CV - Manish Vimal, 14 Yrs of Exp in Food Industry, Specialized in Product Development, Quality, Packaging Development & Regulatory.

1. MANISH VIMAL
Mobile: +254-753475307, W’App +91-9971120679
Email: manish.vimal81@gmail.com / manish.81.vimal@gmail.com
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Highly seasoned & conscientious professional with 14 years of experience in “Food industry (Bakery,
Confectionery & Beverage)” and having an expertise in “Business Management, Product
Innovation, Product Development, QA/QC, Food Safety, Packaging, Regulatory Compliance
Management & Auditing experience”. Possess a multicultural work exposure of India, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and East Africa. Presently seeking a position in NPD/QA
Function in a renowned Food manufacturing & FMCG industry.
PROFILE AT A GLANCE
• Possess over 14 years of experience in the spheres of Product Innovation & Development,
Quality Assurance/ Control, Food Safety, Packaging & Regulatory in renowned organization.
• Certified Lead Auditor by SGS India for “FSSC 22000:2013 based on ISO 22k & TS22002-1.
• Certified “Six Sigma Green Belt” holder from “Indian Statistical Institute”, New Delhi
(India).
• Certified Internal Auditor for EMS 14001 & OHSAS 18001 from SGS, India.
• Technical Committee Member of Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBs).
• Lead & conduct internal audit, process audit, system audit and product audit as per audit
plan/schedule.
• Vendor Development for Raw Materials & Packaging Material.
• Demonstrated technical capabilities in enhancing the production operations, optimizing resource &
capacity utilization, thereby augmenting productivity & increasing operational efficiencies.
• Successfully developed more than 25 recipes for India, Bangladesh, Srilanka and East Africa at lab
scale and commercialized at respective manufacturing OC’s.
• Cost Saving of More than 1 Million USD thru value engineering and Cross functional team projects.
CORE EXPERTISE
• Product Innovation, Recipe creation, Product and Process Development.
• New Plant Start-ups & Line Commissioning
• Cost Optimization & Value Engineering
• New Ingredient, Flavor, Raw Material & Equipment Supplier Selection & Development.
• Recipe & BOM Preparation, Updating & Maintenance in SAP.
• CAPEX, OPEX & Recipe Budget Preparation.
• Proven Manpower management skills.
• People development, coaching & mentoring subordinates.
• Lead FSSC 22000 Certification, Recertification & Surveillance Audit.
• Vendor Assessment & development & Warehouse Management.
• Auditing, Food Safety, Food Hygiene, GMP, GWP, GHP, GLP.

2. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kenafric Industries Ltd – Nairobi (Kenya)
Founded in 1987 by the Chedda family, Kenafric Industries
Limited is one of the largest manufacturers of
Confectionery, Culinary Products, Biscuits & Beverages in
East Africa Region.
Manager - NPD/ Quality / Packaging / Regulatory
(1st
Nov 2017 to Present)
(Reporting to COO and leading a team of 18 personnel including Associate
Quality Manager, Associate NPD Manager, QA/QC officer & Product Developer)
PROJECTS HANDLING: East Africa (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Congo, Rwanda,
Burundi, Zambia etc.)
PROJECTS TYPE:
➢ Confectionery – HBC/Lollipops, Toffees, Chewing Gums & Bubble Gums
➢ Beverage – Energy Drinks, RTD Non-Fruit, Fruit Juices, Carbonated Soft Drinks & Powder Drinks
➢ Bakery – Formed/Laminated Biscuit, Digestive & Cream filled.
➢ Culinary – Cubes, Tablets, Seasoning Powders & Flavourmates
➢ Health & Wellness Products
Responsibilities:
PRODUCT INNOVATION:
• Drafting & Leading companies innovation pipeline for whole east Africa market.
• Leading and Implementing group’s product innovation strategy from Idea initiation to product
commercialization and ensuring that stage gate NPD process system is being followed properly for success
of the project.
• Organizing Product innovation days with Business partners to understand global trends and identifying
opportunity for innovation thus creating product innovation pool.
• Utilizing Six Sigma Methodology & tools to identify gaps in Product innovation process and providing
solutions to help in creating new markets by developing new capabilities to meet new needs.
• Managing product innovation budget and providing Top Management team with an accurate budgetary and
operational reports on a regularly scheduled basis.

3. NPD PROJECT MANAGEMENT:
• Responsible for drafting & executing departmental objectives in line with business objectives &
customer’s requirement. Keeping monthly track & taking proper measures to meet the objectives.
• Handling Product development projects of Kenafric Industries’ East Africa Region (Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania, Ethiopia, Congo etc.)
• Developing annual plan of Company’s New product development Pipelines and New Ideas.
• Leader of project team for NPD, Quality & packaging.
• Working closely with business partners of Africa and Europe region for timely delivery of projects.
• Leading & drafting company’s 5-year expansion plans of 50 Million USD.
• Working in Close co-ordination with marketing & commercial team to understand market research findings,
consumer requirement & competitor action and taking actions accordingly to fine tune company’s product
development activities.
• Working closely with key Ingredient House, Flavor house & different Raw material houses for
identification & selection of key ingredients required for product development.
• Conceptualized company’s stage gate activity plan and ensuring that each project is fulfilling
requirements laid down under stage gate’s product development system.
• Work closely with Sales & Marketing to fully understand product development requirements to build
customer intimacy and leverage it also to identify new business opportunities.
• Oversee R&D activities and coordinate R&D trials with Production associated with the scale up of new
products, as well as efficiency optimization of existing products and or technologies.
• Provide Technical support to Production, Engineering, QC/QA, Regulatory, Sales and Marketing associated
with new products.
• Partnering with Supply Chain to determine costing for new products.
PACKAGING:
• Managing overall operations viz. Research Packaging formats, designs/ structures & design/engineer field
execution with vendors to deliver business results to ensure timely accomplishments of production targets.
• Co-ordinating with various departments (Sales & Marketing, Engineering, Production) for development of
artwork of printed packaging materials considering process capabilities, mandatory requirements, standard
layouts, packing machine requirement etc.

4. • Identifying the Professional & cost-effective Business Associates (vendors), Negotiation based on quantity
Projection & finalizing the commercial details for new product development. Approval of Proof / Mold /
Prototype samples for final Production and to ensure timely delivery of Product.
• Undertaking different Value Engineering initiatives to save cost of Packaging Materials (thru better
material, increase line speed /performance, new technology etc.)
QUALITY ASSURANCE/ CONTROL & REGULATORY:
• Leading company’s Quality Management System program, Continual Improvement Program &
HACCP System - in line with KEBs (Kenya)/TFDA (Tanzania)/ NFDA (Uganda)/CODEX Alimentarius.
• Working in close co-ordination with East African food authority like KEBs, TFDA, NFDA for product
compliance, leading activity of annual certificate renewal.
Al Wefag Trading & Manufacturing Company Ltd.
Jeddah (KSA)
Manager – Product Development
(10
th
June 2017 to 24
th
Aug 2017)
(Reported to Director Operation and lead a team of 3 Product Developer)
Responsibilities:
• Was responsible for Planning, organizing and conducting industrial & lab trials for Lead Developments of
New Products & existing products for concerned manufacturing units.
• Supported industrial startups & New Plant start – ups Projects as well as new lines at concerned
manufacturing units.
• Documentation of all scientific development works in compliance to the company’s process and preparing
& uploading Recipe & BOM for the new as well as existing products.
• Process Verification & calibration of all the product lines for compliance.
• Conducted the Stability study & reporting of both domestic as well as imported product samples.
• Initiated transit trials related to product & packaging material development, carry out transit study &
report generation of trial findings.

5. Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt. Ltd.,
Manager – New Product Development & QA- QC
(April 2006 to May 2017)
NPD ( April 2006 – Sep 2015)
• Handled projects of Product Development for South Asia
❖ Perfetti Van Melle India Pvt. Ltd – India
❖ Perfetti Van Melle Bangladesh Ltd – Bangladesh
❖ Perfetti Van Melle lanka Pvt. Ltd – Srilanka
• Worked in close co-ordination with Group R & D team (ITALY) & other PVM operating countries like CHINA,
INDONESIA, and VIETNAM, TURKEY etc. for recipe development, value engineering, technology transfer &
line commissioning.
• Developed recipe at lab scale according to marketing brief, customer expectations & regulatory requirement
& commercialization of the same at production line. Technical support provided to manufacturing team post
commercialization for trouble shooting.
• Was responsible for Planning, organizing and conducting industrial & lab trials for Lead Developments of
New Products & existing products for concerned manufacturing units.
• Supported industrial startups & New Plant start – ups for “Bangladesh & Sri Lanka” Projects as well as
new lines at concerned manufacturing units.
• Established production in 3rd party manufacturing unit & provided Technical Guidance & Support related
to Product & Process, as & when required.
• Documentation of all scientific development works in compliance to the company’s process and preparing
& uploading Recipe & BOM for the new as well as existing products.
• Process Verification & calibration of all the product lines for compliance.
• Conducted the Stability study & reporting of both domestic as well as imported product samples.
• Initiated transit trials related to product & packaging material development, carry out transit study &
report generation of trial findings.
• Involved in Development of packaging materials as per product and process requirement.
• Worked in Close co-ordination with marketing team to understand market research findings, consumer
requirement & competitor action and taken actions accordingly to fine tune company’s product
development activities.

6. • Worked closely with key Ingredient House, Flavor house & different Raw material house for identification
& selection of key ingredients required for product development.
• Established advance R & D lab for confectionery lab trial for Perfetti – South Asia. Identified, selected &
trained manpower for carrying out different confectionery lab trials.
• Selected & established Sensory panel/ team, provided in-house training to sensory team members as &
when required and arranged external training on sensory evaluation using expertise of different flavor
houses.
• Handled Budget Activity along with Finance team for development of annual recipe budget &
departmental budget.
Quality Assurance & Quality Control (Sep 2015 – May 2017)
• Was responsible for drafting & executing departmental objectives in line with business objectives &
Customer’s requirement. Keeping monthly track & taking proper measure to meet the objectives.
• Lead plant Food safety team for Implementation & sustenance of FSSC 22000:2013 as per ISO
22000 & TS 22002-1.
• Developed quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analyses; identifying critical control points and
preventive measures; establishing critical limits, monitoring procedures, corrective actions, and verification
procedures; monitoring inventories.
• Maintained and improved product quality by completing product, company, system, compliance, and
surveillance audits; investigating customer complaints; preparing corrective & preventive action plan.
• Prepared quality documentation and reports by collecting, analyzing and summarizing information and
trends including failed processes, stability studies, recalls, corrective actions, and re- validations.
• Coordinated on day to day operational issues among various business teams and support business teams /
corporate food safety team in resolving customer concerns, food safety & quality incidents, including root
cause analysis and taking apt corrective actions.
• Risk assessment, standardization of safe food processes and ensuring conformance to company standards,
as well as regulatory compliance, including licenses; food recall; food imports; FSSAI Food Product
Approvals.
• Planned corrective measures to minimize customer complaints and coordinates their implementation with
production, engineering & material provision department.
• Developed yearly food safety training modules and conducting food safety trainings of associates at various
levels in organization, in association with HR team. Ensuring that all food handlers are being covered.
• Developed yearly schedule & conducting internal audit, process audit, system audit and product audit as
per audit plan/schedule. (i.e. GMP, GHP, GWP, Depot audit, PRP audits, CQA Food Safety
& Quality assessment audit as per CII guidelines).

7. • Raw Material & Packaging material Supplier/ Vendor Assessment & Development.
• Assured an effective management of laboratories within the plant.
• Lead a team of 7 technologists who were responsible for analyzing incoming raw/ packaging material,
semi-finished and finished goods, taking corrective action in case of deviation.
• Provided technical support to different plant’s department, with reference to GMP, GHP & GWP.
• Linking with External laboratory i.e. FSSAI & NABL accredited lab for final product testing as well as
ensuring that calibration of lab instrument is being done on periodic basis. Conducted purchasing related
negotiations along with Central Purchasing team & assuring that lab instruments are all available and
properly working.
• Met quality assurance financial objectives by estimating requirements; preparing an annual budget (CAPEX
& OPEX); scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
• Worked in close co-ordination with Group Quality & Group R & D team for implementation of good system
& practices across the plant.
MLJ Foods Pvt. Ltd. India, Jodhpur Rajasthan
(A Regional confectionery industry – A Subsidiary of Goa Gutkha Group)
Technical Executive – Production & QA (Sep 2005 to March 2006)
(Reported to Manager Technical – Production & QA)
• Handled Production & QA department simultaneously in shifts.
CADBURY INDIA LTD. Kolhapur (Maharashtra)
(A Third-party Manufacturing unit of Cadbury India Ltd now Mondelēz International - manufacturing
malted food drinks like Bournvita, Delight, Drinking Chocolate, Flavored Cocoa Powder etc.)
Student Technical Trainee (Jan 2005 to Jun 2005)
(Reported to the Factory Manager)

8. Responsibilities/ Training Modules:
• HACCP system documentation & implementation
• Conducted different trials related to new product & packaging material development.
• Analyzed & controlled different process parameters during the trial for new product development.
• Analyzed different quality parameters related to new product & packaging materials.
• Organized Sensory Evaluation Exercise & Practical Session for Bournvita and selected taste panel
members.
• Analyzed the weight variation problem of the F.F.S. machine & suggested methods to rectify the problem
by evaluating the product characteristics & machine design.
• Worked with Corporate R & D in executing different product & process trials.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Conceptualized & Implemented Kenafric Industry’s stage gate activity plan for NPD Projects.
• Successfully Developed & launched 6 New product under RTD & Confectionery category for Kenafric
industries within 9 months of Joining - Drinking Chocolate, Butter Milk Candy, Magic Wand Milk
Toffee, Cough drops Candy, Fresh Super Cool Chewing Gum & Chewy TF Flavored Gum (As Juicy
Fruit).
• Developed a complete range of beverage product i.e. energy drink, CSD, Juice & RTD.
• Cost Saving of 200 K USD thru value engineering in 2 years for Kenafric Industries.
• Successfully developed recipe of Group’s first pectin-based fruit Jelly “ALPENLIEBE JUZT JELLY” (in
Strawberry Shape) product along with successful commercialization of recipe at manufacturing line at
Manesar & Chennai Plant. After two years of Launch in 2011, product has become 100 Cr brand in next
year.
• Successfully developed recipe of “Center Fruit” brand along with its variants and commercialization of
recipe done at manufacturing line at Manesar & Rudrapur Plant. After four years of Launch in
2006, different variant under the flagship was developed and product has become 200 Cr brand in 2010.
• Successful developed recipe at lab scale as per Indian regulatory requirement for international lollipop
brand “CHUPA CHUPS” & successful technology transfer from china has been done at Manesar plant in
2016.
• In April 2016, Successfully Completed FSSC 22000 Re-Certification Audit without any Major non-
conformity for Perfetti Van Melle, Manesar India plant just within 6 months of transition from NPD to Quality.

9. • Successfully Developed comprehensive 2 Year Quality Management Plan for Kenafric industries, which
was approved by board members for strengthening Kenafric Industry’s food safety system.
• Successfully developed more than 25 recipes for India, Bdesh & Srilanka at lab scale and commercialized
at respective manufacturing OC’s.
• Solely handled New Plant Start-up of PERFETTI VAN MELLE BANGLADESH, which involved
commissioning of Hard-Boiled Candy Depositor, Center Filled Gum molding line, Coating pans. Sheeting
line.
• Successful Technology transfer, commissioning and stabilization of Gum Molding Line, Candy depositor &
Candy Molding Line at PERFETTI VAN MELLE SRILANKA.
• Successfully Commissioned different product & process technology such as Candy Depositor,
candy Batch Cooker, Fruit Jelly Lines, Gum molding lines, Coating pans (Automated & non-Automated)
• Independently handled Transfer of Technology & Commercialization of “CHLORMINT” at 3rd Party
Manufacturing unit i.e. Royas Industries Hyderabad & Makson Bhopal. Provided technical support for
trouble shooting after commercialization.
• Cost Saving of More than 1 Million USD thru value engineering and Cross functional team projects.
EDUCATION
• B. Tech. (Food Technology) from College of Dairy and Food Science Technology, (M.P.U.A.T.) Udaipur,
Rajasthan. India (OGPA 6.70/ 10)
• Diploma in Packaging Technology (Perusing 2020-2021) from the Institute of Packaging South
Africa.
TRAININGS, SEMINARS & MEMBERSHIP
• 2009: Internal Auditor on HACCP, ISO 9001:2000, ISO 22000:2005, FSSC 22000:2010.
• 2016: Lead Auditor Course from SGS India for FSSC 22000:2013.
• 2016: Attended Assessor training program on CII Food Safety Award 2016, Conducted by
Confederation of India Industry (CII), April 2016.
• 2016: Attended 2 days training program on “Managerial effectiveness in Action” by Franklin Covey
Co, June 2016.
• 2017: Internal auditor course on EMS 14001 & OHSAS 18001 from SGS India.
• 2017: Certified “Six Sigma Green Belt” holder from “Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi.

10. • 2018 to till date: Technical Committee Member of Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBs) for Sugar
& Sugar Based Products, Cocoa & Cocoa products, Drinking Water, Spices/Culinary Herbs/Condiments and
Food Labelling.
• 2019: Successfully completed training program on “Product Design & Development” organized by
Kenya Association of Manufactures (KAM)
• 2019: Attended “Food Safety, Packaging, and Labeling Seminar” organized by Kenya Association
of Manufactures (KAM)
STRENGTHS
• ADAPTABLE – Willing to take on new roles & also willing to accept the unexpected.
• FLEXIBILITY – Self Confident to contribute individually and as a team member. Can lead the team & can
work alone as and when required.
• DEDICATION – Always willing to walk an extra mile to achieve excellence.
• STRONG INTREPERSONAL & COMMUNCATION SKILLS – Ability to communicate effectively at any level
of organization and proven ability to foster effective relationship with other departments & key
partners.
• LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS: I am a goal driven leader who maintains a productive
climate and confidently motivates, mobilizes and coaches team members to consistently deliver
and supersede targets.
• TIME MANAGEMENT: Ability to prioritize work and manage time effectively.
PERSONAL DETAILS
• Date of Birth: 30th August 1981
• Languages: English & Hindi
• Computer Skills: MS Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Outlook), SAP, Oracle (Basic).
• Nationality: Indian
• Passport No.: Z3556457
• Permanent Address: House No. J 1406, VVIP Addresses, Rajnagar Ext, Ghaziabad (UP) India.
• Present Location: Nairobi (Kenya)
• Driving License: Valid Kenyan Driving License, Valid Saudi Arabia Driving License, Valid India Driving
License.

11. REFERENCE
• Mr. Neeraj Jain
Deputy General Manager
Dairy Division
Food Specialties Limited – Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia
Tel.: +966 12 645 5059/67, Mob: +966 54 1370777,
Fax: +966 12 642 3499
E-Mail: neeraj@foodspecialities.com,
www.foodspecialities.com,www.fslengineering.com
• Mr. Ajay Kumar Mittal
Director – Engineering & Projects
Allana Sons Private Limited
Mobile: +91-9818036857
Email: ajay331969@yahoo.com
• Mr. Swapan Kar
Customization Manager – India Operation
Mondelez International Inc – India
Mob: +91-9822655452
E-Mail: swapan.kar@mdlz.com