Ratnesh Karan

10+ years of continuous employment and dedication to Raining Mettler-Toledo. I am managing over 60 full and part-time employees on a 24/7 basis. The responsibility and scope of molding operations include hands-on involvement with production on 100 injection molding presses.

Position: Molding, Tooling, and Production Manager.

Responsibilities: Injection Molding Production and Tooling.

• Responsible for validating, qualifying, and creating process windows for new molds, new product designs.
• IQ, OQ, and PQ mold qualification.
• Worked with international and local vendors, reviewing and approving mold designs.
• Lead projects with the China and Switzerland Mettler-Toledo teams.
• I worked side by side with process and tooling engineers when any issues occurred during part production.
• I worked with the Kaizen Project within the team.
• Oversaw the Scrap Reduction Project, which reduced the cost of scraps by 30%.
• Worked with high tolerance parts.
• I worked with the R&D Department.
• Managed the tooling room.
• Set up, operated, and tended molding machines.
• Train, supervise, schedule, and manage Molding Department employees.
• Production scheduling (Work Orders, Sampling, Mold Validations).
• Measured, visually inspected, and trimmed products.
• Maintenance and repair all production equipment in the molding process.
• Production documentation: Preventative Maintenance Work Orders/Reject Reports.
• Provide technical advice during the mold quoting and design process.

• 12+months of continuous employment and dedication to Central Plastics Manufacturing. I managed over 16 full and part time employees on a 24/7 basis. Responsibility and scope of molding operations includes hands-on involvement with production on 8 Injection molding presses.

Position: Molding Supervisor

Responsibilities: Managed shift production to ensure all goals and needs were met.

• Responsible for training, managing all new, and current employees on the production floor.
• Validation, qualification, and creating processes for the production of all new molds.
• Measured, visually inspected, and trimmed products.
• Scheduled production to ensure all project criteria are met.
• Maintenance and repair all production equipment in the molding process.
• Set up, operated, and tended molding machines.
• Provided technical advice during mold quoting and design process

Job Summary

20+ years of continuous employment and dedication to Quashnick Tool Inc. At the peak of my position with QTC, I managed over 30 full- and part-time employees on a 24/7 basis. Responsibility and scope of molding operations includes hands-on involvement with production on 15 Injection molding presses with an output of 20-million parts in 2012.

Position: Injection Molding and Warehouse Supervisor

Responsibilities: Injection Molding Supervisor/Supervisor

• Set up, operated, and tended molding machines.
• Train, supervise, schedule, and manage Molding Department employees.
• Production scheduling (Work Orders, Sampling, Mold Validations).
• Measured, visually inspected, and trimmed products.
• Maintenance and repair all production equipment in the molding process.
• Validation, qualification, and creating process windows for production with new molds.
• Production documentation: Preventative Maintenance Work Orders, Reject Reports.
• Provide technical advice during the mold quoting and design process.

Responsibilities: Warehouse Supervisor

• Monitor the production floor daily.
• Monitor Federal Express/UPS shipping processes to ensure all packages are labeled correctly and shipped to the correct address.
• Checking lots whether to be completed, partial completion, or incomplete.
• Getting status on parts on hold, why and how long? What will be the follow-up action.
• Informing departments whether we will or will not be making the goal.
• Monitored material flow and took corrective actions as needed for various delivery methods for work orders to multiply production lines to meet established productivity targets.
• Oversaw each department to ensure products are properly picked, packaged, and shipped out to customers.
• Responsible for establishing work schedules, assigning jobs, training staff, and counseling.
• Conducted routine and non-routine analysis of in-process materials, samples, and finished goods.
• Compiled laboratory test data, and performed appropriate analysis.
• Evaluated analytical methods and procedures to determine possible improvements.
• Interpreted test results, compared them to specifications and limits, and made recommendations for the date of release.
• Monitored testing procedures for compliance with protocol.
• Investigating, understanding, and resolving parts flow problems using root cause-driven analysis and other quality improvement tools.
• Interpreting company policies for workers and enforcing safety regulations.