GNANA VADIVEL - Business Unit Director - India - iCEO #80862

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Experience

Director on the Board of a Petrochemicals manufacturing company in India. Chemical Engineer with over 38 years of multi-skilled, techno-commercial experience across diverse industries including Petrochemicals, Polymers, Surfactants, Agrochemicals, Specialty Chemicals, Fine Chemicals, Biotech, Food Ingredients, Essential Oils and Spice Oleoresin industries.

Major Achievements

Managed 1200+ employees, multiple units, revenue of US$ 200 M. Spearheaded Overall operations with key focus on top line & bottom-line profitability as well as optimal utilisation of resources and building customer focused, high performance work culture. Providing visionary leadership to cross-functional teams of HSE, Quality, Production, Process Development, Technical Services, Engineering Maintenance, Projects, Procurement, Supply Chain, CRM, Sales, Finance, HR, CSR and World Class Manufacturing practices like Lean, Kaizen and TPM..

Industry Sector Competencies

BioTech

Energy-Oil-Gas

Engineering

Chemical

Food Ingredients, Essential Oils, Spice Oleoresins

Professional Objectives

Function: DIRECTOR, COO, CEO,

Sector: MANUFACTURING, CONSULTING

Interim Manager: Yes

Permanent Position: Yes

Operational: Yes

Availability: Full time, part time, coaching on demand

Prefered Locations: INDIA, ASIA-PACIFIC, EUROPE, AMERICAS, AFRICA

Additional Professional Interests

Operational coaching on demand

Non executive director assignments

Countries Covered

India

Thailand

Operational Competencies

Technologies to market (Professional)

Business development (Expert)

Acquisition and shadow management (Professional)

New product or service launch (Professional)

Geographical expansion (Professional)

Company rescue or turnaround (Expert)

Pre or post investment audit (Professional)