DNYANESHWAR REVANWAR
Food Technologist
Pune,Maharashtra
Summary
A dynamic professional with over 21 years of rich expertise in the arenas of Quality Assurance Management Systems, Certifications for BRCGS for Fresh, Frozen, Canned, Aseptic Pulp processing units. BRCGS, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, Global GAP, Tesco Nurture, GRASP, SPRING, GROW of Farms as per international retail customer requirements specifically from European countries, UK. Third party Plant audits, Process & Product development, Regulatory Compliance in Exports of Fresh, Processed, Frozen, Canned fruits & vegetables to European Countries like UK, Germany, Belgium etc. Maintain compliance as per importing country norms from Europe, Middle east and Southeast Asia countries. Certified Lead Auditor for BRC Global Food Safety Standard. Certified Lead Auditor for ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Standard. Have certified various processing units as per BRC Global Food Standards with Grade A with development of the units from the nascent stage. Was part of Core team for frozen business development from Farm to Fork by developing the growing of new varieties imported varieties like Jalapeno, Scotch Bonnets, Birds eye, sweet Corn, baby corn and has developed Standards for Farm Management as per Global GAP Standards, cold chain management, processing in IQF, Blast freezing, Canning, fresh and products are developed as per specifications. Well versed with process development of processing lines of Aseptic fruit Pulp, Canning, Jams, Squashes, Crush, Sharbat, Blended Spices, Packaged drinking water, frozen food products, Biscuits, fresh fruits & vegetables and Staple foods like Food Grains, Pulses, Rice, Spices, etc. Competently acquired quality certifications like BRC Global Food Safety Std., Global GAP, FSSAI, TNC, F2F, ISO 22000 & various certification requirements.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications
Work History
Quality Head (Sr. Manager QA)
Green Agrevolution Pvt Ltd (Dehaat)
Pune
2021.12 - Current
- Heading the QA function for entire organization’s Fruits & Vegetables vertical across all India locations
- Handling Customer due diligence for all products which include fresh fruits, vegetables exports to various retail chains across Europe & UK like TESCO, Sansbury, ASDA etc
- And various other retailers in UK
- Assurance of Legal compliance for licensing, FSSAI, EIA, SFDA, export/import rules etc
- For all products fresh fruits & vegetables, processed products
- Development and implementation of Quality Management Standard, Process manual, production monitoring for manufacturing units as per the standards desired viz
- BRC, ISO 22000:2018, FSSC, HACCP, Global GAP, Tesco Nurture, SPRING, GROWW, GRASP, SEDEX SMETA etc
- Research & development for new product development, third party manufacturing of various products majorly in Fruit Pulp & Paste, Concentrates, frozen fruits & vegetables
- Preparation of SOP, Specifications of the products as per product and customer requirements
- Validation of new products and ensuring compliance as per specifications
- Packaging material development for fresh products as per Modified atmosphere packaging, frozen products, canned products
- Handling customer feedback on product performance, improvement plans, modification in process
- Handling customer audits for processing units for getting necessary approvals for plants and products
- Handling Exports and Imports of various products
- For exports handling fresh Grapes, baby corn, Chilli, Sugar Snap, Snow peas, Broccoli, Coconuts, Pomegranate, Pomegranate Arils, Banana, Pineapple, Sweet corn, Dry Spices etc
- For Domestic handling Aseptic fruit pulps like Mango Pulp & Concentrate, Tomato paste concentrate, Papaya Pulp, Frozen fruits & vegetables viz Sweet Corn, Green peas, mix vegetables, French fries etc
- For Imports looking after import compliance requirements for Citrus, Apples, Dragon fruits and other crops
- Handling QA team pan India locations
- Development of software for traceability of crops right from Farm to forks with entire crop agronomy followed from Seed treatment, sowing, growing
- Product development with imported seeds with development of growing, Post harvest product quality parameters and customer specifications
- Coordinating with SCM, Operations for compliance of product supply chain requirements
- Audits and approval of third-party manufacturing units with validation of product manufacturing and process flow chart, Legal compliances of product as per FSSAI, Legal metrology requirements
- Testing of products as per export norms from NABL approved labs for Pesticide MRL, Microbiology, chemical, physical parameters, Heavy Metals, Aflatoxins etc
- And any other customer specific requirements and importing country norms.
Freelancer Consultant
Pune
2019.07 - 2021.12
- Providing Consultancy for BRC, Global GAP, ISO 22000, HALAL certifications by undertaking a third-party audit against Standard requirements by an accredited certification body (CB)
- Develop the entire system as per product list and assist in application & implementation of the requirements from beginning to granting the certification
- Development and implementation of Quality Management Standard, Process manual, production monitoring for manufacturing units as per the standards desired viz
- BRC, ISO 22000, FSSC, HACCP, etc
- Training the Management team for implementation of the standards and maintaining the records
- Application, Renewals of Regulatory licenses like FSSAI, APEDA, BIS, Legal Metrology, Exports RCMC, Fire Safety, Factory Act, AGMARK, Spice Board, Testing of product samples from external NABL labs
- Plant Layout designing as per process and product requirement, APEDA certified Pack house development
- Process development and set up
- Machinery selection and commercial production line set up and product approval
- Food Safety audits of manufacturing units, Warehouse, C & F, Cold Storages, Process audits, Vendor audits, Packaging material manufacturers, Customer specific audits.
Manager QA
BVG India Ltd.’s Satara Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd. Pune
Satara
2017.09 - 2019.06
- Development of process standard and certification for new facility of Satara Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd for various process lines which include Exports of Fresh & Processed and fruits & vegetables, Blended powdered Spices, Aseptic fruit pulp, Canning line, Jam, Squashes, crushes, Sharbat, Packaged drinking water, Food grain sorting, grading packing line(Pulses, Rice, Wheat), etc
- And heading Central analytical lab for microbiological and chemical testing of food products produced inside food park area
- Was part of team which has launched new products 13 variants of blended Spices, 6 Variants of Jam, 4 variants of crushes and 2 variants of Sharbat, Packaged drinking water and Mineralized packaged drinking water and 9 variants of Pulses, Fresh Mushrooms
- Assisting new approaching business representatives for set up of processing plant as per there requirement by utilizing the common facilities, infrastructure available at the food park
- Preparation of specifications of Raw Material, Ingredients, Packaging material, finished products as per product & regulatory requirement
- Development of process standards, SOP’s, systems, HACCP plan of all product lines
- Vendor audits for Raw material/ Packaging material and supplier for various procurement locations and inspection of products and giving approvals for export/processing
- Setting up new processing units as per development and addition of new units
- MIS reporting on monthly basis and inform to all stake holders in purchase, supply chain, accounts for supplier ratings, non-conformity reporting and action plan for rectification
- Testing of finished goods with NABL certified labs as per requirement of FSSAI and regulatory requirements
- QA functions in product development and packaging material designing as per FSSAI Labelling norms
- Development of Pack house as per APEDA and BRC requirement for packing of fruits and vegetables
- Accomplishing external audits for BRC, HACCP, ISO 22000
- Coordinating for customer audits and share compliance audit report
- Training plan arrangement for staff as per requirement of up gradation of skills of staff
- Documentation& updating BRC & QMS as per requirement
- Coordinating with Regulatory team for maintaining compliance on regulatory and licensing requirements of food park like FSSAI, BIS, APEDA, MPCB, Factory act, Legal Metrology etc
- Regular Internal audits for maintaining the GMP, certification and customer requirements
- Coordinating with marketing for feedback on product development.
Asst. Manager QA West
Field Fresh Foods Pvt. Ltd.(Del Monte & Bharti Group Venture), Gurgaon
2010.09 - 2017.08
- QA functions in Fresh fruits & Vegetables exports, Frozen, canned foods
- Assisting and Monitoring the Largest PMO of Global GAP Farmers with maintaining the Global GAP standards at the Farmer Locations, Auditing the Farm sites for the standards followed
- Guiding the farm owners, farm executives for latest development ib Global GAP, pesticide applications, changes EU regulations, farm practices for pesticide management etc
- Functioned as Farm Manager of company owned farm of 4.5 Acres and taking care of implementation of all the Farming standards, Global GAP, TNC standards
- Commercial varieties of various vegetables are grown and monitored
- Development of package of practices and validating the growth of crops in Indian atmosphere and analyzing suitability of growing in Indian soil
- Development of standard manual, records as per latest version of BRC, Global GAP standards
- Preparing & Managing standard SOP’s for Company Farm R & D Centre, Contract Farming Farmers for Sowing Management, Proposed Pesticide Usage(PPU), Package of Practice(POP), Pesticide Management, Fertilizer management, Irrigation Management, Crop Harvesting, Waste Management covering crops like Chillies, baby Corn, Sweet Corn, Snow Peas & Sugar Snap, Basil, French beans, Grapes
- Research & Development of new varieties of exotic chilies, New Seed varieties of Baby Corn, Sweet corn, Snow Peas, Sweet Basil and other vegetables and study its suitability in the growing in Indian climate
- Conducting Risk Assessment of Farmers to be selected for growing as a contract farming farmers
- Accomplishing external audits for BRC, TNC, F2F, Global GAP
- Analyzing raw materials, finished goods for microbial and chemical MRLs as per customer/EU Norms
- Validation of processing standard in frozen, canned products on process line at different processing units
- Conducting: Regular processing unit and vendor audits and food safety risk assessments at farm sites for compliance; ensuring adherence to BRC and Global GAP quality systems
- Handling independently production unit for all activities of operations, production, Commercial, Quality, Inventory management, supply chain, exports etc of IQF frozen processing of Baby Corn, Chillies, Herbs, Strawberry etc
- Coordinating with vendors for monthly production schedule Coordinating with farming team, Supply chain for timely availability of raw material, packaging material as per monthly projections for exports and production plan
- Accomplishing external audits for BRC, TNC, F2F, Global GAP
- Packaging material development as per product requirement
- Production order preparation in SAP along with inventory Management
- Analyzing raw materials, finished goods for microbial and chemical MRLs as per customer/EU Norms
- Validation of processing standard in frozen, canned products on process line at different processing units
- Conducting: Regular processing unit and vendor audits and food safety risk assessments for process compliance; ensuring adherence to BRC and GMP quality systems
- Product development as per AOP plan and commercialization of new products
- Preparing daily, weekly and monthly MIS.
Assistant Manager - Quality Assurance
Aditya Birla Retail Ltd., Pune
Pune
2008.01 - 2010.09
- Managing the production & quality standards of private label food products manufactured at the private label vendor location as per ABRL Quality Standards
- Private label vendor audits for approvals and regular audits for assessment and improvement as per ABRL standard
- Process development at third party vendor locations as per product requirements
- Maintaining the quality benchmark for Staple Food products with other retailers & coordinated with buying department for improvement
- Coordinated with outside NABL Certified Labs for analysis of food grains, Flours, Spices & Dry Fruits
- Created awareness on Quality, Food Safety, and Regulatory, GMP, HK, Pest Control, Personnel Hygiene and other requirements amongst the workforce
- Responsible for monthly audits of stores, RPC,DC,FNV,3Pvendor, Private label vendor& shared the observations in MIS and Audit Formats with senior management and other departments for further action
- Resolved customer complaints related to food quality, food safety & regulatory requirements
- Analyzed packing material as per specifications & legal requirements
- Handled inception of artwork, validation of colours during print run as well as coordinated with legal teams to maintain all statutory requirements.
Senior Associate - QA
Reliance Retail Ltd., Hyderabad
2006.12 - 2007.12
- Manage manufacturing of various source packing units for Flours, Rice & clearance for packing & processing, bar- coding & FG clearance
- Handled the Quality Analysis of pulses, packing materials & finished products
- Applied QA procedures for packing of Staple foods as well as maintaining GMP, Hygiene & Pest Control
- Administered store audits as per quality norms & ensured storage of products as per storage guidelines to prevent deterioration, damage & verified the changes occurring during storage
- Analyzed shelf life of pulses & fumigation in storage for preventing from any pest infestation
- Maintained quality reports of incoming raw materials & accomplished analysis as per specifications
- Coordinated with merchandisers for procurement of quality pulses & rice by visiting supplier location & developed new suppliers.
Shift In-Charge
Shivshakti Processed Foods(Third Party Manufacturer of Parle Biscuits, Pune)
2003.10 - 2006.12
- Planed the production activities along with manpower & process requirements for attaining desired production with desired yield
- Reduced process wastage by ensuring food safety, product quality & customer satisfaction
- Implemented “5S” SPC, SQC & “HACCP” in plant as well as prepared monthly Kaizen reports which were successfully implemented with other units of region in meetings with West zone including 9 different units in Maharashtra, Gujarat & Karnataka
- Ensured availability of Raw Material & Packing Material through continuous follow up with procurement team so as to avoid production loss due to non availability of RM/PM
- Prepared monthly and weekly maintenance schedule of machines and plant equipment’s
- Conducted routine Plant Audits as per Food Safety, GMP requirements and prepared corrective actions plans.
Education
MBA (Operations Management) -
ICFAI University
B.Tech. (Food Technology) - undefined
University Dept. of Chemical Technology
Diploma in Information System Management - undefined
Aptech Computer Education
Skills
Quality Assurance
Process & Product Development
Regulatory Compliance
Certifications (BRCGS, ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, Global GAP, Tesco Nurture, GRASP, SPRING, GROW)
Third Party Plant Audits
Lead Auditor for BRC Global Food Safety Standard
Lead Auditor for ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Standard
Process Development
Packaging Material Development
Audits and Approvals
Exports and Imports
Team Management
Software Development
Training and Development
Documentation
MIS Reporting
Certification
BRC Global Food Safety Std.
Languages
English
Hindi
Marathi
Timeline
Quality Head (Sr. Manager QA)
Green Agrevolution Pvt Ltd (Dehaat)
2021.12 - Current
Freelancer Consultant
Pune
2019.07 - 2021.12
Manager QA
BVG India Ltd.’s Satara Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd. Pune
2017.09 - 2019.06
Asst. Manager QA West
Field Fresh Foods Pvt. Ltd.(Del Monte & Bharti Group Venture), Gurgaon
2010.09 - 2017.08
Assistant Manager - Quality Assurance
Aditya Birla Retail Ltd., Pune
2008.01 - 2010.09
Senior Associate - QA
Reliance Retail Ltd., Hyderabad
2006.12 - 2007.12
Shift In-Charge
Shivshakti Processed Foods(Third Party Manufacturer of Parle Biscuits, Pune)
2003.10 - 2006.12
MBA (Operations Management) -
ICFAI University
B.Tech. (Food Technology) - undefined
University Dept. of Chemical Technology
Diploma in Information System Management - undefined
Aptech Computer Education
BRC Global Food Safety Std.
Global GAP
FSSAI
TNC
F2F
ISO 22000
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