Quality Assurance Manager
Entaj Al Ghad Co. Ltd
Total years of experience :22 years, 1 Months
• Manage Quality Assurance System for three factories under Entaj Alghad namely Tema producing Tahina, Halawa & Jam; Cortina producing Breakfast cream & Yoghurt and Nadiya Dates processing & packing Dates.
• Ensure that the products produced by company and facilities are in compliance with SASO, Regulatory bodies, International Standards and meet customer specification. Liaises with Government, Customer and Certifying Auditors.
• Managing ISO 9001 and ISO 22000 certification for Tema and Cortina factories.
• Managing HALAL and VEGAN certification for Tema Products.
• Managing performance of Quality Team; Review performance; Train and suggest training needs; Reward and Retain high performance individuals with respect to company's approved HR policies.
• Specifying the standards for Raw Material and Finished products
• Manage resolutions / evolvements of quality problems of the suppliers / customers (internal & external) and directing corrective actions and reporting causes of non conformance. Assessing & evaluating the suppliers periodically.
• Responsible for confirming the nonconformity of any rejected raw materials, market returns, product recalls and determine the scope of recall and proper disposition of nonconforming material.
• Organizing & Leading Internal Food Safety Audit Program; Selecting personnel to perform internal audits; Reviewing the results of the audit; Ensuring that Corrective actions are understood & rectified and Reporting at Management Review meetings.
• Investigate and strategize against the customer quality complaints by involving all related departments.
• Ensuring that laboratory & quality assurance records are accurate, current & complete.
• Review monthly Quality Reports & Department performance with General Manager
• Maintain written Quality Control & Assurance System; HACCP Plans
• Ensure finished products are analysed as per specifications by providing right analytical tools & necessary accessories.
• Comparative study of Al Rashed Bakery Products and Competitors
• Setting up the laboratory and ensuring analytical tools are calibrated.
• Providing technical support to Procurement and Business development department for launch of new Bakery products
• Responsible for conducting supplier audits and monthly trade surveys.
• Ensure that our company products and facilities are in compliance with SASO, regulatory requirements, international standards and customer specifications.
• Manage the Sanitation and Pest Control program of the company facilities.
• Liaises with Pest Control Service providers, Certifying auditors and customer audits.
• Investigate & strategize against the customer complaints by involving related Dept.
• Organize and lead Internal Food Safety audit, GMP audits; making action plans for non-conformance and ensure that corrective actions & preventive actions are understood by concern departments.
• Reviewing the audit results, confirming the effectiveness of CA & PA with senior management.
Manage written Quality Control & Assurance System for Company products. Ensure that the products produced by company and facilities are in compliance with SASO, Regulatory bodies, International Standards and meet customer specification. Managing performance of Quality Team; Review performance; Train and suggest training needs; Reward and Retain high performance individuals with respect to company's approved HR policies. Manage resolutions / evolvements of quality problems of the suppliers / customers (internal & external) and directing corrective actions and reporting causes of non conformances. Assessing & evaluating the suppliers periodically. Responsible for confirming the nonconformity of any rejected raw materials, market returns, product recalls and determine the scope of recall and proper disposition of nonconforming material. Conducting Internal Food Safety Audit Program; Selecting personnel to perform internal audits; Reviewing the results of the audit; Ensuring that Corrective actions are understood & rectified and Reporting at Management Review meetings. Investigate and strategize against the customer quality complaints by involving all related departments. Ensuring that laboratory and quality assurance records are accurate, complete and up-to-date. Approvals, Release of Purchase requisition for laboratory materials and manage allocated annual budget. Review monthly Quality Reports & Department performance with Plant Manager and Quarterly & yearly with higher Management.
Managing of daily Quality Assurance activities to ensure that Production Process and Finished Product complies with specified standards.
Providing technical support to Purchase Dept. to acquire raw materials and commercial materials that comply with our standards and regulatory requirements.
Evaluation of samples from new suppliers and reporting its compliance with company standards
Establishing guidelines for production processes, ensuring continual adherence to GMP and all requirements for HACCP / SASO / Baladiya / third party / customer / ISO22000 inspections
Responsible for Co-ordination with Pest Control contractors; Review, develop and Implement ISO22000 & HACCP; conducting Internal Audit to to ensure effectiveness of FSMS, & GMP;
Communicating with the concerned departments on any nonconformance identified with in process, in coming raw or packaging material, either in the way it is packed or handled or on deviations from specifications.
Tracking the batches with any quality issues and blocking them in SAP ERP system
Responsible for assuring maintenance and calibration of lab equipments, managing laboratory requirements, interact with suppliers and acquire chemicals, media, new instruments, etc.
Develop and manage trainings on Food Safety, Hygiene Procedures and Policies for Production, Processing and Warehouse staff.
Conduct Trade Analysis to ensure the end products quality in various Market.
Leading and guiding the QC Staff towards the acheivement of department strategies and objectives by training and enhancing their abilities.
• Responsible for routine Microbiological testing of raw materials, in process samples, finished goods and water
• Preservation inspection and comparison study with other brands in the market
• Monitoring the Machine hygiene, production personnel hygiene; and checking machine hygiene by swab test and hand hygiene of production personnel by finger plating method
• Environmental monitoring by Swab testing and Plates exposure technique for processing and production rooms.
• Documenting the results for all the tests performed on raw material, finished products and water in the SAP ERP system.
• Calibration of Lab equipments such as pH meter, Conductivity meter, Spectrophotometer, Balances, Autoclave, Incubator, Oven
• Following the standards of SASO (Saudi Arabian Standard Organization) and Codex Standards.
• Creating and Updating the Analytical Manual, Hygiene Manual and SOP’s.
• Preparation of Specification for Packaging material, Raw Material and Finished Products
• Member of HACCP Team for Implementation of HACCP
• Identifying the Critical Control points (CCP’S) in the factory and production process.
• Monitoring and documentation of the CCP’S.
Microbiological analysis of Raw milk, Fresh Milk(Full Cream and Low Fat), Yoghurt(Full Cream and Low Fat), UHT Milk, Labaan, Ice-cream, Water
Determination of Sterilization effect of UHT Process and Aseptic packaging in Combibloc filling machine
Environmental monitoring by Swab testing and Plates exposure technique.
Identification of water, raw materials, products and environmental isolates
Testing of samples for presence of Pathogenic microorganisms like Staphylococcus, Coliforms, E. coli, Salmonella, Bacillus and Listeria.
Performance of routine Water Testing and reporting of any typical result.
Swab tests of Machines, Plastic Bottles, caps and carton surfaces.
Microbiological analysis at various stages of Pasteurization Process (Raw Milk, Silos Filling Tanks Before and After Pasteurization, Filling Lines and Packed Pasteurized Milk).
Microbiological Comparison of Kd Cow Fresh Milk with the other brands in the Market (KDD, Nadec, AlSafi, Almarai, Nada)
Shelf Life study of Fresh Milk by storing at various temperatures.
Documenting and testing the received food samples from different food manufacturers
Media preparation and its quality control checks using established SOPs and maintaining media preparation log book
Testing of samples for presence of Pathogenic microorganisms like Staphylococcus, Salmonella, E.Coli and coliforms.
Creating and updating all microbiological related SOPs and protocols
Follow the Food administration limits and manual.
Issuing the reports for the results of the samples.
Worked on contract of six months to instal the Hach Water Analysis Instruments and train the PHED staff on the same.
Analysis of Potable water, Sewage water, River Water.
Checking the efficiency of Sewage treatment plant.
Training the staff on Water analysis using Hach Instruments(pHmeter, Conductivity meter, Spectrophotometer, BOD analyzer, Portable Microbiological Environmental Laboratory)
• Demonstration of HACH instruments on water analysis to various customers and institutions.
• Demonstration of Cecil’s Spectrophotometers, B+S’s Refractometer, Radiometer’s Titralabs, pH, Conductivity, ISE meters, YSI’s D O Meter,
• Installation of various Analytical instruments at Customer premises.
• Training customers on Analytical methods using Hach Instruments at Customer premises.
One Year Correspondence Course
One Year Correspondence Course
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) Microbiology. from Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. completed in the Year1997.
