R.Arumugam
No 6-94/1/A, Chandanagar, Hyderabad – 50,

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Seeking an Exciting Opportunities to produce Beer and Beverages with passion

Professional Summary
Over 13 years of experience in, Production operations, project management, Manufacturing, Process Management, Quality Assurance/ Safety, Supply Chain Management. Quality and ERP implementation. Experienced in brewing operations involving selection of barley, grain, managing the fermentation and production process and handling all the related equipments. Acting as plant manager when the plant manager on annual leaves. Proficient in implementing ERP systems for enhanced operational efficiency. Resourceful at maintenance, procurement, cost reduction and MIS systems. Adept in commissioning of equipments, batch and line production to accomplish the assigned target. Practical, efficient, observant, accurate and careful coupled with excellent communication and planning skills

Organisational Details

1997 to 2003 Shaw Wallace Breweries Limited, India
(Unit: Charminar Breweries- Hyderabad)
Career Path
Joined as Brewing Chemist
Promoted as Junior Executive-Brewing, 1999
Promoted as Executive-Brewing, 2003

2003 to 2006 SAB-Miller Breweries Limited, India
(Unit: Charminar Breweries – Hyderabad and Sica Breweries – Pondichery)
Promoted as Assistant Manager- Production
Promoted as Brew Master and transferred to Sica Brewery- Pondichery

2006 to 2007 Sona Group Breweries, Nigeria
Worked as a Brew Master (Production Manager) at Sona Breweries Group-Unit Benue Breweries, Nigeria. (Responsible for Brewing, Quality and Bottling)

2007 to date Heineken Asia Pacific Breweries, Hyderabad
( IMS Certified Company FSMS, EMS, QMS and OSHAS)
(Unit: Aurangabad Breweries and Pearl Breweries- Hyderabad)
Working as a Brew Master (Production Manager at Asia Pacific Breweries -Unit Pearl Breweries, Hyderabad. (A Completely Automated Plant)

Key Result Areas

Process Operations
 Leading the brewery operations entailing selection and formulation of malted barley, Sorghum, Corn, Rice and Sugar for the brand of beer, operate Process equipments, monitor the process control parameters etc
 Preparing beer Recipe involving addition of Raw materials, Suitable enzymes, yeast, hot or cold water and other ingredients, checking the rate of fermentation and finally Bright beer for Packaging
 Involved in CIP of the equipments, check and adjust various parameters of the beer at various stages of production
 Beer Profile Tasting and confirming it to production.
 Possess extensive shop-floor production experience to cope up day to day production problem and have troubleshooting ability.

Project Management
 Project monitoring and review of project schedule.
 Designing and implementing SOPs for the projects and ensuring adherence to the same.
 Involved in the erection and commission of process equipments providing utility services to the equipments. Budgeting and

Operations
 Ensure availability of finished goods at the factory within agreed variation of the weekly/ monthly production plan and specified quality norms to deliver consistent ingestible and visible quality and budgeted usage variance.
 Planning and implementing maintenance schedules of all the machineries ensuring clean beer-filtering machines
 Executing several cost and energy reduction processes including recycling of things of enhanced revenues and lower operational costs
 Coordinate for material planning and timely procurement of material to meet production targets
 Generating MIS reports and presenting the same to the top management
 Gained exposure to other areas of supply chain (logistic, inbound, outbound stores, transportation procurement, planning and quality).

ERP Implementation/ Quality
 Involved in the implementation of ERP (Syspro) systems for enhancing operational efficiency.
 Handling Master File creation, stock codes, BOM, job codes etc.
 Implementing ISO quality systems and maintaining all the necessary documents
 Implementing 5S, TPM, IQMS, MEP, GHK, GMP and HACCP.

Achievements
 Successfully reduced the Macro Extract Loss to the optimum
 Key role in obtaining IMS Certification (QMS,EMS,HACCP and OSHAS)
 Core team member in the ERP Implementation for Manufacturing Team
 Developed a Database to Monitor the Whole Brewery Efficiency and Process Control.
 Commissioning of 3 fully automated Brew House of different manufacturers
 Developed the training modules and conducted the Class room training for the Production operators.
 Brewed a Heineken Tiger Beer in the plant and released to the market with the Heineken approval to the Beer production.
 Brewery Cost Control



Education
1997 B.Sc Chemistry from University of Madras
1999 Diploma in Computer Applications from Institute of Computer Software Solutions
2003 MBA in Production/operations Management from Indira Gandhi Nations Open University

IT Skills
Proficient in MS-Office, Windows, LAN and Analytical softwares, Working Knowledge in Win-CC, Step-7 and Allen Bradley Soft wares

Training
Attended various training programs like;
o Brewing and Malting Production at CFTRI, Mysore. By ICBD and IGB Scotland. (Includes Beverages Plant Control) (2003 and 2005)
o ISO Quality Management system and Environmental Management System Internal Auditing. By the Institute of Quality management system consultant, Madras.
o ERP implementation By Syspro Consultant, South Africa.