consultants, contractors, sub-contractors and laborers.
• Monitor the progress of the construction activities on a regular basis and hold regular status meetings with all the sub-teams.
• Maintain strict adherence to the budgetary guidelines, quality and safety standards.
• Regularly conduct executive management reviews and provide oversight.
• Verify that project goals and objectives are defined.
• Review project status and corrective action plans (if required).
• Periodic inspection of construction sites.
• Ensure project documents are complete.
• Identify the elements of project design and construction likely to give rise to disputes and claims.
• Serve as a key link with the clients and review the deliverable prepared by the team before passing onto client.
• Perform all internal and external audits on behalf of the company's management. -
Director OperationsThe Toy Factory Bahrain WLLManama, BahrainJan 2010 - Mar 2012 (2 years 2 months)Design and Execution of Client Based Projects
• Ensure that the client is properly billed and those payments are received in a timely manner for all projects.
• Coordinate and optimize the utilization of resources, equipment, material, tools etc. within projects.
• Ensure the proper conduct of all administrative and man-management roles required by Group policy and local labor laws.
• Maintain under regular review the mobilization / demobilization plans of the projects in order to facilitate the relocation of the workforce and the utilization of resources in other locations / projects.
• Monitor Engineering department services (Engineering, drawings, surveying, value Engineering) related to projects in hand.
• Monitor, identify, and analyze all projects costs with a view of facilitating the completion of the projects at minimum cost and within budget limit.
• Monitor Material Procurement activities for all projects under his control.
Supervise and control the Project functions of planning, Quantity Surveying, progress and cost control.
• Ensure that the project quality system, properly and efficiently satisfies the requirements of the Contract. -
General Manager ProcurementAl Kookh Contracting & TradingManama, BahrainJul 2008 - Jan 2010 (1 year 6 months)• Actively gathering of all information on the customer and the customer's requirements/targets
• Involving the customer in decision-making and provides regular information
• Identifying cross-Division business opportunities
• Actively involving in the bid phase, analyzing customer requirements and examining their technical feasibility and transferability into a bid
• Ensuring that incoming order costing is done and documented
• Conduct Ordered negotiations
• Implement procedure for solving issues and problems (identification, analysis, actions and controlling) with all necessary internal and external partners
• Ensures risk monitoring in all project phases
• Involve qualified subcontractors/partners in a timely manner
• Rigorously monitoring the performance of the subcontractors/partners, conducts timely escalation (in the event of qualitative shortfalls and problems in cooperation) and, where there are any discrepancies, initiates timely suitable action
• Involving in procurement at an early stage
• Ensuring that all the procurement activities comply with the valid processes and regulations
• Negotiate based on defined requirements with subcontractors/partners and enters into back-to back agreements in alignment with the customer contract
• Managing the project within the defined financial targets (budget, target costing, target profit)
• Initiate the invoicing according to project progress
• Managing the project within the defined time and quality framework
• Defining the procedures and requirements concerning quality management (audits, test seals, acceptance checks) according to valid Quality Management regulations and standards
• Holding of regular project status meetings and organizes acceptance of milestone work results -
Director OperationsThe Toy Factory Bahrain WLLManama, BahrainMar 2007 - May 2007 (2 months)Company Industry: Manufacturing and Production
Job Role: Management
• Developing, reviewing and recommending the overall policies and procedures for the Operations function and ensuring that they are in line with the Company overall policies and procedures.
• Monitoring the Company Operations function performance against pre-set performance goals to ensure that progress is being made in the desirable direction and preventive/ corrective actions are taken accordingly.
• Setting the estimated budget, and monitoring the Company Operations function expenditures and financial performance in coordination with the Accounting function.
• Proposing new initiatives, plans and programs to improve the effectiveness of the Operations’ function.
• Managing all the Company short and long term investments and take decisions related to these investments.
• Conducting periodic meetings with subordinates to follow up smooth running of activities and discuss their suggestions as well as adopt appropriate procedures and executive plans with respect to these suggestions.
• Reviewing of all reports prepared by subordinates and preparing periodic reports with respect to the Operations’ function activities and achievements.
• Recommend training needs of subordinates and evaluate the outcomes of training courses in coordination with the concerned human resources personnel.
• Conducting performance appraisals for subordinates according to scheduled plans and recommend necessary actions as per the applied practices.
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General ManagerDesigner Shaik Inc.Manama, BahrainJul 2003 - Sep 2006 (3 years 2 months)1. Operations Manager (2005- 2006)
• Implementation & Structure Design for ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning) package for in-house operations
• The company being relatively new, I had to Design, Implement and Manage the complete Production system and Inventory Management System for the Company
• Set up a new Materials Store and developed the Dispatch System and also Implemented a complete Inventory Management System
• Set up the Policies for Production & Dispatch QA & QC
2. Manager Procurement (2004-2005)
• Planning, execute and finalize purchasing.
• Timely purchase of materials requisitioned by Department Managers,
• Sourcing of suitable suppliers in the local and international market with good pricing and payment terms.
• Selection of vendors, evaluation of Supplier performance in regular intervals.
• Organize and co-ordinate the purchasing of perishable and non perishable items as per approved specifications at the best terms from the right sources.
• Follow up with the shipping, transportation, insurance and commercial documentation of the purchased materials with minimum expenses to the company.
• Following up with the concerned suppliers / agents for the reimbursements on rejected goods / credit notes.
• Monitoring of stock movements and generate purchase orders to maintain optimum level of stocks as per the business requirement
3. Manager Design Research and Development (2003-2004)
• Coordinate the Product Development for new Products
• Setting up the Design Studio and also to develop the Design Team
• Set up a Proper Design Management Procedures for the Programming and Planning of Design Projects.
• Material Sourcing
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Chief Industrial Designer / MDBUBBLE DESIGN Govt GHSAlappuzha, IndiaJan 2001 - Mar 2003 (2 years 2 months)I had started my own Design Consultancy Firm and had an excellent clientele across Kerala and Tamilnadu. I also did consultancy for NID Projects (related to Toys mainly). I had a small team of Design Technicians and we handled at least 2 projects at a time As the MD and Chief Designer the responsibilities were varied as also the Marketing had to be take care of.
• Design Research and Analysis for each project, Task Analysis
• Ergonomic application (Anthropometrical and Cognitive)
• Concept Generation, Concept Presentation, Form
• Generation, detailed Sketches and drawings
• Rendering Drawings, Technical Specifications
• Manufacturing Parameters, Manufacturing
• Corporate Identity and Brand Imaging (Brochures, POS, Packaging, Stationery & Kioks)
• Drawings (AutoCAD), Prototype making / supervision,
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Project EngineerLarsen & Toubro Ltd.Mumbai, IndiaSep 1996 - May 1998 (1 year 8 months)• Design of layout for Cement Plants & Coordination of Civil / Mechanical Works
• Site 1 : L&T Tadpatri (Andhra Pradesh Cement Plant Project)
• Site 2 : L&T Gujarat Cement Plant Project
• Site 3 : L&T Hirmi Cement Plant (Madhya Pradesh)
• Site 4 : L&T Awarpur Cement Plant Phase II (Maharashtra)
• Design of Compressed Air system and Cooling Water Systems
• Erection & Commissioning of compressed Air and Cooling Water Systems
• Erection of Material Handling Systems
• Conveyor belts, Truck Loading systems, Wagon Tipper systems
• Erection and Commissioning of Fuel Tanks for Diesel Generators
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