Sanjay Jagtap

A Company that manufactures bottled water, fresh juices, yoghurt, frozen vegetables, fruit puree, tomato paste, flour & feeds, ready meals & dates for markets throughout the Gulf region. Currently 24 manufacturing sites - located in the UAE, Turkey, Egypt, KSA, Kuwait, Oman & Jordan.
• Preparation of Quality Strategy
• Leading implementation of FSSC 22000 / BRC standards across all sites.
• Setting Group KPI s for the Quality Department and PDR s
• Leadership, supporting and mentoring of team members in HACCP & Food Safety activities.
• Active involvement in the Site Management Review Meetings, and review of action plans. Involved in Monthly Operational & Financial BU Meetings.
• Supporting sites in driving initiatives in line with Continuous Improvement & Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Planning & Execution of annual Group Objectives in line with the 3 year Departmental Strategy. Savings from Optimisation and efficiencies of AED 3.4M in 2023.
• Building an effective strong core team through workshops, team mentoring & global case studies.
• Development of Corporate Policies and Procedures.
• Project Management (Delivered AED 8.5M project for Food Security in 2021), in addition to existing responsibilities.
• Monitoring & control of CAPEX & OPEX for the Department.
• Supporting all sites in preparation of Annual Budgets.
• Group Contracts related to the Quality Assurance Department.
• Due Diligence exercise during potential Company Acquisitions.
• Integration of new entities within the business
• Building of a Food Safety Culture within the Organisation.
• Support to Value Chain on projects or cost saving initiatives.
• Risk mitigation plans for issues in Food Safety across Business Units.
• Vendor Management, distribution standards and Regulatory Affairs for the Quality Department.
• Product Disposition.

Group Manager - Vendor Assurance & Compliance 01/11 - 06/17
Agthia Group PJSC, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• Initiated rollout of new enterprise software solution (Q-Pulse) for Group Vendor Assurance Management.
• Partnered successfully with Procurement, R&D and Site Quality to develop new suppliers within the business to ensure sourcing and good pricing. Developing new & existing suppliers that have potential to supply quality materials in line with Agthia standards & requirements with a view to cost saving. Savings for the business in excess of AED 2m.
• Spearheaded cross-functional initiative to assess the Food Defense requirements across 6 sites within the Group.
• Strengthened company's business by leading implementation of HACCP, ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 22000 & FSSC 22000 standards.
• Trained, coached and mentored staff in HACCP & Food Safety. Build an effective strong core team through workshops & site visits.
• Audited all sites to ensure compliance with Policies / Procedures.
• Developed Corporate Policies and Procedures.

Technical Manager 03/08 to 01/11
Fine Foods International Ltd., Dunstable, UK

A company that blends and agglomerates instant coffee and supplies the Global market. This was one of 11 sites belonging to the CAFEA Group, Hamburg.
• Maintained the BRC standard, Soil Association & Fairtrade certifications for the site with ‘Grade A’.
• Led monthly production quality review meetings, management review meetings & Key Performance Indicator projects.
• Scheduled customer, supplier & internal audits and executed them.
• Managed the food safety program on site.
• Approved product specifications & artwork for labels.
• Worked closely with suppliers on cost saving projects

SPECIAL PROJECTS:
CP Foods, Newmarket, UK
(November 2007- February 2008)

A frozen foods company that packs frozen poultry and frozen ready meals manufactured in Thailand for the European market. One of the key objectives of this role was to receive overseas shipments & manage the timely release of all raw materials to the factory & the distribution centre, ensuring food safety was maintained throughout the supply chain. The company functions to BRC standards so it was critical that all materials were positive released. Due to the nature of the role, good communication, flow of information & being pro-active were important factors.

Associated British Foods, Enfield, UK
(February 2007 - July 2007)

A packaging company that packs edible oils for the European market. One of the main objectives of this role was to look at cost savings within the business through efficiencies, wastage & environmental systems. New product development to include specifications, costing for packaging the products, factory trials, artwork approval to legal legislation, liaising with repro house, printers and the sales & marketing department.

Budelpack March, March, UK
(July 2006 - August 2006)

A food packaging company that did contract manufacturing for major retailers across Europe. The objective was to carry out a HACCP study on new equipment for Glaxo Smithkline for packaging of isotonic water & juices.

Ferraris Snacks & Sandwiches, London, UK
(October 2005 - May 2006)

A sandwich & snack manufacturer that supplies to retailers, football clubs, studios, Universities & shops.
• Improved GMP standards & HACCP
• Improved profitability through review of process, input & output, variance control and control of wastage.
• New product development to include recipes, costing, product approvals, factory trials, product re-engineering, artwork approval to legal legislation, liaising with repro house & printers.
• Participation of Management Reviews & KPI meetings at senior management level.
• Improved customer relationship and raised the level of service with retailers which resulted in customer confidence, increased business and a long term business commitment.

Divisional Quality Manager 10/03 to 10/05
National Food Products Company, Abu Dhabi, UAE

A Company that manufactures plastic packaging, bottled water, fresh & UHT juices for markets throughout the Gulf region.
Contributed in increasing the business turnover from $23m to $65m over a period of 18 months.
• Drove quarterly Management Reviews & Key Performance Indicator meetings to focus on critical areas of the business.
• Constructed a 3-year Business Plan for the division. This contributed to increasing the business turnover from $23m to $65m over a period of 18 months.
• Compilation of an Employee Handbook based on hygiene, environment and health & safety. This was introduced to reduce risk and accidents on site. Due to having a high rate of illiteracy within the workforce, this handbook was printed in a picture format. It was incorporated into the “New employee induction manual” for the division.
• Achieved the prestigious H.H. Sheikh Khalifa Excellence Award for the Division.
• Instigating staff improvement initiatives - organizing uniforms, staff menus for the on-site kitchen, better working conditions.

Manufacturer of Extracts for Food & Drink and Pharmaceutical Industries. Key customers were Coke, Body Shop & Pfizer.
• Devised Standard Operating Procedures, work instructions & forms and guided the company to maintain Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Managed Supplier and Customer Specifications to required ISO 9001:2000 standards.
• Conducted supplier audits to improve the quality of incoming raw materials.
• Sensory panels & weekly management Site KPI meetings.

Manufacturer of Pizza, Sandwiches, Ready Meals, Airline Meals & Ethnic snacks for the UK market. Products were supplied to the retail supermarkets like Sainsbury’s, Asda, Somerfield & Safeway.
• Man management of a team of 13 staff within the Quality Department.
• Identified area’s of effective cost management, & improved profitability in Operations through variance control and reduced material wastage
• New product development to include recipes, costing, product approvals and sign off from customers, factory trials, product re-engineering, artwork approval to legal legislation, liaising with repro house & printers.
• Maintained the Quality Management System for the site.

UniLever Research, Bedford, UK
• Use of HPLC & GC equipment for analysing samples in line with Good laboratory practice & standard
operating procedures.
• Analysis of data & writing project reports.

Processor of peanuts and exotic nuts for customers that included customers like MARS (Europe), Cadbury’s, Kellogg’s UK and Tesco.
• Physical and Quality Tests on all raw materials. Acceptance and release of all materials and Quality Assurance Certification.
• New product trials at laboratory scale and writing specifications for factory production.
• Use of laboratory equipment for testing level of aflatoxin in nuts.