Prerana Marwah
Packaging Professional
Gurugram
Summary
Performance-oriented individual with 8+ years of experience in Research, Material Development, Packaging Specification, Vendor Development, Vendor Management, Vendor Audit, Artwork Management, Supply Chain, Sustainable Development, Cost Saving.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Deputy Manager
RJ Corp
02.2024 - Current
- Development of packaging material for establishing Dairy plant (Ghee, Butter, Cheese, Milk Powder)
- Documentation of specification of packaging material
- Negotiated with suppliers and transitioning to formula based pricing model
- Manage and execute packaging innovation projects
- Represent packaging in cross functional teams to develop and implement new packaging
- Developing packaging specification and managing data base
- Leading RFP process and working with stakeholders to finalize price on time
- Negotiating and achieving cost reduction with both new and existing suppliers
- Reducing risk in delivery by onboarding alternate suppliers
Assistant Packaging Officer
Itochu India Pvt. Ltd
04.2017 - 01.2024
- Lead design and development of different packaging material (poly, laminate, monocarton, carton)
- Responsible for Packaging related cost cutting projects
- Responsible for documentation of specification of packaging material
- Collaborating with multiple stake holders for artwork development (marketing, vendors, factory team)
- Evaluate opportunities for projects in sustainable packaging space and its executiion
- Support to vendors in resolving quality related queries
- Validate technical competence of vendors in terms of machinery, quality, infrastructure, cost, service
- Support in conducting material feasibility trials on machines
- Collaborating with legal team to review and finalize contracts ensuring compliance
- Have achieved following projects :
- Cost saving of Packaging material by packaging optimization
- Implementation of recyclability project
- PAN India implementation of revised packaging specification as per government norms.
Assistant Manager
Shellz Overseas Private Limited
08.2016 - 04.2017
- Responsible for design and development of different packaging materials (pouch, laminates, cartons, label)
- Artwork development and approval from marketing team
- Responsible for new vendor development
- Price finalization and negotiation with vendors
- Coordinating with factory for conducting packaging material trial
- Coordination with vendors for timely delivery of material in plant.
Packaging Associate
Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd
11.2014 - 03.2016
- Designing, conducting pilot and roll out of packaging projects for end-to-end design team
- Worked with Packaging quality team for quality assurance of incoming packaging material
- Assistance to supply chain team for material forecasting, planning and procurement in warehouse
- Daily analysis of outbound shipments to observe trend in consumption of material
- Brainstorming of packaging modification to reduce damages and increase NPS
- Worked with design team for design, approval and implementation of new artwork
- Documentation of technical specification of packaging material
- Packaging process documentation of Packaging Material Supply Chain, incoming quality check of Packaging Material and Packing of products in warehouse
- Implementation of Direct Thermal Label as cost saving project.
Packaging Intern
Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2014
- Project 1: Pressure Optimization of blowing machine to reduce energy consumption while blowing preform
- Project 2: Process mapping of preform injection molding and replicating best practices across vendors
- Project 3: Identification of critical rejection parameters of packaging material and pack performance and suggesting best possible solutions to reduce rejection
- Project 4: Identification of different type of neck finishes used in water across India.
Quality Analyst
Nestle India Pvt. Ltd
03.2011 - 08.2012
- Conducted analysis of various parameters in pesticides lab by QC
- Performing all ICPs (Internal Control Plan) of all instruments as per defined frequency
- Creation/Modification of documents such as SOP as per requirement
- Provided assistance in validation studies like method validation for various parameters on various products (milk powder, raw material).
Education
BASc (Hons - Food Technology
Delhi University
01.2007 - 01.2010
Packaging Technology -
Indian Institute of Packaging
04.2012 - 01.2014
Skills
Performance improvements
Cost analysis and savings
Task delegation
Process and procedure development
Certification
Certificate Training on ISO 9001:2015.
Timeline
Deputy Manager
RJ Corp
02.2024 - Current
Assistant Packaging Officer
Itochu India Pvt. Ltd
04.2017 - 01.2024
Assistant Manager
Shellz Overseas Private Limited
08.2016 - 04.2017
Packaging Associate
Flipkart India Pvt. Ltd
11.2014 - 03.2016
Packaging Intern
Hindustan Coca Cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd
01.2014 - 06.2014
Packaging Technology -
Indian Institute of Packaging
04.2012 - 01.2014
Quality Analyst
Nestle India Pvt. Ltd
03.2011 - 08.2012
BASc (Hons - Food Technology
Delhi University
01.2007 - 01.2010
Certificate Training on ISO 9001:2015.
Certificate Training on ISO 17025 conducted by SGS India Pvt. Ltd.
Certificate workshop on Google Data Studio, Tableau, Power BI.
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