Responsibilities:1. Product Development: Lead development of custom B2B jam and filling products (fruit, chocolate, milk caramel) from concept to market launch, ensuring client satisfaction.2. Client-Specific Formulations: Create tailored recipes that meet client needs, balancing quality, taste, and safety standards.3. Regulatory Compliance: Ensure all products comply with food safety regulations, including HACCP protocols.4. Cost Optimization: Drive cost-effective product development by optimizing ingredients and production processes.5. Sensory Testing: Conduct sensory evaluations to align products with B2B client expectations for flavor, texture, and quality.6. Market Analysis: Track industry trends to inspire innovative, competitive B2B product offerings.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work with marketing, production, and quality teams to ensure smooth product rollouts.7. Project Management: Manage R&D projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and client requirements.8. Sustainability: Integrate sustainable practices in product development, focusing on waste reduction and eco-friendly ingredients

Responsibilities:1. SOP Development: Created and implemented SOPs for vendor selection, raw materials, manufacturing, and quality processes, ensuring consistent quality standards.2. Team Training: Provided ongoing SOP and best practices training to manufacturing and quality teams, enhancing compliance and efficiency.3. Complaint Analysis & Corrective Actions: Analyzed customer complaints to identify product failures and implemented corrective measures to improve quality.4. Budgeting: Presented budgets for QA/QC equipment, procedures, and departmental needs, optimizing resource allocation.5. Quality Control: Developed processes to verify raw material and end-product quality, including rigorous vendor due diligence.6. Traceability & Standardization: Established raw material traceability and product standardization through regular audits and quality presence at TPM units.7. Regulatory Compliance: Ensured compliance with FSSAI regulations, maintained hygiene, pest control practices, and resolved customer complaints effectively.8. Quality Assurance Standards: Collaborated with management to uphold and refine QA standards across operations.9. Mentorship & Team Development: Mentored and developed the quality team to meet and exceed organizational quality objectives.10. R&D Assistance: Assisted the R&D team in developing new products and optimizing existing formulations to meet quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities:1. R&D Contributions: Supported product innovation by enhancing juice recipes and evaluating the effects of additives and packaging materials.2. Food Safety Compliance: Ensured adherence to Food Safety and Hygiene standards, facilitating HACCP implementation across production.3. Quality Monitoring: Monitored Critical Control Points (CCPs), conducted daily HACCP checks, and implemented corrective actions.4. Quality Management: Used Microsoft Dynamics AX for quality release of raw materials and finished goods; investigated and reported non-conformances.5. Microbiological Testing: Performed microbiological analyses of ingredients and samples, including swab tests for coliforms.6. Lab Management: Managed lab equipment calibration and conducted daily water and juice sample analyses.7. CIP Procedures: Recommended Clean-in-Place (CIP) procedures and managed laboratory chemical purchases.8. Pest Control & Waste Management: Maintained pest control and waste disposal systems to ensure production hygiene.