Career Experience:25 years of total experience, Heading Production and Maintenance Operations of safe Food Ingredients / Spice Extracts Manufacturing Industry. Six Sigma – Champion for three projects Selection for recruitment of Operations team from Plant Operators to Managers. Industrial Relations Core team– Discussions / Negotiations with Unions. Integrated Management System (ISO 9K, 14K, 45K, 22K and 50K) management, Hygiene/ Pest Control Management, SEDEX , C-TPAT USFDA Productivity and Efficiency improvement - Small Group Activities like Quality Circles, Six Sigma Trained at Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) on TEAM BUILDING Certification by the Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship (AOTS), HIDA JAPAN on Executive Program on Production Management (EPPM). Core Team Member of SAP PPQM Implementation & MIS updationStrengths: Natural Leader Strong Relations Organized, systematic & flexible  Management by System &Results. Experiential Learning:Present : Associate Head -Production From July 2002: Kancor Ingredients Ltd, Angamaly, Kerala, India. Managing the Operations in Kerala Facilities. Kancor is a Rs 500 Cr ($ 90M) food ingredient manufacturer at Cochin, India and is the pioneer in solvent extraction. Please visit us at www.kancor.in Specialties: Food Ingredients Manufacturing,