Master Roaster / Factory Manager

Coffee Specialist

AJAYA KUMAR V

Sreenilayam EMAIL – ********@*****.***

Pallippuram P O Mobile +966-**-***-**** ( KSA)

Cherthala, Alappuzha +91-892******* ( whatsapp)

Kerala – 688541 coffeeqc – (Skype)

India

EDUCATION

Ø P.G. Diploma In Coffee Quality Management. (Secured the 4th Rank) Year Institute

2001 -2002 ( First Batch) Central Coffee Research Institute ( CCRI) – Bangalore

Ø Bachelor of Science – Chemistry

Year Institute

1995 – 1998 Kerala University

LANGUAGE

Proficiency (0=Poor - 10=Excellent)

Language Spoken Written

Malayalam 10 10

English 10 10

Hindi 10 5

Tamil 10 0

Kannada 10 0

Bahasa Indonesia 8 5

ADDITIONAL INFO

Coffee Specialist by profession, with 17 Years of coffee experience. Qualified from Coffee Board of India and holding an international work experience of 6 Years in Indonesia, UAE and KSA,as manager-Procurement and Operations. Expertise in 1)Green coffee Procurement,Processing, quality Controls and Export Imports 2) Roast & Ground coffee, Products Developments, Production Quality control and Packing Materials, 3) Instant Coffee, Product Developments, Production and Quality and packing Materials 4) Specialty coffee Procurement, 5) Procurement, Quality, Processing and Trading of spices and 6) excellent skill and passion to learn new Information, Knowledge and languages, in hand Experienced in Neuhaus Neotec, Probat and Diedrich Roasters

Career History

1) Roast Maestro ( Plant Manager), KSA, From 2019 (Present) RESPONSIBILITES

Managing day to day activities of a coffee Roasting Plant of 1000 Kg per Hr capacity

Profit center Head of Coffee Factory, Responsible for Budget & Cost Control

Procurement of Raw Coffee, Packing Materials and inventory control

R & D / Product Development

Sourcing of equipment and services

Production management, Quality Control and QA

Implementation of SOP and HACCP

Implementation of ISO 22000 and Food Safety Standards

Staff Recruitment and Training - Production, maintenance Quality, sales & Administration

sales & Marketing Support (Survey, Sampling and customized Blends development)

Customer Support ( High Profile customers like star hotels, institution & Private Label) 2) KARAM FOODS LLC ( Plant Manager), Dubai UAE, From 2015 to 2017 RESPONSIBILITES

Managing day to day activities of the Plant, coffee Roasting, grinding and packing

Procurement of Raw Coffee, Packing Materials and inventory control

R & D / Product Development

Production management,

Implementation of SOP and HACCP

Implementation of ISO 22000 and Food Safety Standards

Production, Quality and sales Staff Training

Marketing Support (Sampling and Feed Back Report) 3) Coffee Specialist at Coffee Sutra Agri Commodities Pvt Ltd, from 2014 a) Project in UAE to set up a coffee Plant & Product development, RESPONSIBILITES

Setting up of a coffee roasting Plant

Design the Plant Lay out, Purchase of Machineries, erection and testing

Procurement of Specialty Raw Coffee and Packing Materials

R&D /Product Development / Blending for each customer segments.

Master Roaster / Production Controls

Quality Controls

Maintenance of machineries and factory

Recruitments of Production and Quality team members

Training of staffs

International coffee market updates

setting up of a green coffee trade house in Middle East countries

Customer relation and market surveys, related to R & D and Product development

Product promotion activities

Ware house and logistic

4) Profit Center Head (PCH) – Beeville Exports India Pvt Ltd From 2009 to 2014 RESPONSIBILITES

Incorporation of company in India

Locating and setting up of Head Office at Bangalore

All Legal registration and its Formalities like, IEC, VAT Registration, Service Tax Registration, PAN, TAN, VAT Registration For the Branch in Kerala etc

Opening Bank Account and Currency related Risk Covering

Procurement, Quality, processing and meeting Export Schedule of Coffee

Trading of Instant Coffee

Sourcing Toll Processing/Warehouse Facility for Coffee processing

Crop survey and estimation

Establishing Relation with coffee Farmers and Coffee Suppliers

Developing new Processing techniques for Green Coffee

Training for farmers for maintaining quality standards

Buying coffee on FOB Basis from Leading Exporters

Domestic Trading of Coffee

Trading of Spices and coffee ( imports from Indonesia and Vietnam) ACHIEVEMENTS

Incorporated the company in Bangalore and opened a Branch office in Kerala

Set up a new operation procedure (Field Operation Manual) for coffee processing and Office Administration

Toll processing Facility at YESKAY Coffee curing works Begur and Vijaya Coffee Curing Works

Procured +1500 MT coffee for Processing and shipped under the name Beeville Exports India PVT LTD and got listed as top 50 Exporters from India

Traded More than 100 FCL coffee on FOB Basis from Leading Exporters, traded more than 100 FCL spices from Indonesia and vietnam

Set up Procurement Quality Standards for coffee

Developed Good Buyers for spices from Indonesia and Vietnam, Traded more than 100 FCL spices from Indonesia and Vietnam to Indian Buyers and traded more than 100 FCL coffee from Indonesia and Vietnam to buyers in India 5) Manager-Operation for OLAM Indonesia from December 2006 to December 2008 RESPONSIBILITES

Responsible for specialty coffee procurement

Quality evaluation (Cup Tasting) during purchase

processing of green coffee as per customer Taste Profile (USA, Japan, Europe etc)

Quality control during processing, storage & Export

Factory management with staff strength of 200 people under

Crop survey and estimation

Café practice for STAR BUCKS

maintaining Star bucks quality

Training for farmers for maintaining quality standards ACHIEVEMENTS

Got in to the vendor list of Star Bucks Coffee in the first year of operation

Set up a new operation procedure (Field Operation Manual) for coffee processing

Specialty Coffee Training Under Mr. Ted R Lingle (Executive Director ) Coffee Quality Institute, USA

Set up Procurement Quality Standards

6) Asst: Manager (Quality control-Instant Coffee) In TATA COFFEE LTD Theni. Since June 2006 to December 2006.

RESPONSIBILITES

In charge of Coffee Lab

New Product Developing - new Blend & brand for the Instant Coffee Plant

Quality Inspection of all Raw materials and packing materials etc

Prior quality approval of green coffee samples, which is to be procured

Reanalysis of purchased coffee to match with the approved sample.

Quality control during each stages of instant coffee processing

Renovation of green coffee Grading, cleaning and roasting unit.

Up gradation of Quality standards as per new requirement

Managing the quality of packaging unit (can & Pouch Packing)

Managing seven chemists working under

Helping Production department to maintain quality during processing.

Preparing blends as per buyer taste profile.

conducting experiments to improve the quality in each stage of production. ACHIEVEMENTS

Visited Madagascar in relation with the online quality inspection of Green Coffee Procurement.

No Quality Claims

Developed new blend as per buyer requirement – matching their product sample 7) Officer (Quality control & Domestic Trading) In OLAM Exports (I) LTD Bangalore. Since September 2004 to May 2006

RESPONSIBILITES

In charge of Coffee Lab

Quality officer for Five coffee curing works located in Chickmagalore, Hassan, Kushal Nagar (Two) and Waynad –Kerala.

Prior quality approval of green coffee, which is to be procured for exports

Reanalysis of purchased coffee to match with the approved sample.

Quality control during curing & shipping

setting up of a coffee roasting plant in near future.

Domestic Green Coffee Trading

ACHIEVEMENTS

Set up a coffee tasting lab at Bangalore office.

Built up a good relation with roasters and Coffee agents in south India 8) Quality Control Officer - ABC (coffee Day) From Nov 2002 to Sep 2004 RESPONSIBILITES

Prior quality approval of green coffee, which is to be procured for export as well as for roasting.

Reanalysis of purchased coffee to match with the approved sample.

Monitoring of Roasting and Blending

Roasting of specialty coffee and imported coffee like KENYAN, ETHYOPIAN & HAWAI COFFEES

Quality approval (Cup tasting) of roasted coffee for blending

Quality evaluation (Cup tasting) of the lot, (Roasted Coffee) which is to be dispatched.

Conduction of experiments to improve the quality like degree of roast, temperature control, Grind size etc

ACHIEVEMENTS

First prize in the organoleptic skills competition conducted by Coffee Lab during their training program in July 2003

First prize in the blending competition conducted by Coffee Lab during 4th Probat Day

Standardized the degree of roast for different types and grades of coffee and maintained

Standardized the degree of roast for different blends and maintained

Standardized the roasting process through temperature control

Standardized the quality parameters for green coffee for roasting

Success-fully conducted the experiment to reduce the bitter ness and off tastes of Robusta cherry coffee

Standardized the degree of roast to get suitable extraction level

Concluded the Experiment to found out the mediums of water for coffee extraction to get maximum extraction and less off taste.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Ø Date of Birth : 22-05-1978

Ø Age : 37 Year

Ø Father’s Name : G.V.Nair

Ø Marital Status : Married, with 2 Kids

Ø Passport No : Z 1972357

Ø UAE Driving License : Yes

PERMANENT ADDRESS

Ajayakumar V

Sree Nilayam, Pallippuram P O

Cherthala, Alappuzha,

Kerala- 688541

India

Mobile +918*********

Email - ********@*****.***

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