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Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) – one of India’s top FMCG companies - announced the appointment of Melvin Tan as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Melvin will be part of HCCB’s Senior Leadership Team that reports into CEO, Christina Ruggiero. He will be based at the Company’s headquarters in Bengaluru.

Announcing the appointment, Christina Ruggiero, CEO, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “We are delighted to have Melvin lead the Finance function at HCCB. He brings in the best practices of the global Coca-Cola system, along with his strong background in accounting and financial management. HCCB is poised for the next phase of growth and we are excited about the possibilities that lie ahead.”

A graduate from the University of Sheffield, UK, with an honours degree in Accounting and Financial Management, Melvin joined the Coca-Cola system in 2010 after a successful career spanning ten years with KPMG and Honeywell. As Financial Controller, Melvin worked at the Coca-Cola’s Bottling Investment Group (BIG) in Singapore and Malaysia (SIMA) and progressed through roles of increasing responsibility within the finance function.

As CFO of the SIMA operations, Melvin has been instrumental in the scaling up and growth of greenfield operation in Malaysia, implementation of various strategic restructuring initiatives and establishment of robust financial support and governance system to support the growth agenda of the business.

In his current role at HCCB, Melvin will be responsible for strategic financial planning & analysis, commercial finance, cost management, business processes, treasury, tax, internal controls and shared services.

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top 5 FMCG Companies, has been conferred with two major awards by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) for its best practices towards food safety implemented at its factory in the Bidadi Industrial Area near Bengaluru. HCCB was presented with the CII Food Safety Kaizen Gold Award for promoting food safety culture through personal hygiene and the ‘Food Safety - Outstanding Performance' award for high compliance in driving food safety culture in the manufacturing facility. Both the awards were conferred upon HCCB under the ‘Non-Alcoholic Large Manufacturing Sector’ category at two separate functions held recently in New Delhi by Mr Pawan Agrawal, CEO FSSAI.

HCCB operates two factories in the Bidadi Industrial area. These awards have been won by the second and the newer factory, which was established in 2014, located at Plot No 32.

The Food Safety Kaizen Award covers four areas for assessment viz. relevance to food safety, cost involved for the Kaizen, involvement of associates and replicability of the Kaizen. HCCB’s factory was awarded for its efforts towards continuous improvement in creating a food safety culture. Similarly the Food Safety Award also covers four areas for assessment viz. statutory compliance, best manufacturing, hygiene and warehousing practices, HACCP and food safety management system and change management initiatives.

The factory underwent rigorous assessment from initial acceptance of the application, onsite assessment by the certified assessors to a final review of the reports by the jury and recommendation to the awards committee.

Among other things, the jury in particular appreciated the factory’s unique initiative of institutionalising a system that mandates everyone to wash his or her hands before entering the factory. The doors at the factory open for 30 seconds only after the employees including the visitors have washed their hands thoroughly. The initiative is aimed at driving collective responsibility among the workers, thus instilling a quality focus in the factory.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Mr. Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages, said, “It’s a huge honour to get such a recognition by the premier industry body of our country. The award is indeed a testament to the relentless efforts of our colleagues to adopt and sustain ‘best-in-industry’ quality measures in food safety at our factories. The team remains committed to continue with its journey towards driving and promoting quality standards for food safety across the country."

Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), one of India’s top 5 FMCG Companies, was awarded the ‘Future Ready Factory of the Year’ Platinum Award for its factory at Sanand, under the aegis of the prestigious Frost & Sullivan’s India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA) 2019.The award was received by Mr. Amer Hussain, Vice President, Supply Chain, West cluster, HCCB along with the factory team management, in Mumbai. Constituted with the aim to map out the manufacturing competitiveness of facilities to world class standards, the award recognises the HCCB factory at Sanand as the country’s best facility in the industry segment.

The award is also a testament to the factory’s relentless efforts to adopt and institutionalise digital manufacturing and global optimisation processes for achieving excellence in supply chain management. This factory was commissioned only two years ago.

Some of the key parameters evaluated for the ward was visual management, scheduling systems, inventory management, operational flexibility, quality systems, orderliness, safety & environment, innovation adaption and focus on customers. The evaluation was based on the Global Manufacturing Excellence model based on a robust on-site assessment by industry experts, benchmarking and feedback.

Reflecting on the significance of the award, Mr. Dinesh Jadhav, Executive Director, Supply Chain, HCCB said, “It has always been our endeavour at Sanand factory to set industry standards in everything we do from sustainability initiatives to manufacturing prowess. The award will further motivate us to replicate the success across other locations."

Frost & Sullivan’s India Manufacturing Excellence Awards (IMEA) aim at recognising the Indian manufacturing capability and assess its global competitiveness.