Akshay Ghuge

Highly skilled in managing production teams within fast-paced manufacturing environment, focusing on process optimization and team collaboration. Demonstrates strong organizational and leadership skills, with proven track record in improving operational efficiency and quality standards. Looking to transition into new field, leveraging transferable skills to drive success in diverse environments.

Production Officer - Britannia Industries Ltd. - Pune

(2026-01)

• Production Planning and Achievement: Monitor daily production plans, shift-wise targets, and actual output; analyse planned versus actual production, and take corrective actions to achieve production targets.
• Production Efficiency & Productivity: Optimize manpower deployment and machinery utilization while monitoring line performance, capacity utilization, changeover time, and downtime to maximize operational efficiency.
• Yield, Wastage, and Cost Control: Monitor material yield, raw material variances, process losses, product rejections, and wastage percentage; implement improvement initiatives to minimize losses, and reduce production costs.
• RM & PM Inventory Management: Monitor raw material and packaging material consumption, stock availability, FIFO implementation, and batch-wise traceability to ensure uninterrupted production operations.
• Manpower Management: Track manpower utilization, output per shift, and line-wise productivity; allocate resources effectively to achieve production targets and improve workforce efficiency.
• MIS & Performance Reporting: Prepare daily production reports, shift-wise performance reports, wastage reports, and KPI dashboards using MS Excel to analyse production trends and identify improvement opportunities.

Production Executive - Delightful Food Pvt. Ltd. - New Mumbai

(2023-12 - 2026-01)

• Managed production operations for frozen desserts and bakery products, ensuring compliance with quality, food safety, and production standards.
• Optimized manpower, and machinery utilization to improve operational efficiency, productivity, and overall equipment performance.
• Implemented cost-reduction initiatives and yield improvement measures to minimize production losses and optimize resource utilization.
• Handled and supervised a team of approximately 40 workers, ensuring effective workforce management and achievement of production targets.
• Prepared CAPA, daily production reports, and quality documentation as per customer requirements; participated in customer audits, and ensured timely closure of observations.
• Implemented and monitored SOPs, GMP, GHP, HACCP, and FSMS requirements, including daily cleaning, sanitation, and FIFO practices in the production department.
• Operated and monitored Cephas, Excel, beater, and planetary mixers, along with Apple ovens and rotary ovens, ensuring smooth operations and adherence to defined process parameters.
• Handling safety issues or manpower while working in the company.

Quality Assurance Executive - Haldiram Food International Pvt. ltd. - Nagpur

(2023-05 - 2023-11)

• Conduct analytical testing of raw materials, semi-finished products, and finished goods, including oil PV and FFA, gluten content in Maida, moisture content, ash content, and residual nitrogen verification in packed products.
• Perform water quality testing, and monitor pH and Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) to ensure compliance with defined quality standards.
• Conduct packaging material testing, including grammage (GSM), burst strength (BS), and other quality parameters, to ensure compliance with specifications.
• Identify potential food safety hazards, assess risks, and implement appropriate control measures; monitor CCPs and OPRPs at defined frequencies.
• Monitor the personal hygiene of plant personnel, and ensure compliance with established hygiene and food safety practices.
• Monitor plant cleaning and sanitation activities to maintain hygienic manufacturing conditions, and effective housekeeping.
• Ensure implementation and compliance with GMP, GHP, and HACCP standards, maintain quality records, report deviations, and support corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).

Internship Trainee - Vaishwik Foods Pvt. Ltd. - Pune

(2022-11 - 2023-02)

• Conduct analytical testing of raw materials, semi-finished products, and finished goods to ensure compliance with established quality specifications and standards.
• Perform water quality testing to verify compliance with defined quality parameters and food safety requirements.
• Conduct packaging material (PM) quality testing, including qualitative tests such as Grammage (GSM) and Burst Strength (BS), to ensure compliance with packaging material specifications.

B. Tech - Food Technology - Vasant Rao Naik Marathavada Agri University Parbhani (2023)

HSC - Janata Junior College Beed (2019)

SSC - Janata High School Beed (2017)