PRADEEP BIRADAR

Versatile Senior Manager specializing in Brewing and skilled at planning, implementing and overseeing key improvements to drive business growth and efficiency. History of cultivating an open culture with free exchange of information. Pursuing new professional challenges with a growth-oriented company.

• Won Brewmaster Cup for 2022 and 2023.
• Credited for making qualitative improvements in reducing DO levels to 10 ppb in the finished product.
• Successfully achieved 10 brews per day as against the targeted 9 brews per day.
• Contributed towards developing new beer brands with R & D team.
• Achieved highest production of 6.4 and 14.2 lacs in May’18 & Mar 24 with 100% beer availability.
• Lauter tun and mash filter operation were improved to achieve 10 brews/day as FPR.

• Worked on a project “Identification genes related to potassium transporter family HAK in Sorghum Bicolor” during my master’s education.
• Participated in the Annual conference of the Association of Microbiology of India (December-2009) held at the Department of Botany, Osmania University, and Hyderabad.

• Responsible for supervising day-to-day operations which include brewing, fermentation, filtration, and documentation of the same.
• Monitoring of the fermentation profile for Mild & Strong brands daily & reporting the status to the manager.
• Day-wise analysis of operational losses & waste, minimizing the beer losses during the process with perfect process planning.
• Ensuring Production Plan and Stock management. Ensuring to meet production targets.
• Monitoring the proper usage of RM.
• Proper planning of filter. Managing maximum throughput from the filter.
• Proper Yeast management.
• Proper control of Fermentation parameters.
• Coordinating with QA & QC to take corrective actions.
• Coordinating with the maintenance department for preventive maintenance for avoiding any breakdown.
• Plant CIP, hygiene and infection control.
• To implement safety norms, SOPS & Standard guidelines.
• Coordinating with other departments for achieving better efficiencies.
• Manpower handling.
• Completed training course in SAP.
• Having excellent documentation skills in Planning and Documentation of the Production aspects through an SAP and ERP tool –SYSPRO.
• Attended the Taste Testing Training organized by AB-INBEV.
• Handling 250 HL and 450 HL Brew length PLC control atomized brew house with a capacity of 7 brews per day.
• Operating various capacities of fermenters like 450 hl, 500 HL,900 HL,1000 HL, 1500 HL,1800HL, and 2700HL with atomized PLC system (Total capacity 25000 & 64800 HL)
• Operating Filtrox, centrifuge with FIVE & Nine bright beer tanks (Total capacity 2500 HL).
• Having 14 years of Experience in producing Global brands Like Budweiser Premium, Budweiser Magnum, Hoegaarden, Becks Ice Haywards 5000, Knock out, Royal Challenge, Indus Pride Fosters, 7 Rivers, Khajuraho, Tennent’s, Cobra Premium, King Cobra.
• Enhancing yeast performance by yeast management (4 strains)
• To ensure effective documentation to meet the requirements of VPO.
• Active participation in pre & post-commissioning activities.
• Brew House SOPs preparation & implementation.
• Production as per schedules for brewing, and beer packaging.
• Production, Planning and Control, controlling operational costs by improving yields, better utilization of manpower and resources, and reducing and eliminating wastes.
• Develop and revise documentation for Equipment operations, Cleaning and sanitization procedures & Safety procedures
• Dealing with issues related to Quality control at the process level.
• Sensory evaluation of product against product standard profile to find process gaps.
• Quantifying savings through improvement initiatives.
• Monitoring line efficiencies & identifying scope for improvement at the site
• High lighting the Productivity related issue & facilitating problem-solving to resolve recurring issues.
• Part of Designing the Recipe and First person to brew the Budweiser magnum in India.
• Driving Process Improvement Initiatives across the site
• Dealing with breakdowns if any, by implementing & monitoring PMS activities through scheduled checklists of pre-specified frequencies.
• Monitoring CIP of Brewing vessels, Fermentation tanks, Maturation tanks, Bright beer tanks& filler to ensure a microbe-free environment.
• Monitoring the Sanitation activities of the different stages of processing.
• Identifying critical control points for reducing or eliminating the microbiological risk to product quality.
• Informing Production and relevant operations personnel about corrective quality measures to produce good quality products.
• Dealing with VPO from 2012 (passed basic in crown brewery and Excellence in SPR brewery) Handled Safety (9 years), Environment (3 years), Logistics (6 years), and Quality pillars (1 year)
• Achieved Highest Global sensory score of 7.58, lowest TEL 2.78
• My short-term goal is AD-Brewing long-term goal is to become Zone Brewing Director
• Multilingual: Marathi (Mother tongue), Telugu (Academics), Hindi (Academics), English (Academics) and Kannada can fit anywhere in India

• Date of Birth: 08/10/87
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married

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