Total Years of Experience: 15 Years, 3 Months
May 2017
To Present
Group Director of Food Safety
at Cherkizovo
Location :
Russian Federation
April 2020
To Present
State Quality Manager
at Baiada Poultry
Location :
Australia - Adelaide
July 2013
To March 2017
Director of Quality Assurance
at Arabian Agricultural Services Company (ARASCO)
Location :
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Management of the Quality Assurance and Food Safety teams
• Food Safety Team
Verify compliance with corporate and government requirements.
Includes auditing, pest control, training and general food safety support
Support for operations on new and existing programs
• Quality Assurance Team
Food safety and quality stewardship for all SKU’s
Initiated a HACCP based food safety program for entire Foods division
Support product quality evaluation with technical, sensory and shelf-life expertise
• Inter Departmental Technical Support
Lead resource for corporate & individual sites on regulatory, quality assurance and food safety issues
Act in a “translation” role between the technical and production units
• Strategic Planning for the Quality Assurance Department
Create the strategic direction of the Quality Assurance department to ensure it aligns with the company’s overall objectives
Assume a leadership role on significant issues affecting the Quality Assurance functional groups
• Crisis Management & Recall
Alternate lead for emergency response team, including procedures and strategic plans for crisis management
Manage recall responses for all Arasco recalls
• General Department Management
Coach, mentor & train immediate and secondary reports
Maintain department adherence to corporate policies & procedures
Responsible to create and ensure adherence to budgets
• Food Safety Team
Verify compliance with corporate and government requirements.
Includes auditing, pest control, training and general food safety support
Support for operations on new and existing programs
• Quality Assurance Team
Food safety and quality stewardship for all SKU’s
Initiated a HACCP based food safety program for entire Foods division
Support product quality evaluation with technical, sensory and shelf-life expertise
• Inter Departmental Technical Support
Lead resource for corporate & individual sites on regulatory, quality assurance and food safety issues
Act in a “translation” role between the technical and production units
• Strategic Planning for the Quality Assurance Department
Create the strategic direction of the Quality Assurance department to ensure it aligns with the company’s overall objectives
Assume a leadership role on significant issues affecting the Quality Assurance functional groups
• Crisis Management & Recall
Alternate lead for emergency response team, including procedures and strategic plans for crisis management
Manage recall responses for all Arasco recalls
• General Department Management
Coach, mentor & train immediate and secondary reports
Maintain department adherence to corporate policies & procedures
Responsible to create and ensure adherence to budgets
February 2015
To February 2016
Vice President of Operations
at ARASCO
Location :
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
February 2013
To February 2014
Vice President Operations
at Arabian Agricultural Services Company (ARASCO)
Location :
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• Manage a State-of-the Art poultry processing facility from STORK, Holland with processing capacity of 12, 000 Birds per hour along with seven direct and 500 indirect reports.
• Vast experience in Fresh as well as Frozen foods environment.
• Experience in dealing with manufacturing lines and equipment made by MAREL-STORK, MEYN, CFS, GEA and Cryovac etc.
• First-hand experience with plant start-ups and capacity upgrades.
• Responsible for financial performance of the processing plant, product costing, implementing cost reduction initiatives, capital forecasting and multi-million Riyal P&L management.
• Strategic planning, policy formulation and execution at the SBU level in line with the overall corporate goals.
• Vast experience in Fresh as well as Frozen foods environment.
• Experience in dealing with manufacturing lines and equipment made by MAREL-STORK, MEYN, CFS, GEA and Cryovac etc.
• First-hand experience with plant start-ups and capacity upgrades.
• Responsible for financial performance of the processing plant, product costing, implementing cost reduction initiatives, capital forecasting and multi-million Riyal P&L management.
• Strategic planning, policy formulation and execution at the SBU level in line with the overall corporate goals.
March 2011
To July 2013
Senior Manager, Quality Assurance
at Arabian Agricultural Services Company (ARASCO)
Location :
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
• Oversaw 2 Managers and 4 Sr. Executives who monitored bio-security, food safety & quality at multiple sites (Hatchery, Poultry farms, Poultry processing)
• Technical resource for raw material procurement, operations and retail distribution
• Created product monitoring processes which helped reduce downgrades by ~20%
• Primary contact for IDAC laboratory to help produce ~400 food safety reports / year, ongoing analytical testing of foods and special projects management
• Instrumental in developing and implementing HACCP based Food safety Management system ISO 22000 and also Quality Management System (FSMS and QMS team leader)
• Technical resource for raw material procurement, operations and retail distribution
• Created product monitoring processes which helped reduce downgrades by ~20%
• Primary contact for IDAC laboratory to help produce ~400 food safety reports / year, ongoing analytical testing of foods and special projects management
• Instrumental in developing and implementing HACCP based Food safety Management system ISO 22000 and also Quality Management System (FSMS and QMS team leader)
November 2008
To March 2011
Quality Control Manager
at Sagri Agri Foods
Location :
India
• Responsible for the food safety & quality of products received, warehoused and shipped at the Cold Chain (poultry meat, seafood) distribution and retail centers • Recall Team Member • MOFPI (Ministry of Food Processing Industries) Liason
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