SHYAM SHIVAJI ANKADE
Gurgaon
Summary
I am a Food Technology professional with 6.65 years of progressive experience in the Baking Industry, specializing in bread and biscuit product development, ingredient functionality, and process optimization. I have successfully collaborated with R&D, QA, and production teams to deliver innovative baking solutions while ensuring compliance with food safety standards. Skilled in customer demonstrations, technical training, and building business partnerships with clients, academia, and industry associations. Flexible to travel up to 50% of the time and open to relocation, including Bangalore, to contribute expertise and drive business growth in the baking sector.”
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Deputy Manager, NPD-R&D
Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.
Gurgaon
09.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Core development in varied bakery products
- Core development in varied bakery products range
- Domain of Experience: Hard dough, short dough, cracker, centre filed cookies & creams.
- Project Undertaken-
- Innovation-Soda Cracker, Saltine Cracker, Enzyme Based International Cracket,
- Sandwich cracker, No added water butter cookies, Breakfast Biscuit, centre filled cookies, premium mini cracker, chcochips cookies
- Renovation-Saltine cracker, Ethenic cracker, Potata cracker
- Cost Reduction-Butter cookies, Cocoa reduction project, Sandwhich cream biscuit.
- Key Allied Activities
- Project Management-Manage projects according to business needs, understand the project criticality & make plan of action to achieve target goals
- Design to Delivery-Competition product analysis, DOE formulation, product prototyping, Recipe formulation considering regulatory & other compliance, BOP & PDS formation
- Factory Scale Up- Check product feasibility, understand capability constraints & troubleshooting to commercialise products with desired quality standard.
- Stake holder Management- Project alignment with all CFT to achieve goals with collaboration
- Vendor Management-Collaborative development with vendor to get best possible & cost effective solution for products.
- Core development in varied bakery products range.
Product Development Officer
Britannia Industries Limited
07.2019 - 09.2023
- Company Overview: R&D department focused on product development.
- Project Undertaken-
- Innovation Sugar Free Biscuit, Millet Based Biscuit, Zero Maida Biscuit, Dual cream sandwhich Biscuit
- Renovation Texture Improvement, Flavor Enhacement, Fat reduction, Cost Optimization
- Sustainability Sugar and Sodium Reduction in the key brand Closely worked on restage of Good day and recipe development of Good day Harmony.
- Profound knowledge on role of ingredients (major/minor) and implications in process
- Recipe formulation & optimization with right benchmarking
- Well versed with pilot & factory trails for hard dough & short dough biscuits.
- Key Allied Activities
- Recipe decoding & formulation from BOP
- RM spces creation and documention
- Recipe costing in line with gross margin delivery
- R&D department focused on product development.
Production Trainee
Super Tasty Bakery Foods Pvt. Ltd.
11.2018 - 04.2019
- Company Overview: Part of Britannia Industries Limited, focused on production.
- Handling production and related functions in rusk line
- Production planning & implementation based on the demand from planning
- Manpower management and improvement in efficiency
- Part of Britannia Industries Limited, focused on production.
Education
B.Tech - Food Technology
MIT College of Food Technology
AurangabdHigher Senior Secondary -
Yogeshwari Mahavidyalay
AmbajogaiSenior Secondary -
Yogeshwari Nutan Vidyalay
AmbajogaiSkills
- Ingredient Functionality
- Product Development & Design
- Project Management
- Quality Improvement
- People Management & Monitoring Work Flow
- MS Office & Product Life Cycle Management
- Efficient in handling Product Development Project
- Resource optimization
Projects
B.Tech Project: Formulation of Muffins-Fortified with Pearl Millet., An approach to overcome iron deficiency disease by development of iron rich muffins using Bajara Certification of FOSTaC training in manufacturing (Level2) Certification of training on Regulatory & food safety compliance for supply chain Certification of Food Labelling & Display Regulation Participated in National conference on Advanced Trends in Food Engineering Participated in Agro & Food Processing Industry Conference 2017
Extracurricular Activities
Youth Festival 2018 & secured third prize in One Act Play University Level intercollegiate Kabaddi matches University Level intercollegiate Basketball matches
Languages
English
Upper Intermediate
B2
Hindi
Advanced
C1
Timeline
Deputy Manager, NPD-R&D
Mrs. Bectors Food Specialities Ltd.
09.2023 - Current
Product Development Officer
Britannia Industries Limited
07.2019 - 09.2023
Production Trainee
Super Tasty Bakery Foods Pvt. Ltd.
11.2018 - 04.2019
B.Tech - Food Technology
MIT College of Food Technology
Higher Senior Secondary -
Yogeshwari Mahavidyalay
Senior Secondary -
Yogeshwari Nutan Vidyalay