Anand Velinker

About Anand Velinker

Senior business leader with Engineering expertise leading high performance cross functional teams to deliver sustainable growth enhancing shareholder value and profitability. Emphasis on business transformation, innovation portfolio management, program management, contract manufacturing, strategic partnerships and M&A. Extensive experience with Nestle (North American waters group) in large format factories and retail. Yearly capex spend management for large format factories averaging up to $40M per year.Extensive Capital planning and expenditure/P&L/strategy experience. Strong focus on financial metrics in developing capital plans in facilitating business objectives. Developed engineering organization and execution strategy for large format factories and has been responsible for multiple sites (up to 10 at once).Proven record in setting up one stop shop external engineering services for small to medium size factories with a focus on the capex facilitator. Improved efficiency, performance, and reliability by over 40%. Overhauled factory manufacturing systems, including Process water quality, CIP and line controls, wastewater systems.Significant involvement in employee relations throughout his career and is very personable around his facilities, ensuring that he integrated with all teams on the plant floor.Developed strategic plans and implement actions for the site, can provide clear and strategic direction, and execute with excellence.Proven record in introducing micro skid-based manufacturing lines to facilitate 2x business growth. Proven record in leading product innovation involving the consumer, marketing, sales and the supply chain. Proven record in developing revenue and margin accretive product lines catering to the current competitive marketplace. Skilled inBrown / Greenfield engineering, Innovation and Renovation, Prototyping and New Product development, PMO - Idea to Launch, Early Management, VSED/Kick Start, Operational Start Up Leaders, Vertical Start Up, CIL\'s PM systems, NCE, TPM, Operations Management, Continuous Improvement, DMAIC & BDA\'S, Business Process Improvement, New Factory, Line and Project Commissioning, safety and quality systems, FAT\'s and SAT\'s. Strong professional with a Master of Science (MS) in Manufacturing Systems Engineering from Lehigh University.

Experience

1. Engineering Group Manager

   Nestlé

   Aug 2006 — Present

   Provide Engineering and Technical support for the 5G returnable business for Nestle Waters Responsible for the Implementation for the first two 1/2L Micro Factories

Education

• Walchand Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Production Engineering

  1986 — 1990

• Lehigh University

  Master of Science (MS), Manufacturing Systems Engineering

  1991 — 1993

Skills

• Continuous Improvement
• Process Improvement
• Team Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Lean Manufacturing
• Project Management
• Process Engineering
• Team Building
• Business Process Improvement
• Change Management
• Contract Negotiation
• Commissioning
• Engineering
• Forecasting
• Ms Project
• Management
• Manufacturing
• Operations Management
• Procurement
• Product Development
• Program Management
• Project Planning
• Quality Assurance
• Quality Management
• Sap
• Six Sigma
• Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Management