ABHILASH.VIJAYARAGHAVAN

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Managerial Assignments

Health Safety & Environment ~ Quality Assurance ~ Production Planning ~ Plant Operations ~Hygiene

Career Snapshot

Masters in Applied Microbiology with over 7 years of progressive experience and proven record of significant, successful contribution in quality management, project management, process improvement, business analysis/evaluation, product-development life cycle methodologies, supplier management, and quality- management systems, processes, standards, and systems in a wide range of organizations that previously had no standards or programs in place.

Hands on experience in Quality, Food Hygiene, Production Management and Process Improvement in OHSAS, HACCP, ISO, and TPM certified FMCG companies.

Currently designated with Unilever Gulf FZE as Quality Specialist from 2011 till date.

Six Sigma Professional with Green Belt

OHSAS Internal Auditor

ISO 22000 & FSSC 22000 Trained Trainer and Internal Auditor

HACCP certified in Implementation and maintenance

Expert in Quality Management System using ISO 9001:2008

ISO 14001 Internal Auditor

Implementer of World Class Manufacturing (WCM) Quality Control pillar, HSE Pillar

In charge of preparation, coordination and delivery of trainings in Health, Safety Environment & Quality, HACCP, ISO, OHSAS, Hygiene, GMP, WCM-QC pillar, WCM-HSE Pillar.

Key Achievements

Successfully implemented WCM QC pillar projects-Elimination of Quality Defect Product Coding in seven months, and Developed a system of simplified way of reporting the Near Miss, Unsafe Conditions and Unsafe Acts by Factory team and scored ONE in the first audit in Aug-2014 (Lipton Jebel Ali- LJA)

Lead FSSC 22000 implementation, documentation and achieved certification in LJA in Nov-2013. Subsequently passed recertification audit following upgrading of FSSC 22000 requirements in Jan 2014

Effectively integrated Quality, Health, Safety & environment and Food Safety management systems into Integrated Management System (IMS) in March 2014 (LJA)

Being a part of Power Consumption reduction project saved 3/4th of Total power consumptions by introducing Natural Resources across Factory and Office in Lipton in that year in Sep 2013 (LJA)

Lead implementation of On-Pack CRQS (Customer/Consumer Relevant Quality Standards) in LJA in July 2011

Lead the implementation of CRQS in SAP in July 2012 (LJA)

Being a part in Leading the Factory in implementation of a safe Culture and Environmental Awareness, for which Unilever Lipton Factory was considered nominees for The Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Business Awards (MRM Business Award) recognise and reward firms that contribute to the UAE's economic development in different Categories such as Safety and Quality and overall Manufacturing excellence, and was awarded the Best Manufacturing plant in June 2013

Lead the implementation of In-Pack & In-Use CRQS in LJA in Jan 2012

Successfully implemented HACCP, OHSAS and passed the certification audit for three consecutive time without any Non Conformance in Global Food industries (Ready to Cook), Sharjah

Areas of Exposure

Quality Assurance Specialist

Implementing various quality standards.

Monitoring adherence to quality systems and complying with various quality standards.

Managing the ISO Documentation & key member in implementation in production.

Leading the External and Global Internal Quality Standard Audits

Production Planning & Control

Managing overall operations with a view to ensure timely accomplishment of production targets within the time and cost parameters for Monitors/ Controls.

Overseeing the production and procurement policies, procedures and related requirement in line with internal controls and having compliance with quality audits requirements.

Administering the inventory and controlling the cost.

Having hands full of experience in leading edge manufacturing systems and Proficiency in OHSAS 18001,ISO 9001, ISO 14001, 5S, LEAN, HACCP and KANBAN systems.

Plant Operations

Supervising daily work and generating various process reports for all the machines & lines.

Conducting necessary audits, ensuring product quality control as per various standards.

Preparing production schedules / plans; monitoring cost & time over-runs to ensure execution of production process within budget.

Health Safety & Environment Specialist

Implementing various Health Safety & Environment standards.

Conducting Risk Assessments in Factory and Other Functional Areas

Monitoring and Developing reporting systems for Measuring the Performance of Factory achieving the Leading and Lagging KPI’s

Monitoring and Developing simple system of reporting Unsafe Conditions, Unsafe Acts and Near miss and encouraging the Factory team to raise and report Unsafe Conditions, Unsafe Acts and Near miss

Handling and developing simple system of communication and reporting daily issues by Security Team

Conducting trainings and Handling Third Party Contractors (Both engineering and soft Skilled)

Conduct Health and Safety Daily, Monthly & Yearly Audits and communicating with Management on the Safety subject and Cascading the Serious incident reported by the Other Regions and also any Incident and Accidents in Factory to the Factory Team

Prepare reports of all the company’s operations and report to Factory Management and Regional Teams.

Promote Waste segregation and “zero to landfill” activities

Identify and report safety hazards in the factory, and communicating with the Engineering team to close the Unsafe Conditions.

Monitor the adherence of safety rules of the factory

Leading the Factory Team and Management with Emergency Preparedness Systems & management

Safety Induction for visitors

Professional Experience

Unilever Gulf FZE Oct 2011 till Date

Quality Assurance Specialist

Accountabilities:

Conducting Handling ISO 9001:2008, ISO 22000:1994 and HACCP Internal Audits to ensure the effectiveness of the Quality management System and Food Safety Management Systems.

Documentation and Analysis of the Data.

Leading Quality Improvement projects using TPM tools.

Providing Quality and Food Safety Trainings to all the staffs.

Benchmarking of own products with competitor products.

Leading go to market activities of Unilever

Leading Corporate Quality and R&D projects in the factory.

Conducting Supplier Audits & Third party approvals

Dealing with external Calibration agencies and laboratories.

Handling Company policies and Hygiene compliance

Training the staffs on Basic Food Hygiene and other quality topics.

Handling all Legal documents for Export clearance for Shipment (Quality documents)

Statistical approach for Japanese (Kaizen activities) continuous approach

Conducting Internal Audits

Laboratory Analysis: Conducting Organoleptic analysis

Tasting Tea experience

Maintain all aspects of Quality Assurance/QMS in support of relevant site activities to ensure compliance with the requirements of Dubai Legal requirements Standards aligned with Unilever Global Standards for Quality Standard, and the Company's continued accreditation

Highlights:

Successfully revised HACCP Plan and created complete manual in coordination with Codex Alimentarius

Functioned as HACCP Coordinator; implemented Cleaning Checklist for production, storage & non-production areas as per SSOP norms

Executed Quality Improvement Project using TPM Tools; minimized customer complaints by conducting 12 step Kaizen activity and internal non-conformances using Figur8 Tool

Bagged Can Do Award for Successfully Carrying out HACCP External Audit without any Non Conformances for consecutive Audits

Bagged Can Do Award for successfully implementing ISO 22000 in 2013

Presented Quality improvement activities to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Makhtoum Business Excellence Award Committee ( Lipton Jebel Ali won the Award)

Global Food Industries- Sharjah, UAE Nov 2009 – Sep 2011

Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Auditor and Specialist

Accountabilities:

Handling HACCP Auditing.

Handling Customer and supplier complaints

Conducting Suppliers audit (Raw Material- Frozen meat) in India every 2 Months

Conducting 5 s Auditing

Handling Microbiological Analysis for Raw and finished products (Biscuits, Frozen Meat products)

Conducting training for Floor assistants

Monitoring the Environmental, Safety and Hygienic conditions in and around the plant.

An active member in 5 S team and conducting activities

Active member in product and packaging development.

Conducting Weekly Safety Auditing (includes safety of the employee, Accidents-Incidents, Fire equipments)

Conducting Mock recall in a year for tracking the products.

Handling Municipalities queries, and working with them for improvisation sectors.

Koiel Foods Manufacturing Parle Biscuits-Mysore, India Sep’08 –Sep ’09

Quality Controller

Accountabilities:

Physical Inspection of Packaging Materials.

Physical and chemical analysis of Raw materials of Biscuits.

Physical and chemical analysis of finished goods of Biscuits.

Microbial Analysis of Raw and Finished Goods of Biscuits.

Handling HACCP Auditing.

Handling Customer and supplier complaints

Conducting 5 s Auditing

Handling Microbiological Analysis for Raw and finished products (Biscuits)

Conducting training for Floor assistants

Monitoring the Environmental, Safety and Hygienic conditions in and around the plant.

Reckitt Benckiser Pharmaceutical Company-Mysore, India March ‘08 – Aug ‘08

Quality Assurance Supervisor

Accountabilities:

Physical inspection of Raw materials and Packaging material

Conducting online Internal Audits.

Carrying out Chemical analysis on Raw materials of disinfectants

Conduct HACCP Auditing.

Handling Customer and supplier complaints

Conducting training for Floor assistants

Handling & inspecting Packaging material Handling Customer and supplier complaints

Trainings:

OHSAS 18001 Training (Internal Auditor) at SGS, Dubai in 2014

Risk Assessment and Risk Prediction Training, Global Unilever UK in 2014

SIX Sigma green belt certified by ASQ Reinburg in April 2014

Trained with First Aider, Fire Fighting Marshell by Dubai Fire Fighting Autority,2014 (Every two Years)

FSSC 22000 Training (Train the Trainer & Internal Auditor) at DNV, Dubai in 2013

Certified Training on Basic Food Hygiene Level 2, organised by SGS, Dubai in 2013

Certified in implementation and Training HACCP by CFIT, India in 2008

Successfully finished the summer training from “STRIDES ARCO LAB LIMITED” and gained knowledge in the pharmaceutical field.

Successfully finished training on Basic Factory hygiene and Quality Standards on inspection and monitoring in a Dairy Industry,Amul Dairy Industry in Nagpur, India

Awards:

Awarded for Successful implementing and Developing a Safety Culture in the Factory with the Help of Management by Leading a Project called Safety Week

Awarded for Successful completion of External Audit on Food Safety Standard Certification ISO 22000:2011. Unilever Company, Dubai

Awarded for Successful completion of External Audit on ISO 9001:2008.ISO 17001:1994; ISO18001:2004, Unilever Company, Dubai

Awarded for Successful completion of External Audit on HACCP Systems and regulations Unilever Company, Dubai

Awarded for Successful completion in a circle team (Kaizen team) for best performance in compliance to TPM standards in Unilever Company, Dubai

Personal Dossier

Date of Birth: 14-02-1985

Current Address: Dubai

Martial Status: Single

Nationality: Indian

DECLARATION

I hereby declare that all information furnished above is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.

Place: Dubai Signature

Date : 20h April, 2016 Abhilash,Vijayaraghavan

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