Vivek Rokade

Areas of Expertise Production /Maintenance Management of soft drink bottling plants Hands-on knowledge of Automated packaging machines Electrical power distribution Systems Project management in soft-drink bottling plantsIndustry Experience- Total Industry Experience of 21 years. 16 years in soft drink manufacturing industry (Eight years in COCA-COLA India. Currently working since last five Years with Sevenup Bottling company, Nigeria, Mega Bottler of PEPSI.) Five years as department head reporting to a plant head. Project Manager for installation of High speed RGB/PET Lines.Project Management- 600 BPM KHS line at Ikeja with Mixer of Mojonnier & EBI of Krones. Specifying the line equipments & inviting bids from suppliers. Assessing the utility requirements. Ordering equipment & scheduling deliveries Designing the electrical & piping requirements of the line. Vendor selection & follow up on contract execution Coordinating equipment shipment/deliveries/receipts Follow up of bank documents & insurance Coordination of the line installation with OEM engineers & local contractors Commissioning the line with help of engineers from equipment manufacturers 600 BPM KHS line at ABA. Installation of 20 EBI machines across 9 plants of sevenup bottling Specifying the machine requirements Inviting quotes from vendors & evaluating supplier based on after sales service. Negotiating discounts & delivery timelines Scheduling the machine installation with minimum impact on productivity Coordination the machine commissioning with OEM engineers Training of the manpower PET Line at Enugu Contractor selection for dismantling/shipment of the equipments Scheduling of forwarding of the line, Insurance etc. Ordering the change parts according to pack types Calculating the warehouse requirements & storage racks Ordering the raw material/packaging material for the line. Specifying the civil/structural requirements of the bay to the civil contractor Civil vendor selection & job execution Post installation refurbishing of the line equipments 720 BPM Krones line at Benin Complete revamp of the electrical distribution of the plant Specifying/Designing /Ordering of main panel & electrical cables Liaison for Shifting of the 33 KV power station to a new location. Plant lighting/services upgrade as per the new plant layout. Refurbishing of old equipments Replacing old equipments with new ones & upgrade the conveyor accordingly.Systems Exposure Implementation of Computerized maintenance Systems for Maintenance Management in bottling plants Use of Inventory control systems for backup of critical spares, replenishment of fast moving spares. Implementation of MP2 system for inventory coding to optimize Inventory carrying costs Use of Microsoft projects for project management & critical path decisions. Member of CORE TEAM in TCCQS (The COCA-COLA QUALITY SYSTEM) for defining SOPs for process & plant. MIS systems for tracking Plant productivity & RMPM Usages through customized systems like PRS ( productivity reporting systems) in COCA-COLA, M&W in PEPSI.

Career progressYear 1993- Year 1996 I worked with Parle beverages as Maintenance Executive reporting to factory manager to handle production line having Tetra- PAK machines Series TBA 10 packaging juice. Gained experience on homogenizers, carton forming machines, Tetrapak form fill seal machines, pasteurizer.Year 1996- year 1999 Worked with Borosil glass as Instrumentation Engineer reporting to Maintenance Manager to handle process automation for PYREX glass manufacturing plant. I have independently handled a project of installing a new glass drawing line. I have handled continuous process automation systems of YOKOGAWA /PID controllers & Allen Bradley PLC.Year 2000- I Joined Coca-Cola as Maintenance Officer at Wada plant reporting to Maintenance Manager . Job role included handling of Automation of Glass/PET lines/Hot fill Juice line & electrical maintenance of utilities. I have undergone a 15 days Siemens training on S7-300/S7-400 & S5 series PLC programming & 10 days training on Blowing machines of SIDEL facility at France. Year 2001 2002 Promoted to Maintenance Executive & made Maintenance in-charge of 185 BPM PET line. Implemented computerized maintenance program on the line/ inventory planning modules. Implemented several initiatives to improve the line efficiency from 55% to 80%Year 2003- 2004 Promoted as a Technical Manger to handle plant maintenance of three 600 BPM glass lines.Year 2005- Opted for a cross functional stint to head the logistics/Supply chain of a plant having 5 production lines. I was reporting to the logistics manager & was responsible for distribution activities at 4 warehouses in the Mumbai City. The value of the in-bound purchases was 60 MN rupees & had 125 SKUs. I was awarded as the BEST EMPLOYEE for cost control & inventory management.Year 2006 - 2007. I was selected as Maintenance Manager at another Mega plant of Coca-Cola. Dasna having 7 lines ( 2 PET, 3 Glass, 1 Juice, 1 Tetra pak) . Job role included handling of electrical/automation of the plant & utilities with five executives reporting to me. Three executives handled automation in shifts. One handled electrical maintenance & three handled the plant service utilities. I was able to bring down the maintenance cost by over 25%. I was part of the team to installing the new hot -fill juice line.Year 2008 2013 Joined Seven-up bottling in Nigeria as National Instrumentation Engineer reporting to the National Manufacturing Manager to handle project & plant technical support In year 2008 , I was the project coordinator for installation of 21 EBI machines at 9 plants of Seven-up across Nigeria. I have functioned as a Project leader to install 600 BPM KHS line at Ikeja & ABA in year 2009.Independently executed the installation of the PET line at Enugu . I have conducted extensive trainings to develop in-house capability to maintain Automated machines like EBI/Mixer etc .Hands on experience of bottling Machines SIDEL blowing machines KHS/Kister Tray packer SIdel Alfa /Krones labeller 40 bar compressors of Gardner Denver / ABC spain. ( Multistage Reciprocating Split type with Screw) Multi-pass fire-tube boilers using heavy oil/Gas of Thermax. Volumetric /Gravity/counter pressure Fillers of KHS/Krones/O&H/SASIB Beverage Mixers of various types Mojonnier ,Intermix,paramix Palletisers/Depalletisers of KHS/SASIB Bottle inspection machines of Krones/Heuft Beverage cooling systems using direct Ammonia cooling & indirect Freon/glycol cooling.

Personal DataEducational Qualification- Diploma in Instrumentation Year 1992 Diploma in Industrial Electronics. Year 1990.DOB- 19th September 1970Marital Status Married. Two children aged 14 year & 8 yearsContact Details: +234- 08056491208, +91-9833943949E-mail- vivekrokade@yahoo.com