ashika ally

Highlights: Successfully launched retort rice dish with two sauces Localized angus beef patties BRF Approved chicken tenders with freshly frozen and Tanmiah Contributed in innovations with Kerry for Harditos launch
• Product Quality Control: Ensure food safety protocols comply with local and international quality regulatory standards. Maintain quality assurance protocols and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure the consistent quality of food elements. Oversee the entire store food safety, and supplier compliance as per CKE brand parameters.
• Product Commercialization: Ensure approved products met brand standards and secure product market expansion through product commercialization. Work closely with regional suppliers to develop locally sourced core products across MEA. Showcase a vital role in approving local products and identify suppliers for new markets through new market opening and new vendor development.
• Food Safety Management: Improve food product safety as well as quality through product analysis (cuttings) against brand norms. Evaluate performance, reporting quality data and guest experience to increase BOH-store efficiency. Provide consultation to the distribution and manufacture on food safety programs in accordance with food safety policies.
• Business Partnerships: Harmonize with regional vendors and suppliers to define locally sourced products across MEA. Sustain relations with the franchisee supply chain, purchasing, marketing, operations, third party manufacturers, R&D and QA. Conduct supplier compliance audits to international standards (Farm to instore customer tracking- HACCP, ISO, GFSI audits).
• Project Consulting: Design food safety, product quality & product development process from concept to roll out. Commercialization of LTO & post launch quality verification. Oversee production and supply chain process, risk mitigation, SKU consolidation across MEA. Meet country regulatory needs for import functions by consulting franchisee buying team on MOQ and costing.
• Franchisee Training Delivery: Onboard / train franchisee partners (QA, Marketing and Operations) on product quality, sustainability and in-store process improvement. Play a key role in approving local products and developing suppliers for new markets. Provide Ashika M. Allys Resume Confidential
support to franchisee logistic routes, and alternative factory sourcing sites for franchisees.

Global Exposure: America Pacific Asia Europe
Manage localization of global toolkits into: Gulf Africa Europe CIS Eurasia
• Customer Delight: Enhanced consumer experience by monitoring quality, and assuring highest quality levels across 1500 stores while ensuring Dough is produced and delivered to brand standards across 33 countries in EMEA
• Food Safety Program Management: Planned & executed wide-ranging Dominos Store Food Safety Program across all 33 markets. Designed and implemented food safety management systems (FSMS), such as Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), and Food Safety Management Systems (ISO 22000). Monitor quality control processes at every stage of production, from raw material sourcing to final product packaging.
• Business Coordination: Interface with vendors and business partners (internal & external) to define functional strategies and QA goals as per branding norms. Partner with supply chain, marketing, A&I, SC, purchasing and operations to meet food brand standards. Served an active member in EMENA Leadership Meetings and acted as an Influencer in meetings to convince stakeholders. Opened Russia, Dubai, Luxembourg, Lithuania and Latvia markets.
• Store Operations Management: Ensured stores supply chain food safety, and innovate /renovate products for value improvement projects to enhance store operation efficiency. Deliver on-the-job training to master franchisee QA Managers. Transitioned 650 stores in Turkey to Fast bake ovens by verification of quality & securing future innovations product quality at stores. Managed NPD from concept to commercialization (waste and quality reviewed 4 weeks after launch).
• Product Launch & Innovation: Undertook new product localizations and supplier development while applying store food safety, and supplier compliance. Launch product into the market and support new market openings (product sourcing, people training, quality verification, SCC set-up, menu development). launched all halal product lines across middle east markets (Created seasoning to a meat block for pepperoni, Philly steak, beef sausage, brine mixes & coatings for chicken lines sprinkles for crusts and pizza toppings)

• Supplier Factory Auditing: Performed audits of supplier factories in accordance with BRC guidelines, implemented HACCP across all UAE stores, and ensured global suppliers adhered to Spinneys' brand standards in food safety and quality. Participated in pilot projects and scale-ups at factory sites packaging under Spinneys' private label. (Product specifications and lab tests included shelf-life verification, nutritional analysis, pack size, allergens, and product QC parameters.)
• Supplier Rebate Negotiations: Successfully negotiated an increase of 1.0% - 2.5% year on year in contractual agreements with Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Barakat, Modern Bakery, and others to enhance rebate category returns. Secured an average annual category growth of 5-8%.
• Annual Category Promotional Calendar Planning: Planned annual category promotions, established MOQs, and terms for sale or return to minimize category loss while ensuring displays remained appealing.
• Product Sourcing: Sourced unique product lines (organic/clean label/international brands not available at other retailers) with the correct MOQ/shelf life and cost, providing customers with distinctive choices.
• Category Growth: Streamlined each product line per store to retain only the appropriate pack sizes and brands that customers preferred. Reduced costs by importing mixed containers from a designated port and connecting suppliers in the same region to consolidate shipments.
• Procurement: Oversaw procurement for deli (meal solutions), dairy/chilled/bakery sections. Collaborated with suppliers on Merchandising & Planograms, and negotiated contracts and rebates with suppliers & co-packers, coordinating promotions and launches with the marketing team.
• Stock Management: Managed stock levels for initial orders and MOQs, negotiated sale or return terms, and regularly reviewed and updated the product range, setting the assortment for new store openings.

• Contributed towards development, performance and relationship building of new key accounts across Middle East and Africa
• Managed new product development from conceptualization, launch till after sales support and monitored accounts directly with the factory sites
• Oversaw and greed ingredient libraries for factory sites and supported ingredient substitution and approvals
• Pitched local & international product trends to clients as new LTOs or menu items.
• Piloted and approved final production scale up of innovations at 3 factory sites and developed relationships to grow accounts
• Supervised a technical team in 3 hubs in South Africa to ensure agreed product briefs and KPIs were met
• Lead a high-performance team of 6 food technologists and 2 lab assistance and ensured YoY product volume growth with customers
• Ensured timely agreed MOQ and price of new raw materials (flavors & ingredients) used in innovation for recipe costing

• Executed innovation projects in line with QSR customer requirements (hot and cold sauces, dry blends, emulsion products)
• Designed scratch recipes from concept to launch for the food solution division across sub-Sahara Africa and Middle East region
• Managed QSR accounts included: Pizza Hut SA, McDonalds SA, Debonair s, Nandos, Ocean basket across South Africa
• Worked with retailers (Shoprite Checkers, The Spar Group, Woolworths and manufacturers (McCain, Midlands Meats, Piemans)