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- 1. CURRICULUM VITAE Venkata Ramesh.Suru Manager – Quality Control, QA and Production Operations Vignesh Agri Exports Working Station – Bangalore, Hosur Karnataka Mobile-+91-9986513961, 9943317899 INDIA Email:rameshinworld@gmail.com Skype – ramesh.suru Career Objective To obtain a challenging position in an organization enriched with values and team spirit so as to utilize my potential innovatively in the field of QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY CONTROL, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, thus add tangible value to the organization. EDUCATION M.Sc. – Microbiology from Maharajah PG College, Vizianagaram, Andhra University in 2007 B.Sc. – Chemistry,Botany,Zoology from Government Degree College, Tekkali, Andhra University in 2005 DIPLOMA IN FOOD PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY from Annamalai university in 2008(Distance Mode) Resume Head Line – Having 9 years 5 months experience of -Quality Control, QA, Production and Product Development in Food Processing Industries. PRESENT EXPERIENCE Name of the Industry: Vignesh Agri Exports-Agro Foods Processing unit, Hosur (100% EOU) Working at M/s. VIGNESH AGRI EXPORTS-Agro Food Products Division, Hosur as Manager – Quality & Operations from December 2014 to till date. Company Profile: Vignesh Agri Exports is a company into manufacturing and export to different countries through their own marketing. Company is into exporting of Bulk, canned, and Bottled Gherkins (A type of Cucumber), Jalapenos, Banana Peppers, Carrots, Tomatoes, Capsicum, Okras, Baby corn products and other Vegetables. JOB ROLE: To fulfill the duties of a full time Quality and Operations on Company production, quality and shipments. SCOPE: Quality Assurance and Control- • Designing and implementing appropriate Quality Management systems as required by the business – including meeting HACCP and other compliance requirements • FSSAI registrations, product filings, export filings, coordinating with auditors for inspections. • Internal departments auditing, Supplier audits, co ordination and supporting in BRC, HACCP audits and Customer audits. • Incident reports, Rejection notes, Deviation notes and CAPA raising and reporting to QA/QC in charge. • External Lab communication and coordinating with Raw and Packing materials suppliers related to quality concerns • Conducting Training programmes like Food Safety, Good Hygienic practices and Good Laboratory practices etc. • Liaise with the various statutory bodies to ensure that all compliances relating to quality are kept up-to-date and relevant for the business • Assisting to In charge in handling customer complaints through traceability, taking corrective action and preventive action • Responsible for Raw materials, Packing materials and finished goods releasing. • Preparation and Revising of Raw materials, packing materials and finished goods specifications according to Customer requirement. • Preparation of QC reports, finished product reports, Weekly Review Meeting and Management Review Meeting reports. • Monitoring of Pest control activities, ETP, Online Supervisors activities and laboratory daily activities • Work actively towards product and process improvement, and cost management • Setting up the Production Department of the company by establishing appropriate procedures, processes and systems for the same. • Responsible for the establishment of the process parameters, production planning and execution to meet customer requirements. • Expected to bring about efficiencies in cost and productivity by making process and other improvements. • Effective management of factory personnel to ensure optimum productivity. • Designing and implementing effective training modules for factory personnel • Managing of the Technical & Maintenance Department of the company by establishing appropriate procedures, processes and systems for the same. • Establishment of the process parameters, and for the routine maintenance of the plant and machinery • Manpower planning, training of personnel, and exercising control of the personnel in the department
- 2. • Establishing a process of preventive and break-down maintenance that will result in minimum downtime of the line. • Designing and implementing a Management Information System that correctly captures data, and reports on the performance of various critical equipment and machinery. • Setting up a laboratory facility appropriate to the requirements of the business • Selection and training of personnel who will be required to carry out quality control and assurance, and product development • Designing, establishing and implementing such systems, processes and procedures as may be necessary for achieving customer specifications, and food safety standards • Besides the above, I will also be responsible for drawing up the plans and budgets necessary for the Quality activities, for effective and successful implementation of the same, and for management of the personnel engaged in the above activities. • Ensure that all products that are dispatched from factory to customers, meet all legal & statutory requirements. PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE 1) Name of the Industry: Forbes and Walker Fine Foods Private Limited-Agro Foods exporter (Group of Dilmah Tea, Srilanka) Worked at M/s. Forbes and Walker Fine Foods Private Limited-Agro Food Products Division, Colombo as Quality Control, QA and Food Technology Consultant (Assistant Manager Level) and assisting to Director in Product Sourcing activities from July 2011 to December 2014. Company Profile: Forbes and Walker Fine Foods Private Limited-Agro Food Products Division is the buyer of Agro food products from Indian manufacturers and export to different countries through their own marketing and Dilmah Tea Marketing team which is dealing with manufacturing and marketing of Tea with the brand DILMAH. Forbes is into exporting of Bulk, canned, and Bottled Gherkins (A type of Cucumber), Jalapenos, Banana Peppers, Carrots, Tomatoes, Capsicum, Okras, Baby corn products and other Vegetables. JOB ROLE:To fulfill the duties of a full time Food Technologist providing Quality Control and QA on Company shipments and advising marketing division on product development. SCOPE: Finished products - Bulk, Jar and Canned products Quality Inspections, record control of all exports from India. Contribution towards increasing in product range through product development and R&D. Contribution towards increasing in exports through sourcing products. Inspection of all raw materials, packing materials and process parameters used for Forbes products in all plants. Development of detailed specification of products, development sheets and costing activities. Regular reports preparation for Director with crop reports, projections and shipment schedules reports on weekly basis. Coordinating with our logistics team to assure on time shipments from all the manufacturing units. Strengthening quality, quantity, cost control and timely delivery of products as required by the customer. Maintain off line inventory records of excess material of packing and processing material. Plant Audits and assisting to Plant management in implementation of Systems. Case studies in problematic areas in manufacturing units and monitoring of process and shelf life studies. Any other work and responsibility entrusted by the senior management. Complaint handling and taking Corrective action, preventive actions. External lab communication for analysis reports. Quality & Product Development • Involving in Label designing for Jars, Cans and Bulk and Specification preparation and communicating to plants. • Plant hygiene audits and assisting to manufacturing units in systems implementation and Certifications. • Assisting plants in US FDA registration and SID Filings of products. • Reporting to Director regarding to production status and finished product status in all manufacturing units. • Conducting training programmes regarding Operating procedures, SOPs, SSOPs, Hygiene, Good Manufacturing practices, Good laboratory practices. • Samples Development – Developing of samples based on our International Marketing team request. • Coordinating with team during Plant Selection for production in India and Sensory evaluation of new samples, flavours and designing of product development sheet and involving in new product samples development • Communicating with International marketing team for feedback on samples and productions • Communicating with vendors for developing of new flavours and Training to Sensory Panel members ACHIEVEMENTS: • One of my technical collection “Factors influencing on preparing of pickled cucumbers” has been selected and published in Beverage and Food World Journal – May -2012 Edition. • Rejection levels reduced in exported finished products. • Handling US FDA SID Filings and looking over Sourcing part also. • Coordinating with marketing team for customer feedback of finished products and conducting training programmes regarding to sensory evaluation of foods and handling Canned Pineapple project.
- 3. 2) Name of the Industry: PRIMACY INDUTRIES LIMITED(MVP International group, USA) Previously worked in M/s. Primacy Industries Limited, Bangalore as QA&QC cum PD Executive from June 2010 to April 2011. QA-QC & Product Development: • Preparing of samples or Product Matching according to Marketing team request • Customer communication for the feedback from Customers and Marketing team • Plant Audits and production monitoring at factories. Finished goods approval before releasing lots. • Correlating of Technical data into internal specifications, Preparation of Specs and verification of specs and on time releasing for Production • New suppliers audits, new samples analysis (raw or packing) and giving feedback • Sensory evaluation of Flavours, Finished goods and ingredients • Assisting plants in US FDA – Product filings, HACCP, BRC, Kosher certifications. 3) Name of the Industry: REITZEL INDIA PVT.LTD Previously worked in M/s. Reitzel India Private Ltd Kunigal, Bangalore as Quality Supervisor, QA&QC cum Food Safety Officer from June 2007 to June 2010. Company Profile: Reitzel India is a Swiss based food industry, which is dealing with processing of Gherkins (A type of Cucumber) and Vegetables. MNC, A 100% EOU Company which is BRC, HACCP certified based at Kunigal near to Bangalore. JOB PROFILE: Quality: • Responsible for Raw materials, Packing materials and finished goods releasing. • Preparation and Revising of Raw materials, packing materials and finished goods specifications according to Customer requirement. • Preparation of QC reports, finished product reports, Weekly Review Meeting and Management Review Meeting reports. • Internal departments auditing, Supplier audits, co ordination and supporting in BRC, HACCP audits and Customer audits (Tesco, Kosher). • Incident reports, Rejection notes, Deviation notes and CAPA raising and reporting to QA/QC in charge. • External Lab communication and coordinating with Raw and Packing materials suppliers related to quality concerns • Conducting Training programmes like Food Safety, Good Hygienic practices and Good Laboratory practices etc. • Assisting to In charge in handling customer complaints through traceability, taking corrective action and preventive action • Monitoring of Pest control activities, ETP, Online Supervisors activities and laboratory daily activities Product Development: • Preparing of samples or Product Matching according to Customer request or Reitzel Marketing team request • Customer communication for the feedback from Customers and Marketing team • Shelf life studies for Finished goods and Process validation • Correlating of Technical data into internal specifications, Preparation of Specs and verification of specs and on time releasing for Production • New suppliers audits, new samples analysis(raw or packing) and giving feed back to QA-QC and Purchase departments • Sensory evaluation of Flavours, Finished goods and ingredients Achievements in Reitzel India: • Trained by Mr.Joel(Reitzel Swiss R&D Head)regarding to Product development activities • Faced BRC Audits and other customer audits like TESCO, DOLLAR GENEARL, etc. • Products developed for Gulf and Federated Food shows participation and we got trail orders • Handling of QA-QC activities and Product development activities • Project handled in Reitzel - Validation of Flash pasteurisation for Recapped products • Selected as a HACCP team member in Reitzel India within short span of time • Handling product development responsibilities within short period time and First Sample prepared by me was approved by Migros Super market in Swiss and we got order 10 fcls • Product prepared for Bonduelle-Russia matched with their product samples by first trail
- 4. • Within short period selected as a Sensory evaluation panel member and presenting of seminar about sensory evaluation of foods and Flavours • Attended Weekly and Management Review meetings within short period • Got an opportunity as an Internal auditor and Packing and Raw materials suppliers auditor Analytical Capabilities Microbiological and Chemical analysis of finished goods, ingredients, process water & personnel as per the QMS requirement. Calibration of laboratory equipments, CCP monitoring and Raw materials analysis and Packing materials inspection Separation techniques-Chromatography techniques, Blotting techniques, Isolation and estimation of nucleic Acids, Gel elution& Antibiotic assay and Vitamin assay Industrial Microbiology-Production of Yogurt,Cheese,Mushroom cultivation, Citric acid production and Immunological techniques- WIDAL, ELISA, Blotting, HAG, Blood Grouping Dairy techniques-MBRT test, Phosphatase test, Total plate count, Estimations-Anthrone test, Benedicts test, Chlorine estimation, Acidity, Salinity, CaCl2 estimation,So2 estimation, Lactic acid estimation, Reducing sugars estimation, Environnemental techniques- COD estimation and BOD estimation, Soil analysis Equipment/Apparatus handled: Microbiology lab equipment like Laminar airflow, Autoclave, Microscopes, pH meters, Membrane filter apparatus, ELISA, Refractometer, colorimeter, UV spectrophotometer, Different Blotting apparatus, Anaerobic chambers, Incubator and Hotairoven,Hands on experience in calibrating and making corrections of all above-mentioned equipments. Key skills: Good auditing, Sensory evaluation, Quality Systems, Training skills, Record keeping Presentations of Reports Software skills: DIPLOMA IN OFFICE AUTOMATION AND DTP (DOAD) AND INTERNET USAGE TRAINING • Trained on SENSORY EVALUATION OF FOODS AND FLAVOURS-ODOUR PERMEABILITY OF PACKAGING MATERIALS TO THE FOODS in CFTRI, Mysore. • Trained on TRACEABILITY AND FOOD RECALL in SGS Bangalore on 29.08.09 • BRC,Internal Trainings like Document control,HACCP awareness and Safety training and Chemical analysis of Finished product training in TUV-SOUTHASIA lab in Bangalore • Attended one day training programme on THERMAL PROCESS&PASTUERIZATION, conducted by Vikas chuan from CFTRI. • Attended one day training programme on BRC-ISSUE 5, awareness and implementation, conducted by Achala Mohan from SGS. • Thermal Validation of Foods one day training programme conducted by EBRO Systems conducted in Bangalore Co-Curricular Activities: • Actively participated in the National Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremediation and Biotechnology”, Participation in state level General Knowledge contests and Qualified in Uttama Hindi Prachara Sabha. • Actively participated in College functions, Company functions and social awareness programs. PERSONAL ◦ Hobbies : Listening music, Reading books, Cooking & Watching TV ◦ Date of Birth: 1st May 1984, Marital status & Mobility : Married & Anywhere in India ◦ Languages known : English,Telugu,Kannada,Hindi,Tamil ◦ Permanent address : S/O S.V.Janardhana Rao, Opposite to Narayanadri Apartments, Behind Sun School, Ring road, Vizianagaram-535002, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA References 1) Mr. Sanjeev patil General Manager-Operations Reitzel India Pvt ltd. Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA, Phone: +91 9886500936 2) Mr. Tissa Prathapasinghe Director of the Company Forbes & Walker Fine Foods
- 5. Colombo, Srilanka, Phone :+ 0094777001006 3) Mr.Varadaraju Managing Director Rajshree Commercials and Industrial Company Pvt Ltd Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 9448287310 4) Ms.Sailashree General Manager Rajshree Commercials and Industrial Company Pvt Ltd Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 9448287316 5) Mr. Pujar CEO Reitzel India Pvt ltd. Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA, Phone: +91 9886653941 6) Mr. Junaid Ahmed Managing Director Vignesh Agri Exports Tamilnadu, INDIA, Phone: +91 9840987860 7) Mr.Ch.Anil Kumar HOD of Microbiology department Maharaja College of PG courses and Pharmacy, Phone: +91 9492542469 8) Mr. Jaffer Sadique Managing Director Amazon Agro Exports Dindigul, Tamilnadu, INDIA, Phone: +91 7667770666 Declaration: I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge. Place : Bangalore, India Date : 20/10/2016 (S.VENKATA RAMESH)
- 6. Colombo, Srilanka, Phone :+ 0094777001006 3) Mr.Varadaraju Managing Director Rajshree Commercials and Industrial Company Pvt Ltd Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 9448287310 4) Ms.Sailashree General Manager Rajshree Commercials and Industrial Company Pvt Ltd Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 9448287316 5) Mr. Pujar CEO Reitzel India Pvt ltd. Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA, Phone: +91 9886653941 6) Mr. Junaid Ahmed Managing Director Vignesh Agri Exports Tamilnadu, INDIA, Phone: +91 9840987860 7) Mr.Ch.Anil Kumar HOD of Microbiology department Maharaja College of PG courses and Pharmacy, Phone: +91 9492542469 8) Mr. Jaffer Sadique Managing Director Amazon Agro Exports Dindigul, Tamilnadu, INDIA, Phone: +91 7667770666 Declaration: I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge. Place : Bangalore, India Date : 20/10/2016 (S.VENKATA RAMESH)