Arun Vickram is a food professional with over 5 years of experience in production and inventory management roles. He has a Master's degree in Business Administration and Food Science and Technology. His experience includes leading production teams, improving productivity, reducing costs and defects, and ensuring compliance with food safety standards. He is seeking a management role in food manufacturing and is proficient in various computer skills.

1. Arun Vickram
CELL (647) 885-5751 • E-MAIL arunvickram22@gmail.com
PROFILE Motivated food professional with over 5 plus years of experience and
proven Ability to lead, motivate and build successful teams
Strong interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills
Achieving targets in a dynamic and complex business environment
Able to manage and develop a diverse group of highly skilled people
Ability to manage operations within budgetary constraints
Recently moved to the GTA, seeking Management role in Food
Manufacturing
Willing to relocate
EDUCATION Master’s degree in Business Administration Graduated 2012
Annamalai University, India
Master’s in Food Science and Technology Attended 2010
RMIT, Melbourne, Australia
Bachelor’s in Food and Process Engineering Graduated 2008
SRM University, India
SKILLS People Management Problem Solving Result-Oriented
Strategic Planning Team Leader Continuous Improvement
PROFESSIONAL Improved productivity by 10 %
ACCOMPLISHMENTS Reduced customer complaints by 15%
Reduced raw material defects in milk by 18% (by establishing systematic
monitoring of milk procurement centers)
Improved kg/hr efficiency output by reducing extra manhours
COMPUTER SKILLS Proficient in MS Office, Open Office, SQL, SAS and Internet
WORK EXPERIENCE Production/Inventory Supervisor June 2015 – Present
Central Roast Inc. North York, Ontario, Canada.
Area of expertise Roasted Nuts and various snacks.
o Facilitate 25employee production team and manage the production
performance to optimize the production levels.
o Lead Quality control to ensure all the SQF and Organic audit requirements are
fulfilled.

2. o Direct initiatives, set targets, implement plans, track daily results and making
appropriate changes in resource planning.
o Ensure warehouse organization and proper traceability of all products and lot
locations
o Manage inventory control, wastage reduction and yield optimization of each
product both bulk and assembly.
Technical Officer - Production Sep 2012 - Apr 2015
Hatsun Agro Products, India
Areas of expertise (RTD Dairy products and Dairy Ingredients)
Leadership
o Facilitated 6 production supervisors and 80 hourly union employees in a facility
processing 200,000 litres of milk per day on 14 packaging lines producing 4
different categories of dairy products comprising many skus
o Provided work schedules, performance feedback, and recommendations for
training and development to employees
o Promoted a positive labor-management relationship in accordance with
Company policies as well as Labor Law (Employment Standards, Workers
Compensation Act, and the Occupational Health & Safety Act)
Communication
o Prepared daily, weekly and monthly productivity reports, monitored KPIs
o Reporting directly to the Plant Manager, ensured manufacturing targets and
budgets are met by overseeing manufacturing operations, process results and
efficiencies
o Coordinated and implemented CI initiatives
Management, Training and Development
o Educated and trained contract labourers on company policies, safety, GMPs,
GHPs and HACCP program
o Trained supervisors on monitoring KPIs, achieving targeted OEE and minimizing
losses and give-away
o Conducted internal audits on existing processes, identified critical gaps and
designed new corrective procedures. Active team member in gaining ISO 22000
certification
o Reviewed production and SOP records on regular basis and facilitated
numerous Root Cause Failure Analysis Investigations
Assistant Manager - Production/Inventory Management
Sri Narasus Coffee Company, India Feb 2010-Aug 2012
Areas of expertise – Coffee, Flours, Spice mixes
o Facilitated 5 production supervisors and 50 hourly nonunion employees
producing approximately 40,000 Kgs of product per day on 5 packaging lines
in a high performance work team environment
o Lead CI projects driving operational improvements by monitoring and
continually improving standards of performance and quality
o Reduced line changeover times with a budgeted output increase of 13% by
better training and increasing the competency level of the operators.

3. o Initiated and organized safety training programs resulting in zero lost time and
zero recordable incidents
o Implemented professional development training for supervisors that included
labor relations, performance evaluation, and conflict resolution
o Increased average operational efficiency from 72% to 83% and significantly
reduced losses in the plant
o Created tools to measure, monitor and analyze inventory accuracy, trained
inventory coordinators and revised procedures for receiving, production, and
shipment of stock to maintain accuracy
o Implemented and introduced new templates to track KPIs, progress results and
improve product forecasts
REFERENCES Available upon request
ARUN VICKRAM CELL (647) 885-5751 E-MAIL arunvickram22@gmail.com