Ramanan Raja

RENAISSANCE SERVICES S.A.O.C

HYGIENE OFFICER - Renaissance Village Duqm Project                                                               Duqm, Oman

                2016-Present 

• Administer food service activities in the restaurants and ensure quality of the food.
• Conduct internal audits and givehygiene scores to all the units which includes receiving to service.
• Provide food safety training & implementing QA programs includingGMP, food safety,and sanitation.
• Implement and maintain food quality  procedures as per HACCP, ISO, andOman food safetystandards.
• Prolifically assessed the HRA for all the production process and implemented the control measures. 
• Maintain all the documents as per ISO 9001:2008/ISO 22000:2005 standards.
• Conduct food safety audits in the client restaurants to identify safety gaps and rectify through coordination with the concerneddepartments.
• Magnificently designed and implemented the food Dry goods sorting department and achieved 100% reduction in physical hazards incidents.
• Monitoring the Pest control and kitchen stewarding activities to ensure that the schedule is followed.  
• Attained 100% reduction in pest related infestation and complaints in the Production and service areas with stringent schedule and implementation.

      ACCOMPLISHED PROJECTS: 

        FIFA WORLD CUP QATAR 2022- Food Safety Officer& Trainer

• FIFA world cup held at Qatar,2022, Provided catering services to Players, Stadium Staffs& Volunteers,   Securities

         WORLD TENT PEGGING MEET:  Food safety Officer 

• Project that hosted 600 members of various teams participated in World Tent Pegging meet.

        OMAN DRY DOCK COMPANY- QHSE OFFICER 

• Accomplished the mobilization project to mobilize the Oman dry dock employees around 3000 to the Oman's biggest facilities management site- Renaissance village Duqm.

        BIGBASKET.COM - SUPER MARKET GROCERIES SUPPLIES PVT. LTD               Chennai, Tamilnadu 

        SENIOR EXECUTIVE                                                                                                                        2015- 2016

• Inspected incoming raw materials ensuring adherence to Big Basketquality norms.
• Monitored packaging activities of fruits& vegetables.
• Ensured FIFO method is followed by tagging properdate and using stacking method.
• Conducted surprise audits at vendor place to ensure hygiene maintenance.
• Monitored critical control pointsand periodically validated the same.
• Prepared meticulous reports (incomingmaterial quality, out bound cross checking, HUB return analysis,CCP monitoring, personalhygiene, etc.,) and escalated the issues to concerned department heads if any deviations observed.
• Executed root cause analysisfor food incidents(5 Why's) and took necessary steps to resolveissues.
• Performed cost analysis of internal dump & customerreturned items.
• Administered pest control activities and cross-checkeddilution record.

      SENIOR EXECUTIVE QC – SHRIRAM DISTRIBUTIONS                                            Chennai, Tamilnadu 

                                                                                                                                                               2014- 2015

• Ensured that staff alwaysmaintain hygiene whilehandling the dry foods. 
• Confirmed that fruits & vegetables are processed under hygienic environment and with food grade chemicalsas per CFTRI (Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore)regulations.
• Coordinated with NABL certifiedlaboratories for microbiological analysis of food/water/hand swab against food borne pathogens.
• Educated all staff on food safetyneeds and hygienestandards.

      FOOD SAFETY EXECUTIVE – DOLPHIN GROUP OF HOTELS                                Hyderabad, Telangana 

                                                                                                                                                                  2013- 2014

• Conducted internal audits in the hotels including GAP analysis audit before implementation of ISO22000:2005/HACCP Standards
• Designated critical limitsat CCP’s to ensuresafe process flow and validatedthe same periodically.
• Developed ISO manual for externalaudit.
• Advised hotel management to control dump & to maintainhygiene.
• Implemented various supplierquality assurance programsto evaluate vendors.
• Equipped MRM reports with action plan and closeout 
• Confirmed that the food chainis under control with no deviation.

      SENIOR MICROBIOLOGIST – PARIKSHAN FSS PVT LIMITED                                    Chennai , Tamilnadu 

                                                                                                                                                                  2012- 2013

      Parikshanis a microbiology lab for quality tests on water, food, and air samples. In the hotel  industry    Parkishan is a service provider for food safety management system

Master of Science in Biotechnology, from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu

Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology, from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu