K.Kannan has over 12 years of experience in food processing, quality control, and operations management. He currently works as the Lab Manager at International Agricultural Processing Pvt. Ltd in Tamil Nadu, India, where he oversees quality control, production, and maintenance across three shifts. Kannan has a B.Sc. in Chemistry and a B.Ed, and specializes in processes like acidified foods, thermal processing, and fermentation. He is seeking new opportunities in South Tamil Nadu.

1. K.Kannan
Mobile : +91 9944033267
Email : pmsdae70@gmail.com
An accomplished professional with 12+ years of experience and versatile functional exposure in the Food
Processing Industry /Product Development/ Quality Control Systems / Operations
PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOT
Key Strengths
• Leadership Skills
• Organoleptic Evaluation
• Quality Control
• Operations Management
• Product Development
• Product Inspection
• Process Improvement
• Process Control Records Review
• Multi Tasking Abilities
• Positive Attitude
• Integrity and Honesty
Technical Know-how
• Acidified Foods
• Thermal Processing
• Fermentation process
• Competent Food Processing Industry Professional with 12+ years of
commendable experience and in-depth exposure to food processing,
Quality Control and Production.
• Lab Manager (Quality) from October 2000 to May 2013 in M/s.
International Agricultural Processing Pvt. Ltd, Nilakottai, Tamilnadu.
• Inspection and approval of products before shipment for the
containers offered on IUT basis
• Shift in-charge and managed the entire factory operations including
production and quality control.
• Possess good process and production skills that were honed through
experience, inspection of containers in various companies,
interaction with customers and suppliers.
• Having multidisciplinary skill – Product Development, Quality Control
and Production.
• Expert in processing of pickled gherkins in jars and drums
• Having good Organoleptic evaluation skill
CAREER PROGRESSION
M/s. International Agricultural Processing Pvt. Ltd, (IAP) Nilakottai, Tamilnadu, India 2000 – till
date
Quality Control Executive , Shift Incharge and Lab Manager
100% export oriented Fruit and Vegetables processing company, implemented HACCP system based
on IFS, SQF 2000 and Dutch HACCP standard. IAP exports products to Europe, US, Canada, Australia, Russia
and China in 20ft dry shipping containers. IAP produces 3 categories of acidified vegetables distinguished from
each other by the extent and manner of processing.
1. Fresh Pack Vegetables in Jars and Pouches – Ready to eat product
Purchase of fresh vegetables (gherkins, tomatoes and jalapenos), grading, dry culling, washing, wet
culling, packing in glass jars / pouches, metal detection, media filling (mixture of calculated amount of either
vinegar or acetic acid, water, salt, sugar, calcium chloride, riboflavin, yellow#5 and natural flavours), capping /
sealing with metal lug cap, coding, dud detection, pasteurisation, drying jars, labelling, case packing, case
sealing, palletisation, container loading and transport of finished goods to port.
2. Fresh Pack Vegetables in Drums - Temporarily preserved in strong acid and salt solution.
Requires further processing before consumption
Purchase of fresh vegetables (gherkins and jalapenos), grading, dry culling, washing, wet culling, packing
in 240/260lit HDPE drum, media filling (mixture of calculated amount of either vinegar or acetic acid, water,
salt, calcium chloride and potassium metabisulphite), closing drum, stabilization, topping, buyer/self
inspection, drum sealing, labeling, container loading and transport of finished goods to port.
3. Fermented Vegetables in Drums - Temporarily preserved in strong salt solution. Requires further
processing before consumption

2. Purchase of fresh vegetables (gherkins), grading, dry culling, packing in 240/260lit HDPE drum, media
filling (mixture of calculated amount of salt, water and calcium chloride), fermentation, culling of fermented
gherkins, packing in 240/260 HDPE drum, mother brine filling, closing drum, buyer/self inspection, drum
sealing, labeling, container loading and transport of finished goods to port.
Production Capacity : 70 MT (40 MT in glass jars and 30 MT in HDPE drums)
Annual Turn Over : 80 Crore Indian Rupees
Permanent Employees : 120
Seasonal labour : 210
Casual labour : 190
Operational Shift : 3 shift (06:16 to 14;15, 14:16 to 22:15 and 22:15 to 06:15Hrs)
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PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS
• Self Improvement:
→ Gone up in the ladder within the organization from Quality Control Supervisor position to Shift In-
charge and Lab Manager
→ Successfully handled additional responsibility as Shift Incharge.
ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
 Inspection of product in various companies and approval for shipment for containers offered on IUT basis.
 Interaction with customers to understand their expectation and offer products in bulk accordingly
 Continuous monitoring of wastage on raw material, packaging material and finished product. Initiate
suitable preventive action then and there to bring down the waste %.
 Monitoring and control of production, quality control and maintenance team for effective operation of plant
in shift.
 Monitoring hourly and daily line output of machineries, man power and take suitable action then and there
for further improvement.
 Monitoring of stock rotation – first in first out or first expired first out.
 Coordination with general maintenance team for various jobs that are taken up.
 Production planning and Control of excess production.
 Plan the various process activities and advise respective area supervisors to allocate job to labour
accordingly.
 Producing quality product with the concept on reduction of rework and wastage
 Monitoring of daily cleaning of machineries, food contact and non food contact surfaces.
 Monitoring of effective utilization of space in the finished product storage room.
 Pre shipment certification, co-ordination with logistics to load and export finished products as per the
shipping schedule.
 Train various levels of employees and created awareness on Food Safety and Quality Plan, GMP, SSOP and
Material Specification
 To strictly adhere to the SOP and ensure safety of the plant.
 To keep the environmental clean by taking necessary steps during operations.

3.  To ensure cleanliness and safety as a culture amongst all the operatives and labours.
 Implementation of the HACCP based Food Safety Management System, Halal, Kosher and corporate social
responsibility standards in the food facility.
 Coordinate for Continual Improvement / Cost reduction projects identification, documentation and
facilitating review of progress at specified intervals
 Development, implementation and monitoring of safety procedures and pollution control procedures.
ACADEMIC PROFILE
B.Sc – Chemistry, B.Ed Madurai Kamarajar University, Madurai 1991
Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli 1993
PERSONAL VITAE
Date of Birth : 12.01.1970
Father Name : P.Kandasamy
Marital Status : Married
Nationality : Indian
Sex : Male
Address : Plot No. 147/ 3C3 Sinmaya Nagar,Balakrishna puram(po), Dindigul - 624005
Current CTC : Rs.45,000 per month
Current Company : International Agricultural Processing Private Limited
Current Location : Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Preferred Location : South Tamil Nadu
Alternative Contact # :+91 9715899775