Arjun C
Edavannappara
Summary
Dedicated Quality Control professional with 5+ years of experience in the FMCG and food ingredients industry, including Tata Consumer Products Limited and Symega Food Ingredients Ltd. Experienced in implementing quality checks, monitoring production standards, handling documentation, and ensuring adherence to food safety and regulatory requirements.
Overview
1
1
Certification
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Executive
Tatez Foods
Kolenchery
05.2026 - Current
- Order coordination and schedule production for Porotta section.
- Conducted trials to enhance Porotta production process.
- Handled the semi cooked Porotta machine.
- Checking the customer parameters for Porotta production.
- Coordinated customer requirements for food ingredients.
- Oversaw order processing and documentation for efficient ingredient dispatch.
- Collaborated with production, quality, and sales teams to align on daily priorities.
- Coordinated Final packing after blast freezing and plate freezing.
- Allocated team members to various departments to support operations.
- Prepared reports for management review and operational tracking.
- Monitored inventory records for raw materials and finished goods.
- Maintained compliance documents for food safety and quality standards.
Senior Executive Production
Symega Food Ingredients Ltd
Ernakulam
12.2025 - 04.2026
- Facilitated cross-department communication, improving collaboration and operational efficiency.
- Coordinated operators shifts and allocations.
- Led onboarding for new hires, providing insights on company programs and fostering a supportive learning environment.
- Completed thorough opening, closing, and shift change functions to maintain operational standards each day.
- Allocated manpower resources for each shift to ensure optimal staffing levels.
- Coordinate on-time packing with quality.
- Overlooking CIP activities for the packing machines.
- Verified daily production reports for accuracy and compliance with operational standards.
- Mentored junior staff, fostering professional development and team cohesion.
- Coordinated operator shifts and allocations to optimize workforce management and ensure coverage.
Quality Officer / Food Safety Officer
TATA Consumer Products Ltd
Munnar
11.2020 - 11.2025
- Coordinated 5+ external audits annually ( ISO, FSSC,HALAL, KOSHER, ORGANIC)
- Conducted inspections of raw materials and packaging materials to ensure quality compliance.
- Conducted quality checks for 15+ instant tea variants ensuring compliance with HACCP and customer specifications.
- Trained 30+ production staffs on hygiene, food safety, and equipment sanitisation.
- Allocated rework materials according to stock keeping units to optimize production efficiency.
- Monitored extraction efficiency at different stages (decanter, screwpress, gentle extractor) through TSS, GL TS, and spent analysis to optimize production yield.
- Communicated findings and recommendations to management for continuous improvement.
- Ensured that applicable SOPs are followed at all times during the manufacture, packaging, storage and distribution phases.
- Monitored yield and process performance.
- Monitored extraction efficiency at different stages (Decanter, Screwpress, Gentle Extractor) through TSS, GL TS, and spent analysis.
- Incoming inspection of processing aids and packing materials.
- Inspection of incoming green leaves ( Coarse count, moisture test)
- Quality instructions to other departments
- Performed finished goods sampling for microbiological testing to ensure product safety.
- Conducted cleaning-in-place inspections and verifications to maintain hygiene standards.
- Laboratory equipment calibration
- Provided quality-related instructions to other departments to enhance overall compliance.
- Trained 30+ production staff on hygiene, food safety, and equipment sanitization.
- After analysis providing quality clearance on the blended batch for spray drying.
- Analyzed test data from various sources such as lab results, customer feedback surveys to identify trends or patterns indicative of potential product defects.
- Verified accuracy of labels and packaging materials according to established specifications.
- Participated in external audits conducted by customers or regulatory bodies.
- Communicated findings and recommendations to management, driving continuous improvement initiatives.
- Kept records of quality reports and statistical reviews.
- Analyzed test data from lab results and customer feedback surveys to identify trends indicating potential product defects, enhancing quality assurance processes.
- Trained new staff on laboratory protocols and equipment usage effectively.
- Conducted hygiene audits, vendor audits.
- Monitoring pest control
- Analysed issues and recommended corrective actions to improve final results.
- Reduced raw material wastage by 12% through product optimisation and data driven analysis.
- Monitoring of all online quality controls points in the shifts
- Ensured cleanliness and safety standards in the laboratory environment through regular monitoring.
- Monitored yield and process performance.
Education
Master of Science - General Biotechnology
SAFI INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
Malappuram, Kerala, IndiaBachelor of Science - Biotechnology
SAFI INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
Malappuram, Kerala, IndiaSkills
- HACCP certification
- ISO & FSSC compliance
- Food Safety & GMP Audits
- Raw Material & Packaging Inspection
- Laboratory instrumentation
- Laboratory equipment calibration
- Process monitoring
- CAPA management
- Audit preparation
- Sensory Evaluation and Product Testing
- Production planning
- Data analysis
- Problem solving
- Procedure implementation
- Training programs
- Performance analysis
- Team collaboration
- Technical & Compliance
Certification
- HACCP (Level 3)
- FSSAI FoSTaC Training – Manufacturing (Level 2)
- Awareness of Food Safety Culture – TUV (2022)
- Basic Life Support – First Aid
- Alison Certifications (Introduction to Quality Management, HACCP Implementation, SAP PP Fundamentals, Fundamentals of six sigma - six sigma white belt).
ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
- Organized and participated in mock drills, Fire safety, Energy management and first-aid training sessions at TATA Consumer Products Ltd., Actively involved in internal quality awareness programs and food safety culture initiatives., Attended industry training on food safety culture, HACCP, and GMP compliance.
- Mentored new team members on laboratory testing and quality procedures.
LANGUAGES
Malayalam:First Language, English: Proficient A2, Tamil: Elementary C2, Hindi: Advanced C1
Timeline
Senior Executive
Tatez Foods
05.2026 - Current
Senior Executive Production
Symega Food Ingredients Ltd
12.2025 - 04.2026
Quality Officer / Food Safety Officer
TATA Consumer Products Ltd
11.2020 - 11.2025
Master of Science - General Biotechnology
SAFI INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES
Bachelor of Science - Biotechnology
SAFI INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES