Head of Quality Assurance and R & D
BIO EXTRACTS (PVT) LTD
Total years of experience :15 years, 9 Months
Ensure that all are conducted in accordance with QMS guidelines and policies.
Verify & Validate the Quality Control System in operation (ISO 22000, ISO 14001, HACCP, and GMP) and regularly check the adherence to the system.
Management of R&D projects and Staff, organization of new R&D initiatives.
Exercise close supervision to ensure adherence to GMP and Personnel Hygiene.
Determine and establish GLP’s and supervise staff responsible for maintain it.
Managing & motivating employees in the department and allocate jobs to maximize productivity efficiency.
Ensure adherence to safety producers to avoid accidents, safeguards health and prevent environment pollution.
SENRICH HOLDINGS, SRI LANKA- Spices Manufactures
Quality A& Operations Consultant March 2013- todate
Duties & Responsibilities
- Manage Quality Assurance and regulatory issues.
- Responsible on Quality certification and hygiene implementation.
EDINBOROUGH PRODUCTS PVT (LTD) - SRI LANKA
Manufacturer of Various types of Sauces, Jams, RTS, Bottled water & PET bottles
Steered and directed Food Manufacturing operations that generated Rs. 2B in annual revenue. Established operational policies and implemented process improvements to ensure superior quality and optimal output. Directly supervised five Managers of Supply chain, production, Quality assurance and maintenance departments; overlooked 200+ employees. Designed and implemented coaching and training programs to develop staff, facilitate efficiency, and improve performance. Actively interfaced with vendors and senior management for order expediting, capacity planning and material forecasting. Ensured strict adherence to quality control procedures. Reported to Chairman.
Selective Contributions:
New Powder packing plant setup and product launched within 3 months. Increased capacity from 1.5 ton/m to 3 shortly thereafter.
Played integral role indentifying and transitioning work to increase Bottled water production from 5000L/day to 15000L/day.
Innovative Introduction of two new products namely ‘Diet sauce’ and ‘Chocolate Topping’.
Quality Initiatives and Results:
Controlled all company factory assets, facilities & equipment. Purchased new equipment and overlooked facility renovation projects, implemented HR systems including developing/conducting training programs, managed all financial areas, & directed Quality Assurance, Purchasing, Storage & Manufacturing departments.
Improved production procedures to minimize costs and productivity.
Delegated coordination tasks for different jobs, to operational level workforce to determine individual accountability.
Monitored and followed up improvements and maintenance of the production equipment for optimum performance.
Managed the factory budget in coordination with the Managing Director.
Ensured effective implementation of HACCP & ISO 22000, ISO 9001 systems, prerequisite, certification & audits.
Directed the production plan effectively and efficiently based on sales forecast and raw materials availability. Prepared efficient production capacity to meet unplanned market demands.
Ensure that all safety & quality measures were adhered to during production, procurement and storage processes.
Handled regulatory issues including Environmental Protection inspections, Boiler licensing and Food Import Request System & maintained certificate of origin & health certificates.
Provided monthly reports on all KPI status to the senior management in respect of production outputs and productivity improvements and quality issues.
UNILEVER SRILANKA LIMITED -
FMCG Manufacturer of Various types HPC/PC and FOODS.
Planning, managing, executing and reviewing total quality management function of extended supply chain, which included 3P foods & HP contract manufactures, raw material suppliers,
distributors & logistic service providers. Reported to Corporate QA manager.
Selective Contributions: • Maintained constant communication with sales personal to identify customer quality requirements and ensure highest level of satisfaction.
• Interfaced with senior management to develop short/long term organizational objectives.
Quality Initiatives and Results: • Implementation of HACCP in Unilever 3rd Party Food Co- Packer manufacturing sites.
• Implementation of effective 3P Quality Management Systems.
• Carry out 3P audits according to the Unilever Global Quality Requirement Protocols.
• Introducing an effective supply management system by implementing Supplier audits, follow up audits, risk evaluation, review meetings, supplier vendor evaluation and training for Unilever Packing and Raw material suppliers.
• Implementation of quality strategy in Logistical operation and cold chain management system as QA Business partner for 3P Logistic Service Providers.
• Trained on TPM, manufacturing hygiene, Root Cause analysis, HACCP & ISO auditing,
Quality in Customer service, Trade return management and Dummy recalls. Reduce the quality non conformances in the extended supply chain.
• Quality implementation in Channels and MT customers, food solution Business Partners and service providers, General trade Business Partners.
Microbiologist & Factory Hygienist 2009 June to 2012 January
Responsible for the microbiological & hygiene safety & standards of products manufactured and marketed by Unilever Sri Lanka, Agarapathana instant tea factory & all 3P & 2P manufacturing
sites. Also exclusively responsible for managing the quality assurance of all microbiological operations related to the hygiene & sanitation of environment, plant, product, process & people.
Selective Contributions:
• Played integral role directly responsible in achieving the total Unilever Food business to 5B in 2010.
• Contributed in company annual growth by involving in timely QA releases to achieve 3.1B target for the month of March 2011.
• Designed the QA and Laboratory layout facilities at the newly built Factory at Horana and effected smooth transfer of equipment & people during the transition period.
Quality Initiatives and Results:
• Planned and implemented Hygiene management processes, procedure and guidelines in conformance with Unilever hygiene management principles.
• Ensured factory met all microbiology requirements stated by the customer.
• Responsible for microbiology laboratory including maintenance of the lab equipment, test materials and systems to required standard.
• Ensured that all analysis were carried out according to validated methods and with Standard reagents as per Unilever guidelines and accepted sampling plans.
• Ensured that Factory Personnel & Product Hygiene and Food Safety Regulations are enforced and improved. Periodically audit the Quality & Food Safety System procedures.
• For Development purposes conducted Workshops to interact with Consumer & Customers to follow-up there requirements. Monitor process HACCP and design new HACCP plans
• Influenced, audited, monitored and supported suppliers to minimize microbiology risk of manufacturing processes, products and materials and supply.
CEYLON AGRO INDUSTRIES- (PRIMA GROUP SRI LANKA)
Manufacturer of Various types of Confectionary/ Bakery/ Poultry/Value Added Products.
Responsible for ensuring the elimination/occurrence of any Microbiological Hazards to the five Processing plants namely the Poultry Processing, Processed Meat Manufacturing, Noodle
Manufacturing, Bakery & Confectionary Plants. Reported to Senior QA manager.
Examination pass with 89.5 marks.
UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYAWARDANEPURA - Post Graduate Institute of Management (PIM) Master of Business Administration - 2010/2012
UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA - Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Bachelor of Science Majoring in Microbiology & Chemistry General, 2003/2007 2nd Upper
• Certificate in MS Office packages - University of Kelaniya Computer Society.
Zoology A(Distinction) Botany A(Distinction) Chemistry B(Very Good Pass) Physics C(credit Pass)
English D (Distinction) Commerce & Accounts D (Distinction) Christianity D (Distinction) Singhala Language D (Distinction) Western Music D (Distinction) Maths C (Credit Pass) Science C (Credit Pass) Social Studies & History C ( Credit Pass)
