SAMAN RALAPANAWE SUMMARY Professional with 14 years of experience in setting up and turning around projec ts.

Experienced in Supply Chain Management, and Planning. Skilled in understandi ng, designing and optimizing process flows and MIS. Adapt in working towards org anizational transformations based on lean principles. Comfortable in working in global organizations and in multiple cultural contexts. EXPERIENCE MAS Intimates (Pvt.) Ltd., Ratmalana, Sri Lanka Silueta (Pvt) Limited, Biyagama, Sri Lanka 2010 June - Present Operations Manager, Supply Chain and Planning Developed supply chain strategy to mitigate risks reduce lead times and to bring operational stability in to the business. Rationalized supplier base and implem ented supplier performance rating (Score card) system. Developed suppliers in 6 countries to mitigate risks. Reduce raw material lead time by 5 days & achieved 96% RM on time delivery through supplier alignment. Implemented and managed capacity plan, loading plan, delivery plan and productio n plan in alignment with the company strategic business plan. Introduce JIT plan ning to improve Plant efficiency from 60% to 75%, on-time delivery from 60% to 9 8%, reduce total dock-to-dock time from 31 days to 19 days. Reduced RM warehouse to production WIP by 5days and reduce carder by 10% through Kaizen process impr ovements and implementing Kanban. MAS Design, Ratmalana, Sri Lanka 2008 July - 2010 April Project Manager, Supply Chain Management - PCU Set up and managed production controlling units (PCU) at plants (6 plants) focus ing on production planning and application to meet raw material on time delivery , improve lead times and inventory reduction through lean enterprise concepts. I mplemented milk runs and standardizing RM dock-to-dock time to 3 to 10 day windo w. Reduced inventory by 1/4. Conducted lean training programs. 2007 Jan - 2008 June Manager, Strategic Business Planning & Operations Identified Strategic Business initiatives and initiated projects. Set up and tra nsferred 6 million briefs from Sri Lanka to Linea Fashions, India to support MAS diversified manufacturing location strategy and increased capacity from 6 milli on pcs to 12 million pcs with in a year. 2006 Sep - 2006 Dec Manager, Outsource Operations &Logistics Formulated business plan and managed supply chain, logistics, warehousing, semifinished goods and cargo consolidation for five factories producing four million pieces. South West Housing Reconstruction Unit, Galle, Sri Lanka A USD 160 Million Government project to accelerate housing reconstruction after the 2004 Tsunami funded by the World Bank. 2005 July - 2006 Aug Project Director, Post-Tsunami Homeowner Driven Housing Rec onstruction Program for South West of Sri Lanka Development Task Force for Rebuilding the Nation (TAFREN), Colombo, Sri Lanka 2005 Jan - 2005 June Director, Housing & Urban Development Formulated the national strategy, policies and operational guidelines for housin g reconstruction for Tsunami affected areas.

Facilitated and managed coordination between the Presidential Secretariat, donor s, government ministries, local government institutions, bilateral and multilate ral donors, INGOs and NGOs. MAS Intimates (Pvt) Ltd Slimline (Pvt) Ltd 2004 July - 2005 Jan Manager, Manufacturing Information, Slimline/Unichela Clust er (A joint venture of MAS Holdings and Sara Lee Courtaulds) 2003 March - 2004 July Planning/Operations Manager, Gan Islands, Maldives (A joint venture of MAS Holdings and Sara Lee Courtaulds) Responsible for setting up and overall planning and execution of Slimline - Gan Islands factory which achieved 70% average efficiency and 1.2 million pieces shi pped per month. Increased sales turnover from USD 12 million to USD 18 million. 2002 March - 2002 Sep Plant Manager, Gan Islands, Maldives 2001 - 2002 March Deputy Manager - Operations 2002 Sep -2003 March 2000- 2001 Operations Executive Unichela (Pvt) Ltd, Panadura, Sri Lanka 1999 Sep - 2000 Merchandiser, Data Coordinator of Merchandising Division Managed product development and procurement for Intimates apparels (Bra & Briefs ). McDonalds (Pvt) Ltd., Richmond, UK 1994 - 1999 Shift Manager Genesis Project, British Airport Authority, London, UK 1996 - 1997 Productivity Analyst Collected & analyzed data for a Just-In-Time material movement in the constructi on industry. Measured performance and assessed construction solutions. Designed resource foot prints. Reliance International LP, Bangkok, Thailand 1992 - 1993 Sales Merchandising Manager Finco Ltd., Colombo, Sri Lanka 1989 - 1993 Sales Merchandising Manager EDUCATION 1997-1998 London School of Economics & Political Science, London, UK. MSc in Management. 1994-1996 Richmond College, The American International University in London, Lon don, UK. BA in Business Administration. WORK RELATED EDUCATION 2007 Strategic Management Programme. - NUS Business School, Singapore. 2008 Green belt on Lean manufacturing systems. - MAS Operating System (MOS), Rat malana, Sri Lanka.

2010 MAS Holdings Leadership Program - Conducted by Douglas Adams, MDA Associat es, USA SKILLS Good mental agility, empathy and resourcefulness, able to work under pressure an d make quick practical decisions, time management. Focus on deliverables and res ults. Computing skills in standard office applications and ERP systems. REFERENCES Dian Gomes - Group Director, MAS Holdings (Pvt.) Ltd. Tel: + 94 114207300 E-mail: diang@masholdings.com Nathan Sivagananathan - CEO, MAS Intimates (Pvt.) Ltd. Tel: + 94 114768000 E-mail: nathans@masholdings.com