Nandana Baiju
Buisness Goal Driver
Cochin
Summary
A dedicated and results-oriented professional with a focus on driving strategic growth and fostering a customer-centric culture. Skilled in cultivating excellence, collaboration, and adaptability within teams to achieve impactful outcomes. Committed to advancing organizational objectives and achieving market leadership through a proactive and goal-oriented approach.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
5
5
Languages
Work History
Senior Business Immigration Analyst
Fragomen Immigration Services India Private Limited
08.2019 - Current
- Primary point of contact and responsible for coordination of Consular services for clients and also assisting with new client engagements
- Planning course of actions and driving meetings with clients
- Part of business development team - FES (Fragomen Educational Services, a new venture started in 2023)
- Assisted Business operation through Ad-hoc reporting, coordinating and conducting meetings
- Participate in strategy meetings and provide inputs to management council concerning working projects and performance of team
- Identified process improvements, contributed to Quality Management System (QMS) enhancements, and conducted Root Cause Analysis to drive continuous improvement
- Monitoring and supervising team members on Consular services for various clients
- Conducting training sessions on case and client management and protocols for various visa case types
- Preparing and reviewing client protocols, documents, templates and reports as per contractual agreement with client and process documents.
R&D Executive, New Product Development
AVT McCormick Pvt Ltd
03.2017 - 02.2019
- Developed new products in soups; dry soup mixes (combination of starch, gums and seasoning mixes) Current market products: Saffola Sweetcorn, Mushroom and Manchow Instant and Ready to Cook Soups
- Created flavours and new concepts for extruded snacks such as kurkure, potato chips, multigrain soya sticks
- Worked for customers such as Kellogs, Patanjali, Parle, Sanjay Godhawat, Guilt free, and PepsiCo
- Noodles seasonings developed for Balaji snacks, Maruti foods and Nirmaral Ventures
- Led recipe development for Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs), working closely with the KFC team to create international flavors
- Fine knowledge and experience in undertaking pilot plant/factory trials and related documentations
- Taking small scale trials to large scale productions in factory
- Development of innovative concepts and seasoning in line to market trends
- Experience in consumer research studies in order to understand taste requirement of consumer and accordingly recipes
- Critical raw materials analysis and effective cost reduction by using optimum ingredients
- Experience in choosing ingredients in order to create stable and flavor lock profiles
- Ingredients based knowledge in order to deliver best product.
R&D Executive, Product Development (Foods, Savory)
Hindustan Unilever Research Centre
10.2015 - 01.2017
- Contribution in developing new products in savory for South Asian market namely soups, seasonings, noodles, instant soups and savory snacks
- Knorr Soups: International variants- Mushroom International, Mexican Tomato Corn, and redesigning of Knorr Thick Tomato Soup and Manchow Soup
- Experience in pilot plant and factory trials
- Active visits to Nashik for factory productions
- Actively involved in the development of international variants of soups for Indian market, crispy chicken coating mix and batter mix for Pakistan, Bangladesh and soy mix snacks for Sri Lankan markets
- Market products: Knorr rolls and wraps (Chatpata Masala and Chinese Chow)
- Trained in development of mayonnaise, jams and ketchups using various types of starches, gums and pectin, along with the infusion of flavors
- Familiarity in salt reduction (noodles and soups), consumer insights, product and process design
- Closely involved in the designing of pilot plant blenders RMG (Rapid Mixer Grinder) to delivery fast and uniform blends of seasonings
- Maintenance and monitoring of products kept for shelf life study
- Accelerated shelf life study is done to understand the nature of the product where the seasoning or ingredient is subjected to high moisture and temperature
- This study also helps in understanding the durability of the packaging material used and thus helps to develop a stable product altogether
- Understanding in instrumental and microbiological analysis of food products
- E.g.; Moisture meter, salt analysis, water analysis, HPLC etc.
Junior Research Associate (R&D)
Bio GAP, ISA
02.2015 - 09.2015
- Quality system support to the operation system and technical expertise to the manufacturing operations
- Research study based on microsatellite, HPLC, mating types using PCR, electrophoresis, gel staining and micro plate assay
- Integrated working with R&D, Innovation quality and trained workers for GMP.
Industrial Project Employee
Lesaffre
09.2014 - 01.2015
- Screening of the use of probiotics in the field of baking, breakfast cereals and wide range of beauty products as well
- Market study and positioning, R&D activities in the ingredients used as probiotics
- SWOT analysis, market segmentation and study of technical constraints.
Hygiene Auditor
Equinox Labs
06.2014 - 09.2014
- Evaluation of the document management system, preparation of FSMS (food safety management system)
- Audited food safety and processing systems and recipe Control Sheets and performed corrective action whenever necessary
- Conducting sensory analysis for benchmarking of leading food products and performing training for the same
- Trained company food handlers in GMP/HACCP & Food safety programs.
Education
Master SFTM- Sustainable Food Technology and Management -
Groupe ISA, Lille Catholique University
Lille, France 01.2013 - 04.2015
B.Sc. Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology - undefined
Bharathiyar University
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 01.2010 - 04.2013
Skills
Continuous Process Improvement
Problem-solving abilities
Excellent Communication
Critical thinking abilities
Client Relationship Building
Strategic Planning & Execution
Certification
ISO AUDIT CERTIFICATE: LEVEL A certified food auditor
Timeline
Senior Business Immigration Analyst
Fragomen Immigration Services India Private Limited
08.2019 - Current
R&D Executive, New Product Development
AVT McCormick Pvt Ltd
03.2017 - 02.2019
R&D Executive, Product Development (Foods, Savory)
Hindustan Unilever Research Centre
10.2015 - 01.2017
Junior Research Associate (R&D)
Bio GAP, ISA
02.2015 - 09.2015
Industrial Project Employee
Lesaffre
09.2014 - 01.2015
Hygiene Auditor
Equinox Labs
06.2014 - 09.2014
Master SFTM- Sustainable Food Technology and Management -
Groupe ISA, Lille Catholique University
01.2013 - 04.2015
B.Sc. Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology - undefined
Bharathiyar University
01.2010 - 04.2013