Raghuram A S

Vice President - CSC (Innovation) MENATI region @ ofi

About

Dairy Technology graduate with masers degree in Food Technology from CFTRI with strong product development and ideation skills combined with keen sense of business acumen. I am professional in Food Industry with more than 21 years of versatile experience of leading teams working in operations, quality and R&D vertical ensuring seamless supply continuity, creating new business opportunities by leveraging my technical expertise, leadership qualities and Innovation.My Specialties: operations management,food safety and quality, Innovation strategy, People development , Project Management, Technology Managment, Value Engineering, Product claims management.

Country

India

City

Bengaluru

Industry

Food & Beverages

Skill

Food Technology, Food Processing, Dairy, Sensory Evaluation, HACCP, Food Science, Food Industry, Food Safety, Product Development, Food, FMCG, Flavors, ISO 22000, Product Innovation, Ingredients, Sop, GMP, Quality System, R&D, Management

Experience

Vice President - CSC (Innovation) MENATI region

ofi

2025-3 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Chief manufacturing officer

Orkla India

2023-3 - 2025-3 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

General Manager - R&D

Orkla India

2018-6 - 2023-3 · 4 yrs 10 mos

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leading Innovation team of MTR foods India encompassing centre of excellence, product and packaging development which enables innovation strategy and business vision.

Head of R&D and Quality - Danone India and Grameen Danone Bangladesh

Danone

2015-1 - 2018-5 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Gurgaon, India

Senior Manager - R&D India and Bangladesh

Danone

2013-2 - 2015-1 · 2 yrs

Gurgaon

-Lead R&D activities for Grameen Danone business with focus on BOP products to enable the vision of Bringing Nutrition thru Food. -Lead Product development activities for Long Shelf Life / UHT portfolio for India business.

Manager (New Product Development)

GSK Consumer Healthcare India

2007-10 - 2012-6 · 4 yrs 9 mos

Gurgaon, India

- Lead product development of High and Low acid Ready To Drink UHT Beverage. - Lead development of Instant noodles category - Lead development of powder based Nutritional and energy drinks - Sound understanding of innovation portfolio analysis & managment process