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Jitendra Parihar

Jitendra Parihar

Mumbai

Summary

Dynamic Senior Manager with a proven track record at General Mills India, excelling in food safety audits and regulatory compliance. Expert in leading quality improvements and vendor risk reduction initiatives. Adept at influencing stakeholders and managing cross-functional teams to drive successful new product development and sanitation programs.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

SENIOR MANAGER FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY- External Quality Management, Sanitation & Global FSRM Policy Lead-GEMS/AMEA

General Mills India Pvt Ltd
Mumbai
06.2016 - Current
  • Responsible for executing regional and market strategies in AMEA markets for External quality management including auditing Co-packers, ingredient, and packaging suppliers (200+) & WHs (25+) to make sure the food safety, regulatory compliance, waste management and quality of General Mills' Products.
  • Deliver Global Supplier (RM & PM) maintenance audits plans, Enable NPDs by New Vendor qualifications & meet planned target for Vendor risk reduction. Lead vendor related quality improvements & Cost optimization project as per business need.
  • Ensuring Quality Assurance, Food Safety & regulatory compliances, waste Management, drive risk reduction and customer satisfaction for all external (co-manufacturing) Units (23 Co-packer Units) in AMEA.
  • Co-ordinate & liaison with General Mills Global Food Safety & Quality team to leverage existing Procedures, regularly share best practices & Food Safety Policy requirements being implemented at all Units across AMEA regions.
  • Handling multiple upcoming projects/New Product Development to ensure Quality & Food Safety Requirements. Working closely with R&D and Supply Chain-Operations teams for NPD, Process development & standardize processes and procedures.
  • Prepare Training Modules & Conduct Trainings at existing as well as new Units. Onboarding of all new Vendors & Co-pack locations QA team on GMI FSQ Policies. Ensure Sanitation, Traceability, HACCP implementation, Allergen Controls, EMPs in place, Food defence are functional at all sites.
  • Guide Consumer Care cell by advising technical insights to address customer/consumer complaints & assist plants on completing RCA & CAPA.
  • Ensure GMI Global Food Safety & regulatory Policies are implemented AMEA markets, Lead Onboarding region FSQ team on new Policy changes. Lead AMEA Market for all Sanitation Compliance initiatives & ensure Sanitary design review completion for all Projects.

CORPORATE MANAGER QUALITY ASSURANCE & OHS

ConAgra Foods India (Agro Tech Foods)
Gurugram
06.2010 - 06.2016
  • Coordinating between multiple Units (6 Third Party & 3 Company Owned) nationwide for ensuring Quality Assurance, Food Safety & OHS Standards.
  • Handling multiple upcoming projects/units to ensure Quality & Safety Requirements. Working closely with R&D and Manufacturing teams for Process development & standardize processes and procedures.
  • Independently Handling External Lab analysis for R&D, Supplier samples, Consumer complaint, Periodic Analysis across all units nationwide. Laboratory Management (Quality control & Microbiology), Identify & procure all Instrument, AMCs across all units nationwide.
  • Co-ordinate with (US) Quality team to leverage existing Procedures, regularly share best practices implemented at Units with Global QA team.
  • Ensure Sanitation, Fumigation & Pest control standards, Prepare Training Modules & Conduct Trainings at existing as well as new Units.
  • Collecting Daily reports of QHSE & Operational Quality from All Units and Generating Daily, weekly & Monthly MIS for Indian Leadership team.

EXECUTIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE

Hindustan Coca Cola India Ltd
Ghaziabad
01.2007 - 06.2008
  • Quality system Implementation, Production Engineering, Audits and Process Improvement, streamlining processes to facilitate smooth production process, reduce costs & ensure compliance with statutory quality standards, significant contribution in implementing Six Sigma, SPC, HACCP & 5S concepts and ISO 9001 & ISO 14001 Quality Systems implementation.
  • Played an Instrumental role in start-up & shutdown procedures for new MIS based water line. Successfully completed the project of reducing the Preform weights for both & pack sizes of PET bottles.
  • Successfully ran PET lines without any manual inspection (Manpower reduction).

EXECUTIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE

Shaktibhog Foods
Noida
07.2006 - 12.2006
  • Quality In-charge for analytical & process parameters at wheat Milling/Atta Unit.

Education

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Thapar School of Management
Patiala, Punjab
05.2010

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY - FOOD ENGG. & TECHNOLOGY

RBS engineering College
Agra, Uttar Pradesh
05.2006

Skills

  • People Management
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Influencing Internal Stakeholders
  • Influencing External Stakeholders
  • Food Safety Audits
  • Quality Audits
  • Food Regulatory Compliance
  • FSSAI
  • Legal Metrology
  • USFDA
  • New Product Development
  • FSQR Compliance
  • Plant Certifications
  • Product Certifications
  • GFSI
  • FSSC
  • BRC
  • SQF
  • New Project Qualification
  • Plant Qualification
  • Line Qualification
  • Commercialization
  • Sanitation Programs
  • Sanitation Validations
  • Sanitary Design
  • Equipment Design
  • Facility Design

Certification

  • Lead Auditor- FSSC 22000 & BRC Food Standard, Issue 8
  • Technical Leadership Essential Certification - Minnesota University, USA
  • SQF & HACCP Implementation, NSF CMi
  • Green Belt Lean Six Sigma, NITIE, Mumbai
  • Global Sanitation & Food Safety Expert, General Mills-Global Sanitation Centre of Excellence
  • Calibrated Global Food Safety & Quality Auditor, General Mills-Global Verification Centre of excellence.

Awards

  • Awarded by VP-Asia ITQ for Food Safety acceleration & risk reduction efforts across Co-packers in AMEA region.
  • Awarded by VP-Asia ITQ for successful site Food Safety qualification to enable Nature Valley Biscuit Commercialization.
  • Awarded by MD & President, General Mills India in Company Annual meet for work done towards PB Cookie Cake commercialization new ESC Location qualification.
  • Awarded for Snacks Bar acceleration Project completion by Vice President, General Mills India in 05/01/18.
  • Awarded 'Make a difference' award by President & CEO, Agro tech foods India at Annual Leadership conference held at Malaysia, 04/01/14.
  • Article on 'Food Safety Validation of Peanut Batch Roaster' got selected and published in Global Sanitation newsletter of ConAgra Foods, 06/01/14 Issue.

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: Mr. Amar Singh
  • Date of Birth: 06/22/83
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Timeline

SENIOR MANAGER FOOD SAFETY & QUALITY- External Quality Management, Sanitation & Global FSRM Policy Lead-GEMS/AMEA

General Mills India Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - Current

CORPORATE MANAGER QUALITY ASSURANCE & OHS

ConAgra Foods India (Agro Tech Foods)
06.2010 - 06.2016

EXECUTIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE

Hindustan Coca Cola India Ltd
01.2007 - 06.2008

EXECUTIVE QUALITY ASSURANCE

Shaktibhog Foods
07.2006 - 12.2006

MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION - OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

Thapar School of Management

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY - FOOD ENGG. & TECHNOLOGY

RBS engineering College

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