Elissar Achkar, Quality Manager

Elissar Achkar

Quality Manager

TA Group

Location
Lebanon - Beirut
Education
Master's degree, Industrial Technology
Experience
16 years, 5 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 5 Months

Quality Manager at TA Group
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since September 2013

•Establish the Quality Management System of the company and update it continually in full agreement with the Chief Administration Officer
•Assign and train qualified personnel on quality issues
•Follow up on the implementation of the Quality Management System, through internal and external auditing
•Follow up on the collection of data and analysis
•Make sure that the company implements continual improvement techniques
•Trigger customer satisfaction surveys, analyze results and improve accordingly
•Promote awareness of customer requirements throughout the company
•Manage coordinate and approve procedures, instructions and other documents related to the Quality Management System
•Follow up on all nonconformities until elimination and closure

Human Resources Coordinator at TA Group
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • My current job since September 2013

•Provide support to all staff on human resources issue
•Provide advice and assistance with writing job descriptions
•Provide support to the HR Manager in the recruitment of staff
•Communicate with employees regarding their inquiries about salary, workloads, work problem, company rules and other concerns
•Maintain and review employee’s entitlements, including sick leave, annual leave, accrued day’s off and long service leave records
•Encode and keep personal records of the employees
Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward company goals

Senior Analytical chemist at Algorithm Pharmaceuticals
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • April 2012 to July 2013

•Conduct Method Development for new product
•Conduct Method validation
•Conduct investigation when deviations and out of specifications occurs
•Provide trainings of new employees
•Write & Update Standard Operating Procedure
•Operate and Calibrate daily analytical equipment
•Solve problems and implement alternative and corrective solutions
•Work on a team
•Convey and abide by health and safety company’s standards. Promote health and safety consciousness among others.

Analytical Chemist at Algorithm Pharmaceuticals
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • November 2007 to April 2013

• Perform analytical testing using standardized procedures in support of cGMP:
Perform analysis on raw materials & Finished Products
•Use Analytical methods and instrumentation such as high gas and liquid performance chromatography (GC & HPLC), spectroscopy and Infra-red, amongst others
•Demonstrate good lab troubleshooting and quantitative analysis skills.
•Fully complete undertaken tasks or projects in a timely and reliable manner. Taking responsibility for actions, results and mistakes.
•Establish priorities and timelines needed to achieve the intended results. Monitoring timelines of own work and makes needed adjustments.
•Timely transmit relevant data to direct supervisor, to peers in the same department or others departments. Properly present written information in a variety of formats (presentations, memos and analytical reports).

Education

Master's degree, Industrial Technology
  • at Saint Joseph University Faculty of Science
  • June 2013
Master's degree, General Chemistry
  • at Lebanese University
  • September 2007

Specialties & Skills

ADJUSTMENTS
ALGORITHM
ANALYTICAL TESTING
CALIBRATING
METHOD VALIDATION
QUANTITATIVE
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
SOLUTIONS
TESTING
communication skills, team work, sharing knowledge, analytical skills, ability to think methodicaly
Communication, negotiation, teamwork
QMS ISO 9001:2008

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert
French
Expert

Training and Certifications

Internal auditor Training certified by Exemplar Global (RABQSA) (Training)
Training Institute:
UMB-QMI (SAI Global)
Date Attended:
June 2014
Duration:
16 hours
• Time Management (10+1 matters for a balanced & successful life) - (Training)
Training Institute:
Matters® – Training and Consulta
Duration:
8 hours
cGMP (Good manufacturing Practises)- (Training)
Training Institute:
Algorithm Pharmaceuticals
Duration:
8 hours
• Rules and Tools of Interpersonal communication (An Introduction to Transactional Analysis) (Training)
Training Institute:
Algorithm Pharmaceuticals
Duration:
8 hours
Preparing a Win-Win Appraisal Meeting (Training)
Training Institute:
Algorithm Pharmaceuticals
Duration:
4 hours
Clear Communication & Conflict Resolution- (Training)
Training Institute:
Matters- Trainings and consultancy
Duration:
8 hours
Promises Promises (Build a Team Unity, Promote a Common Team Vision, Achieve Synergy and Alignment (Training)
Training Institute:
Starmanship and Associations, Eagle’s Flight
Duration:
8 hours
Managing the Relationship with your Boss - Matters® – (Training)
Training Institute:
Training and Consultancy
Duration:
8 hours
Real Team Building (Training)
Training Institute:
Matters- trainings and consultancy
Duration:
8 hours
Health and Safety in Laboratories (Training)
Training Institute:
Algorithm Pharmaceuticals
Duration:
8 hours
Business Ethics Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
Algorithm Pharmaceuticals
Duration:
16 hours