A competent professional with experience in Ready to Eat products, Liquid Beverages & Tea Manufacturing sector, presently associated with Tata Consumer Products Ltd., as a Assistant Manager – Quality Assurance.
Experience in working in 3P operations.
Sound knowledge in microbiology, beverage manufacturing (cold fill, hot/warm fill), Snacking and breakfast cereal categories such as Muesli, Corn Flakes, Wafer sticks etc., and Instant Beverage Mixes
Adept at handling day to day activities in coordination with internal/external departments for ensuring smooth production with respect to quality aspects.
Experience in conducting Supplier audits, & GMP/Hygiene Audits. Familiar with the usage of SAP.
Have good experience in implementation of FSMS systems such as ISO 22000, FSSC 22000, USFDA, Halal, standards
Experience in updating data to maintain departmental records and databases.
An experienced communicator with hands on experience in training and development of the subordinate staffs and workers.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
5
5
Languages
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Assistant Manager
Tata Consumer Products Limited
05.2017 - Current
Key Result Areas:
Ensure compliance to FSMS 22000 requirements of the plant.
Sound knowledge in beverage manufacturing such as warm fill, cold fill, carbonated drinks, packaged drinking water, Snacks & breakfast cereal products such as Muesli, Instant mixes
Conducting Supplier Quality Audit during vendor/Co Manufacturing unit developmental phase
Implementation of the quality management systems and ensures total compliance to GMP Conducting quality checks (physio‑chemical) of incoming packing materials, raw materials and finished goods
Assesses relevant training needs for staffs, workers, in consultation with the HR Department, including spot evaluations
Managing of customer complaints and conducting the Root Cause Analysis and CAPA
Preparation of MIS report, GMP Audit report
Conducting quality checks of finished goods including the sensory parameters before dispatch.
New product launch in coordination with Co Manufacturing Unit, R&D and OPs
Developing of documents required for export countries (US, Canada, UK, GCC and Mauritius) and commercialization of export production
Other Areas:
Knowledge in production planning as per supply chain requirement. Dispatch planning with coordination with logistics team
Process capability studies for line optimization
Achievements:
Improving the quality score of co‑packing beverage unit from 33% to 75 % over a span of 4 months
ISO 22000 certification of the co‑packing beverage unit
FSSC 22000 system implementation and certification for subsidiary company of Tata Consumer Products
Education
PGDBM - Operations Management
NMIMS, Mumbai
2021.04 - 2023.12
Distant Learning
BTech - Food Processing & Engineering
Karunya Institute of Technology & Sciences, Coimbatore, India