Govind sewliker

Food Industry professional with 24 years of experience in Research and development, Technical Support, Food Safety and Quality Assurance, Consumer concern response and Product development in Confectionery, Chocolate Products, Specialty and Bakery Fats. 

CORE COMPETENCY

Key Skills

1, Innovative New product development 2, Product formulation and Product shelf life study 3, Product trial and demonstration 4, competitor high volume product market study          5, Brand Development   6, Product costing   7, sensory evaluation   8, Performance Monitoring & Evaluation 9 Training & Knowledge Sharing Team Building & Leadership.

Profile Summary

Performance-driven professional with over 2 decades of rich & extensive experience in new product development, Stakeholder Engagement, Food Safety & Quality Assurance, research and development and People Management across chocolate and confectionery and specialty facts and oils 

WORK EXPERIENCE.

1,Research and development manager for Sampre Nutrition ltd.  From Dec 2021- to till date.

2, General Manager/ Project – Society African des Savers at Douala Cameroun central AfricaJuly 2019- to Nov 2021 confectionery and chocolate plant.

 Green field project starting from Plant layout  as per the food safety standards, setting up plant and machinery, Product and packaging development, conducting trials of finish product and complete the project work with in time line period.

3, Worked in Arani Industries Private Limited (Good hope Asia Holding Ltd Singapore Based. JULY2017- APRIL 2019

4, Gemini Edible & Fats I Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad Senior Manager – R and D  resource Manager Oct 2010 to July 2017

5, Worked with Cadbury India Limited Research and Development /Quality executive               Sep 01 – Nov 2001- Oct 2010 

Products Exposure: Chocolate and Confectionery. 

• Moulded chocolate, Chocolate slab, bars, eclairs chocolate paste, choc dip, enrobing and wafer biscuit, machine biscuit, deposited candy, hardboiled and soft confectionery, enrobing chocolate, centre creaming chocolate, Frozen dessert, 
•  Bakery product (bread -bun, Khari, puff, cookies, tie biscuit, frying product) 
• Detailed process knowledge of manufacturing of above product staring form machine installation, product formulation, recipe, Quality control to dispatch   
• Detailed knowledge on oil & fat application.

Quality Officer – Cadbury India Limited, Mumbai  

• Responsible for implementation of Food Safety, Quality standards 

   • Implementation of Cadbury’s Quality Management Systems 

• Implementation and training of staff and associates for Food Safety as per Cadbury’s system. 

• Conducting plant trials for new product development.

• Products handled: Éclairs, Chocolate Coated Wafer, hard boiled confectionery and cocoa base confectionery Other 

• Produced products like for Industrial chocolate bar, Choco paste for ice-cream industry, Enrobing 

 master in science  batcher in science