Rachala Dorababu

I Am a Quality Assurance professional with 8 years of experience in FMCG / MNC food companies, with product exposure of Beverage, Bakery & Chocolates.My Major Experience is in Quality Assurance function, where I handled Quality System audits, Supplier audits,process audits, driving food safety systems at plant, leading Quality Management pillar under TPM / IL6S.

Since Sep’21-Present || Bengaluru || iD Fresh Food Pvt Ltd || Assistant Manager - Supplier & Plant

Quality.

Key responsibility:

 Partner with regional/factory quality and commercial team to ensure ingredient and packaging

materials’ compliance, including food safety, specification, regulatory requirements and other

requirements. Lead supplier qualification process to ensure that factories can purchase and use qualified

materials from approved suppliers only.

 Drive the implementation of the iD Fresh Foods SQM (Supplier Quality Management) programs and

promote consistent practices.

 Conduct supplier’s quality audit and follow up supplier CAPA (Corrective Action and Preventive Actions),

responsible for tracking and reporting supplier audit status.

 Facilitate communication between global Spec team, local suppliers and the 3rd party labs to ensure

effective execution of the regular lab testing program.

 Build suppliers’ quality awareness, QA capability and continuous improvements on facilities, process

and people competency, through on-site visiting, training & regular communication.

 Cooperate with Factory QA to reduce raw materials’ NCR (Non-conformity Report) to mitigate the

quality and supply risks.

Since Jan’20 – Sep’21 || Guntur Site || Pearl Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (PepsiCo India)|| Executive - QFS

Key responsibility:

 Responsible for Pepsico Beverage Quality systems implementation at site.

 Played key role in AIB audits and achieved 920 score for the year 2020.

 Handled Hot fill (Slice) Juice line and Aseptic Tetra pack 125ml projects at Pearl Beverages TPM site.

 Worked with Pepsico R&D team and launched new products of Moutain dew Ice and 7up Nimbooz.

 Developed Training program and trained employees on Quality systems.

 RO rejection water project executed and reduced water TDS in Aquafina Drinking water line and increased

productivity.

 Nominated for new CSD line installation and commissioning for Jai Beverages Pvt ltd, J&K unit from

Pepsico team.

 Worked with Pepsico regional sanitation manager and increased CIP timeline for STING energy drink from

72hrs to 96hrs.Since Jan’15 – Jan’20 || Sricity Site || Mondelez India Foods Pvt. Ltd.|| Associate - HACCP & FS

Key responsibility:

 Driving HACCP system execution and implementation in site under Food safety & Microbiology Lead.

 Performed HACCP studies, Risk assessments for Chocolate lines ( Crumb & Chocolate) and Powder

Beverage line(TANG)

 Supported Mondelez International Quality systems implementation with QCMS lead guidance.

 Leading RDQ plant trails, validations and VSU from site Quality.

 Owned Supplier Quality Management KPI for the site and Ensured Mondelez SQE implementation.

 Supported site Sanitation, Hygienic design, Food safety & Allergen validation programs.

 First person responsible for Lab activities and managing lab team.

 Performing site Internal Audits and CAPA verification.

 Handled Consumer Complaints program.

 Handled Internal (Corporate & Global) and external audits for the site.

 Partnering with HR for developing and executing Training program.

Bachelor Degree in Science