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Education
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Accomplishments
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AccountManager

Hemraj Gadhavi

Dairy Technologist
Ahmedabad

Summary

Production management professional knowledgeable about allocating resources, optimizing production and increasing output with hands-on and dedicated approach. Articulate and professional problem-solver with good relationship-building abilities. Proficient in planning and implementing innovative production strategies.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

Assistant Production Manager

Vadilal Industries Limited
Gandhinagar
10.2020 - Current
  • Looking after over all production activity of Ice cream plant and ice cream mix processing plant and New product Development of Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cakes
  • Customer Complaint sample handling, investigating back in production area for root cause & coordinating with production team to reduce the complaints
  • Investigation of consumer complaints & plant related issues
  • Carrying out regular audits in production area (phage prevention audit, departmental daily checks, GMP audit, product monitoring) escalating & reviewing corrective actions
  • Conducting training to operators for quality related issues
  • Conducting risk assessment for the departmental activities
  • Liaising with projects & production team for commissioning activities
  • Effective execution of Production Planning to actual production
  • Minimizing RM & PM losses during production
  • Maximize Machine utilization & efficiency
  • Online Product Quality check
  • Manpower & Time Management
  • Training to new Executives, Operators & Helpers
  • Maximize production by minimizing wastage
  • Achieving daily numbers leading to monthly and yearly targets
  • Closely work with cone baking unit for product improvement.

Assistant Production Manager

Huber & Holly Ice Cream, A Co Brand of HRPL Ice Cream Pvt. LTD, Havmor Ice Cream Ltd
Ahmedabad
10.2018 - 10.2020
  • Looking after over all production activity of Ice cream plant and ice cream mix processing plant and New product Development of Ice Cream and Ice Cream Cakes
  • Customer Complaint sample handling, investigating back in production area for root cause & coordinating with production team to reduce the complaints
  • Investigation of consumer complaints & plant related issues
  • Carrying out regular audits in production area (phage prevention audit, departmental daily checks, GMP audit, product monitoring) escalating & reviewing corrective actions
  • Conducting training to operators for quality related issues
  • Conducting risk assessment for the departmental activities
  • Liaising with projects & production team for commissioning activities
  • Effective execution of Production Planning to actual production
  • Minimizing RM & PM losses during production
  • Maximize Machine utilization & efficiency
  • Online Product Quality check
  • Manpower & Time Management
  • Training to new Executives, Operators & Helpers
  • Maximize production by minimizing wastage
  • Achieving daily numbers leading to monthly and yearly targets
  • Closely work with cone baking unit for product improvement.

Assistant Manager-Application Technologist

Unibourne Ingredients
10.2017 - 10.2018
  • Technical support and sales marketing of dairy and food Ingredients
  • Viz
  • GDL, Starch, culture, Ice Cream Stabilizers , wheat fiber for cone baking and bakery industry etc
  • Technical sales role with Dairy companies and milk product manufacturers at shop floor level in order to promote food ingredients ensuring best solution
  • Enhancement of quality parameters of existing products by applications, trials and R&D
  • Value addition to New Product Development of the customers
  • Successfully done new developments especially in some of Sugar Cone baking units for product development like reduction of breakage, to increase strength and crispiness, etc
  • Responsible for conducting lab scale/production scale trials and demonstrations for food ingredients at the dairy products manufacturers end
  • Pivotal role in understanding customer specific needs to provide new solutions along with sales and marketing team
  • To conduct technical and sales discussion at various levels in a dairy organization
  • To map the entire dairy and milk products market for business development
  • Responsible for new customer development for Pan India operations
  • Ingredients experience: Dairy Culture, Ice cream stabilizer & emulsifiers, Glucono Delta Lactone, starches, etc
  • Job includes regular customer visits; keeping track of ongoing projects, hunting for new business, providing technical assistance as and when required
  • Updating customers with new product line, maintaining and closing the accounts
  • Builds and manages relationships with customers.

Assistant Manager

Havmor Ice Cream Pvt. LTD
Ahmedabad
01.2015 - 09.2017
  • Looking after over all production activity of Ice cream plant and ice cream mix processing plant
  • Customer Complaint sample handling, investigating back in production area for root cause & coordinating with production team to reduce the complaints
  • Investigation of consumer complaints & plant related issues
  • Carrying out regular audits in production area (phage prevention audit, departmental daily checks, GMP audit, product monitoring) escalating & reviewing corrective actions
  • Conducting training to operators for quality related issues
  • Conducting risk assessment for the departmental activities
  • Liaising with projects & production team for commissioning activities
  • Effective execution of Production Planning to actual production
  • Minimizing RM & PM losses during production
  • Maximize Machine utilization & efficiency
  • Online Product Quality check
  • Manpower & Time Management
  • Training to new Executives, Operators & Helpers
  • Maximize production by minimizing wastage
  • Achieving daily numbers leading to monthly and yearly targets
  • Closely work with cone baking unit for product improvement.

Junior Manager

Ice cream Division, IFFCO Group
Sharjah
12.2012 - 01.2015
  • Actively involved in management of the plant namely shift activities, manpower planning, process management, waste management
  • Apply concepts like productivity, TQM, utilization, workflows and line balancing to various processes in plant
  • Maintain quality standards through effective training, trouble shooting and problem-solving techniques/tools
  • Ensured effectiveness of daily activities and processes like production, manpower and waste management
  • Managing packing lines of different pack varieties with all kind of manpower
  • Preparation of production Reports, Oracle entries
  • Coordinating with maintenance department to resolve problems in production equipments and packing lines
  • Coordinating with warehouse to ensure the availability of required inventory
  • Reporting any deviation in food safety norms and resolving the deviations
  • Taking initiatives for increasing the efficiency and performance of Plant, executed some special considerations in such a way that plant capacity can be increased
  • Key Responsibility in Quality Department
  • Implement HACCP regulations in the plant and ensured safety at critical control points and re cording as per predefined procedures
  • Conducting internal and external audit within plant team
  • Conduction sample/product analysis of semi finished goods and finished goods
  • Performing online quality check and checking CIP
  • Giving Training to new analysts coming to lab
  • Raise process non-conformities and highlights the issues in case of quality deviation observed in the shift Operations
  • Verification of the corrective actions.

Senior Production Officer

Mother Dairy
Gandhinagar
04.2010 - 12.2012
  • Planning and implementing production plan
  • Managing packing lines of different pack varieties with all kind of manpower
  • Implement ISO 22000 and ISO 9001:2008 to ensure safety and quality in production, packing operations and warehouse
  • Monitoring and maintaining quality in production as well as packing line
  • Coordinating with maintenance dept to resolve problems in production equipments and packing lines
  • Coordinating with warehouse to ensure the availability of required inventory
  • Implementation of SAP in Mother Dairy across all Departments
  • Preparation of production reports, SAP entries
  • Facilitate teamwork and help build an effective work relationship with other shifts
  • Monitoring of all production and packing related CCPs & recording as per predefined procedures
  • Reporting any deviation in food safety norms and resolving the deviations
  • Attending and providing all Safety Related Training in plant to new employees
  • Taking initiatives for increasing the efficiency and performance of Plant, executed some special considerations in such a way that plant capacity can be increased
  • Executing and maintaining ISO System
  • Managing Preventive Maintenance activities and Critical Breakdown conditions skillfully.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Dairy Technology

SMC College of Dairy Science, Anand Agriculture University

Dairy Technology, Chemistry, Dairy & Food Microbiology, Dairy & Food Engineering, Economics & Business Management

New English High School

Skills

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Accomplishments

  • SAP implementation project with IBM at G.C.M.M.F
  • And successfully implemented Production Planning, Quality & Material Management module in Mother Dairy
  • New product development Ice Cream under the guidance of Mr
  • Sameer Saxena
  • 15 days project on liquid milk market development at Backward Area of Anand town for Vidya Dairy under brand name of AMUL

Software

SAP PP

SAP MM

SAP QM

Timeline

Assistant Production Manager

Vadilal Industries Limited
10.2020 - Current

Assistant Production Manager

Huber & Holly Ice Cream, A Co Brand of HRPL Ice Cream Pvt. LTD, Havmor Ice Cream Ltd
10.2018 - 10.2020

Assistant Manager-Application Technologist

Unibourne Ingredients
10.2017 - 10.2018

Assistant Manager

Havmor Ice Cream Pvt. LTD
01.2015 - 09.2017

Junior Manager

Ice cream Division, IFFCO Group
12.2012 - 01.2015

Senior Production Officer

Mother Dairy
04.2010 - 12.2012

Bachelor of Technology - Dairy Technology

SMC College of Dairy Science, Anand Agriculture University

Dairy Technology, Chemistry, Dairy & Food Microbiology, Dairy & Food Engineering, Economics & Business Management

New English High School
Hemraj GadhaviDairy Technologist