Srushti Chiplunkar
Santa Clara,CA
Summary
A seasoned professional having 11+ years of experience of R&D in Chocolates and confectionary FMCG sector; holding an educational background of 'Food Engineering and Technology' degree from renowned institute ICT, Mumbai and an ongoing Global MBA from S.P.Jain Management. A cocoa and chocolate expert along with wide exposure to global and regional business WoW with extensive cross functional interaction and collaboration. My endeavor is to broaden and enhance my career with newer opportunities of learning and challenges in the sector.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product and Process engineer I – chocolates
Mondelēz International
11.2021 - 03.2023
- R&D lead and SPOC for establishing new manufacturing lines all over India under Capacity Expansion vertical
- Successfully commissioned state of the art a count-line manufacturing line at Chennai and tablet manufacturing at Bhopal
- Product and Process development lead for core/base brand renovation (Tablets and count-lines), ensuring future readiness of these brands keeping consumer centricity in focus.
Senior Scientist I – Central chocolate mass team
Mondelēz International
02.2020 - 07.2021
- Served as a Technical expert (SPOC) for Chocolates and Compounds
- Part of centre of excellence team to be researching on Core chocolate science on aspects like Improving thermal stability, modifying structural matrix for chocolates
- Project executions – Led end to end development of dark choco-chips for renouned cookie brand in China and dark compound enrobing mass for SEA choco-bakery countlines segment
- Dark masses – detailed analysis of dark masses portfolio across MDLZ which catered to various regional requirements of dark masses’ launches.
Senior Scientist I – Gct Productivity – Chocolates
Mondelēz International
04.2018 - 08.2019
- Extensive collaboration with global Ingredient Research team and develop teams on project based on Bulk fillers for chocolates and Modelling & Simulation for co-extrusion.
Senior Scientist I – GCT chocolates - countline team
Mondelēz International
04.2017 - 04.2018
- Led the development of a winning recipe for Oreo Co-ex product in collaboration with marketing, manufacturing, CS & cross functional teams
- This recipe could achieve highest Oreo crumb levels as against standard Oreo tablet present in ANZ market
- Key contributor in end-to-end development, commissioning and launch of Rough Chew product ‘Fuse’ in India in span of just 15 months
- This work involved extensive pilot plant work at RWD Australia, continuous networking with global teams, planning, execution, plant commissioning and Launch of the product
Product development Manager – chocolates
Mondelēz International
08.2011 - 12.2015
- Led end to end product development and launch of 2 new flavor variants Coffee Apricot and Cranberry almond in ‘RDFC Fine assortments’ in India and launch of ‘Glow’ under premium Gifting
- Led multiple cost saving process interventions in sugar panning operation.
Education
MBA - Global MBA
SP Jain School of Global Management
Dubai – Mumbai – Singapore - Sydney03-2025
B.Tech - Bachelor of Food Engineering and Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
MumbaiSkills
Technical
- Subject matter expert (SME) in fundamentals and advances in chocolates and confectionary manufacturing (Dark, Milk, White) and forming technologies, cocoa processing and fats and sugars ingredient sciences
- Expert in product development for Consumer led Innovations, NPD, Renovation projects, quality improvement, breakthrough technologies, business critical initiatives and capacity expansion projects
- Single handed planning and execution of commercial product commissioning at factories and end to end product validation
- Root Cause Analysis, Statistical process control
Managerial
- Project governance
- Team management
- Conflict management
- Problem solving
- Leadership capabilities
- Entrepreneurial thinking
- Team player
Others
- Passionate about work
- Self-motivated
- Dependable
- Goal driven
- Collaborative
- Highly adaptable
Accomplishments
Awards
- Global Innovation award for Accelerated Global Development and Launch of product Boost.
- Managers award for remarkable work on Core chocolate science developments
Languages
English
Native/ Bilingual
Marathi
Native/ Bilingual
Hindi
Full Professional
Sanskrit
Limited
Hobbies and Interest
- Indian Classical Music - Singing
- Cycling
- Hiking
- Composting
Timeline
Senior Product and Process engineer I – chocolates
Mondelēz International
11.2021 - 03.2023
Senior Scientist I – Central chocolate mass team
Mondelēz International
02.2020 - 07.2021
Senior Scientist I – Gct Productivity – Chocolates
Mondelēz International
04.2018 - 08.2019
Senior Scientist I – GCT chocolates - countline team
Mondelēz International
04.2017 - 04.2018
Product development Manager – chocolates
Mondelēz International
08.2011 - 12.2015
MBA - Global MBA
SP Jain School of Global Management
B.Tech - Bachelor of Food Engineering and Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
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