Reserch & Development Manager.
NFIC,National Food Industries Company Ltd (LUNA Dairy)
Total years of experience :20 years, 1 Months
•Lead on technical strategic plan to drive and support the ingredients technical platforms.
•Lead the development and execution of the ingredient technology.
•Optimizing recipes to reduce costs while maintaining quality and complicity with local laws.
•Trouble shooting for market complaint, Fix the market complaint upto 95%.
•Provide Technical support to Production and Quality.
•Identify, evaluate and recommend for alternative ingredient.
•Design new processes based on the latest and expected future technologies
•To organize, conduct and implement the process of NPD such that technically and commercially viable products are efficiently and effectively launched into the market
•Lead new product development, cost reduction and quality improvement programs
•Led efforts for development of NPD recipes and maintaining the quality of the brand for the Central & Eastern Asia, Middle East & Africa region.
•Conversant with Small and Large Scale Trials for new projects, Product Formulation, Specification Development, Process Design & Control
•Optimizing recipes to reduce costs while maintaining quality and complicity with local laws
•Design new processes based on the latest and expected future technologies
•To organize, conduct and implement the process of NPD such that technically and commercially viable products are efficiently and effectively launched into the market
•Handled activities for the NPD’S, QI & Productive Trials & Commercialisation.
•Involved in HACCP plan validation and verification
•Effectively undertook troubleshooting of microbiological and food safety issues
•Monitored Food Plant Documentation and Food Safety Programs
•Supported Plant QMS Audit Follow-ups
•Directed ingredient / process improvement efforts for branded products
•Wrote and maintained Test Protocol in conjunction with business objectives and cost expectations
•Conceptualised the food safety and quality programs to best practice
• Assures consistent quality of production by developing and enforcing good automated manufacturing practice (GAMP) systems; validating processes; providing documentation; managing staff.
• Optimizing recipes to reduce costs while maintaining quality and complicity with local laws.
• Prepare ingredients list & nutritional facts for the declaration on the pack. Ensure that the recipe meets the claims on the pack, and that all ingredients are meeting the GSO standards.
• Proactively champion quality and food safety standards in the factory. Support Quality and Food safety incident risk assessments for the products when needed.FSSC, HACCP, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 22000, PAS 220, 5S, KAIZEN, GMP and TPM.
• Producing London Dairy Ice creams and Igloo Ice cream as per ISO 22000 guidelines.
• New Product Development (NPD) ingredient, nutritional and label claims required by customer.
• Product sensory evaluation, by developing deep proximity with consumer to get understand needs and habit.
• Calculation skills to generate nutritional formula, software skills to enter formula with ingredients meeting all stated requirements.
• Maintain Budget targets and inventory control.
• Minimise the handling losses.
• Utilizing Depth technical knowledge in selecting finest quality of ingredient and packaging material, Analysing the RAW MATERIAL and PACKAGING MATERIAL
• Lab Testing the all Ingredients and finished goods and maintaining the data for the same.
• Exporting the product to nearly more than 40 countries and maintaining regulation and standard as per requirement of particular country.
• Achieves quality assurance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; identifying and resolving problems; completing audits; determining system improvements; implementing change.
• Develops quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analyses; identifying critical control points and preventive measures; establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification procedures; monitoring inventories.
• Validates quality processes by establishing product specifications and quality attributes; measuring production; documenting evidence; determining operational and performance qualification; writing and updating quality assurance procedures.
• Prepares quality documentation and reports by ORACLE, collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and trends including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re-validations.
OMAN AGRICUTURE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (SUNFARM DAIRY): Is one of the best food manufacturing company in OMZEST GROUP, having strong hold in Oman Market using state of the art manufacturing unit, producing Juices, milk and Yoghurt, laban and flavoured milk
Manufacturing/Production Planning
Managing activities right from the conceptualization stage to the execution; involving finalization of technical specifications, procurement, progress monitoring and manpower planning.
Planning material procurement & purchase of raw materials, ensuring continuous supply at optimum costs.
Heading production activities involving working out various requirements with respect to utilities, equipment, and manpower & monitoring overall production operations.
Instrumental in handling members to manufacture finish product and conduct production UHT milk, Fresh Milk and Juices, Yoghurt, Laban, poly pack, etc.
All working process done on the basis of ERP Technology.
Maintain budgetary controls and handled the project management initiatives.
Successfully launch New products of Juices and flavoured Milk and Yoghurt.
Looking after the Food safety and regulatory requirements as per local law and ISO 2000.
Optimized processes and manufacturing procedure to meet delivery schedules and budget standards.
Assisted and facilitate process improvement measures across the organization.
Worked with full knowledge of industrial process controls for the Food and Dairy industry, update on the same Technology for plant up gradation.
Mother dairy foods processing ltd, Mumbai (M.S)
Production Supervisor \[Since April 2006 to April 2008\]
Mother dairy foods processing ltd is an ISO-22000, 9001 & 14000 certified company & one of the esteemed food manufacturing industry in India has strong hold on the northern India market handling 30 lakh litre of milk through out the country using state-of-the art-manufacturing for manufacturing variety of products like Liquid milk, UHT Milk, Mozzarella Cheese, Processes cheese, Butter & Ghee, Yoghurt, Skim milk powder
Responsibilities:
• Overall in-charge of the plant looking after production, Shift wise operations of receiving and processing milk.
• Packing market milk, Production Planning and Product-mix, Production Accounting.
• Implementation of ISO/ GMP and TQM. Monitoring daily production activities including and maintenance functions; Expansion of Milk Plant.
• Effective utilization of utilities.
Got Distinction in Masters Degree, Class Topper.
Class Topper
Master of Science in Dairy Technologist from Govt College of Dairy Technology, UDGIR. (Maharashtra) with 68%& over 08 years of working experience. In production, Dairy and Food Processing industry. Expertise in handling sophisticated manufacturing units and high precision Quality Monitoring system for Dairy Products, Processed Food and Food Ingredients. Experienced in commissioning of plants, and production as well as process optimization for maximum resource utilization. Extensive experience in implementing quality standards and supporting internal audits. And worked as member in Food Safety Committee.