1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Venkata Ramesh.Suru
Manager – Quality Control, QA and Production Operations
Vignesh Agri Exports
Working Station – Bangalore, Hosur
Karnataka Mobile-+91-9986513961, 9943317899
INDIA Email:rameshinworld@gmail.com
Skype – ramesh.suru
Career Objective
To obtain a challenging position in an organization enriched with values and team spirit so as to utilize my potential
innovatively in the field of QUALITY ASSURANCE, QUALITY CONTROL, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT, thus add tangible value to the organization.
EDUCATION
M.Sc. – Microbiology from Maharajah PG College, Vizianagaram, Andhra University in 2007
B.Sc. – Chemistry,Botany,Zoology from Government Degree College, Tekkali, Andhra University in 2005
DIPLOMA IN FOOD PRESERVATION TECHNOLOGY from Annamalai university in 2008(Distance Mode)
Resume Head Line – Having 9 years 5 months experience of -Quality Control, QA, Production and Product Development
in Food Processing Industries.
PRESENT EXPERIENCE
Name of the Industry: Vignesh Agri Exports-Agro Foods Processing unit, Hosur (100% EOU)
Working at M/s. VIGNESH AGRI EXPORTS-Agro Food Products Division, Hosur as Manager – Quality & Operations from
December 2014 to till date.
Company Profile: Vignesh Agri Exports is a company into manufacturing and export to different countries through their
own marketing. Company is into exporting of Bulk, canned, and Bottled Gherkins (A type of Cucumber), Jalapenos,
Banana Peppers, Carrots, Tomatoes, Capsicum, Okras, Baby corn products and other Vegetables.
JOB ROLE: To fulfill the duties of a full time Quality and Operations on Company production, quality and shipments.
SCOPE:
Quality Assurance and Control-
• Designing and implementing appropriate Quality Management systems as required by the business – including
meeting HACCP and other compliance requirements
• FSSAI registrations, product filings, export filings, coordinating with auditors for inspections.
• Internal departments auditing, Supplier audits, co ordination and supporting in BRC, HACCP audits and
Customer audits.
• Incident reports, Rejection notes, Deviation notes and CAPA raising and reporting to QA/QC in charge.
• External Lab communication and coordinating with Raw and Packing materials suppliers related to quality
concerns
• Conducting Training programmes like Food Safety, Good Hygienic practices and Good Laboratory practices etc.
• Liaise with the various statutory bodies to ensure that all compliances relating to quality are kept up-to-date and
relevant for the business
• Assisting to In charge in handling customer complaints through traceability, taking corrective action and
preventive action
• Responsible for Raw materials, Packing materials and finished goods releasing.
• Preparation and Revising of Raw materials, packing materials and finished goods specifications according to
Customer requirement.
• Preparation of QC reports, finished product reports, Weekly Review Meeting and Management Review Meeting
reports.
• Monitoring of Pest control activities, ETP, Online Supervisors activities and laboratory daily activities
• Work actively towards product and process improvement, and cost management
• Setting up the Production Department of the company by establishing appropriate procedures, processes and
systems for the same.
• Responsible for the establishment of the process parameters, production planning and execution to meet
customer requirements.
• Expected to bring about efficiencies in cost and productivity by making process and other improvements.
• Effective management of factory personnel to ensure optimum productivity.
• Designing and implementing effective training modules for factory personnel
• Managing of the Technical & Maintenance Department of the company by establishing appropriate procedures,
processes and systems for the same.
• Establishment of the process parameters, and for the routine maintenance of the plant and machinery
• Manpower planning, training of personnel, and exercising control of the personnel in the department
2. • Establishing a process of preventive and break-down maintenance that will result in minimum downtime of the
line.
• Designing and implementing a Management Information System that correctly captures data, and reports on
the performance of various critical equipment and machinery.
• Setting up a laboratory facility appropriate to the requirements of the business
• Selection and training of personnel who will be required to carry out quality control and assurance, and product
development
• Designing, establishing and implementing such systems, processes and procedures as may be necessary for
achieving customer specifications, and food safety standards
• Besides the above, I will also be responsible for drawing up the plans and budgets necessary for the Quality
activities, for effective and successful implementation of the same, and for management of the personnel
engaged in the above activities.
• Ensure that all products that are dispatched from factory to customers, meet all legal & statutory requirements.
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE
1) Name of the Industry: Forbes and Walker Fine Foods Private Limited-Agro Foods exporter (Group of Dilmah Tea,
Srilanka)
Worked at M/s. Forbes and Walker Fine Foods Private Limited-Agro Food Products Division, Colombo as Quality Control,
QA and Food Technology Consultant (Assistant Manager Level) and assisting to Director in Product Sourcing activities
from July 2011 to December 2014.
Company Profile: Forbes and Walker Fine Foods Private Limited-Agro Food Products Division is the buyer of Agro food
products from Indian manufacturers and export to different countries through their own marketing and Dilmah Tea
Marketing team which is dealing with manufacturing and marketing of Tea with the brand DILMAH. Forbes is into
exporting of Bulk, canned, and Bottled Gherkins (A type of Cucumber), Jalapenos, Banana Peppers, Carrots, Tomatoes,
Capsicum, Okras, Baby corn products and other Vegetables.
JOB ROLE:To fulfill the duties of a full time Food Technologist providing Quality Control and QA on Company shipments
and advising marketing division on product development.
SCOPE:
Finished products - Bulk, Jar and Canned products Quality Inspections, record control of all exports from India.
Contribution towards increasing in product range through product development and R&D.
Contribution towards increasing in exports through sourcing products.
Inspection of all raw materials, packing materials and process parameters used for Forbes products in all plants.
Development of detailed specification of products, development sheets and costing activities.
Regular reports preparation for Director with crop reports, projections and shipment schedules reports on weekly basis.
Coordinating with our logistics team to assure on time shipments from all the manufacturing units.
Strengthening quality, quantity, cost control and timely delivery of products as required by the customer.
Maintain off line inventory records of excess material of packing and processing material.
Plant Audits and assisting to Plant management in implementation of Systems.
Case studies in problematic areas in manufacturing units and monitoring of process and shelf life studies.
Any other work and responsibility entrusted by the senior management.
Complaint handling and taking Corrective action, preventive actions.
External lab communication for analysis reports.
Quality & Product Development
• Involving in Label designing for Jars, Cans and Bulk and Specification preparation and communicating to plants.
• Plant hygiene audits and assisting to manufacturing units in systems implementation and Certifications.
• Assisting plants in US FDA registration and SID Filings of products.
• Reporting to Director regarding to production status and finished product status in all manufacturing units.
• Conducting training programmes regarding Operating procedures, SOPs, SSOPs, Hygiene, Good Manufacturing
practices, Good laboratory practices.
• Samples Development – Developing of samples based on our International Marketing team request.
• Coordinating with team during Plant Selection for production in India and Sensory evaluation of new samples,
flavours and designing of product development sheet and involving in new product samples development
• Communicating with International marketing team for feedback on samples and productions
• Communicating with vendors for developing of new flavours and Training to Sensory Panel members
ACHIEVEMENTS:
• One of my technical collection “Factors influencing on preparing of pickled cucumbers” has been selected and
published in Beverage and Food World Journal – May -2012 Edition.
• Rejection levels reduced in exported finished products.
• Handling US FDA SID Filings and looking over Sourcing part also.
• Coordinating with marketing team for customer feedback of finished products and conducting training
programmes regarding to sensory evaluation of foods and handling Canned Pineapple project.
3. 2) Name of the Industry: PRIMACY INDUTRIES LIMITED(MVP International group, USA)
Previously worked in M/s. Primacy Industries Limited, Bangalore as QA&QC cum PD Executive from June 2010 to April
2011.
QA-QC & Product Development:
• Preparing of samples or Product Matching according to Marketing team request
• Customer communication for the feedback from Customers and Marketing team
• Plant Audits and production monitoring at factories. Finished goods approval before releasing lots.
• Correlating of Technical data into internal specifications, Preparation of Specs and verification of specs and on
time releasing for Production
• New suppliers audits, new samples analysis (raw or packing) and giving feedback
• Sensory evaluation of Flavours, Finished goods and ingredients
• Assisting plants in US FDA – Product filings, HACCP, BRC, Kosher certifications.
3) Name of the Industry: REITZEL INDIA PVT.LTD
Previously worked in M/s. Reitzel India Private Ltd Kunigal, Bangalore as Quality Supervisor, QA&QC cum Food Safety
Officer from June 2007 to June 2010.
Company Profile: Reitzel India is a Swiss based food industry, which is dealing with processing of Gherkins (A type of
Cucumber) and Vegetables. MNC, A 100% EOU Company which is BRC, HACCP certified based at Kunigal near to
Bangalore.
JOB PROFILE:
Quality:
• Responsible for Raw materials, Packing materials and finished goods releasing.
• Preparation and Revising of Raw materials, packing materials and finished goods specifications according to
Customer requirement.
• Preparation of QC reports, finished product reports, Weekly Review Meeting and Management Review Meeting
reports.
• Internal departments auditing, Supplier audits, co ordination and supporting in BRC, HACCP audits and
Customer audits (Tesco, Kosher).
• Incident reports, Rejection notes, Deviation notes and CAPA raising and reporting to QA/QC in charge.
• External Lab communication and coordinating with Raw and Packing materials suppliers related to quality
concerns
• Conducting Training programmes like Food Safety, Good Hygienic practices and Good Laboratory practices etc.
• Assisting to In charge in handling customer complaints through traceability, taking corrective action and
preventive action
• Monitoring of Pest control activities, ETP, Online Supervisors activities and laboratory daily activities
Product Development:
• Preparing of samples or Product Matching according to Customer request or Reitzel Marketing team request
• Customer communication for the feedback from Customers and Marketing team
• Shelf life studies for Finished goods and Process validation
• Correlating of Technical data into internal specifications, Preparation of Specs and verification of specs and on
time releasing for Production
• New suppliers audits, new samples analysis(raw or packing) and giving feed back to QA-QC and Purchase
departments
• Sensory evaluation of Flavours, Finished goods and ingredients
Achievements in Reitzel India:
• Trained by Mr.Joel(Reitzel Swiss R&D Head)regarding to Product development activities
• Faced BRC Audits and other customer audits like TESCO, DOLLAR GENEARL, etc.
• Products developed for Gulf and Federated Food shows participation and we got trail orders
• Handling of QA-QC activities and Product development activities
• Project handled in Reitzel - Validation of Flash pasteurisation for Recapped products
• Selected as a HACCP team member in Reitzel India within short span of time
• Handling product development responsibilities within short period time and First Sample prepared
by me was approved by Migros Super market in Swiss and we got order 10 fcls
• Product prepared for Bonduelle-Russia matched with their product samples by first trail
4. • Within short period selected as a Sensory evaluation panel member and presenting of seminar
about sensory evaluation of foods and Flavours
• Attended Weekly and Management Review meetings within short period
• Got an opportunity as an Internal auditor and Packing and Raw materials suppliers auditor
Analytical Capabilities
Microbiological and Chemical analysis of finished goods, ingredients, process water & personnel as per the QMS requirement.
Calibration of laboratory equipments, CCP monitoring and Raw materials analysis and Packing materials inspection
Separation techniques-Chromatography techniques, Blotting techniques, Isolation and estimation of nucleic Acids, Gel
elution& Antibiotic assay and Vitamin assay
Industrial Microbiology-Production of Yogurt,Cheese,Mushroom cultivation, Citric acid production and Immunological
techniques- WIDAL, ELISA, Blotting, HAG, Blood Grouping
Dairy techniques-MBRT test, Phosphatase test, Total plate count, Estimations-Anthrone test, Benedicts test, Chlorine
estimation, Acidity, Salinity, CaCl2 estimation,So2 estimation, Lactic acid estimation, Reducing sugars estimation,
Environnemental techniques- COD estimation and BOD estimation, Soil analysis
Equipment/Apparatus handled:
Microbiology lab equipment like Laminar airflow, Autoclave, Microscopes, pH meters, Membrane filter apparatus, ELISA, Refractometer,
colorimeter, UV spectrophotometer, Different Blotting apparatus, Anaerobic chambers, Incubator and Hotairoven,Hands on experience
in calibrating and making corrections of all above-mentioned equipments.
Key skills: Good auditing, Sensory evaluation, Quality Systems, Training skills, Record keeping Presentations of Reports
Software skills: DIPLOMA IN OFFICE AUTOMATION AND DTP (DOAD) AND INTERNET USAGE
TRAINING
• Trained on SENSORY EVALUATION OF FOODS AND FLAVOURS-ODOUR PERMEABILITY OF PACKAGING
MATERIALS TO THE FOODS in CFTRI, Mysore.
• Trained on TRACEABILITY AND FOOD RECALL in SGS Bangalore on 29.08.09
• BRC,Internal Trainings like Document control,HACCP awareness and Safety training and Chemical analysis of
Finished product training in TUV-SOUTHASIA lab in Bangalore
• Attended one day training programme on THERMAL PROCESS&PASTUERIZATION, conducted by Vikas chuan from
CFTRI.
• Attended one day training programme on BRC-ISSUE 5, awareness and implementation, conducted by Achala
Mohan from SGS.
• Thermal Validation of Foods one day training programme conducted by EBRO Systems conducted in Bangalore
Co-Curricular Activities:
• Actively participated in the National Seminar on “Recent Advances in Bioremediation and Biotechnology”, Participation in
state level General Knowledge contests and Qualified in Uttama Hindi Prachara Sabha.
• Actively participated in College functions, Company functions and social awareness programs.
PERSONAL
◦ Hobbies : Listening music, Reading books, Cooking & Watching TV
◦ Date of Birth: 1st May 1984, Marital status & Mobility : Married & Anywhere in India
◦ Languages known : English,Telugu,Kannada,Hindi,Tamil
◦ Permanent address : S/O S.V.Janardhana Rao,
Opposite to Narayanadri Apartments,
Behind Sun School, Ring road,
Vizianagaram-535002,
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA
References
1) Mr. Sanjeev patil
General Manager-Operations
Reitzel India Pvt ltd.
Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA, Phone: +91 9886500936
2) Mr. Tissa Prathapasinghe
Director of the Company
Forbes & Walker Fine Foods
5. Colombo, Srilanka, Phone :+ 0094777001006
3) Mr.Varadaraju
Managing Director
Rajshree Commercials and Industrial Company Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 9448287310
4) Ms.Sailashree
General Manager
Rajshree Commercials and Industrial Company Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 9448287316
5) Mr. Pujar
CEO
Reitzel India Pvt ltd.
Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA, Phone: +91 9886653941
6) Mr. Junaid Ahmed
Managing Director
Vignesh Agri Exports
Tamilnadu, INDIA, Phone: +91 9840987860
7) Mr.Ch.Anil Kumar
HOD of Microbiology department
Maharaja College of PG courses and Pharmacy, Phone: +91 9492542469
8) Mr. Jaffer Sadique
Managing Director
Amazon Agro Exports
Dindigul, Tamilnadu, INDIA, Phone: +91 7667770666
Declaration:
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Place : Bangalore, India
Date : 20/10/2016 (S.VENKATA RAMESH)
6. Colombo, Srilanka, Phone :+ 0094777001006
3) Mr.Varadaraju
Managing Director
Rajshree Commercials and Industrial Company Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 9448287310
4) Ms.Sailashree
General Manager
Rajshree Commercials and Industrial Company Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Phone: +91 9448287316
5) Mr. Pujar
CEO
Reitzel India Pvt ltd.
Bangalore, Karnataka, INDIA, Phone: +91 9886653941
6) Mr. Junaid Ahmed
Managing Director
Vignesh Agri Exports
Tamilnadu, INDIA, Phone: +91 9840987860
7) Mr.Ch.Anil Kumar
HOD of Microbiology department
Maharaja College of PG courses and Pharmacy, Phone: +91 9492542469
8) Mr. Jaffer Sadique
Managing Director
Amazon Agro Exports
Dindigul, Tamilnadu, INDIA, Phone: +91 7667770666
Declaration:
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Place : Bangalore, India
Date : 20/10/2016 (S.VENKATA RAMESH)