Manager- Third Party Manufacturing/Supplier Development & Operations // B.Tech // Abbott/Nestle/Amul
Summary
A hardworking and sincere business professional with more than 13+ years of experience in different functional areas like Third party manufacturing & Operations, Supplier development and Sustainability, Efficient supply chain operations, Ingredients Souring & Strategy, People and IR Management, Project Management (Green field & Brown field), Enterprise excellence – Shingo, Food safety and Quality systems, Inventory management. A strategic planner with experience in conducting & coordinating the operational activities, estimation & costing and resource management with a flair for adopting the modern technologies. With strong Relationship management and strong problem-solving skills, I work collectively with the team for getting excellent results
An engineering graduate in Dairy Technology from College of Dairy and Food Science Technology, Udaipur, India .
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager- Third Party Manufacturing (Mahaan)
Abbott Healthcare
Aligarh (UP)
07.2023 - Current
Working as Third Party Manufacturing in charge (Mahaan milk food Ltd) and handling brownfield project as responsible for end to end Operations, Costing and Finance compliance, Optimization of Resource Utilization, Co-ordination with Marketing and Purchase Team, Inventory Management and Production Planning with full compliance.
Third Party Manufacturing Unit Support in Equipment/Process Qualifications (IQ/OQ/PQ/ES/FS/TS), Documentation (BMR/BPR/SOP's/Quality system/Change control/FMEA etc..), Quality by design- facility and equipment.
First time in India, Abbott entered in India third party manufacturing through Spray drier processing under Brand Name of Ensure Diabetic care
Manager- Third Party Manufacturing (Tirupati)
Abbott Healthcare
Paonta Sahib (HP)
07.2021 - 06.2023
First TPM of Abbott Nutrition in India - Handled brownfield project as responsible for end to end Operations
Responsible for assessment of facility for HACCP, QMS, traceability and its documentation, effective implementation and planned reviews along with CCP, OPRP validation, monitoring and reviews.
Development and compliance of Quality Monitoring Schemes for process flows, raw materials, Packing materials, industrial services and finished goods.
Responsible for ensuring appropriate application of local regulations concerning food and related items (packaging, net weight, recipe adherence to meet label declaration, process documentation…)
Liaising with Finance team in losses assessment and product costing.
Planning and execution of technical/industrial trials with Abbott Tech. centre (R&D) support.
Developed Problem Solving & RCA culture at TPM site
Delivered saving 30 M$ from materials Yield realization.
Awarded by Abbott Star of the Year 2022
Active participant of Surveillance Audits of TPM and Suppliers
NPIs: Ensure HP sachet /Pediasure 7 Plus Vanilla flavour Improvement & 800 gms successful FLTS.
SimMom successful transition to TPM (JH capacity release 3.5%).
Asst. Manager (Supplier Development, Dairy)
Abbott Healthcare
Mumbai
10.2018 - 06.2021
Responsible for Dairy (Dry/Wet) derivatives - SMP/WMP/Lactose/WPC 80
Developed New dairy suppliers- Lactalis (Prabhat-Shrirampur), Schreiber Dynamix (New dryer- Baramati), Govind (Phaltan), Parag (Palamner)
First time in India, Abbott entered in Third party manufacturing (Schreiber Dynamix) of UHT under Brand Name of Pedialyte- Supported TPM team on start-up.
Worked with Dairy extension and SQA team on Good quality Raw Milk route approval per suppliers
Handled Supplier quality events/trouble shooting on EM, Micro etc.. and supported supplier on RCA/CAPA and their timely closure
Supported in Raw milk quality improvement ( Aflatoxin/ Antibiotics / Adulterants/ Contaminants)
Developed Dairy governance between Abbott cross functional teams and created tracking mechanism of supplies from suppliers production plan till delivery to Abbott plant (JH) to meet monthly requirements (Reduced SMP DOH from 90 days to 45 Days at Abbott Site)
Improved WMP Grain test at suppliers from scale of 2-3 to 1-2 (helped Abbott to reduce Costumer complaint in Similac)
Lead different quality improvement program for EM and Micro at suppliers for sustainability
Supported Suppliers for Critical Micro and Analytical parameters testing method alignment with help of JHQA
Supported procurement team to deliver ~$20 M cost saving through fact based testing optimization at suppliers
Responsible for dairy ingredients specification sign off from suppliers
Abbott certified RCA Owner
Sr. Executive (Supplier Development, Prabhat)
Abbott Healthcare
Shrirampur (MH)
09.2015 - 10.2018
Reduced suppliers SMP/WMP rejections at Abbott plant (JH) from 47% to 0% in 2 years
Responsible for day-to-day operations at Suppliers
Ensured that goods are produced efficiently and of the right quality, quantity, and cost; and produced timely
Ensured that the product produced at the supplier's location meet full product compliance
Apply all quality systems and procedures consistently (CCP, traceability); Responsible for GMP in line with company guidelines
Ensure that appropriate technologies and recipes are applied, considering opportunities for standardization.
Supported Procurement in losses assessment and product costing.
Executive - Production (Egron)
Nestle India Ltd
Moga (PB)
08.2011 - 08.2015
Daily planning of production, Milk standardization for spray drying and daily requirement of Raw materials for producing 200 tons powder daily for the brand Everyday (Dairy whitener) Infant Formula (Lactogen).
Ensured proper running conditions on all three Spray dryers and evaporators (along with PLC operations)
Ensured safety checks performed on Spray Dryers on proper frequency.
Ensured product and process compliance and adherence to regulatory compliance by issuing instructions and reviewing / monitoring relevant KPIs
Ensured workplace safety and effective communication of Safety, Health and Environment to all team members
Planned, coordinated and followed-up maintenance activities viz. routine, periodic maintenance, CIP validation and CIP / shutdown activities to minimize impact on daily manufacturing plan.
Jr. Executive - Production
Mehsana Union (AMUL)
Mehsana (GJ)
07.2010 - 07.2011
Responsible for production and manpower planning in Milk Drying (Powder) section of plant - Mehsana
Responsible for resolving any kind of technical and engineering issues in the Milk Powder section.
Minimization of Fat/SNF losses by ensuring proper standardization of milk and other specified
Ensured ISO, HACCP, GMP implementation in the section and maintaining proper records for all the operations
Education
B.Tech (DT) - Dairy Technology
College of Dairy And Food Science Technology
Udaipur
06.2006 - 2010.06
Standard XII (CBSE) -
Kendriya Vidhyalya
Alwar (Raj.)
04.2005 - 2006.05
Standard X (CBSE) -
Kendriya Vidhyalya
Jodhpur (Raj.)
04.2003 - 2004.04
Skills
Third party manufacturing/Co-manufacturing & Operations, Supplier development and Sustainability,Hygiene/Zoning/Micro/EM, Spray Drier and Dry Blending, Multi Stage Vacuum Evaporator, Liquid Milk processing
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Timeline
Manager- Third Party Manufacturing (Mahaan)
Abbott Healthcare
07.2023 - Current
Manager- Third Party Manufacturing (Tirupati)
Abbott Healthcare
07.2021 - 06.2023
Asst. Manager (Supplier Development, Dairy)
Abbott Healthcare
10.2018 - 06.2021
Sr. Executive (Supplier Development, Prabhat)
Abbott Healthcare
09.2015 - 10.2018
Executive - Production (Egron)
Nestle India Ltd
08.2011 - 08.2015
Jr. Executive - Production
Mehsana Union (AMUL)
07.2010 - 07.2011
B.Tech (DT) - Dairy Technology
College of Dairy And Food Science Technology
06.2006 - 2010.06
Standard XII (CBSE) -
Kendriya Vidhyalya
04.2005 - 2006.05
Standard X (CBSE) -
Kendriya Vidhyalya
04.2003 - 2004.04
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