The thirst for knowledge, the sheer confidence in her work,
and the willpower to go against the traditional revolutionizing the
manufacturing sector in a way which many believed, wouldn’t have been possible
at all.ways of the society and work have paved the way for a successful career
in Ms. Samina Khalid’s life. Machine
Maker is proud to showcase the story of this incredible woman who is doing
her part in
Samina studied BSc in Biotech from Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer
Jain College after which with her alma mater as the University of Pune did MBA
in International Business. She started off her professional life as an intern
in the marketing department of United Breweries group and later worked for Yash Raj Films for almost a year.
However, away from the glitz of glamour world, she found her true calling in
the manufacturing industry.
She started her
career in the manufacturing industry with CNC Servicing and Solutions, a part
of HAAS Automation, a global leader in machine manufacturing. To prepare for
the interview she had nothing but only a landing page of the company.
Nevertheless, her ambition and determination helped her bag the job. On the
second day itself, she was introduced to the massive machines and was left
baffled by the thought that she now had to market these.
The role called for
starting everything from scratch and raising an entire marketing team. Something
that seemed like a challenge for any fresher out there looked like an
opportunity for Ms. Khalid. She used this opportunity to sharpen her skills and
prepare the grounds for handling tasks that are even more challenging.
Throughout this process, she was pleased to have extremely supportive
colleagues and boss like Ashish Lala. According to Mr. Ashish Lala, “Samina is a very goal driven person. As
modern career women, she is very much focused, whatever work was assigned to
her she did it very well and gave it her best”.
Unlike any other industry, Ms. Khalid notes that people in
the manufacturing industry are extremely supportive. They give their best when
it comes to sharing of knowledge which in turn helped her a lot during her
initial days, which she believes wouldn’t have been the case if it was any
other industry.
During her career
with the manufacturing industry, she worked with a number of departments within
the marketing department, right from internal sales to sales dashboard. She
made her presence felt in a traditionally male dominant sector of the industry.
Being a woman she faced challenges during her career but with her sheer
willpower, she overcame all the challenges to become what she is today, the
marketing manager of UK based Renishaw’s Indian arm. Renishaw specializes in
industrial metrology and spectroscopy and sells its products in the major
markets around the world. With her career exposure abroad and in both US-based
and UK based firms in India, she strongly believes that Renishaw is very
systematic when it comes to work and is an ideal place to work in. Her career
at Renishaw has been extremely fruitful for both the company and herself, her
ability to analyze other types of industry and implement the same has been
extremely rewarding for Renishaw.
The National Sales Manager of Renishaw India Mr. Sanjay
Sangam has been very helpful to her, right from sharing his experience to
keeping her updated about the industry he has played an instrumental role in
making her career life a huge success. Mr. Sanjay noted, “Samina is a very professional woman, she knows what she is doing,
she is a person who is very passionate about her job”. He further went on to
say that Samina is a person who can be completely relied on; he says he can
completely rely on her for organizing any events, exhibition and be sure that
everything will be perfect.
Samina has set a
benchmark for every professional in the manufacturing industry, both men, and
women. She never shied away from taking up the challenging task, was available
24/7 whenever the work demanded, and sometimes even the non-availability of
basic human needs didn’t stop her from going to various exhibitions for her
company and taking up the work assigned to her. She does point out that
whenever she had to be at an exhibition for her firm she would be there days in
advance to the start, so as to help smooth arrangement. She also points out
that there weren’t too many females out there prior and after the event, at
first there weren’t any proper washrooms for a woman too, but now the time has
changed the thought process has changed now, so has arrangement for women. But
still, she points out that there is a lack of participation of woman’s in such
event and there is a need for improvement in this area.
There are several challenging incidents Samina went through
during her career. There was a particular occasion while preparing for an
exhibition at Delhi for CNC Automation. The truck carrying Haas Machine got
broke down at Rudrapur, and the driver informed her the same about at 10 pm.
She just herself got a replacement truck, went down herself, got it fixed, and
came back at around 2.30am with the material so that the exhibition would take
place without any hindrance, something that her boss doesn’t know up to date as
she feels it’s a part of a work and needn’t be shared.
She also finds time
away from her professional life, voicing and championing issues pertaining to
the social life in our society. This year Samina
and her friends under the banner of team Free Soul has been selected for Times
Women’s Drive. Times Women’s Drive has supported the cause of women’s cancer
with a dedicated team collaborating with various organizations and work for the
betterment of cancer survivors.
There are a lot of challenges India faces in the
manufacturing sector. She rightly pointed out that the biggest problem faced by
the manufacturing sector today, specifically in India, isn’t the
non-availability of technology or skilled manpower; it’s the reluctance of the
industry to move away from the traditional methods of doing a task. The
industry is just not ready or doesn’t find it necessary to find out new methods
and ways for doing a task in a much more efficient and rewarding way.
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