Experience

L'ABEILLE

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Junior R&D Innovation Project Manager

  • Sep 2022 - Sep 2023

  Cholet, Pays de la Loire, France -Responsible for consulting on the company's product portfolio roadmap with the marketing department and executing finalized ideas with the R&D team. -Developing innovative beverages from marketing roadmap developed. This includes presenting business cases to drive the initiation of the project, formulation of new recipes, and effectively managing the delivery of the project in good quality, on time and cost effective. -Leading projects to improve the existing… Show more -Responsible for consulting on the company's product portfolio roadmap with the marketing department and executing finalized ideas with the R&D team. -Developing innovative beverages from marketing roadmap developed. This includes presenting business cases to drive the initiation of the project, formulation of new recipes, and effectively managing the delivery of the project in good quality, on time and cost effective. -Leading projects to improve the existing product portfolio in terms of cost efficiency, quality and overall product performance. -Coordinating of benchmark studies of internal products to competitors' and coming up with creative solutions for competitive product innovation. Show less



Manufacture Belge de Chocolats

• Belgium
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research And Development Engineer

  • Jun 2022 - Sep 2022

  Brussels Region, Belgium Led and managed a continuous improvement project on chocolate manufacturing and retraction spots and succeeded in finding a solution in the space of 3 months Designed and established protocols for experiments on chocolate manufacturing process resulting in solutions that improved the appearance of retraction spots on chocolate, and reducing the rate of occurrence by 50% Contributed to new product development project by following up on first industrial production and ensuring that… Show more Led and managed a continuous improvement project on chocolate manufacturing and retraction spots and succeeded in finding a solution in the space of 3 months Designed and established protocols for experiments on chocolate manufacturing process resulting in solutions that improved the appearance of retraction spots on chocolate, and reducing the rate of occurrence by 50% Contributed to new product development project by following up on first industrial production and ensuring that the process is controlled and the outcome meets the set down standards Managed shelf life studies including accelerated shelf life test to determine best before date, pressure and shake resistance during transport to determine feasibility of packaging and validation of mode of transport of final products. Planned and organized sensory analysis test for new products as well as products undergoing real life shelf life studies Modelled a program that characterized the behavior of chocolate ganache ensuring that new products are formulated with the right group of ganache, improving the overall stability if newly developed recipes Created technical data sheets for clients, interacted with suppliers to source ingredients for new product development, and completed the database with material and product specifications to ensure all departments have the required information to ensure smooth launch of new products. Spearheaded the study on modern chocolate tempering methods to improve upon the existing tempering process with a possibility of reduction of energy and time costs used in the existing methods Show less



NICHE COCOA INDUSTRY LTD

• Ghana
• Food Production
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Research and Development & Quality Control Analyst

  • May 2021 - Aug 2021

  Lead the research on the inclusion of yam in chocolate, developed recipes, and conducted sensory analysis on the acceptability and preference Conducted characterization, profiling and physical analysis of finished products Assisted in conducting sensory analysis, preparing sensory questionnaires, interpreting results using microsoft excel, and writing out complete reports Assisted in conducting microbiological analysis according to ISO standards (coliform, enterobacteria… Show more Lead the research on the inclusion of yam in chocolate, developed recipes, and conducted sensory analysis on the acceptability and preference Conducted characterization, profiling and physical analysis of finished products Assisted in conducting sensory analysis, preparing sensory questionnaires, interpreting results using microsoft excel, and writing out complete reports Assisted in conducting microbiological analysis according to ISO standards (coliform, enterobacteria, yeast and moulds and salmonella) Responsible for media preparation, calculation of results and logging of results Show less



Upkey

• United States
• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• VIP Intern

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021



Food Processing Startup

• Food Product Developer and marketing assistant

  • Jan 2018 - May 2021

  Greater Accra, Ghana Conducted research on the preservation of millet drinks and succeeded in prolonging product shelflife to a month Developed a wide range of nut and fruit juice products for consumption by the Ghanaian market Created flyers and labels for marketing products to about 200 customers Developed marketing strategies that resulted in a 80% increase in profit margin in a month



Media Department Advertising

• Food Graphic Design Intern

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana Coordinated with designers to create concept for new food and pharmaceutical products Completed more that 80 service learning in design principles and graphic marketing Recieved a certificate in graphic marketing and adjudged most creative intern



Korle-bu Teaching Hospital

• Dietician Assistant

  • May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana Assisted registered dieticians in public health education to over 50 patients Analysed historical health data of patients and planned a suiting meal plan to meet their dietary needs Tested patients on experimenting food pharmaceutical products and reported to the team of dieticians and pharmacists