MANOHAR LAL DHIMAR

E-Mail: lal.m@live.com ~ Mobile: +91-9303031313

OPERATIONS HEAD/ Functional Head

“Hello, I am Manohar Lal Dhimar . MBA and Post-Graduation in Human Rights with Mechanical Certificate topper from MP Industrial Training Institutes INDIA. I have 25 years of FMCG Production & Operations Experience. My vast experience has helped me broaden my vision towards creative and strategic thinking. I believe my skill set would be a great fit for our Business. It would be a joy to work in a professional setting that helps me unleash my creativity.”

Core Competencies

Plant Operations / Manufacturing & Supply Chain Operations / Human Resource Operations / Quality Management / Regulatory Compliances / Profit Centre Ownership / New Business Development / Value Engineering / Process Improvement & Waste Elimination / Team Management / Environment Health & Safety - Strong knowledge in Detergents and Perfumes Manufacturing and Operations. / Manganese Ore Mining - Beneficiaions.

Personal Details

Date of Birth: 13th August 1977

Languages Known: English and Hindi

Passport No.: P0121000; Valid Till: July 31st 2026

Present Address: A-18, Nirmal Estate, Near Misrod, Bhopal (MP) 462047

Profile Summary

Academic Details

MBA (International Business) from TASMAC, Pune, affiliated to Adam Smith University of USA in 2007
Post-Graduation in Human Rights from Indian Institute of Human Rights New Delhi in 2005
BBA (Production & Operation) from Bhopal University in 2002

Certifications

SAP PP Module from SE Indore in 2007
Diploma/Certificate in Mechanical Trade from MITI Jabalpur in 1995
Certification in Flavour & Fragrance from Flavour & Fragrance Development Centre Kannauj UP 2012

IT Skills

MS Office/Word/Excel/ PowerPoint/Mobile Applications
Internet Application
SAP / ERP software

Organisational Experience

Ecomins /SR Ferro Alloys/SINAI (Bhopal – MP) Sep’23 – Present

Operations Head

Key Responsibilities & Achievements:

Strategic Leadership & Project Planning

Appointed by the Managing Director to lead a Greenfield project, overseeing end-to-end operations and execution strategy.
Developed comprehensive project plans, objectives, and strategies aligned with organizational growth goals.
Conducted feasibility studies, market research, and risk assessments to support informed decision-making.
Defined project scope, timelines, resource requirements, and budget allocations for all stakeholders (Bank, MPPCB, etc.).

Project Development & Execution

Directed all phases of project development, ensuring seamless coordination with business objectives.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams, consultants, and external agencies to execute approved project plans.
Monitored progress, identified potential risks, and implemented mitigation measures to ensure timely delivery.
Ensured strict compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements (CTE, CGWA, etc.).

Team Leadership & Performance Management

Led a multidisciplinary team comprising architects, engineers, contractors, and consultants.
Provided guidance, mentorship, and performance evaluation to ensure productivity and accountability.
Established defined roles and responsibilities for key personnel and conducted periodic KRA reviews to drive business growth.
Fostered a collaborative, performance-driven, and transparent work culture.

Systems & MIS Implementation

Designed and implemented MIS frameworks for production, operations, consumption, and inventory control.
Integrated reporting and analytical tools to support data-driven decision-making across departments.

Pursued full-time preparation for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS) Apr’19 – Aug’23

Student

Full-time preparation for the Indian Administrative Services (IAS)

Focused on comprehensive learning of India’s governance, economy, geography, history, polity, and current affairs to develop a broad understanding of national systems and effective leadership qualities.

MAKSON Nutrition/Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. (MANDIDEEP - MP) Jun’14 – Mar’19

Plant Manager

Key Result Areas :

Shouldering overall responsibility of manufacturing operations, quality, regulatory compliances, Human Resource, Warehouse and business excellence functions for the plant and heading 3 manufacturing units
Largest manufacturer of lozenges / cough drop / confessionary OTC (Over the Counter) – supervising following customer’s production/ quality/ statutory compliances.
Cipla (cofsils) / Lupin (Zysils) / Glenmark (Alex) / Mondelez (Nutties / Choclaires) / Reckitt Benckiser (Strepsils) / Procter & Gamble (VICKS – Vapocool) / Himalaya (KOFLET) / NOVA (Betadines) / Pfizer (Robitussin) / Perfetti (Chlor-mint) / MAKPAR (Betadines – Sugar Free)
Especially brought me for Synchronize / Organize / Administration to optimum flawless utilization of this manufacturing unit.
Directing plant activities with responsibility for strategic utilization of available resources & machine loading as per production schedules; executing cost saving techniques to achieve reduction in terms of man-days, raw materials & energy conservation
Steering the successful roll-out of plant operations with liability of defining scope, setting timelines, analyzing requirements, prioritizing tasks and identifying dependencies as per preset budgets
Releasing raw/finished materials & bought-outs as per preset quality parameters; conducting rejection analysis at vendors’ end and executing quality audits for improvement in products
Supervising confectionary manufacturing – third party operation of mondelez / cadbury – brand choclairs candies
Managing:
Both the pre-production (planning) stage as well as the production (control and supervision) stage
Workforce of 500 no. with 4 contractor and permanent staff (Total around 1000 no. workforce in all unit)
Statutory compliances to run food manufacturing industries
3 Production line – production around 45 MT/day
Monitoring:
Production process, drawing up a production schedule, ensuring that the production is cost effective
Required utilities and resources to run the plant
Market demand / Production plan / Resource arrangement / Plant security / Plant Safety/ System development / Product Quality / Discipline in-plant / Manpower recruitment as per task/skill / Yearly schedule of events
FSSC certification Audit and periodic audit to sustain certification
Taken HALAL certification to product supply at gulf countries
Global Audit, last audit performance was 0 NI in site
All the HR / Statutory compliance of 2 more subsidies of company
Grievances of the employees / worker
Performing timely completion of statutory compliance – PF/ESIC/ Factory/Labor /PCB/Boiler/MPEB /DG/Property Tax / AKVN lease/Legal Metrology/NSSO/FSSAI/FSSC and Pressure Vessel

Significant Accomplishment:

Visited Beijing (China) Nov 2015 for one of the special project

Fena (P) Limited (Kathua - J&K) May’13-Jun’14

Unit Head (Works Manager)

Significant Accomplishments:

Successfully supervised manufacturing and supply of Fena Detergent Powder/Cake, Nip Scouring Powder/Bar, Impact Detergents Powder; performed new unit staff set-up and created roles and responsibility for each employee
Worked for government subsidies – CIS/lab equipment/toll tax / transport / insurance
Coordinated with government authorities to fulfill all the legal requirement of company – PCB/Metrology/DIC/Sale Tax
Monitored overall management of Production, Quality, Material, Dispatches, Waste, Spare Parts, Engineering, Maintenance and Project, Personal, General, Information Technology, Cost, Policy Formation and Implementation

Sunder Personal Care – Vanessa Cosmetics (Kalaamb - HP) Dec’11-Apr’13

Production Manager

Significant Accomplishments:

Steered efforts in running 2 eight nozzles swastik techno pack filling line (Brands: Denver/Gio Sport/ Envy/Charlene/Aqua/Rio/Temptation)
Successfully manufactured specially IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol) base perfumes and 1 manual aerosol line (Vintage breeze/ Rio Deo/lacy red/ Sharelle); provided 50% supply to CSD and 50% supply to Domestic Market

S2M GLOBAL Private Ltd. (Kandla – Gujarat) Jul’10-Nov’11

General Manager Operations

Significant Accomplishments:

Successfully managed plant shifting project (Perfume Manufacturing). We shifted manufacturing unite, Office building, 2 warehouses and merged to one location. – “FOR ME” – PERFUME 300 – EXPORTING LATIN AMERICA, SAUDI
30,000 BOTTLES PER DAY 90 CR
Developed new plant layout. Machine position layout. Material flow layout, with 100% employee involvement
Liaised all government approval to take startup of the plant DC, FDA, GBE, KASEZ
Reviewed and approved plans for the control of planned output, budget spending, material efficiency, engineering effectiveness, and human resources
Reviewed all the plan in way of PDCA (Plan – Do – Check – Action)
Steered efforts in performing manufacturing of perfumes alcoholic (ENA) base
Managed in-house, bottle printing section, pump making section, foil stamping section

Mukwano Groups of Companies – Kampala, Uganda (East Africa) Jun’09-Jul’10

Business Unit Manager (Plant Manager)

Significant Accomplishments:

Monitored the processing of:
Spray Dried Detergents & Liquid Detergents Manufacturing
In-house Plastic Injection Molding / blow molding Manufacturing & Plastic Recycles Plant
700 Ton/month Light Density Detergent Powder Manufacturing
250 emp. including Powder/Liquid Detergent, Plastic & Plastic Recycle
Successfully performed formulation optimization for powder detergents & liquid detergents
Improved trust & collaboration among supply chain partners, thus improving inventory visibility & velocity
Worked on projects from the initial brief, through the design and development stage, to the testing of one or more prototypes, right through to final manufacture and implementation
Coordinated the entire product development including requirement analysis, finalizing specifications, designing, prototype development and testing activities
Liaised among different Departments such as suppliers, managers; worked with managers to implement the company's policies and goals

PROCTER & GAMBLE Nov’95-Jun’09

Growth Path/Deputations:

Packaging Technician, Mandideep, MP Nov’95-Jun’02

Warehouse Coordinator, Mandideep, MP Jul’02-Jun’03

Quality Assurance Coordinator, Mandideep, MP Jul’03-Jun’04

Production Execution, Trichy, TN Jul’04-Jun’05

Site Leader, Third Party Contract Manufacturing, Kanpur, UP Jul’05-Jun’06

ESO SITE LEADER, Procter & Gamble Home Product Ltd., Pithampur, MP Jul’06-Jun’09

Significant Accomplishments:

Supervised the shifting of Tide Bar Production and operation from SSL Kanpur to Shivani Pithampur and increased capacity from 1500ton/mon to 4500ton/mon
Successfully started Tide Powder packing operation in lead time with capacity of 1800 ton/month using cost effective methods, maintaining quality/ safety norms in 2006 - 2009
Delivered a production & dispatches projection of 54000 ton’s detergent powder/BAR/month in 2006-2009; supervised and motivated multi departments with staff of 125+ professionals in 2006 – 2009
Played a key role in:
Improving the reliability of packaging machine NICHROME from 85% to 95%
Flawless formula (detergents cake/soap) set-up while increasing the productivity from 300 to 650 tons
Legal Excise / Materials planning / supplier payment / Quality / IT. Inventory record accuracy maintain +- 1%. Increased Capacity utilization up to 50 to 80% in 2005-2006
Launched the Tide Detergent Bar and managed 0 to 100 (means start to get full finish product) in 2004-2005; managed all the SAP activities/ reporting on time/ zero error in SAP
Implemented training course for SANGAM leadership team speed & profitability in 2004-2005
Administered all the manufacturing resources including SAP set-up in 2004-2005
Maintained RM/PM and FG quality. GMP, SIP, QAKE, TAMU, QW Expert, Activity Board in 2003 - 2004
Steered efforts in developing excellence in new comers training course and developed benchmark standards after that follows by Asian region (2003 - 2004)
Managed all the teams as a Safety Owner Zero Incident; expertise in managing RM/PM quality check while coordinating with the suppliers (2002 - 2003)
Improved the productivity by 5% by implementing KAIZEN in the organization (1995 – 2002)
Acted as a Maintenance/ Team Planner/ SOP Developer with the responsibility of ensuring compliances as per 5S / IWS / SAP; operated & maintained FFS (form-fill-seal) 20gm to 2kg packing machines (1995 – 2002)

Trainings

Corporate Training for Improving Managerial Skills East Africa
7 Habits of Highly Effective Peoples - 2 Days Session-Following same habits in our daily personal life and professional life
DNV Business Assurance Certificate – Food Safety Management System (ISO22000:2005 STD) – 1FCVFAY/01
Attained 10 day’s VIPASSANA (Meditation Course) twice. *NCC “A” & NCC “B” Certificate

Projects

SAP implementation in P&G PP Module
Tide Detergent Cake (Soap) Launch in India: Supervised entire manufacturing project including SAP implementation
Detergent formula up gradation * Design Change of Manufacturing Flow

“Keep Healthy, Wealthy & Competent Myself, My Organization those provides me bread and butter with keep in mind all the Natural Laws and Constitutional Laws for better survival in Market/Life.”

M L Dhimar