Heading operations of Cornflakes, Extrusion and Cereal bar division of Bigtree brands

Responsible for Entire Plant Operations from Budget Planning, RM/PM Procurement, production planning, Process & Quality management till Dispatch of Extruded Cereals and Snacks, Traditional Corn flakes line, Fried Peanut snacks etc.Modifying Old cornflakes lines with necessary changes to make it fully functional with max. output.Revamping the Old Milling Lines to fully operational.Responsible for New Projects - Planning and implementation.

Responsibilities:• Worked as Unit Head for Company Leased Plant which produces Whole Wheat Flour in Bangalore and Salem (South India). My Work includes - • Day to Day planning of Production and Manpower allocation, troubleshooting to ensure optimum productivity, Achieving monthly Production and Dispatch targets (PPP, DPP) as given by General Mills Corporate Office.• Supervising the QA System Documentation, Coordinating with Customer Care team regarding the Customer complaints, Doing RCA and providing CAPA (corrective actions & Preventive Actions) for the same.• Heading the Complaint Redressal team and assessing the quality complaints on a weekly basis to achieve the lowest complaints based on CPMU (Complaints per Million Units).• Training the copacker employees on GMI Principles, policies, GMP, GHP, Personal Hygiene and Food safety etc.

I worked as an Incharge for ITC's Third party Operations for Canning and Aceptic processing of Fruit Pulps and Concentrates in South India. My work includes:• Pre-Season Inspection of plants for food safety and operational target estimation, ensuring full traceability and quality as per ITC standards of the product produced, achieving the optimum productivity thereby reaching production targets, troubleshooting etc.• Handling of Different customer complaints, Questionnaires related to the products, Processing & Quality.• Succeeded in setting up a team in South India in assessing the copacker performance on productivity and quality issues and helping the copacker in Documentation, Certifcations etc.