Sureish Sukumaran

Experience

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  Allied Cocoa Industries

  Apr 1982 - Jul 1984

  Production Supervisor

  Took part in the commissioning of the cocoa process in the start up.Section Head for the upstream plant.

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  De-Zaan Far East

  Jul 1984 - Jul 1988

  Production Superintendent

  In- charge of Shift.Promoted to Production Superintendent to head the production department.In- charge of 63 operations staff.In- charge of Plant process control in 1989

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  ADM Cocoa

  Jul 1990 - Jul 2012

  Production Manager

  Part of the Project Team for new installations for 1 year.Headed the Maintenance Team for 2.5 years.Promoted to Production Manager 2004Responsible to grind 72000 Metric tonnes of cocoa beans a year.A total of 72 Production staff.

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  Barry Callebaut

  Nov 2014 - now

  Joined Barry Callebaut to Support the training of Asia Pacific Cocoa processing operations staff.Commissioning Manager for the new Makassar new cocoa processing plant. Training of all Operations staff.Assigned as Operations Manager for the new Makassar cocoa processing plant. Responsible for Production, Facilities, Logistic / Supply Chain and Maintenance. for a year.Organised the Operations staff for the the implementation of Quality management system to achieve A grade for BRC certification.2014 Nov, join the Global Team to introduce Continuous Improvement program for all Barry Callebaut cocoa plant worldwide.Completed 2 plants in Brasil and 2 plants in Ivory Coast on continuous improvement for plant operations. Presently deployed to Asia Pacific to introduce the program to 4 cocoa processing plants. Certified Yellow and Green Belts Lean Six Sigma. Show less

  • Global Continous Improvement Implementation.

    Apr 2012 - now

  • Global ONE+ Team

    Apr 2012 - now

  • Regional Process Manager

    Nov 2014 - Aug 2015
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  Barry Callebaut Asi8a Pacific

  Apr 2017 - now

  Continuous Improvement Manager Asia Pacific

  Responsible for the Continuous Improvement for 9 factories in Asia Pacific Region for chocolate and cocoa products. Continuous Improvement in the operations and supply chain areas including training, digitization.