Manager Quality Control

Rahul Tripathi

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

** ***** ** ***** *****ng leadership, demonstrating the ability to lead diverse teams, analyze productivity opportunities and develop cost effective solutions

QUALIFICATIONS

Grain Milling and Storage• Plant installation & commissioning• Plant Operations• Planning & Scheduling• Quality Control• Maintenance• TPM• GMP• HACCP• BRC• SQF• ISO 22000• LEAN • Plant Automation •TRAINING • ERP • MS OFFICE • MS Project • Auto CAD •Plant engineering • health and safety • budgeting •New Product Development• Inventory Control

ACHIEVEMENTS

Setting up first and largest state of the art rice processing factory in Abu Dhabi

Startup of fortified rice manufacturing facilities in Myanmar/ Mali

Introduced low price SKUs of snacks increasing sales by 60% as touching sales revenue of $1 million in 3 months

Wrote fortified-rice production manual

Implemented HACCP and ISO: 22000

Start-up of Glucose (20 Ton/D), innovation & scale up of Stevia Natural Sweetener, Instant Aged Rice, Fortified Rice

EXPERIENCE

FACTORY ENGINEER 2014 – Present

Al Dahra Agriculture, Abu Dhabi: Prominent leader in the agribusiness; specialized in feed and food commodities operating in 20 countries

Responsible for installation, commissioning & operation of $ 30 million grain processing (20 MT/ hr., 30000 MT silo) plant

TECHNICAL OFFICER 2013 – 2014 PATH, Seattle: International nonprofit organization in global health innovation and fortified rice

Managed $2+ million fortified rice (8 MT/Day, 40+ employees) manufacturing at 5 Global Plants

Improved shelf life of RICE /Initiated preventive maintenance reducing lead time by 20%/ Process cost reduced by 50%

Assistant General Manager 2012 – 2013

Amira Nature Foods Ltd, Delhi: NYSE listed Global producer of Indian Basmati Rice with presence in 8 countries

Managed production (40 MT/ Day, 7 Reporters), planning, purchase, finished goods and raw material quality control, follow-up and exhibition of team efforts and its impact on corporate objectives to the Board

Introduced reliability maintenance to ensure equipment availability above 90%, increased fill rates by 130%, Manpower cost reduced by 20%, Cut overheads by 11% & Raw Material cost by 7%, Spare planning cut production lead time by 20%

Production Manager, 2010-2012

BUSH FOODS P Ltd, SONIPAT, HR: Leading exporters of Basmati Rice

Improved utilities to meet production targets, reduced overheads by $ 25000/month, slashed breakdown time by 12%, introduced employee of the month award, reduced carrying cost by ($ 14000/ month)

Improved finished goods quality by tracking of raw material supplies and training for in-process Quality Control

Reduced production bottlenecks to improve production efficiency by 18%, reduced dust level in the plant

Production & Food Safety Manager 2007-2010

KRBL Ltd, UP: India’s first and largest capacity integrated rice company with global brands like India Gate Basmati Rice

Managed cross functional team of 70 for rice production (300 Mt/ Day) and implemented HACCP

Conducted training and prepared formats to streamline dispatch, standardized procedures, work instructions, in-process quality control resulting reduction in the rework, and reduced production breakdowns by 30%

Reengineered the plant that allows continuous packing of rice without storage and saved production time

EDUCATION

M.Tech, Agro & Food Engineering (2007, GPA: 8.62/10) INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR

B.Tech, Agro & Food Engineering (2005, GPA: 8.08/10) GOLD MEDAL

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 15 July 1980 Status: Married Present Address: Dubai Nationality: Indian

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