Er. A V Kashyap

Experience

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  T.I.M.E. (Triumphant Institute of Managment Education)

  Aug 2016 - Feb 2017

  Mathematics Tutor

  Mathematics tutoring for IIT-JEE aspirants.

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  C Academy Thanjavur

  Jul 2018 - Jan 2019

  Physics Tutor

  Physics tutoring for IIT-JEE aspirants.

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  Tamil Nadu Food Grains Marketing Yard

  Jan 2019 - Feb 2019

  Student Intern

  Student Intern; Worked on parboiling processes paramaters of rice to improve cooked rice characteristics.

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  Emami Agrotech Limited

  Mar 2019 - May 2019

  Student Intern

  Student Intern; Knowledge of edible oil refinery operations.

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  Tata Consumer Products

  Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

  • End to end Quality Assurance starting from raw material receipt to finished goods dispatch. • Knowledge of basic requirements of food safety, basics of FSMS and ISO22000. • Sensory evaluation panelist. • Basic knowledge of Six Sigma and implementation of Six Sigma to food industry. • Well versed with Root Cause Analysis and CAPA closures.• In-depth knowledge of different Thermal Sterilisation technologies, exclusively MATS (Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilisation). • Completed projects in PPI (Product and Process Improvement) and validated usage protocols for various products. • Reduction of breakdown wastage of food material through projects. • Knowledge of primary, secondary and tertiary packaging materials. • Basic awareness on packaging and labelling regulations and compliances. • Involvement in Halal and FSSC audits. • Knowledge of HACCP and implementation of CCPs and OPRPs and their validation. Show less

  • Graduate Engineer Trainee

    Feb 2020 - Jun 2021

  • Quality Assurance Trainee

    Jul 2019 - Feb 2020
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  Swiggy

  Jan 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Responsible for manufacturing and repacking of Consumer Staples for Supreme Harvest brand at Third Party manufacturing units for the entire city of Chennai.• End to end Quality Assurance from raw material receipt to fumigation to sieving to repacking to FG storage to dispatch to warehouses.• Skilled in quality parameter monitoring for raw material and FG for consumer staples (Rice, Pulses, Spices, Dry Fruits, Flours, Salts, Sugars and Jaggery).• Compliance requirements for RMRR and FGRR.• Ensuring that all manufactured retail units adhere to all legal and regulatory requirements and align with 3PL manufacturers on the same.• Responsible for the fill rate of individual SKUs at warehouses of dispatch inward versus purchase orders.• Optimizing line productivity to cater to said fill rate and PO requirement, involvement in Production Planning.• Analysis of consumer complaints and RCA-CAPA closures for the same.• Cross verification of pan India consumer complaints and provision of dashboards to top management.• Implementation of ISO 22000:2018 to 3PL manufacturer units.• Periodical manufacturing facility, warehouse and store audits to monitor food safety compliance and audit CAPA closure of all NCs. Show less • Responsible for QHSE audits and compliances against ISO22000 for 16 dark stores spread across 3 cities namely Chennai, Kochi and Madurai.• Reduction in consumer complaint percentage across dark stores to less than 1% across cities. • SPOC for non expiry wastage reduction for 4 cities namely Chennai, Kochi, Coimbatore and Madurai. • SPOC for wastage reduction to ₹1 per order.• Driving cross-functional relationships and mutual win-win gains at store and city levels.• Managing a team of 10 reportees across warehouse and supplier levels.• Responsible for 3 green channel fruit and vegetable vendors in the city of Chennai.• Member of central audit team and SPOC for all audit related queries across cities in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. • Driving food safety, documentation and training across dark stores and vendors.• SPOC for warehouse audits (FMCG and cold chain).• Leading a team of 7 personnel in analysing consumer complaints data pan India and handling corrective actions towards fraud across cities at a national level. Show less

  • Senior Executive - Private Label Operations

    Sept 2022 - Dec 2022

  • Senior Executive - QHSE

    Jan 2022 - Sept 2022
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  Vada London Arsenal Tamil Podcast

  Feb 2023 - now

  Podcast Panelist

  Podcast panelist at Vada London Arsenal Tamil Podcast, a Tamil language football podcast by Arsenal fans, for Arsenal fans and of Arsenal fans. We have 2000+ subscribers on our channel to date. Come join us for quality football and Arsenal content. Come On You Gunners. 🔴⚪

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  Country Delight

  Feb 2023 - Apr 2025

  Senior Associate - Operational Excellence and Sustainability

  •Involvement in productivity improvement projects at all levels of supply chain.•Remote Operation Monitoring lead for pan India factories and Milk Collection Centres (MCCs).•ESG, USFDA and FSSC audits undertaken, assistance to factory and MCC teams on closing NCs by means of periodical audits and reviews with stakeholders.•Pan India SPOC for handling milk analyzers and troubleshooting of the same. •Ground support in implementation of ‘Nectar’ an in-house milk collection and recon software at milk collection centres.•Direct ground support in cost reduction projects of route payments to milk supply vehicles•Milk Quality Analysis project on identification of defaulters and implementation of penalty systems. •Transferred from Gurgaon to Hyderabad by company as part of business requirement and due to superior performance. •Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and knowledge of TPM.•Successfully implemented and handed over a QR code based traceability system in Hyderabad for 12 SKUs by collaboration with tech teams. Show less

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  Unibic Foods India Pvt Ltd

  Apr 2025 - now

  Senior Executive - Operational Excellence