Profile summary:
Food Processing and Agribusiness Specialist with 6+ years of experience, specializing in quality assurance, regulatory compliance, and product development for RTE/RTC foods.
Skilled in implementing quality control systems, developing SOPs, ensuring food safety compliance, optimizing inventory, forecasting demand, and managing exports while maintaining consistent product quality and efficiency..
Work Experience :
IT/Technical Content Developer
2017-06-30 - 2018-06-29
• Oversaw the defect logging and retesting and worked closely with substantive input
• Assist in reviewing the test scenarios, execution of scripts and reporting the status on execution.
Trainee
2020-05-31 - 2021-01-30
• Worked with Tamil Nadu Supply Chain Management (TNSCM) under a NABARD project, focusing on enhancing supply chain efficiency for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.
• Implemented Food Safety Standards by developing and executing HACCP plans, SOPs, PRPs, and OPRPs for fruits and vegetables processing centers, including organic and EU export packhouses
Analytics Manager
2021-02-28 - 2022-07-30
• Food Safety: Established Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for grading, sorting and packing at farms and processing centers to ensure GAP, GMP.
• Inventory Management & Forecasting: Streamlined inventory management and forecasting mechanisms to minimize product wastage and ensure efficient operations.
• Farm Coordination: Worked closely with own farm managers spread across 100 acres to ensure crops were grown in alignment with sales demand for upcoming cycles.
• Key Project Rollouts: Played a vital role in executing key project rollouts, including the implementation of customer-facing app, sales ERP (Zoho),farm ERP systems and Solar drying unit.
• Demand Forecasting & Yield Prediction: Oversaw demand forecasting and yield prediction for internal farms, enabling the procurement team to address shortfalls or surplus with external organic vendors.
• Products: Organic Fresh Fruits & Vegetables, Organic Grocery, and Solar-Dried Fruits & Vegetables.
Production Mgr
2022-07-31 - Presently working
• Quality Assurance & Compliance: Conduct quality checks on raw materials and finished products, monitor in-process standards, batch details and shelf life compliance of products.
• Hygiene & Food Safety Management: Monitor hygiene and sanitation, maintain records and implement food safety programs like GMP, HACCP and Allergen Control while ensuring SOP adherence throughout operations.
• New Product Development : Direct end-to-end product development from ideation to feasibility studies and Label design, ensuring compliance with US- FDA and FSSAI regulations.
• Regulatory Compliance: adherence to FSSAI, HACCP, and FSSC 22000 standards by conducting internal audits and maintain documentation to support external audits.
• Third-Party Manufacturing & Commercialization: Evaluate third-party manufacturers for food product manufacturing, ensuring adherence to regulatory standards. Conduct audits and evaluate quality management system to verify compliance.
• Project Management – RTE/RTC Foods: Manage RTE and RTC food projects, oversee kitchen operations, retort sterilization, boiler operations, and essential utilities to ensure consistent product quality, regulatory compliance, and commercialization of recipes.
• Products: Edible Seeds (Chia, Flax, Basil, Garden Cress, etc.), Nut Butters, Edible Gums, Dehydrated Vegetable Powders, Chutney Powders,
Ready-to-Cook (RTC) Biryani & Curry Pastes, Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Chutneys & Biryanis.
