Food Safety Quality Assurance Team Lead

• Mar 2022 - Present

Sanitation Manager

• Nov 2021 - Feb 2022

• Inspected premises for unsanitary practices and conditions. Compiled required reports regarding regular inspections, sanitation violations, and steps taken to resolve deficiencies. • Managed and prepared sanitation preventive maintenance program, sanitation standard operating procedure and complies with all claims and site food safety programs such as SQF (GFSI), CFIA claims as well as Allergen programs. • Reviewed and oversaw the Plant Sanitation Program, Pest control program, including working with Cleaning and Sanitation Chemical supplier(s) to determine best cleaning and sanitizing agents and methods for maintaining Company and Regulatory cleaning and sanitizing standards. Completes associated documentation in a complete, accurate and timely manner. • Ensured safety processes lock out tag out (LOTO), behavior observation system (BOS), root-cause analysis (RCA) and safety maps. • Conducted investigations and root cause analysis on any complaints and quality issues pertaining to potential sanitation issues. • Conferred with management, quality assurance, safety and production personnel on sanitation problems, and recommended changes in equipment, plant layout, lighting, ventilation, or work practices to improve sanitation standards and purity of product. Show less

Manager QA and R & D

• Jan 2021 - Oct 2021

• Developed and maintained the corporate quality and food safety manual, quality procedures, HACCP and vulnerability Plan with GFSI benchmark implementation like USFDA, FSSC, BRC, SQF and Halal. • Reviewed and updated HACCP/ food defense plan based on addition of new product and its risk assessment, determine critical control point, limit and monitoring plan.• Created maintained and reviewed technical specification of raw material, packing material and finished goods and their microbiology testing and monitoring plan.• Successfully carried out internal, external, third party and customer audit as a Food Safety Team Leader. Assist in Regulatory compliance where necessary.• Managed and conducted food safety and quality meetings for implementation based on audit findings, CAPA management, customer complaints, recall, quality investigation, quality checks trends, disposal management reports.• Handled customer complaints management system with corrective action & collaborate with quality assurance & marketing team for product related issues. Also, conduct mock recall.• Reviewed and approved designed artwork for new/modified packaging material including nutritional label & special health declaration.• Review, negotiate and approve Food safety and Quality assurance program and agreements with related service providers and suppliers to achieve the best result cost effectively. Show less

Assistant Manager QA and R&D

• Dec 2016 - Dec 2020

Project Consulting Engineer

• Jan 2015 - Nov 2016

• In supervision and proficient implementation skills effectively complete certification audit of various Management System such as FSSC 22000, BRC food and packaging, HACCP, SQF, ISO 22000, FAMI-QS, Halal, GMP, USFDA etc. • Conducted gap analysis, Strategic implementation and maintaining compliance of the organization (infrastructure, manufacturing process (QA & QC) and product, working as a key leader of the organization for the food safety and quality compliance. • Communicated with cross geographic and cross-functional teams and translate requirements to the point to meet the compliance of various certification audits. • Created and updated all documentation for audit compliance includes FSMS Manual, HACCP and Risk assessment of the process and product, Standard operating procedure, vulnerability and food defense plan, Quality plan and work Instruction and educate as per requirement, formats, customization and implementation of system, management review meeting, root Cause Analysis, corrective and preventive action plan (CAPA) for various food manufacturing industries. • Kept updated with the latest amendments and changes in food safety system and review regulatory and legality compliance. • Internal Auditor training, different food safety quality training to key employee and audit as per standard requirement. • Coordinated with external regulatory agency & certification body for successful completion of audit. Show less