Rao Kodali Phone: 416-***-****

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Management of all Operational/QA/Food Safety aspects of the Food Oil manufacturing facilities, from raw material receiving to final product storage & shipping, and new product development from concepts to commercial production, with special emphasis on cGMP and SQF compliance.

CAREER HISTORY with ACHIEVEMENTS

Quality Assurance Manager

Saporito Foods Inc., Toronto Nov’2009 – June 2023

600TPD Veg Oil filling facility& distribution of Shortening and Margarines

SQF Coordinator. Achieved a score of above 98% in SQF and Silliker GMP audits continuously in last 10 years.

Vendor Identification and Vendor analysis and maintained approved supplier program.

Coordinated with all contractors for contractor’s GMP contracts.

Responsible for food safety commitment in logistics contracts.

Receiving customer complaints, recording, root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.

SQF Program review, mock exercises on food defense and Crisis Management, change control, product mock recall, regulatory FDA/CFIA, export requirements and documentation.

Lead third party audits, and regulatory inspections and audits.

Training on SQF/HACCP elements such as personal practices, shipping and receiving, storage practices, allergens, cross contamination, sanitation, Pest control, garbage disposal, color code, product recall and health & safety,

Development of specifications and standards for new products and specialty oils.

Preparation of Nutritional and Specifications sheets and reviews on all existing and new products.

Label reviews as per regulations.

Packaging materials quality monitoring and liaise with suppliers for improvements,

New Packaging materials development from concept to commercial production.

Factory Manager

Omani Vegetable Oil & Derivatives Co., Salalah, Oman Aug`2003 – Jul’09

(The only one edible oil complex in South Oman)

Refurbished the plant and achieved target dates for commercial production

Enhanced the capacity of the plant by 50% without major investments

Prepared and Implemented cGMP & HACCP

Developed and met budgets in production volumes, efficiencies, manufacturing costs, and capital expenditures.

Responsible for supervision, development and performance management of all refinery /production/maintenance/QC associates

Worked with all facility functional areas, to include purchases, warehouse, quality assurance, human resources, finance, sales, and other operations areas

Developed and produced new products like flavored oils, veg ghee and shortenings

Involved in strategic planning of the company and drawn expansion plan and implemented the new projects from concept to commissioning.

MR for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 & ISO 22000, Integrated Quality Management Systems.

QC Manager

Ocean Nutrition Canada Inc. Oct’2001 – Nov’2002

Canada’s largest marine based Nutraceutical Company

(Refining of Fish Oils, Manufacturing Fish Oil Fatty Acids and Derivatives)

Monitored three busy plant’s quality of products

Supervised 12 QC chemists,1 QC Associate and 1 Lab Supervisor

Authored, reviewed, and/or revised Standard Operating Procedures.

Approved the quality of incoming raw materials, packaging materials & finished

Products and issued Certificate of Analysis.

Assisted in preparing Quality manual, customer audits, and HACCP manual

Prepared and adhered to Quality Control Budget

Designed and performed Lab scale and Pilot scale experiments for No Taste

and No Smell Fish oils and derivatives.

Coordinated with R&D team for new analytical methods and validation

Worked with Stability Group for product stability studies

Organized third party testing as per requirements

Cut costs, by identifying actual requirements for process and quality monitoring

Improved response time of QC department by developing rapid analytical techniques.

Production Manager

Abu Dhabi Vegetable Oil Co May’1998 – June’ 2001

200MPD CMB’s continuous refining operated by PLC, suitable for refining of Corn Oil, Canola Oil, Sunflower Oil, Palm Oil, Palm Olein, Soya oil, Cottonseed Oil and Rice-bran Oil.

Supervised the Refinery operation to ensure that all production targets

and quality standards are met in a safe and cost-efficient manner. Efforts

resulted in reduction of process costs, refining losses, change over losses,

Liaised with Marketing team and effectively sequenced Production runs for

refining of various oils

Developed specifications for raw materials, in process products

and finished products. Developed HACCP system, & QMP

New products developed and produced commercially

Analyzed operators’ ability and trained to perform tasks accurately and

consistently.

Implimented policies on EHS

Manager (Process & QA)

ITC Agro Tech Ltd., India March/1991 to May/1998

One of the multi-seed and Oil Processing Complex with State of Art Technology in India

(800MPD Oil Mill, 400MPD Solvent Extraction, 300MPD refining and 600MPD Packaging)

Improved processing conditions through experimentation to reduce costs

and to improve quality.

Achieved production targets with very limited management resources and

ensured Company’s products are not dried-up in the market while

maintaining the quality, during Lock-out period and received

appreciation from management as “Best performer”.

Designed process improvement expts and implemented in the plant.

Set up Internal quality audits

Established and monitored material balance and documentation and cGMP

Practices in third party operations(7different crushing, solvent extraction &

refinery plants.)

Written men specific, machine specific and safety specific instructions

Interacted with Government officials for achieving pollution control and

environmental standards.

EDUCATION

Diploma in Management, Indira Gandhi National Open University,

M. Tech (Oils, Fats Technology) Nagpur University, India

B.Sc. Tech (Oils, Fats Technology) Nagpur University, India

B.Sc., (chemistry) Andhra University, India

C.E.T OACETT, Toronto, Canada

ONTARIO EQUIVALENCY

Bachelor’s Degree (four years) in Chemical Technology and

Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering specialized in oils and fats from a recognized University in Ontario

TRAINING

Leadership Skills, Time Management, Team Building

Quality Management, ISO 9000/ISO14000/ISO20000, cGMP, HACCP

ASSOCIATIONS

Member of Ontario Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists.(OACETT)

Member of Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers(CIC)

Member of American Oil Chemist’s Society(AOCS)(Leadership team member to Canada- two years)

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