Lokendra Rana: in Bangalore , KA

: ARVIND INTERNET LTD, : CUSTOM CLOTHING CREYATE- ARVIND LTD Duration: September 2015 to January 2017 Designation: Head Quality Assurance Role: Head Quality Responsibilities: Arvind Goodhill: - Handling Suits, Bomber, vest coat, trousers Arvind Internet: - Handling MTM Quality of Suits, Chinos, Denim, Shirts, CREYATE Retail: - Head of quality assurance of Creyate Brand of Arvind Ltd. Operations: • Established the quality process, Brand to Manufacturing. • Contributed in Automation of operations from stores to Manufacturing in MTM. • To fill up the gap & supervise among inter-department issues to meet the company commitment. • Review and guide service operations and work towards product improvement. • To auto mechanization of performance & healthy work environment. • Planning & Scheduling Finalization. • To ensure to work under cost & budget boundary. • Controlling expenditure to meet budgeted cost targets. • Ability to lead the technical team. • Exception Approval In-house & Out House • Complaint Handling. • Feedback from customer Sales.

Role: Head Operations, Responsible & Accountable to make the facility profit center & optimum utilization of resources Responsibilities: Handled operations of the plant end to end including business development. Operations: • Lead, motivate and effectively supervise the team, for smooth and automation of operations. • To ensure optimum utilization of 5M's (Man, Machine, Money, Material & Management). • To fill up the gap & supervise among inter-department issues to meet the company commitment. • Review and guide service operations and work towards product improvement. • To auto mechanization of performance & healthy work environment. • Planning & Scheduling Finalization. • To ensure to work under cost & budget boundary. • Controlling expenditure to meet budgeted cost targets. • Ability to lead the technical team. • Exception Approval In-house & Out House • Complaint Handling. • Feedback from customer Sales.

Role: Heading Quality for Europe, US market and for Japan market Managing end to end operations Responsibilities: Handled Quality control & Assurance end to end & managed business of Japan Market. Quality Assurance • Confirm & established quality standards at all levels. • To repair the quality channels to ensure only for the quality product. • To ensure compliance norms as per local body & buyers. • Root cause analysis. • Work closely with all stakeholders. • Work with Quality Vision for the Brand & Company by keeping the value stake in mind. • Fit & quality consistency maintains at all the levels • reduce the cost of quality & Production • Developed the system to deliver only Quality product • Directing & supervising quality operations in Plants, selecting vendors, Business Development, Product Development and taking decisions about product price fixation, resource mobilization. • Implemented SOPs end to end business channel. • Directing to provide technical & nontechnical support. • Monitor Product Development and Technical Sampling. • Good exposure in Social compliance and Quality Auditing of the supplier systems to ensure best quality standard. INTERACTION WITH BUYERS IN RAYMOND'S: - • Europe:-TM-LEWIN, Charles Tyrwhitt, ST-Lonia, JAEGER, PELLESTORM, Sacoor brothers, M & S, ZARA. • USA:- Suitsupply, LEVIS DOCKERS, Express, JC Penney, CALVIN KLEIN, RALPH LAUREN. GAP Banana Republic • Japan:- KONAKA, FLEX JAPAN, KURABO. • India: - MANZONI, PARK AVENUE, Blackberry. • Institutional Customer:- Qatar Airways, Jet Airways, Air India, Kingfisher Airlines, BIAL. WORKED AREAS • Worked with Marketing, Merchandising, Sampling, Cutting, Sewing Department. • Head of Product Development. • Take care of Product Integrity, Quality Assurance & Tech Design • Up-gradation of Quality System followed in the plant. • Documentation of "Standard Operation Procedures" for quality department. • In-Depth Knowledge of formal suits manufacturing Process, Operations & Quality • Working experience with the selective customer of the world. • Effective Quality control and preventive risk analysis. • Optimum utilization of available resources to deliver the best quality. • Ensure cost optimization and quality of production in all manufacturing processes lines. • Conduct internal quality controls to ensure established quality procedures and norms are followed. • Develop maintenance preventive surveys, evaluate initiate actions to minimize production downtime. • Record and analyze customer claims for corrective action. • Comply with safety standards. • Quality target achievement on 4 perspectives (Customer, Processes, People & Finance) as per annual KRA scorecard for manufacturing operations. • Monitoring financial and non-financial performance metrics to maximize returns on investments in all factors of Quality improvement in terms of repeating & increase in business. • Controlling and optimizing operating expenses of Quality. Work experience with Best Global Brands: - • USA: - Express, Banana Republic (GAP), JC penny, Calvin Clain, PVH, Hue & Cry, Suits Supply, Man's ware House, Macy's, Kenneth Cole, Dockers (Levis), Geoffrey Bean, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, • UK: - Charles Tyrwhitt, Tm Lewin, House of Fraser, Jager, ASDA, Topman, Next, ASOS, NEW LOOK, RIVER ISLAND, Paul Smith, Burton Blazer. • JAPAN: - KONAKA, Flex Japan, Link International, Kurabo, F1 Overseas Travel & Experience: - • Traveled to USA Holding B1/B2 USA VISA valid till 2022 • Traveled to the UK for Business meetings on Business Visa • Traveled to Japan for Business meetings • Worked in Bangladesh as Operations Head • Working in Ethiopia (East Africa) as Deputy General Manager Quality Assurance