Jacob Raju Email & Phone Number

County Galway, Ireland

Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland

Loughrea, County Galway, Ireland

Production - Operation

County Galway, Ireland

Leveraging 10+ years in the natural food ingredients industry, I help GLG Network clients navigate complex challenges in new product development, clean label ingredients, isolation of active components from plant material using speciality extraction methods like CO2 extraction, solvent-free extraction, and traditional solvent extraction, supply chain management, and new product cost optimization. I also provide consultation on overall business development in this area, ensuring your success in the natural food ingredients market.

County Galway, Ireland

Sourcegoodfood.com: Bringing Cost-Effective Natural Ingredients to the Irish Food & Beverage IndustrySourcegoodfood.com is a business-to-business (B2B) platform that connects Irish food and beverage companies with reliable, cost-competitive suppliers of natural ingredients. We work with a network of high-quality, B-tier extract manufacturers worldwide to bring their products to the global stage.Our Services:a) Sourcing: We leverage our extensive network to find the most cost-effective natural ingredients for your needs, including: 1. Oleoresins. 2. Natural food colors. 3. Flavors. 4. E-number free extracts. 5. Supercritical CO2 extracts. 6. Nutraceutical extracts. 7. Colouring Food Stuff and E number-free extracts.b) Business Development: We help extract manufacturers expand their reach into the Irish market.c) Equipment Sourcing: We assist in finding the right equipment for your extract processing needs like blending, spray drying, thin film evaporators, short path distillation, Liquid-liquid extractors, Lab equipment, and extractors.Let us connect to discuss more: Email: jacob.raju@sourcegoodfood.com, Mobile: +353894946030.

Cochin Area, India.

• Development and commercialization of colouring food stuff extracts.• Supercritical CO2 extraction, purification, and process development: Clean label rosemary CO2 extract for free food application, Clean label Marigold extract for the food colouring industry, Vanillin purification using CO2 process, Pesticide free clean label paprika extract for EU and US market, HOP extracts.• Development and commercialization of Turmeric ethanol Dye - 95% from Fresh turmeric. An effort to develop clean label ethanol Dye along with this development of additive-free clean label turmeric extract. Development and commercialization of enzyme-assisted fresh marigold drying.• Product management of clean label portfolio P&L management. Generated revenue of 1.25 million USD @ 30% CAGR. • Techno- commercial roles: SCM management, inventory management, production controlling, quality & regulatory compliance, and customer service.• Strategic project management: Growing and sourcing paprika from Zimbabwe, and Zambia for developing African origin paprika extracts for the EU and US markets. Technical support for Common roots inc, Canada.• Key Account management for CFS extracts - GNT, IFF, Sensient Colours, Sensient Beauty, Kerry, Givaudan-Naturex.

Kochi, Kerala

LOCATION: Synthite Kochi, Synthite Marudur, TN.• Project Management: Led erection and commissioning of production plant (total project cost: USD 0.2 million).• Production Management: Experienced in supply chain management, inventory control, and production control through team leads. Controlled and responsible for a 500+ MT through put/annum production plant focusing on clean label extracts.• Process Engineering/Scale-Up Engineer: Supercritical CO2 process development for marigold oleoresin, vanillin crystals, E number-free rosemary extract, hop extracts, and brown flavors (roasted and toasted).

Kochi, Kerala

• Shop Floor Management: Managed continuous and batch solvent extraction plants (total annual capacity: 1,000-1,200 MT/annum). Managed manpower, document control, internal/external audits, root cause analysis (5W-1H), CAPA, and first-time quality achievement.• Total Productive Maintenance: Certified TPM facilitator and led four TPM circles, promoting 5S activities, implementing Kaizens, and participating in the PM and AM pillars of TPM.• Project Management: Led the erection and commissioning of a production plant (total project cost: USD 0.25 million) in China. This included proof-of-concepting, plant design, and leading the project team for the erection and commissioning of the first clean label plant in China.

Kochi, Kerala

• Utility Management: Led the revamping of the ETP (Effluent Treatment Plant) from 80 KLD to 120 KLD capacity. Selected the heat exchanger design and vendors for solvent recovery brine chillers.• Production Management: Gained experience in production processes, document control, and ERP systems.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba (Executive-Pgp), Business Operations And Corporate Strategy

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Production Engineering

Activities and Societies: Jy-tkmce, Conjura-tkmce Mechanical stream-Production Engineering, University of Kerala. Batch of 2008-2012.

Education record

Science-Maths Stream