LTM (Textile Technology),
Bachelor of Arts
Date of Birth: 24.08.1968
Marital Status : Married
Residential Address:
B/3, Deepanjali Society,
Shahaji Raje Marg,
Vile Parle ( East),
Mumbai 400057
Telephone: 9820714682
Email: shriram.123@indiatimes.com
Brief Personal Profile
Working as a Regional Head ( Social Compliance) with USA’s very fast growing chain of stores . Worked for 11 years in SGS , world’s leading inspection, testing & certification body & handled diversified areas which included handling of Key Accounts, quality inspections of various products, quality improvement projects, organic cotton monitoring projects, Diamond Trading Company’s BPP & FM project, Social and Technical Auditing which included second & third party audits, SA 8000, WRAP, CT PAT, BRC,ISO 9001. Worked in the Apparel industry for four years in quality control and Fabric Procurement & in Textile Industry (weaving )for 3 years.
1991-1993 Mumbai University, India
Bachelor of arts (by correspondence)
Subject : Political Science
1986-1990
Victoria Jubilee Technical Institute,Mumbai India
Liscenciate In Textile Manufacturing ( L.T.M.) (4 year diploma course with 1 year in plant training)
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
May 07 till date : Regional Head , Social Compliance, with USA’s very fast growing chain of stores at Mumbai office
Responsibilities include
· Scheduling of the audits for internal as well as third party in the region which has 15 countries from Asia & African region.
· Controlling team of auditors & coordinators in India & in regional offices
· Ensure quality of the audits & audit reports by doing shadow audits & desk reviews.
· Mentoring the factories to reach the required level of Social Compliance
· Maintain update of the laws & social issues in the countries under the region
· Training of the team members
· To conduct audits if required
· Visit the countries in the region for overall review of the on going situations/performance of factories & team.
Jan 97 till May 07 , SGS,Mumbai in various capacities
Lead Auditor.
Responsibilities included
· To conduct Certification audits for ISO 9001, SA 8000, WRAP
· Conducting various types of audits 2nd party social audits, technical audits, BRC Gap Assessment Audits
· Key member for projects like Diamond Trading Company Best Practice Principal Assurance Program & Forever Mark program, Organic Cotton Monitoring project, Ford Motors project
· Responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility Services activities (Regional Level)
· Security Audits as per CT PAT.
· Has conducted audits in diversified industries including garments, footwear, automobile, diamond, jewellery, pharma, plastic, automobile, forging, hard goods, luggage, writing instruments etc. across India
Executive
Responsibilities included:
· Key Account Executive for major international key clients sourcing soft consumer products like garments, fabrics , yarns, leather products etc.
· Execution of Vendor Development Programs & Quality Improvement Projects mainly in garments, fabrics. Have successfully completed 4 such projects
· Conducting technical & Compliance Audits
· Safety Representative for Consumer Testing Services, Mumbai office
Junior Executive
Responsibilities included:
· Handling Local Client Queries with respect to Inspection, Testing, Compliance, Factory Assessment and Quality Improvement Program
· Compliance Audits for various clients
· Factory Assessments- Technical Evaluations.
· Carrying out inspections for various commodities.
· Has carried out more than 500 inspections covering soft consumer products like garments, fabrics, yarns, leather products, plastic products, rubber products
Jan 95 to Production Co-ordinator,Burlington Exports,Thane,India
July 96
Responsibilities included:
· Co-ordination between Merchandising & various vendors
· Visiting various vendors
· Quality inspections
December 94 Responsibilities included:
· Fabric procurement
· Visiting various mills/process houses for follow up
· Quality Inspections to ensure right quality is delivered
August 90 to Production Supervisor,Weaving,Khatau Mills,Mumbai,India
· Managing Complete shift with respect to :
· Production Planning
· Quality
· Manpower
· Maintenance
1998 ISO Awareness & auditor programme (2 days)
1998 Training programme on customer care. (1 Day)
2001 Sales plus key account management programme (2 days)
2001 Training on COC audits by Woolworth (2 days)
2001 Consultative Selling training programme by Mercury Goldman India Pvt. Ltd. (4 days)
2002 Training on fire fighting by Laws Prevention Association of India (1 day)
2002 Pattern making & stitching technique at NIFD Mumbai. (National Institution of Fashion Designing 3 Days)
2003 SA 8000 Awareness programme (1 Day)
2003 WRAP awareness training programme (1 day)
2003 SA 8000 Lead Auditor Course approved by SAI (4 Days)
2003 Training on QIP (Quality Improvement Programme) & factory set up services (2 days)
2004 ISO 9001-2000 Lead auditor Course IRCA approved (5 days)
2005 SA 8000 Advance Lead Auditor course conducted by SAI (2 days)
2005 Training on ICS Checklist (1 day)
2005 Factory Security assessment (CT-PAT) auditor training (2 Days)
2005 Training programme on diamond & jewellery manufacturing by IIGJ (1 Day)
2006 Training on Tesco Technical audit (2 Days)
2006 Training on BRC (British Retail Consortium 2 Days)
Languages (spoken) – Hindi, English, Marathi
Languages (understand) – Hindi, English, Marathi, Gujarati
Languages (written) – Hindi, English, Marathi
Current CTC
INR 7.5 lakh