Senior Quality Analyst
Hunter Foods Limited FZCO
Total years of experience :10 years, 2 Months
As a Senior Quality Analyst at Hunter Foods Limited, I am entrusted with ensuring compliance with the set quality assurance plans and with acquiring the plethora of Quality Management certifications along with developing procedures for the 31 year old establishment, with the objective of transcending the company to the epitome of its genus.
The Objectives entrusted upon me focus on conforming with the quality management system development and implementations, defining laboratory procedures, certifications, in-process securitizations, auditing standardization and governmental regulations.
• Created standard operating procedures as per ISO 22000:2015 & FSSC 22000 Ver 4.1 for varied tasks being performed, with incorporating the acquired HACCP principles.
• Successfully acquired the HALAL status for particular products as well as completed the HALAL certification of the premises.
• Established continuous tracking and improvement in consumption of a key substance i.e. Frying Oil. Implemented the Oil usage and quality management stages across the spectrum of products being produced based upon the Free Fatty Acid %, Peroxide Value and the optimum Sodium content, needed to deliver and maintain the highest quality of product over its stipulated shelf life.
• Ensured compliance for packaging material design and artwork as per customer requirement and regulatory obligations of the destination country.
• Liaising on regular basis with the Business Development team for satisfying the Technical requirements of customers, based in over 16 nations on regular basis.
Employed as a Lead QC & Lab Analysts at BIFCO (Barakat group of company) .
• Developed procedures for Laboratory testing and analysis of the products as per DAC Microbiology testing standards.
• Devised Process control protocols SOP’s as per the Codex standards inculcating the QUID status and Allergen Control.
• Managed KPI validation against Contract dashboards, Operational delivery plan and other tailoring documents.
• Managed internal and external audits as per HALAL, ISO and FSSC accreditation.
• Acquired Municipality approvals on product and label registration, Waste and EHS management, Export and Import documentation.
• Regularly monitored quality assessment of production CCP and OPRP as per ISO & FSSC 22000 standards.
• Trained and implemented 5S principles which resulted in increase in efficient waste disposal.
• Created Corrective Action Prevention Action (CAPA/PDCA) process to capture customer complaints and internal failures which became the basis for long term continuous improvement plans.
• Incorporated 5S standards for HALAL accreditation.
• By utilizing the PDCA model, achieved 78 % of supplier approval in 20 days.
• Formulated standards for MAP packing and Sensory Evaluation Process for retail products.
As a Business Development Officer at CRISIL Ltd (a Standard & Poors Company)
• Worked in the SME Ratings Department.
• Maintained a score of 4.2 cases/month and generated leads which gathered revenue of Rs 8, 50, 000.
• Conducted SME industry research presentations for senior management on monthly basis.
• Planned and executed routine status checks for every entity present under the scope of ratings for designated sector of industries within the entire western region of India.
• Part of the RAM Standards winning team, 2015.
• Attended seminars on Local trade patterns, Payment security exercises and Bank Loan ratings.
• Was deployed at Lupin Pharmaceuticals, to manage 2 Agro Waste IBL Boilers of 8 PSI each.
• Responsible for procurement of higher grade Fuel by maintaining consistency from suppliers with the help of analysis using Bomb Calorimeter and thereby improving Fuel consumption rate.
• As a subordinator, was also entrusted with maintaining day to day activities of a 10 psi Agro waste Boiler which was under commencement.
• Maintained records of SRU’s profiling and OSD utility accompanying the boiler output.