R U P E S H D. U
Q ARABICA GRADER
OBJECTIVE
“To be Irreplaceable Asset of
Organization”
SKILLS & ABILITIES
VITALS
Father’s Name: Uthappa D.E
Mother’s Name: Meenakshi D.P
Date of birth: 05-03-1984
Nationality: Indian
Marital Status: Married
Telephone
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EXPERIENCE
Production Manager ( Procurement ) NPD / Roast Master KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
New Product Development
Managing Inventory
Procuring Specialty coffee beans
Cupping
Roast profiling
Customer Support
Supporting sales team
QUALITY HEAD (Procurement) & Trading- OLAM, LAO PDR (NOV 2017 To Dec 2019)
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Handling Coffee Volume of approx. 6000 MT Green Bean. corresponding to a T.O. of approx. 25 million USD
Managing a team of 4 wet processing unit 2 drying unit & 1 dry mill directly and a procurement indirectly
Job Responsibilities: -
Relationship Management: External as well as Internal
New Product Exploration
Procurement and Supply Chain Management
WET MILL OPERATION IN CHARGE
QC OF SOURCED COFFEE BOTH CHERRIES, DRY PMT & GREEN COFFEE
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
TRACKING OF PRE SHIP & POST SHIP SAMPLES
•IMPLEMENTATION OF RFA STANDARDS
QC OF IN-HOUSE PROCESS (DRY MILL) TO MEET COSTUMER REQUIREMENT
Coffee Warehousing.
KEY ACHIEVEMENT:
•ABLE TO REPLICATE INDONESIAN MANDHELING COFFEE (WET HULLED BY USING VARIETY SJ 133) WITH APPROVAL RATE OF 97.5%
•AS A TEAM WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SOURCE TWICE THE VOLUME PROCURED THAN LAST SEASON (5000 MT AGAINST 2000 MT LAST YEAR).
Deputy Manager Quality control at Ecom Gill Coffee Trading Pvt Ltd (Feb 2011 to May 2017)
Key responsibilities: Managing and Coordinate Logistics of Coffee - Reception, warehousing as well as dispatch of coffee; Evaluation of Coffee quality to ensure it matches with Ecom Quality Standards; Maintaining accounts; Update all the transactions in ERP on a daily basis; Prepare and send periodical reports to head office; In-charge of handling coffee quality at the coffee mill in Kushalnagar; Handling quality issues for specialty coffees for Nestle Nespresso and exportable coffees.
2. Quality Assurance Manager at NKG Jayanthi Coffee Pvt Ltd, a part of Neumann Kaffee Gruppe.
Key Responsibilities:
Buying Quality evaluation of the coffee procured and advising the management on quality standards of coffee to take proper decision on the purchase of coffee
Specialty Production: Analysis & continuous monitoring of coffee samples (online) at its different stage of processing such as Grader, Gravity separator, Color sorter & hand picking suggest deviations, if any for immediate rectifications for Specialty coffees for the buyers like Nestle Nespresso, Star Bucks & Espresso in plantation grades. Organoleptic evaluation (Cup tasting): All export coffee samples are roasted and brewed for tasting on a routine basis. Cup tasting of arrival samples and selecting coffees for specialty production. Keeping track of all specialty and normal shipments including physical and cupping reports. Keeping track of all Nestle India shipments starting from pre shipment samples till the approval stage.
3. Quality Control Executive at Nedcommodities India Pvt Ltd, Kushalnagar, Karnataka. (From March 2007 to October 2009)
(Company Profile: Nedcommodities India Pvt Ltd., is First Direct Investment (FDI) Company in India in coffee. It is 100% Subsidiary of AMTRADA HOLDING B.V., The Netherlands; this international group is in trading agricultural commodities, mainly Cocoa & Coffee. This group operates in 20 countries all over the globe)
Key Responsibilities:
Buying Quality evaluation of the coffee procured and advising the management on quality standards of coffee to take proper decision on the purchase of coffee.
Production: Analysis and continuous monitoring of coffee samples (on- line) at its different stage of processing such as grader, gravity separator, color sorter etc. and suggest deviations, if any, for immediate rectifications.
Exports: Sending pre-shipment samples to international buyers for approval and ensuring the same standards of the product on the export to reach its destination with regular quality control checks. Organoleptic evaluation (Cup tasting): All export coffee samples are roasted and brewed for tasting on a routine basis. (Cup tasting along with Quality Control Manager, MR K.I. Raju, who was worked for coffee Board of India USER
Q ARABICA GRADER
EDUCATION
B. Com: Bharathi Vidya Samsthe - Mangalore University (Shanivarasanthe, Kodagu).
Diploma in Fire and Safety Engineering.
MBA: Dairy management, Retail management, Export & Import Management Kaapi Shastra Training Programme Certificate from Coffee Board of India.
“ICTE – Indian cup tasting for Espresso – Trieste Coffee Cluster Methodology” (Nov 2013)
Skill building workshop IICF 2014
Internal Auditor ISO QMS/EMS/OHSAS (ISO 9001:2008, ISO 14001: 2004, OHSAS 18001:2007)
COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE
BASIC, MS-OFFICE, WINDOWS 98, MS WORD, MS EXCEL
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
HOBBIES: Participated in NSS Camp which held during my academic phase; Awarded as a hard worker.