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Vinod Anandakrishnan, Senior Manager Process and Development

Vinod Anandakrishnan

Senior Manager Process and Development·Mars Inc

United Arab Emirates

Diploma, Business Administration

Work experience

Total years of experience: 31 years, 1 months

Senior Manager Process and Development

January 2015 - Present

Mars Inc

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

January 2015 - Present

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Management

R&D Technology Manager

May 2011 - December 2014

Mars Inc

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

May 2011 - December 2014

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Management

R&D

April 2011 - April 2011

Technology

Saudi Arabia

April 2011 - April 2011

Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Other

R&D & Production Manager

November 2009 - March 2011

Al-Ghurair Foods

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

November 2009 - March 2011

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Management

Head

November 2009 - March 2011

Al Ghurair Foods

United Arab Emirates

November 2009 - March 2011

Noodles Production / R&D, reporting to VP-Operations
Managing the entire operations of the Production Department and Research and Development of Noodles and Seasoning.
Directing activities towards:
Implementation of Innovations and Renovations (NPD) of Noodle brands such as Asia Mie, Jenan, Golden Mie, Yummi Dubai and Carina. Develop new products, flavours. Work and on raw and packaging. Implement Best in Class practices.
Motivate, lead and train a team of Food Technologists, Engineers and skilled Operators and manage entire activities of the Noodle plant and operations.
Enhancement in the profitability of Noodles business by driving cost improvement initiatives as well as making strategies/taking new steps to establish company’s brands as leading players in UAE and GCC countries.

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Management

Plant Manager

November 2007 - October 2009

Nestlé, Uttarakhand

India

November 2007 - October 2009

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Management

Manager

May 1995 - October 2009

Nestlé India, Nestlé Singapore, Global

May 1995 - October 2009

Production and Start up

Job role:
Management

Projects Manager

January 2005 - October 2007

R&D

January 2005 - October 2007

Job role:
Management

R&D Project Manager

January 2005 - October 2007

Nestle R&D Center (Pte) Ltd

Singapore

January 2005 - October 2007

Responsible for managing research and developmental activities (NPD, I&R, Technical Assistance) in the field of Asian Noodles for all the Nestle markets in Asia-Oceania region
Concept to Launch accountability for Maggi products across Asia, Oceania region
Guiding a team of Technologists and Process Engineers.
Functioning as the key contact for troubleshooting issues as well as proposing manufacturing solutions to all the Nestle noodle factories throughout the world.
New factory start-up support

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Management

Production Manager

March 2002 - December 2004

Nestlé

India

March 2002 - December 2004

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Management

Production Manager

January 2002 - January 2004

India

January 2002 - January 2004

Identify high cost saving potentials in factories across the Zone, realize savings through target setting activities onsite
Develop Global Best Practices for Noodles, write technical manuals and roll it out to all factories across Asia, Oceania

Job role:
Management

Technical Officer / 3rd Party Manufacturing Incharge

May 1995 - February 2002

Instant Tea/Coffee

Kolkata, India

May 1995 - February 2002

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Other

Representative

January 1997 - January 2002

Nestle

United Arab Emirates

January 1997 - January 2002

Looking after the complete plant operations of 3 contract manufacturing units located in West Bengal (2 in Kolkata and 1 in Siliguri).
Handling 3rd party employees, officers and managers of all 3 different factories at the same time by undertaking frequent travelling between locations.
Functioning as the single

Company industry:
FMCG
Job role:
Sales

Production Manager

-

Factory

-

Company industry:
Industrial Production
Job role:
Management

-

United Arab Emirates

-

Program Lead role in delivery of multimillion dollar projects by managing cross functional, multicultural and multiregional teams
Multiple product conceptualisation, industrialisation, commercialisation and launch

Job role:
Other

Director

-

Middle East,

Türkiye

-

Company industry:
Oil & Gas
Job role:
Management

Education

All India Institute of Management Studies

September 2001

September 2001

Diploma, Business Administration

India

Calicut University

January 1994

January 1994

Bachelor's degree, Physics

India

Skills

COACHING
Expert
COACHING
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COUNTER TERRORIST CHECK
Expert
COUNTER TERRORIST CHECK
Expert
DIRECTING
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DIRECTING
Expert
MANAGEMENT
Expert
MANAGEMENT
Expert
MENTORING
Expert
MENTORING
Expert
PACKAGING
Expert
PACKAGING
Expert
PERSONNEL
Expert
PERSONNEL
Expert
QUALITY
Expert
QUALITY
Expert
QUALITY CONTROL
Expert
QUALITY CONTROL
Expert
RECRUITING
Expert
RECRUITING
Expert

Memberships

Project Management Institute

PMP

August 2015

All India Council for Financial Management

ACFM - Associate

June 2000