Sudhir Tamne
Sr Vice President - Quality Technical Innovation @Burger King
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WORK HISTORY
Sr Vice President - Quality Technical Innovation @Burger King
Mumbai, IN
Founder member of Burger King India senior management team for last 9 years. • Brand grown to 460 outlets in 9 years. • Selecting supply partners and managing quality systems at all manufacturing locations at par with Internationally accepted QA systems. Presently handling gamut of about 65 food and packaging suppliers. All ingredients are manufactured at third party food plants. • Quality at Warehouse and logistics • Responsible for quality of every food ingredient used in system from manufacture till it is consumed. • Improve profitability by transactions, top line growth, EBIDTA. Strategy development and implementation in consultation with marketing, operations and supply chain to support growth plans.Strategic Quality Initiatives (at Burger King India)• Develop world class manufacturing support system More than 95% suppliers are / BRC certified.• Source fresh vegetables from GlobalGAP certified farms.• Trust In Taste (TNT). Food Ingredients free from Synthetic colour, artificial flavor. Burger King Global Initiative.
EDUCATION
Laxminarayan Institute of Technology
B Sc Tech, Food Technology
UDCT
M Tech, Food Technology
Institute of Science Nagpur
B Sc, PCM
UDCT
Ph D Tech, Food Technology
SKILLS
ABOUT SUDHIR TAMNE
Heading Corporate Quality and Food Safety for more than 24 years in several countries in APAC region. Has worked with major QSRs in leadership capacity. • Establishment of quality systems, process; developing vendors across various categories and business models. • First person responsible to assure quality & food safety and Regulatory Compliance • New product development – concept to commercialisation, iterations following process, consumer research• Trouble shooting as quality specialist. • End-to-end solution in product development, Scale-up and Quality Systems, enabling positive outcomes with a sustainable growth. EXPERTISE Trained Yum! Technical expert on ingredients – Wheat Flour, Cheese. Trained DuPont Technical Expert – supported APAC region for Soya Protein Isolate and its applications. Trained McDonalds Quality Assurance Managers’ Training program, Hong Kong. Menu Management – Product expertise in Buns, Sauces, Milk products, seasoningsCORE EXPERTISE KEY AREAS & SKILL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Products : Product Innovation, Renovation, Commercialization, Food Safety - systems and implementation, Production in own and third party manufacturing facilities; Approvals Quality Systems Management Supplier selection and QA systems – Design and Implementation, System validations, audits and lab analysis.Regulatory & IPR FSSAI, Legal Metrology; Support legal technically on regulatory matters. Notifications, interpretation and implementation relevant to business. Drafting, discussion and amendments on notifications relevant to business. Adherence to FSSAI standards. Collaboration with industry players for joint representations under bodies like CII and NRAI. Product Design Adding Value – Menu laddering Taste - Repeat Purchase Experience – adding revenue. Making Food Cravable Food is combination of taste, aroma, texture and experience. When all 4 pillars work together to create a long lasting experience correlating with palatable memories, a successful product has been created.
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