Srinivasan Kannappan Vice President -Operations
Srinivasan Kannappan has been appointed as the Vice President Operations of Groupe SEB India in March 2022 to drive the operations vertical which comprises of Manufacturing, Quality, Research & Development and Sourcing.
With 28 years of rich experience in the automotive and home appliance industry, Srini has worked with renowned names like Hyundai, Dyson, Hindustan Motors—Mitsubishi Motors, Flex, Proton Automobiles and Nalco. He has experience of more than a decade holding key roles locally as well as globally. Prior to joining Groupe SEB India, he was associated with Dyson Malaysia.
His core strengths include strong operations management, analytical problem solving, setting and driving operations strategy, driving quality, engineering &process improvements, operational excellence, programme management etc.
A Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma, he holds an M.Sc. (Five Year Integrated) degree in Polymers from the University of Madras and a PGCPM in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode.