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Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Affiliations
Timeline
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SERMALY CHANDRAN

SERMALY CHANDRAN

Planning Engineer
Penang

Summary

A magnet for experience, constantly enthusiastic and ravenous to venture challenges to expand my horizons.

Dynamic and meticulous planning engineer currently leading multiple production lines with capacity of more than 8000 MT in a FMCG industry with strong organizational and coordination skills.

My experience of working in various departments and within diversified teams and work culture, proves my agility in tackling multiple goals competently. I am actively seeking for an opportunity to communicate my passion as well as acquire the exposure to advance my career.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Planning Engineer

Evyap Sabun Malaysia
Johor Bahru
10.2022 - Current

Responsible as planning engineer and implements data-driven material planning and inventory management for 12 production lines with capacity of up to 8000 MT with more than 600 material SKUs in a 24/7 operation system.

  • Utilizes SAP and MRP system to conduct analysis of materials consumption and order forecasts and execute streamlined purchase requisition process prompting optimized schedules for all packaging and raw materials.
  • Analyses sales forecasts and sales history to identify patterns and trends, enabling to develop comprehensive safety stock strategies and accurately predict demand for the next 6 months with 95% accuracy while maintaining optimal inventory levels.
  • Lead the development of contingency plans to address potential production interruptions, additional orders, material shortages and stockouts which allow more flexibility in accommodating changes in demand and reduces production backlogs.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams to accurately forecast demands, prioritize key customers, and reduce lead times by 20% for top hot selling materials, resulting in expedited material procurement process and minimize purchasing costs while meeting production requirements consistently.
  • Build and publish master production plans that resulted in a 98% on-time delivery rate for all demands promoting increase in customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Evaluate the availability and capability of machines, manpower, material, and equipment to create an efficient scheduling system that yields increased production capacity.

Production Chemist

Evyap Sabun Malaysia
Johor Bahru
03.2021 - 09.2022

Coordinated as production chemist for saponification and esterification plants to monitor esters and soap noodles process controls, quality, and allied activities for successful productions.

  • Collaborated with R&D team to identify opportunities for process optimization and co-authored detailed manufacturing procedures, analytical tests, and specifications for each new product launch, ensuring consistency and quality control across all production lines.
  • Worked with production to evaluate product and process related issues concerning raw material, process chemistry as well as equipment troubleshooting and validation.
  • Administered all activities maintained compliance with current GMP, SOPs, and legal regulations - ISO 9001, RSPO, Halal and Kosher.
  • Resolved customer complaints with thorough error analyses and root cause investigations to develop comprehensive CAPA reports resulting in overall reduction of customer complaints.
  • Mediated with sales and marketing team to develop tailored customer samples and documentation to secure new marketing opportunities, resulting in increase in customer outreach and 70% increase in sales revenue

Education

Bachelor of Science - Applied Chemistry

University of Malaya
Malaysia
08.2016 - 05.2020

Exchange Semester - GEM Trailblazer Program - Chemical Engineering

Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
08.2018 - 12.2018

Student Mobility Outbound Program 2019 - Faculty of Pharmacy

Chiang Mai University (CMU)
Thailand
03.2019 - 03.2019

Skills

    SAP Material Management & MRP

SAP Production Planning

Supply Chain Management

Forecasting & Scheduling

Data Analysis

Accomplishments

International Leadership Enrichment and Regional Networking Program at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  • Pioneered in an exchange program among 40 student leaders elected from ASEAN countries designed to nurture cross-cultural intelligence and a sustained network while excelling leadership roles

Southeast Asia Global Innovation Challenge (SEA-GIC 2019) by American Chemical Society Malaysia

  • 1st Runner Up and Best Presenter of the innovation competition themed Chemistry in Industrial Revolution 4.0 with a proposed idea on tackling ocean plastic pollution.

Student Mobility Program at Chiang Mai University (CMU), Thailand

  • Elected to participated on an outbound program organized by Centre of Excellence CMU to broaden the input of local cultural wisdom in line with academic exposures.

Research Assistant at Petronas Research Centre 2020

  • Collated on research on nanoparticles ability as lubricant additives.
  • Complied a thesis on dispersion stability of nanoparticles in lubricant matrix and the stabilization impact to the tribosystem.

Felo Usahawan Sosial Malaysia 2020 by Malaysian Global Innovations and Creativity Centre (MAGIC)

  • Engaged as Marketing Strategic office with Jujucare Medic, Malaysia's First Social Enterprise on child healthcare services.
  • Indulged in market research on potential collaborators while delivering ideas and marketing strategies to promote brand focused content and further establishing the project.

Affiliations

Powerful Visualization Using Power BI 2023

Completed a training on fundamentals of Power BI and learnt to create interactive data visualizations dashboards and reports that could deliver powerful and streamlined insights throughout the organization.

Data Analytics Bootcamp 2021

Participated in data analytic course and learned Excel, SQL, and Tableau to transform raw data and drive powerful analyses.

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Training- IR 4.0: Cloud Computing 2020

Concluded a workshop to learn the overview of skills on AWS Cloud, IAM, Lambda and more to work on various tools on the platform.

Timeline

Planning Engineer

Evyap Sabun Malaysia
10.2022 - Current

Production Chemist

Evyap Sabun Malaysia
03.2021 - 09.2022

Student Mobility Outbound Program 2019 - Faculty of Pharmacy

Chiang Mai University (CMU)
03.2019 - 03.2019

Exchange Semester - GEM Trailblazer Program - Chemical Engineering

Nanyang Technological University
08.2018 - 12.2018

Bachelor of Science - Applied Chemistry

University of Malaya
08.2016 - 05.2020
SERMALY CHANDRANPlanning Engineer