Sandeep K b

15 years of experience in food manufacturing industry as production manager

PRODUCTION MANAGER at LAZZA ICE-CREAMS PVT LTD (2025-05 – 2026-05)

• Oversees manufacturing operations to ensure efficient production that meets customer expectations in terms of quality, quantity, cost, and delivery time.
• Implement and maintaining KSPC related procedure's in production management
• Overall production management and wastage analysis of materials.
• Daily production planning, Inventory management, Hygiene monitoring, Supervision of workers
• Online Quality and production control to ensures that the products and services are consistent and meet the prescribed standards
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, EMS, 5S, HSE, and food safety standards, including employee training and hygiene practices.
• Conduct routine quality control tests (physical, chemical, microbiological) on raw materials, packaging, and in process products.
• Monitor and inspect quality conformance in key processes like pasteurization, homogenization, ageing and flavor addition.
• Prepare and manage quality documentation (ISO, HACCP), analyze trends, and oversee corrective actions, recalls, and validations.
• Implement and improve quality systems to reduce rejections, ensure zero-defect output, and maintain audit records.
• Foster continuous improvement through cross-functional collaboration and focus on productivity, quality, and safety

FACTORY PRODUCTION & QUALITY MANAGER at KARTHIKA CHIPS (2021-02 – 2025-04)

• Strategic Leadership & Planning: Provided leadership in developing and executing long-term and annual strategic and operational plans, setting key performance targets, and monitoring progress.
• Market Expansion & Sales Management: Led business development efforts, secured new deals and long-term partnerships, managed sales operations, and ensured achievement of sales targets with timely product delivery.
• Revenue Assurance & Inventory Control: Ensured timely market collections, minimized expired and returned products, implemented strategies to manage inventory efficiently, and reduce overstocking and product damage.
• Product Quality & Safety Oversight: Oversaw quality assurance operations, staff development, and training to ensure food safety compliance and high-quality output.
• Quality Control Testing & Compliance: Conducted comprehensive quality testing (physical, chemical, microbiological), monitored production processes, and implemented quality systems to minimize defects.
• Continuous Improvement & Reporting: Fostered collaboration between operations staff, maintained HSE standards, and prepared detailed quality reports including HACCP documentation and corrective actions.

PRODUCTION & QUALITY MANAGER at MALANAD PASSION FRUIT (2019-01 – 2021-02)

• Oversees manufacturing operations to ensure efficient production that meets customer expectations in terms of quality, quantity, cost, and delivery time.
• Implements and maintains ISO, HACCP, and food safety systems, ensuring compliance with due diligence and best practices.
• Develops and enforces standard operating procedures (SOPs) to optimize cost-effectiveness and resolve food safety issues with effective solutions.
• Leads quality assurance and control processes, including testing of raw materials and monitoring of production stages like blending, pasteurization, Homogenization and packaging.
• Fosters strong collaboration with internal teams, suppliers, and customers to uphold food safety, legal compliance, and product quality standards.
• Manages and develops QA/QC personnel, ensuring effective training and succession planning while driving continuous improvement and documentation of quality performance.

SENIOR PRODUCTION AND QUALITY CONTROLLER at DAR AL-FADHIL FACTORY (2014-10 – 2018-11)

• Production & Quality Oversight: Supervised production activities, enforced Good Manufacturing Practices, and ensured adherence to product standards and cost-effective procedures.
• Quality Systems & Compliance: Implemented and maintained ISO, HACCP, and FSEP systems, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations and customer requirements.
• Leadership & Training: Led and developed quality teams through effective training programs, staff selection, and performance motivation to build a capable workforce.
• Continuous Improvement & Auditing: Developed and tracked site quality improvement plans, addressed product quality issues promptly, and ensured compliance through audits and feedback mechanisms.
• Documentation & Reporting: Managed quality documentation including HACCP reports, trend analysis, recalls, corrective actions, and lab tests to support product safety and stability.
• Innovation & Development: Initiated new projects aligned with food safety standards, conducted product development, and ensured effective implementation of quality initiatives across departments.

PRODUCTION & QUALITY OFFICER at LAZZA ICE-CREAMS PVT LTD (2011-03 – 2014-09)

• Online Quality and production control to ensures that the products and services are consistent and meet the prescribed standards
• Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, EMS, 5S, HSE, and food safety standards, including employee training and hygiene practices.
• Conduct routine quality control tests (physical, chemical, microbiological) on raw materials, packaging, and in process products.
• Monitor and inspect quality conformance in key processes like pasteurization, homogenization, ageing and flavor addition.
• Prepare and manage quality documentation (ISO, HACCP), analyze trends, and oversee corrective actions, recalls, and validations.
• Implement and improve quality systems to reduce rejections, ensure zero-defect output, and maintain audit records.
• Foster continuous improvement through cross-functional collaboration and focus on productivity, quality, and safety.

MICROBIOLOGIST at JEEVA SPECIALTY LABORATORIES (2009-08 – 2011-02)

• Instruments: Microscope, Autoclave, Hot air oven, pH meter, LAF, Centrifuge Fermented.
• Staining Techniques: Simple, Negative, Gram, Endosperm, Fungal staining.
• Culture Media Preparations: For Bacteria, fungi, and Plant explants.
• Microbiological Analysis: Analysis of food (Meat, Fruits, milk etc), Analysis of water (MPN), Analysis of clinical samples (pus, sputum, stool, and urine) & ELISA.
• Microbiological Analysis of Clinical Specimens and Following regular sampling schedules within a specific environment
• Monitoring and identifying microorganisms and tacking of microorganisms in a range of environments and Maintain Standard Laboratory Procedures.

Master of Science in Applied Microbiology – Bharathiar University (2007 – 2009)