AVIJIT KUNDU

Mobile: +91 7984878095 Current Address-

+91 7574863324 10, Home Court B,
+91 9002985125 Mohit Park, Chala, Vapi,
Mail ID: rana.knd@gmail.com Valsad, Gujrat-396191, India

Career Objective:
Seeking a suitable position in Textile Industry and serving the company with best of my caliber & contributing
to the growth of the organization along with personal and professional development.

Educational Qualification:
● PGDM in Operation Management from Welingkar University with First Class Distinction- 84% in 2018
● B. Tech in Textile Techg. from University of Calcutta with First Class- 71.38% in 2004.
● XII Standard (West Bengal Council of HSE) with First Division- 79.2% in 2000.
● X Standard (West Bengal Board of SE) with First Division - 83.75% in 1998.

Professional Snapshot:
A dynamic professional career with 14 years of experience in the areas of Production-Operation-Quality-Planning
& Compliance in various Textile Sectors/Sections as Rugs & Carpets, Terry Towels, Made-ups-Bath robes,
Kitchen linen, Bath linen, Bed linen, Table linen, Weaving, Dyeing, Printing, Cutting & Stitching, Finishing &
Folding & Testing.

Current work Experience:

Lastly working as Asstt General Manager, TQM in Welspun India Ltd. (Vapi, Gujrat) from Apr ’12 to till date.
Company Profile:
Welspun is the third largest home textiles company globally, having dominant presence in fifty countries
across the world with a distribution network in over 32 countries incl. USA, Canada, UK, and Australia.
Work Profile:
To meet or exceed customer requirements on time every time, and strive for a continuous improvement in the
effectiveness of the established Quality Management System.
➢ Manage a team of 2 Managers, 4 Deputy & 5 Asst. Managers & 15 Sr. Officers & Officers with 100 Quality
checkers in all deptt.
➢ Skill set development of quality team by conducting various training sessions.
➢ Rugs & Carpets: Starting from Cabling/Heat-setting, Tufting, Coating, Dyeing, Printing, Cutting &
Sewing, FF, and Inspection & Dispatch.
➢ Made-ups: starting from trims store, Embroidery and all the section of Made-up like Cutting, stitching,
inspection finishing packing till container dispatching.
➢ Terry Towels: Starting from Weaving, Processing, Cutting & Sewing, FF, and Inspection & Dispatch.
➢ Handling products like different dyed and printed rugs and carpets (table tufted & machine tufted), towels
(wash, hand, bath, bath sheet, beach and bathmat) and bathrobes.
➢ PP meeting- Conduct pre-production meeting before production start.
➢ To review Pilot run results for roll-outs and take decision accordingly.
➢ PTP- Establish individual product test plan throughout production cycle. Ensure testings are being done as
per schedule with proper data recording.
➢ Maintain all technical requirements as per buyer protocol and also maintain Technical Audit, social audit
and Buyer visit.
➢ Ensure inspection of goods for workmanship, shade, defects and packaging to meet the quality standards
of all accounts.
➢ Implementing and maintaining a Quality Risk Management system to ensure that risks are adequately
controlled in accordance with current requirements.
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 ➢ Collect information of various products through Marketing team and other resources that can be developed
and introduced in the market.
➢ Collect and analyze the data of different machines and raw material QA reports for forecasting of
continuous process development (KAIZEN).
➢ Customer Centricity- Coordination with PPC, Production & Marketing teams for making customer centric
product (outside-in concept).
➢ Maintaining and improving departmental operational performance, to meet the requirements of regulatory
authorities, company Standard.
➢ Buyers- Handling more than 50 buyers.
➢ Operating Procedures (SOPs) and external and internal customers, with respect to quality, service, lead time
and cost.
➢ Customer Complaint analysis, cross functional analysis of root cause and action plan.
➢ Cost Accounting- Activity Based Costing, Budget making and Budget Control for departmental works.
➢ Supply Chain Management & Outsourcing- Quality management, supplier performance assessment
(based on ethics, CSR, Sustainability and others) and risk management. Outsourcing of Dyeing, Stitching,
Packing, etc.
➢ Process wastage control- Minimize process wastage and rejections.
➢ TPM culture- Productive Maintenance culture enhancement by emphasizing proactive and preventive
mode layout for the best purposes of Production and Quality.
➢ Trouble shooting- Technical, inter-& intra-departmental and commercial issues.
➢ New process technology execution.
➢ Exploration towards cost effective process through Benchmarking and using 7 QC tools.

Previous Experience: 1
Worked as QA Manager in Handfab A Living (Panipat, Haryana) from Apr ’08 to Mar ’12.

Company Profile:
Nestled in India’s northern Textile hub, Panipat since 1973, HANDFAB A LIVING has spread presence far
and beyond. Since decades it has been in the forefront of the home textile industry with a portfolio of diverse
product and always staying ahead in the race of global textile trends and practices.
Work Profile:
➢ QMS- Improve QMS to exceed expectation of customers.
➢ SOP- Establish SOPs for production and preparatory processes to get first time quality from each process.
➢ In-coming material validation- Incoming material inspection and accessories/trims validation followed by
necessary feedback to suppliers.
➢ Quality control- Ensure quality control from receiving, cutting, sewing to finishing using statistical quality
tools.
➢ Inspection/ AQL- Conduct PP, DUPRO & Final inspection as per AQL prior to offering shipment to buyer
QA.
➢ Risk management- Lead product and process risk assessment.
➢ CARA/ CAPA- Install both preventive and remedial measures against occurrence of any defect based on
root cause analysis.
➢ Handling a QA team of 30+ members.
➢ Supplier assessment- Assess suppliers’ performance.
➢ Product safety- Ensure product safety following international regulations, viz. CPSC (CPSIA).
➢ Handling products like rugs (braided/ hooked/ woven rugs), curtains, cushions, table linen (table cloth,
napkin, placemat), bed linen (duvet, quilt, comforter, bed cover, flat sheet, fitted sheet, pillow sham), kitchen
linen (apron, pot holder, gloves/ mitten, kitchen towel, chair pad), throws/ lap shawls, cot blankets, bath linen
(bath mat, rugs), bags (shopping/ mobile hand bags), etc.
➢ Weaving- First piece approval analyzing woven fabric sample.
➢ Dyeing & printing- First piece approval analyzing approved lab-dip samples/ strike-offs. Hazardless
processing following California Prop 65.
➢ Braiding, Tufting, Embroidery & Stitching- First piece approval analyzing sealer sample.
➢ Lab set-up- New lab set-up as per AATCC & ASTM standards with latest technology and handling testing
as per buyer protocols.
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 ➢ Measurement & calibration- Ensure all equipments and tools are properly calibrated and maintained.
➢ GOTS- Implementation and certification of Global Organic Textile Standards (GOTS) through technical
and social audit following required guidelines.
➢ OEKO-TEX 100- Implementation and certification of OEKO-TEX 100 through sample preparation,
technical testing (by international body) following international norms.
➢ Social compliance audit- Conduct internal and 3rd party social compliance audits based on SA 8000: 2008,
UN Declaration of human rights, ILO, OSHA, national labor laws, etc.
➢ C-TPAT- Enhance security of supply chain against terrorism for facility, people, process and shipping.
➢ Buyers- TARGET, WALMART, TOMMY HILFIGAR, KOHLS, NEXT, BED BATH & BEYOND,
MMARTAN, etc.

Previous Experience: 2
Worked as Testing Executive in Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Services (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Noida, U.P.)
from Feb ’06 to Mar ’08.
Company Profile:
Bureau Veritas is a global leader in conformity assessment and certification services. It is a trusted partner of
different clients, offering services and developing innovative solutions to reduce risk, improve performance
and promote sustainable development.

Work Profile:
➢ Total supervision of testing of fabrics, garments and home-furnishing products and test report compilation
according to AATCC & ASTM standards along with coordination with vendors.
➢ Buyer Handling like William Sonoma, Gap, Target, Bon-Ton, Mother’s Care, Blair International etc.
➢ Tests on garments like Shirt, Trousers, T-shirt, Jacket etc. and Home-furnishing products like bed-sheet,
pillow, cushion, quilt, comforter, blanket, napkin, placemat, runner, towel, drape, sham, hammock, bag, carpet,
bathmat, rugs etc.
➢ Various physical tests like yarn properties, fabric GSM, construction, count, tear, tensile seam strength, pilling,
abrasion resistance, absorbency, performance after care, etc.
➢ Various color fastness tests like CF to crocking, laundering, light, perspiration, bleach, water, etc.
➢ Fiber analysis- qualitative & quantitative.
➢ pH of water extract from wet processed textiles.
➢ Flammability.

Previous Experience: 3
Work experience as a Supervisor in 4 different units in Weaving in Alok Industries Ltd (Silvassa, D& NH)
from Sep ’04 to Jan ’06.
Company Profile:
Alok Industries is an Indian ISO 9001:2000 certified textile manufacturing company based in Mumbai. Its
main business involves weaving, knitting, processing, home textiles, ready-made garments and polyester yarns.
It is India's largest fully integrated textile company with a dominant presence in the Cotton and Polyester
segments.
Work Profile:
➢ Supervised the daily set-ups and start-ups of production equipment.
➢ Monitored quality of production along with design analysis and damage control.
➢ Integrated and developed new team members.
➢ Implemented preventive maintenance program for production facilities.
➢ Monitored safe work practice procedures (OSHA) to maintain an injury-free and efficient production facility.
➢ Conducted quality control inspection.
➢ Achieved a consistent record of improving production runs by continuous attendance to machine faults and
reducing costs.
➢ 3-M control (material-machine-man power handling) of different counts of yarn, CNC looms (modern air-jet
looms- PICANOL OMNI PLUS) and around 100+ workers.

Industrial Training:

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  B. Tech, 3rd year: Eastern Spinning Mills & Ltd., 24 pgs(N), W.B- Learning good practices in
Spinning technology
 B. Tech, 4th year: Vishnu Cotton Mills Ltd., 24 pgs(N), W.B- Learning good practices in Spinning
technology

Specialization:
➢ Clothing Science

Computer Skills:
➢ Operating Systems : Windows, DOS
➢ Others : MS-Office, Internet, SAP

Strength:
1. Communication skills- It covers all aspects of communication- written, verbal.
2. Listening skills- Being a good listener helps gaining knowledge and information to perform tasks better.
3. Teamwork skills- A good team player along which is all about building a cooperative work environment
which ensures hassle-free work and better productivity.
4. Persuasion skills- Ability to handle complex work situations, develop a reasoned argument and at the same
time acknowledge the concerns of the relevant person.
5. Perseverance skills- Finding a way through various challenges and stay motivated.

Personal Details:
Name : Avijit Kundu
Father’s name : Shri. Arun Kr. Kundu
Date of Birth : 6th April, 1982
Gender : Male
Marital Status : Married
Permanent Address : 24 Parganas (N), West Bengal-743273, India

Reference:
Available on request.

Place: Vapi Yours sincerely

Date: Avijit Kundu

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