Experience

BVeg Foods

• India
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head- NPD & QA

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  Plant Proteins, Plant Based Meat, Frozen Snacks Plant Proteins, Plant Based Meat, Frozen Snacks



Blinkit

• India
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate Director - Quality

  • Feb 2022 - May 2023



Jubilant Consumer Pvt. Ltd.

• India
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• DGM - QA & NPD

  • Mar 2017 - Aug 2020



McCormick & Company

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sr Manager - R&D

  • Aug 2014 - Jan 2017



AATCO Food Industries

• Oman
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Apr 2013 - Jan 2014

  Reporting to the Operations Manager and Managing a Team of 7 Officers.1. Authorized as Management Representative for the company to be the primary face for Quality Audits, Quality Systems Implementation, factory hygiene and customer complaints.2. Successfully faced HACCP, ISO, BRC, YUM & Burger King audits in order to sustain or upgrade company’s quality system certification.3. Responsible for Handling, doing Root Cause Analysis and CA/PA for Product Related Customer complaints with factory technical team.4. Responsible for procuring and updating Regulatory Standards for GCC, Africa and Europe and assisted Business development team to check regulatory compliance of products for developing new markets.5. Implemented the Hold-Release procedure through ERP system for sensitive FGs to reduce the number of Customer Complaints.6. Introduced Packaging tests like torque test, Tensile strength test, bursting and compression test to reduce packaging related non-conformities. Show less

• • Dec 2009 - Mar 2013

  Reporting to the General Manager and Leading a Team of 1 Executive & 2 Techinicians. 1. Introduction of New Ideas and conversion of the same to commercially feasible products, renovation of existing products to improve quality or reduce cost.2. Meet Cost Targets for New Products and find Cost Reduction measures for the Existing High Volume Products.3. Successfully reduced Input Cost of Ketchup by 5-6% still retaining the distinguished taste and flavor providing an edge to the Company Brands (Barka & Khaburah) over Competition.4. Leading role in Developing Subway & Hardee's as Key Accounts for AATCO Food Solutions Division by providing a local source of Gold Standard Sauces which was imported from USA.5. Developed 2 New Salad Dressings (Salad Cream & Coleslaw) and Renovated 6 Existing Salad Dressings for the Company Retail Division.6. Developed the Gold Standard Ketchup, Mayonnaise and Mustard Sauce for Burger King as a Key account of Food Solutions division.7. Developed a new range of Premium Condiments in single serve tubs for Saudi Airlines.8. First time in the region, developed a New Range of Condiments pertaining to Arabic Cuisines (Khabsa, Tahina, Thomeya) for AATCO Food Solutions division.9. Commissioned the high capacity (up to 6MT/hr) Semi-continuous Mayonnaise production line from Terlet. Show less



Nestlé

• Switzerland
• Food and Beverage Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Officer-Application Group

  • Jun 2007 - Mar 2010

  Reporting to the Application Group (Culinary) Manager. Job Responsibility and Achievements- 1. Recipe Development with a Cost Target complying with Quality and Regulatory requirements. 2. Specify Product's Packaging requirements and Validate Shelf Life in the specified Packaging. 3. Conducted Industrial Trials and Commissioning of Maggi Cuppa Mania on a New Line. 4. Designed the Line and Process for the Development and Pan-India Launch of Maggi Bhuna Masala in co-ordination with the Research and Development Team in Singapore. 5. Designed the Product and Process for the Pan India Launch of Maggi Masala- E- Magic. This is an Innovative Nutrient Fortified, Taste Enhancer Seasoning for Low Income Group of Indian Population. 6. Worked on Reformulation and Supplier Development for Maggi Soups to comply with PFA regulation (GSR 185). 7. Achieved "100% Excellence in Quality (Nestle Global and Indian Regulatory Standards)" for Nutritional Declaration on all Maggi Products by Stastiscal Process Control and 6-sigma approach. Show less



Del Monte Foods Private Limited

• India
• Food & Beverages
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Executive-QA

  • Dec 2006 - May 2007

  Reporting to the Deputy Manager QA. Job Responsibility and Achievements- 1. Implementation of Predetermined Quality Control measures at all stages from Crop Harvest to Container Dispatch. 2. Ensure Precise Control of Process Parameters during Ripening, Precooling, Cold Storage and Container Dispatch. 3. Documentation and Reporting of daily MIS data and container Dispatch Report. 4. Worked for the procurement quality control of Grapes(Sharad, Sonaca, Tashi Ganesh) and Onions in Western Maharashtra belt; Pomenagranate in Karnataka belt; Mango(Alphonso, Kesar, Banganpalli) in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra belt. Show less



Desai Brothers Ltd.

• India
• Food and Beverage Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Officer- Research & Development

  • Aug 2004 - Dec 2006

  Reporting to the Manager R&D. Job Responsibility and Achievements- 1. Recipe formulation of Retorted RTE (ethnic cuisines), Blended Spices & Chutneys in association with Manager-R&D. 2. Development of Process and Product Specifications viz. Salt, Acidity, pH, TSS, Particle 3. Size, Stage wise Wastage and Yield, Time-Temperature combination for retorting during Commercial Scale-up. 4. RM Costing for New Recipes. 5. Recipe Modification depending upon Quality or Cost requirements from Market. 6. Establishing Shelf life of New Products upon Accelerated Storage Study. 7. Analysis of Suitability of New or Existing Ingredients from New or Existing Suppliers. 8. Worked 1 month for Online Quality Control (Pickle Production) and supervised RTE Production for 3months. 9. Worked on the development of Sweet Mango Chutney and Indian Curries and Sweets (Sambhar Rice, Navratan Korma, Kadhi Pakora, Lapsi, Moong dal halwa) in RTE format in Retortable pouches. 10. Renovation of Blended Spices & Curry Pastes. Show less



Foster's India Ltd

• Aurangabad, Maharashta, India

• Trainings

  • Feb 2004 - May 2004

  Operations Understood : Manual and PLC Operations and Activities at Brewhouse , Quality Control Tests in Brewing and Bottling , Microbiological Tests and Sensory Evaluation of Beer , Yeast Propagation Techniques . Operations Understood : Manual and PLC Operations and Activities at Brewhouse , Quality Control Tests in Brewing and Bottling , Microbiological Tests and Sensory Evaluation of Beer , Yeast Propagation Techniques .