Sriram Karandikar

Shriram Karandikar

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.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

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

 

July  92 to     Production Co-ordinator,Sonal Garments,Mumbai India

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

June 92                     Responsibilities included:

·         Managing Complete shift with respect to :

·         Production Planning

·         Quality

·         Manpower

·         Maintenance

           

 

 

Professional training and qualifications

 

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)

 

 

Communication Skills

 

Languages (spoken) – Hindi, English, Marathi

Languages (understand) – Hindi, English, Marathi, Gujarati

Languages (written) – Hindi, English, Marathi

 

Current CTC

 

INR 7.5 lakh