Jayant Kaliraman
Cork,Cork
Summary
As a recent graduate of the MSc in Food Business and Innovation program at University College Cork, I have gained valuable knowledge and skills in the food sector, ranging from food processing and safety to food marketing and development. My passion for food and innovation drives me to pursue new opportunities and challenges in this dynamic and growing industry.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Brand Ambassador (Intern
Origin Spirits Ireland
2023.03 - 2023.08
- Identifying new opportunities in the alcohol beverage market also working on various projects to increase consumer engagement and attraction towards the brand.
- Contacting various exporters worldwide for business engagement and maintaining good business relations.
- Proposing innovative marketing strategies to attract consumers and increase consumer brand engagement
- Executing various side projects to increase consumer attraction and enhance brand image.
Quality Assurance Chemist
Parsons Nutritionals Pvt. Ltd
2021.10 - 2022.06
- Responsible for raw material (chemical and physical analysis), in-process quality assurance of biscuit production also analysis and approval of the finished product.
- Assuring all the process's quality parameters and providing the best quality product to the consumers.
Intern
ITC Biscuits & Cakes Unit
2021.01 - 2021.03
- Did a project to reduce - the house breakage percentage of dark fantasy biscuits and made some changes in the processing and was able to reduce the breakage by a significant percentage
- Did another project to eliminate empty pouch packaging of the dark fantasy biscuit and was able to find the source of the empty pouch packaging and added controls to eliminate the issue
- Helped the company to reduce customer complaints by providing inputs on these two major issues.
Intern
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited
2019.05 - 2019.06
- General overview of production and quality system of Horlicks production.
Intern
Parsons Nutritionals Pvt. Ltd.
Ghaziabad, India
2018.06 - 2018.07
- General quality analysis and assurance training in the biscuit Industry.
Education
MSc - Food Business and Innovation
University College Cork
Cork 2022.09 - 2023.09
B.Tech - Food Technology
Amity University
2017.07 - 2021.07
Skills
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Excellent at trade skills, relationship development, sales management
- Strategic marketing, project planning and business development
- Sales strategy familiarity
- Dedicated team player
- Excellent Presentation skills
- MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word
- Market research expertise
- Trend forecasting
- Client acquisition
- After sales customer engagement
- Good at problem-solving and analyzing situations
Languages
English
Fluent
Certification
- Certified food safety management systems professional training [BSI Training].
- Food and Beverage management [ Bocconi University, Italy (Online)]
- The fundamentals of Digital Marketing [Google]
- Food allergy [Food Standards Agency UK (Online)]
- Food Labelling [ Food Standards Agency UK (Online)]
- Six Sigma Green Belt
Timeline
Brand Ambassador (Intern
Origin Spirits Ireland
2023.03 - 2023.08
MSc - Food Business and Innovation
University College Cork
2022.09 - 2023.09
Quality Assurance Chemist
Parsons Nutritionals Pvt. Ltd
2021.10 - 2022.06
Intern
ITC Biscuits & Cakes Unit
2021.01 - 2021.03
Intern
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Limited
2019.05 - 2019.06
Intern
Parsons Nutritionals Pvt. Ltd.
2018.06 - 2018.07
B.Tech - Food Technology
Amity University
2017.07 - 2021.07