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Sahan Manorathna

Surrey,BC

Summary

A highly skilled and certified Lean Manufacturing professional with over 5 years of experience in driving smooth production procedures while embarking on continuous improvement initiatives in manufacturing environments. I aim to leverage my expertise in process optimization, project management,Warehouse management and data analysis to contribute to the organization's mission of enhancing well-being. My track record of leading cross-functional teams and implementing Lean methodologies aligns perfectly with the responsibilities outlined in the job posting. With a commitment to sustainability and a proven ability to achieve measurable improvements in efficiency and quality, I am eager to support your organizational goals and its continuous improvement goals. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Work History

Senior Executive

MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
  • Managed an area with 500 employees manufacturing around 72 products
  • Monitored and impacted both the high-level capacity planning cycle and shop floor control, to ensure efficient, safe, and on-time product delivery with the right quality
  • Accountable for the training and development of the employees
  • Act as the first line of HR by resolving employee issues, monitoring absenteeism and safety-related incidents
  • Designed the floor layout including material, information, and people flows to facilitate continuous flow and pull systems, leading to an 11% increase in lead times
  • Review and analyze information data and trends from the production area to drive problem-solving activities
  • Achieved a 100% success rate on the department KPIs
  • Ensure production department targets for Safety, Quality, Delivery, and Cost are met
  • Follow up and conduct problem-solving activities for KPI deviations in Safety, Quality, Delivery, or Cost
  • Achieved a 23% increase in efficiency and an 8% increase in quality KPIs
  • Evaluate existing production processes with supportive functions to configure manufacturing systems to reduce costs, improve performance sustainability, and develop best practices within the production
  • Gained a 12% increase in efficiency as a result of the improvement initiatives
  • Engage in Improvement activities to increase manufacturing efficiency by analyzing and planning labor, space requirements, and equipment layout using Lean tools
  • Led a team to reduce the Training time of Team Members by 50 % through special improvement projects and by introducing ‘Job Instruction Training’
  • Conduct cycle time studies for the bottleneck operations
  • Give feedback to mechanical engineers to develop and build automation solutions to facilitate production system
  • Conducted around 50 Training sessions for all levels of employees to perform structured problem-solving as a certified lean trainer at MAS holdings
  • Familiar with SAP system which was utilized to follow up the production, quality data and material related data.

Executive

MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd
  • Monitored key performance indicators (KPIs) and utilized a data-driven approach to drive continuous improvement initiatives
  • Provided guidance and support to manufacturing directs, assisting with problem-solving and troubleshooting activities
  • Managed the fleet of workforce, machines to optimize output
  • Ensured timely delivery and maintained quality standards
  • Implemented and maintained 5S and safety protocols in the warehouse and factory premises
  • Met target efficiency and quality standards
  • Gained one and half of years of experience in implementing warehouse and data entry processing at Silueta (Pvt) Ltd.

Education

BSC Mgt Special in Economics & Statistics -

Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Certified in Lean Manufacturing -

MAS Lean Academy Sri Lanka

Skills

  • Product verification
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Attention to Detail
  • Production Documentation
  • Problem-Solving
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Lean principles
  • Warehouse Management Systems
  • Clear Communication

Languages

English
Full Professional

Timeline

Senior Executive

MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd

Executive

MAS Holdings (Pvt) Ltd

BSC Mgt Special in Economics & Statistics -

Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka

Certified in Lean Manufacturing -

MAS Lean Academy Sri Lanka
Sahan Manorathna