Naveen Gupta

Experience

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  GSK

  Jan 2000 - Jun 2000

  Internship Trainee

  Milk Chilling Centre Operations in VillagesQuality Lab 9LDairy Production

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  Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Pvt Ltd

  Jun 2001 - Jul 2004

  Quality Assurance Officer

  Reportees - QA Chemist -2, Effluent Treatment & Water Treatment Operator - 2• Managed 4 Lines [1 Carbonated drinks Glass Line, 1 Carbonated drink PET Line, 1 Mazza Glass Line, 1 Minutes Maid Juice PET line]• Managed market studies related to product quality at marketplace, distribution & company W/H• Managed ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – ISO140001• Management representative for Punjab Pollution Control Board• Handled INTERNAL AUDIT within company• Managed MIS (Management Information System) reporting Show less

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  Hindustan Unilever Ltd

  Jul 2004 - Feb 2006

  Production Officer

  Reportees - HSE Officer -2, Machine Operators - 89• Managed 3 Glass lines & 1 PET line - Kissan brand Tomato Ketchup, Jams, Squash, Marmalade• Managed fruit pulping & storage operation• Acted as PFA (now FSSAI) nominee for handling legal matters• Managed MIS (Management Information System) updating

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  Cadbury plc.

  Mar 2006 - Aug 2007

  Sr. Production Officer

  Reportees: Maintenance Technicians - 2, Machine Operators - 52• Managed 3 chocolate manufacturing lines in shifts• Managed Operations Review• Managed training of unionized manpower (54 Nos.)• Managed MIS (Management Information System) updating

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  Nestle (India) Ltd

  Aug 2007 - Aug 2011

  Astt. Manager Production

  Reportees: HSE Officer - 1, Production officers - 15, Maintenance Officers - 2, Co-packing in charges - 2, Indirect Reports – 267• Managed Factory Culinary Division - Own Operations as well as Third Party Manufacturing (including SpiceManufacturer) @ INR 400 Crores business size• Managed Capacity Mapping & Production Planning to meet increased market demand of Maggi brand products viz; noodles, soups, tomato ketchups, bullions, tastemakers, cup noodle• Managed Process Quality through standard operating procedures (SOP), Quality Monitoring Scheme (QMS), FSMS (Food Safety Management System), NIMS (Nestle Integrated Management System)• Managed indirectly, unionized workforce strength @ 267 workers in terms of people development, industrial relations & efficiency improvement• Managed strategic procurement by providing technical inputs for developing wheat milling vendors to supply wheat flour @ just-in-time model to factory for Noodle manufacturing• Managed inventory for just-in-time materials (wheat flour, palm oil, hydrochloric acid) & sundry materials• Delivered Operations Budget @ INR 15 Crore & 53600 Tons Volume per year• Delivered Hydrolyzed Plant Protein (doubling per day capacity from 4.8 MT per day to 9.6 MT per day), Maggi Pichkoo Tomato Ketchup (2 Doypack Lines New Pack), Maggi Bhuna Masala & Gravy (New Products) & Cup Noodle Lines (New Pack & New Product) Projects @ INR 147 Crore CAPEX• Delivered Operational Excellence Targets using Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology @ INR 5 Crore & Served as FI (Focused improvement) team member in TPM structure for leadership in achieving manufacturing excellence• Reduced NQC (Cost of Non-Quality) from 1.74% to 1.2%• Saved 1% in Annual Consumables Budget by introducing alternate chemicals for CIP Show less

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  IFFCO Group

  Oct 2011 - Jul 2018

  Production Manager

  • Managed 2 Divisions: Culinary (UAE & Algeria) & Aseptic Division - Tetra pack (UAE & Italy), PET Juices (UAE) @ AED 200 million (INR 385 Crore) business for Safety, Quality, Manufacturing Strategy, Capacity Mapping, Own Brands (Tiffany, Noor, Hayat, Alfa, Hulala, Pristine, London Dairy etc.), Private Labels (Knorr, Heinz, Kraft, McDonald, Al Ain Dairy, KFC, Burger King, Sub Way, Americana, Chiquita Juices, Ocean Spray etc.) to meet increased domestic & exports (to GCC, Africa & Europe markets)• Managed Co-packing contracts & Customer Audits for McDonald, Burger King, KFC, Americana, Texas Chicken, Unilever (Knorr Brand), Kraft Heinz, Tim Hortons, Al Baik, Sub-Way, Hardees, American Army, Emirates Flight Catering, Etihad Airways, Al Ain Dairy, BRC, HALAL, FSSC 22000, HACCP, ISO 9001, Internal Audits, SEDEX (Unilever Ethical Audit), SWA (McDonald Ethical Audit), (ADFCA)• Managed Complex operations of Mayonnaise, Tomato Ketchup, Salad Dressings, Specialty Sauces, Syrups, Dips, Whipping Cream, Cooking Cream, PET & Tetrapack Juices, UHT Plain milk/Flavored Milk, Ice Cream Mixes, Soft Serve Ice Cream Mix, Thick Milk Shakes, Single stage & Double stage bottle blowing, cap wadding, culinary batch & continuous process etc.o 8 Sachet lines; 1 Pillow pack line; 2 Dip Cup Lines; 2 Pet Lines; 1 Glass Line; 2 USG & Jerry Can Lines; 7 Batch Processing lines; 1 continuous processing line; 6 tetrapack lines; 1 BIB Line & 1 Multipack line• Delivered Operations Budget @ AED 30 million (INR 60.2 Crore) & 84,000 Tons volume per year• Delivered Brown & Green Field Projects (Algeria, UAE & Italy) @ AED 88 million (INR 171 Crore)o Expansion project for installation/commissioning of Salad Dressings, Specialty Sauces, Tomato Ketchup, Syrups & Mayonnaise processing/filling lines @ AED 20 million investment (INR 40 Cr)o Capability enhancement project on Tetra pack UHT line to produce high viscosity Whipping Cream & Cooking Cream @ AED 68 million investment (INR 131 Crore) Show less

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  Fonterra Future Dairy Partners

  Dec 2018 - Nov 2021

  Regional Third Party Manufacturing Manager

  Reportees: Regional Manufacturing Manager (West & South) – 2, Third Party Manufacturing Executive - 2 • Managed for 8 dairy Sites @ annual volume 2400 tons related to Dreamery Branded UHT Plain Milk, UHT Flavored Milk, Greek Yogurt, Cup Curd, Paneer, Cheddar Cheese, Processed Cheese, Ghee, Cheese spread, Cheese Blocks, Cheese cubes, Cheese IWS, Butter, Retort Flavored Milk etc.• Managed Manufacturing Strategy for optimizing quality, manufacturing cost and Delivery Cost of product portfolio PAN India basis• Managed commercial, supply agreements with Third Party Manufacturers & Conduct Business Reviews to evaluate/align on performance metric results• Delivered new product development projects viz; Greek Yogurt, Retort flavored milk, Cup Curd, Fresh Paneer, Ghee, UHT Plain Milk & Flavored milk in Tetrapack, Processed cheese IWS, Cheese Spread, Cheese IWS, Cheese Block, Cheese Cubes• Delivered improved acceptance quality Cheese Spread product by eliminating causes of salt variation, consistency variation & taste variation through multiple actions• Delivered Manufacturing Operations P&L @ INR 50 crore & achieved fiscal requirements for Third Party Manufactured products (COGs, Variances, Scrap, Other Costs of Service)• Delivered all site Compliance to Fonterra Global Food Safety Audits, Milk Supply Audits, purchasing, manufacturing, warehousing & dispatch requirements• Delivered Brown Field Projects @ INR 8 crore• Delivered Raw Milk traceability from farmer level to finished product while sourcing from farmers • Delivered fuel for growth (Operational Excellence) savings @INR 3.5 Crore through mass balance project thereby improving profit margin from 8.3% to 10.1%• Delivered Yogurt Line Modification project, milk testing lab upgradation project & spray drier upgradation project @INR 1.75 Crore in 3.5 months Show less

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  Self-employed

  Nov 2021 - now

  Food Consultant

  Ongoing Assignments• Sep 2022 – Present: Plant Based All Natural Ready to Cook Product & Process Development in India• Aug 2022 – Present: Mayonnaise Process Improvement & Recipe Development in DRC• July 2022 – Present: Green Field Project for Beverages in DRC• Apr 2022 – Aug 2022: Culinary Range Product Development in Bangladesh• Nov 2021 – May 2021: Manufacturing Outsourcing Network Establishing in India