Arul Sivaraj

Currently positioned in Kellogg Tolaram as Research &

• Development, New Product Development Head for Cereals and Snacks category. Has vast experience in Cereals, Noodles,Baking Science, Extruded and Expanded snacks, Potato/Tortilla Chips, Wet/Air Popcorn Manufacturing, Seasonings, Spices &

• Culinary Masala in New product Development and Technical Assistance in Global Procurement &

• Quality Control. Custodian &

• Specification Writer for Global Negotiations. Am also a Technology inventor &

• Pattern holder in Spices Processing Technology. In NPD as Product Development Head for Kelloggs Cereals and Munchit Extruded Snacks, Noodles &

• Seasonings in Nestle Maggi & its culinary products, was a Product Manager in Sun feast Yippee Noodles, Dry culinary masalas for ITC limited with brand name "Aashirvaad" & "ITC MasterChef". Am also a Treasurer for transferring Knowledge in manufacturing and operations for whole Spices, Seasonings, Flavor Development, Ingredient chemistry, starch/protein chemistry, and textural science, Essential Oils &

• Oleoresins.

Research Quality and Technology / New Product Development Head at Kellogg Tolaram (2022-11 – Present)

Available to join in 3 Month.

• New Product Development in RTE Cereals and Extruded Snacks &Seasonings, Ingredient Advisor- Cereals and Seasonings Category, Technical assistance in R&D, Procurement & Quality Control.
• Specialist- Spices and Noodles, Pasta
• Seasonings NPD, Corporate Ingredient Advisor- Spices.

Specialist- Spices and Noodles, Pasta at Nestle (2019-08 – 2022-11)

• New Product Development in Noodles & Pasta Seasonings, Spices (Masala & Tastemaker) Dry & Wet Culinary Products; Ingredient Advisor- Spices Category, Technical assistance in R&D, Procurement & Quality Control.

Deputy Manager-Technical Strategy at Dharampal Satyapal Limited (2019-02 – 2019-08)

• R& D, New Business & Category Development, New Product Development, Technical Assistance in Manufacture, Production, Operations, Quality Assistance.

Product Development Executive at ITC Limited (2014-08 – 2019-02)

• New Product Development Executive in culinary dry products, Straight Spices, Blended Masalas & Seasonings.

Project Head – Cocoa replacement with alkalized cocoa for Kellogg Products- Ready to Eat Cereals(RTEC), Chocolate/Sugar Confectionery, for CWAR,South Africa and Egypt. at Kellanova (2022-11 – 2025-05)

• Team Members 9
• Brought 7.7 Million Dollars savings/ Year, RM replacement with Recipe development and Product launch across various markets and categories.

Project Head – Project Choco Scent- Replacing Cocoa favor with new Choco Flavor for AMEA Zone. at Kellanova (2023-04 – 2024-12)

• Team Members 10
• Brought 3.3 million Dollars savings/Year, Flavor replacement with Recipe development and Product launch

Project Brownie- Caramel Color Natural Version Development and Vendor development at Kellanova (2023-12 – 2025-03)

• Brought 1 million Dollars savings by Local Sourcing of Caramel color and vendor development for Kellanova Africa Business

Project Glocal- Alternate vendor development for extruded snack seasonings at Kellanova (2023-01 – 2025-01)

• Brought 0.5 million Dollars by Local Sourcing of seasonings and vendor development for Kellanova Africa Business.

NPD Launch- Caramel Popcorn and Hot Chilli Extruded Snack SKU variant at Kellanova Tolaram (2023-01 – 2024-03)

• New product Development work including Recipe development, Market Research to Commercialization of Caramel popcorn and Hot Chilli Variants to Nigeria Mkt.

New Product Development- Noodles Seasoning for Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe Markets. at Nestle R & D Centre Pvt Ltd (2019-08 – 2022)

Full Time

• India(RTC Variants), Bangladesh(Noodle seasoning), Sri Lanka( Noodle seasoning), Germany(Curry Powder), Australia(Keto Concepts), Nigeria(Noodle seasoning), Innovation projects (Global), Renovation(Cost Reduction/ Savings) projects.

Project CWAR- Flavor Extract replacement with Spices at Nestle R & D Centre Pvt Ltd (2019-08 – 2020-08)

Full Time

• Project Manager- Team Members 16
• Brought 1.1 Million CHF (Swiss Francs=1.3 Million Dollars) savings/ Year, New Product Development, Boullions Manufacture, QA/ QC control, Audition, Regulatory Affairs, Vendor Management.

Project Simplex- Harmonization of Global specification at Nestle R & D Centre Pvt Ltd (2019-08 – Present)

Full Time

• Project Manager- Team Members 60
• Brought 6.6 Million CHF(Swiss Francs=53.36 Crore INR) savings/ Year, Vendor Management, Regulatory affairs, QA / QC, Raw Material Approver, Specification Writer.

Commissioning of Steam Distillation Unit for Cardamom Oil Extraction at Dharampal Satyapal Group (2019-05 – 2019-07)

Full Time

• Steam Distillation unit Installation, Boiler & Distill Design installation & Vendor selection, Commissioning line & factory trials, Vendor Management for Cardamom Procurement.

Technical strategy & PD of Spices & Culinary Powders For B2B Category development at Dharampal Satyapal Group (2019-05 – 2019-07)

Full Time

• B2B Merchandise Development & New Business Development in Spices Category, Development of Product Formulation, Assisted in Market Research for New Spices Business Division & Category Development, Technical Assistance in Factory Line Commission for Production.

Noodles Tastemaker developer and Seasonings Maker for Brand Sun feast Yippee Noodles PAN India. at ITC Limited Foods Division (2019-02 – 2019-08)

Full Time

• Developed Product Formulation, Installed QC Parameters, Assisted in Market Research, Shelf Life & Consumer Study, Commissioned Factory Line First Production & Continuous Production.

PD of ITC MasterChef Super Safe Spices (Chili, Turmeric, Coriander, Cumin) for PAN India at ITC Limited Foods Division (2018-01 – 2018-07)

Full Time

• Developed Product Formulation, Installed QC Parameters, Assisted in Market Research, Shelf Life & Consumer Study, Commissioned Factory Line First Production & Continuous Monitoring.

PD of ITC MasterChef(Aashirvaad) Spices Blended Masala for PAN India at ITC Limited Foods Division (2017-01 – 2017-06)

Full Time

• Developed Product Formulation, Installed Quality Control Parameters, Assisted in Market Research, Shelf Life & Consumer Study, Commissioned Factory Line First Production & Continuous Monitoring.

Manufacturing Executive at ITC Limited (2016-08 – 2018-01)

Full Time

• Production of Atta ‘Aashirvaad’ - Whole Wheat Atta, Multigrain Atta, Select Atta. Successfully supervised line managers and workers in the plant at different locations to achieve excellence in given orders.

B. Tech. in Food Process Engineering – Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), Coimbatore