Rajesh Khatana is seeking a mid-level managerial role in dairy, food technology, research and development, operations, manufacturing, or quality control. He has 5 years of experience in technical research, operations, manufacturing, production planning, quality assurance, and resource management in the food and dairy industry. He is skilled in quality processes, new product development, cost savings, and audits. His recent role was as a Team Manager in cheese manufacturing where he optimized resources, ensured quality and safety, trained staff, troubleshot processes, and managed daily production.

1. RAJESH KHATANA
Contact: 00966-580061593.
E-Mail:rajeshdt.khatana@gmail.com
Seeking mid level managerial assignments in Dairy&Food Technology / Research & Development /
Operation & Manufacturing / Quality Control and Assurance Management / Production planning with an
organization of repute
A BRIEF OVERVIEW
 A dynamic professional with 5 years of rich experience in handling Technical Research / operations &
Manufacturing / processing (Production / Product Planning / quality assurance related activities) involving
resource planning and coordination with internal departments for reliability of product & process with the
Food / Dairy industry.
 Demonstrated excellence in devising significant solutions, managing day to day production &
manufacturing operations, projects and making effective utilisation of man, machine, method & materials
in accordance with vision and mission of the organization with good manufacturing practices.
 Adept in making effective use of tools in support of strategic supply chain process, procurement costs,
ensuring optimum inventory levels to achieve maximum cost savings with minimum holding of stock;
maintaining storage areas as well as implementing standard operating procedures for ensuring a smooth
flow of operations.
 Skilled in conceptualizing and deploying quality processes like ISO 9001 and HACCP for enabling an
organization in meeting, enhancing customer satisfaction & business requirements to enhance
productivity & profitability.
 Adept at initiating various Ideas on new product development, cost saving measures, reducing
Operational cost by controlling process parameters; Optimizing recipe cost by generating new
formulations.
 Efficient for Involving in Internal & External audits for Continuous Improvement.
OTHER KEY SKILLS
Operation & Manufacturing Budgeting & Cost Control SAP Implementation
Communication Skills Audits & Compliances Resource Optimization
Documentation & Reporting Liaising & Coordination Interpersonal Effectiveness
Strategic Planning
RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE
Almarai Company since Nov’12
As a Team manager in Cheese manufacturing
Key Deliverables
 Optimum utilization of available resources and to maximize overall profitability of the Department and as

2. a whole to the Organization.
 Ensuring and monitoring health and safety requirements
 Educating to production team during project commissioning
 Process trouble shooting and reporting
 Maintain record keeping as per the standard operating procedures
 To optimize product quality and ensure that product meets required specifications and legal standards
 To optimize yield and minimize the loss in process or wastage of the product by using problem solving
tools
 CIP Optimization Working into the line to reduce total CIP time to have more product thorough put.
 Doing leading role in commissioning of Fully Automated processed cheese plant along with world leading
cheese equipment company Stephan group of Sympak (process Engineering)
 Time to time work as a duty manager of cheese plant.
 Daily planning of raw material and packaging material according to the production plan.
 Work on LIP(loss in process)
 Worked on 5’s implementation.
 Worked with technical research and development team in new product development. (product – Cheese
with yoghurt flavor, cheese with Veg. oil)
 Conducting the trainings to operators for health and safety.
 Coordinated for quality management and HACCP system from Cheese product and attending HACCP
review meetings.
 Key person for conducting and co-ordination financial stock count in department.
 Conducted investigations for Audit finding and NCNs to understand root cause and follow up for
corrective actions or SOP update as per requirements.
 Managed day to day production of Processed Cheese
 Achieved a reduction in number of non-conformity by 3 fold through strict supervision and problem
solving skills.
 Key Auditee for handling various audits in department (CICA Audits, AIBI Audits, GMP Audits, Phase
Audits, ISO Audits, HACCP Audits etc.)
 Coordinating for successful Implementation of A3 Problem Solving Technique across Operation Division.
Shree Vridavan Dairy: (July 2011 – November 2012 )
 Daily Production planning for processed milk and packing dept.
 Daily & Monthly Production Planning, Execution & Communication to management in
coordination with other department
 Achieving the production targets within stipulated time and optimized cost.
 Documentation control & monitoring for best traceability practices

3. INTERNSHIP
Nestle India Limited Moga factory, Moga (Punjab), India Jan’11 – Jul’11
In Plant Trainee – Production
Key Deliverables
 Worked on different aspects of milk powder production from Raw material handling to Final product
manufacture.
 Learnt ability in a proficient environment, how to make a good working environment in an Organization
 Learning Experiences:
o Complete Manufacturing process of different products being manufactured at Nestle,
Moga(Punjab),
Experiential hands on training at CDFST, Udaipur July 2010 to Dec 2010
 Milk Processing which involves manufacturing of other Dairy products ( Dahi, Cream and Ghee).
Industrial Trainings –
 One month training from Saras,Udaipur (Rajasthan) in 2008.
PROFESIONAL ENHANCEMENTS WITH INDUSTRIAL VISITS
 Mother dairy Gandhi Nagar, Gujrat
 Dugdh Sagar dairy Mehsana, Gujrat
 Sumul dairy, Gujrat
 Anand dairy, Gujrat
 Dynamics dairy,Pune
 Udaipur dairy (RCDF), SARAS, Udaipur.
ACADEMIC ACCOLADES
 Attended 7 days NSS camp during graduation in year 2008.
 Participated in AIDS and Polio awareness program
 Actively participates in Blood Donation Camp
ACADEMICS
 First Class B.Tech. (Dairy Technology)graduate from College of Dairy & Food Science Technology,
M.P.U.A.T, Udaipur, Rajasthan with 5.97 /10 OGPA.
IT SKILLS

4.  Conversant with:
 Well versed with Windows, MS Office & Internet Applications.
PERSONAL PROFILE
 Date of birth:- June,26,1988
 Language known:- Hind and English
 Father’s Name:- Mr. Shambhu Ram Gurjar
 Marital status:- Single
 Address:- Vill- Kemri, Karuli, Rajasthan
***References are available on request.