Sushan Gurung
Utica
Summary
I am looking to take my past nine years of skills and experience to the next step. I excel in leading teams to achieve operational excellence, with a significant focus on efficiency and quality control.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Processing lead
Chobani
New Berlin
11.2025 - Current
- Maintain open and clear communication with processing team, packaging, sanitation, and quality.
- Make the batch plan, and ensure the shift is set up to meet the daily batching target.
- Review and sign off on the paperwork, and pasteurized electronic charts.
- Send out cream summary emails, and update on cream loadouts.
- Review milk schedules, and ensure we are on time to minimize the wait fees.
- lead and coordinate the team to achive daily goals and tasks.
- Monitor pH in both wings.
- Review the pre- and post-CIP paperwork.
KDB Coordinator
chobani
Utica
06.2024 - 11.2025
- manage GY's and separator's rotation.
- Ensuring KDB's proteins are in spec.
- Monitoring the pH of the batches.
- Coordinate the teardowns and maintenance on quark separation.
- Assist, lead, and supervise with daily tasks, and manage breaks on the Quark team.
- Review CIP's and go through the CIP inspection checklist.
- Collaborate with packaging to keep up with upcoming changes.
HTST Operator
Chobani
Utica
11.2021 - 05.2025
- Follow CCPs.
- Pasteurize, skim, and fill the yogurt tank.
- Pasteurize cream and fill the cream silo.
- Follow CIP rotation and run time on HTST.
- Add culture for fermentation.
Blending Technician
Chobani
Utica
- Run samples from finished goods products to ensure they meet quality expectations.
- Fill and pasteurize the cream vat.
- Ensuring lines are getting enough cream.
- Work with the Quark team to feed the fillers and pass the information about upcoming changes.
Filler Break-Relief Operator
Chobani
Utica
- Manage breaks and collect paperwork.
- Keep all lines flowing, and make it sufficient.
- Inform the operators about upcoming changes and challenges.
Education
High School Diploma -
Thomas R Proctor High School
Utica, NY06-2016
Skills
- Friendly, positive attitude
- Batch monitoring
- Multitasking
- Relationship building
- Team building
Timeline
Processing lead
Chobani
11.2025 - Current
KDB Coordinator
chobani
06.2024 - 11.2025
HTST Operator
Chobani
11.2021 - 05.2025
Blending Technician
Chobani
Filler Break-Relief Operator
Chobani
High School Diploma -
Thomas R Proctor High School