quality Assurance manger
al-seedawi sweets factories
Total years of experience :12 years, 9 Months
• Centrally managing quality assurance and quality control in Al- Seedawi sweets factories production and facility in Kuwait (the facility pioneer for manufacturing of Hard and soft candy, Cookies, Halawa, Teheina, Wafer and moulded chocolate )
• Monitoring KPIs and achieving planned business targets in relation to quality assurance with all related departments.
• Reviewing food safety standards and quality management systems (HACCP, ISO 22000, and ISO 9001) to ensure compliance to standard during periodic audits.
• Responsible and leading internal auditor team and enhancing their skills by conducting training and evaluation.
• Full responsible for tracking and reviewing all Non-conformance with related departments.
• Monitoring Food sampling for microbiological and chemical testing of food products.
• Reviewing and updating food safety procedure and Validation of HACCP and updating the system on regular bases.
• Performing internal food safety audits, investigations, products trial, food safety consultations for both two factories
• Monitoring the training program for all two factories as per training plan to be sure achieving all the training hours.
• Provide and creating training materials as per the business need.
• Work within local and, Industry best practices, policies and procedures to create a safe and healthy workplace for staff and visitors.
• Create, develop, review and maintain safety & environment policies and implement OH&S safety policies and procedures
• Design and maintain organizational specific OHS Safety Management Programs and perform regular risk assessments and site safety inspections as well as conducting safety audits and hazard identification
• Identify training needs and conduct training as required, develop hazardous substances database and/or record system and ensure staff are competently trained in handling, using and storing hazardous substances.
• Hazard identification & risk assessment and evaluate environment aspects and impacts.
• Conduct a safety tour inside the DC to ensure that all the DC operations are going safely and He should stop any safety violation. Through a PGI.
• Recorded in the score card and ensure inspection is done by DC manager at least once a month
(Initiation and validate all plant cleaning work instructions)
• Ensure that all Forklift Operators are conducting the forklifts Use Inspection) in the beginning of the shift Following up root cause analysis for NM.
• Updating the DC Action tracking register
• Conduct Safety talks with work groups
• Internal Auditor for system (14001/18001)
• Support and follow up that all the SAT members (Operations & Sales)
• Prepare the Safe Working Practice (SWP)
• Conduct safety training for Operations and Sales
• Prepare safety alerts for all Near Miss& NLDI and LTI and follow on action plan in SARAS
• Conduct investigations for all LDI, NLDI
• Make training and prepare the training material
• Conduct incident trend analysis on quarterly basis
• Follow up on compliance to traffic management & if no traffic management inside the DC to. Support with implementation of traffic management
• Test and audit firefighting system equipment and its checklist
• Avail PPE according to each area risk assessment and review PPE standard accordingly
• Managing Food Safety Standards and insure full compliance with internal FSM standards.)
• Coordinating, implementing and scoring the following programs (C&S Program, Pest Control, Training, GMP FOH & BOH, Supplier and consumer complaints, )
• GAP analysis of food safety status, generating action plans with charts and communicating with plants departments to finalize it in timely manner
• Conduct Internal Audit As per NSF Checklist with action plan to share it with all Managements.
• Provide leadership in training for Food safety and health and safety in all people and new hiring people.
• Create Action plan for dailly QA finding and follow up with all the PIC to solve all issues.
• Managing Food Safety Management Systems in Americana Kuwait (Cake and Bakery Division) & insure full compliance with ISO (9001, 22000, AIB and YUM standards.)
• Responsible for updating, complying with ISO (9001, 22000) standards, coordinating, implementing and scoring the following programs ( HACCP, Sanitation, Pest Control, Training, Calibration, GMP inside and outside production areas, customer and consumer complaints, Allergen Control, Extraneous Matter control, Water and Air Control and insure the right implementation of PEM and NON-PEM program )
• Develop, implement, communicate and maintain the quality assurance and quality control plans to comply with quality policies and procedures (regulatory, ISO 9001 & ISO 22000… etc.)
• Following up customer complaint related to food safety.
• GAP analysis of food safety status, generating action plans with charts and communicating with plants departments to finalize it in timely manner
• Internal Auditor for system( ISO 9001/22000/14001/AIB And YUM)
• Contributes to the management of special situations / early warnings with respect to plant investigations, root cause analysis and follow-up
• Provide leadership in training for Food safety and quality programs in areas including QCMS, product traceability, net weight control, HACCP, GMP’s, Control of non-conforming product
• Assess the level of core team knowledge, Evaluate line compliance at core team level,
• Determine Root Cause and create action plan, Evaluate or Confirm Standards on the Line,
• Create Action plan, Evaluate Line Compliance at department Level, Evaluate wide Compliance
• Supervision for Cleaning and sanitation program
• HACCP Validation and Verification activities for the plant including CCPs
• Factory Test Panel team member
Co-ordinate the implementation of various ERP sections/RMS’s & GEHMS St.
- Responsible for facilitating, monitoring, and improving the health and safety of employees, Accident/Incident investigation, Action tracking and monthly scorecard.
- Maintain integrity and coordinate development and actions of site SARAS through SAT teams and risk assessment.
- Carry out monthly audits on Accident Investigation, P.G.I & car inspections, ordinate the implementation of various ERP sections/RMS’s & GEHMS St
- Responsible for MOC program.
• Basic Six Sigma Breakthrough Improvement (with project) • Statistical Process Control • Planning For Top Quality (with project) • Quality / Environmental System Standards (ISO 9001/14000) • Project for Top Quality (with project) • Managing the Quality Function
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