Ahmad AboSettah, Food Safety Assistant Scientist

Ahmad AboSettah

Food Safety Assistant Scientist

PepsiCo International

Location
Egypt
Education
High school or equivalent, Supply Chain & Operation managemnet
Experience
21 years, 0 Months

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Total years of experience :21 years, 0 Months

Food Safety Assistant Scientist at PepsiCo International
  • Egypt - Cairo
  • My current job since June 2014

Moved to the company’s plant located in Obour city

Food Safety Supervisor at PepsiCo International
  • Egypt - Asyut
  • December 2007 to May 2014

Exceeded all targeted AIB scores set for plant/areas under my supervision.
•In Q4 2008, successfully passed SET course held in Turkey by Europe FS & Capabilities regional managers.
•In 2010, chosen as a member in AMEA Food Safety workgroups prepared “Quick Reference Guides” in GMP, Allergen & HACCP to be used as orientation toll for new comers, visitors and senior management of the sector.
•In 2010, I coordinated for holding SET course in Egypt to cover 15 candidates from Africa, Asia & Europe.
•Contributed as FS member in a committee assesses the manufacturing sites before been contracted as Quaker co-manufacturer - Egypt 2011.
•Contributed as FS member in a committee assesses the manufacturing sites before been contracted as Chipsy co-manufacturer -

Food Safety Specialist at PepsiCo International - Chipsy for Food Industries
  • Egypt - Asyut
  • December 2006 to December 2007

Could raise the AIB score from -565 out of 1000 to +580. Company was targeting +5 score for all its plants.

In this position, I was reporting Assiut food safety status to plant manager & central food safety manager.
•Implemented all requirements of CRP program in Assiut Plant including (GMP Training, Inspection, foreign object management, control of microbes and allergens, pest control, cleaning & sanitation, maintenance controls, row materials/transport management, facility design, environment & waste management)
•Developed HACCP System for production lines.
•Prepared plant for AIB audits.

IPC Analyst at T3A Industrial, "UP Pharma" Now
  • Egypt - Asyut
  • August 2005 to November 2006

Sampling, quality inspection, in-process tests, physical environmental monitoring, cleaning process validation, checking conformity of all production steps, personal hygiene, physical and environmental conditions, materials specs and product qualifications during the production processes to the corresponding predetermined procedures and specifications according to cGMP, HACCP, OHSAS, American & British Pharmacopoeias
•In June 2006 promoted to be the Senior IPC Analyst in the same section. Beside the tasks mentioned, creating the SOPs of IPC activities, assuring the validation of such SOPs, controlling the IPC documents, in-job training of my colleges in IPC section, checking their work & taking a part of evaluating their performance with QC Manager
•In the critical ones between my tasks, I was directly reporting to the Senior Quality Assurance Manager. For the others tasks I was reporting to the Quality Control Manager
•Appointed audits coordinator of QC dept. after just six months in department to deal with internal & external audits, prepare & follow up the corrective action plans.
•Devoted 32 hours a month to instructing junior members of the team in department.

QC Analyst at T3A Industrial, "UP Pharma" Now
  • Egypt - Asyut
  • April 2005 to August 2005

Finished product & water analysis using HPLC, IR, UV spectroscopy, Karl Fischer, and Total Organic Carbon Analyzer TOC.
•Handling of reference and working standards.
•Recording the analysis raw data in the analyst notebook according to the appropriate procedures and recording the equipment operation activities in the equipment use logbook.
•Work according to cGMP, FDA & pharmacopeial guidelines.
In-Process Control

Secondary teacher at Ministry of Education
  • Oman
  • September 2002 to July 2004

& Computer instructor; Ministry of Youth.

Education

High school or equivalent, Supply Chain & Operation managemnet
  • at ESLSCA University, ESLSCA Business School
  • December 2018

MBA “in-progress” I’ve successfully passed the following courses: •Quantitative Methods for Business Decisions •Contemporary Management •Marketing Management •Financial Management •Business Intelligence •Cross Culture Communication & Negotiations •Leadership •Accounting for Managers •Managerial Economics •Entrepreneurship

Bachelor's degree, Special Chemistry
  • at Al-Azhar University
  • November 2001

Specialties & Skills

Food Safety
Database Design
ANALYSIS
AUDITING
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT
FDA APPROVAL
MICROSOFT WINDOWS 2000
QUALITY
REPORTS

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Native Speaker

Training and Certifications

FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Food (Training)
Training Institute:
IFSH, Illinois Institute of Technology, IFPTI & Association of Food and Drug Officials AFDO
Date Attended:
March 2021
Duration:
35 hours
FSSC Lead Auditor (Training)
Training Institute:
International Register of Certificated Auditors - IRCA
Date Attended:
December 2021
Duration:
40 hours
Food Defense, Security & Fraud (Training)
Training Institute:
Bibliotheca Alexandrina in collaboration with US Department of Agriculture (USDA) & FBI
Date Attended:
July 2016
TACCP & Food Defense (Training)
Training Institute:
Arab Academy for Science Technology & Maritime Transport
Date Attended:
April 2015
Sanitation, Allergen Management, HACCP, Auditing skills & IPM (Training)
Training Institute:
American Institute of Baking (AIB International)
Date Attended:
July 2007
Duration:
16 hours
Level 4 Award in Managing Food Safety by Highfield (Certificate)
Date Attended:
December 2015
OHSAS 18001 Auditor (Training)
Training Institute:
Inspectorate Co.
Date Attended:
April 2009
Duration:
12 hours
Food Safety Site Expert & Trainer (SET) (Training)
Training Institute:
PepsiCo International - FS Division Management of Europe
Date Attended:
November 2008
Duration:
108 hours
Lead Auditor - FSMS ISO 22000 by IRCA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
May 2007
Oracle Certified Developer 9i (Training)
Training Institute:
Oracle University through VergiTech Co.
Date Attended:
June 2004
Duration:
1200 hours