Quality, Health and Safety Manager
Dofreeze LLC
Total years of experience :13 years, 0 Months
Oversee and manage the overall Quality, Health and Safety Department.
Spearheaded the implementation and certification of GFSI recognize FSSC 22000 v4.1 as well as successfully passing the recertification for ISO 9001:2015, HACCP and Supply Chain Security with 98% compliance remarks.
Develops quality strategies/policies and improves quality and food safety systems on production processes, equipments, raw materials and finish products in order to attain company set quality goals.
Conducts risk base assessments and work out risk mitigation or management systems for production, quality, environment, health and safety.
Supervise raw material and product quality monitoring, chemical and microbiological testing and other quality validation procedures.
Reviews customer feedbacks and complaints. Correspondingly conducts Root Cause Analysis and provide proper Corrective Actions.
Maintain and review all product quality data and metrics in order to see trends thus correspondingly develop preventive procedures to mitigate product quality failure.
Involves in product developmental studies and product/process standard setting with the company.
Conducts extensive Quality and Food Safety audits to suppliers in order to qualify them as approved supplier of the company.
Established food safety and quality assurance program for the company.
Successfully lead the certification of the company for HACCP Codex Alimentarius.
Developed and maintained all documentation, Standard Operating Procedure and Policies related to Quality Assurance and Food Safety.
Conducted routine facility audit for Food safety as well as second party audit to suppliers.
Developed and conducted training to staffs for food safety, hygiene and other quality requirements.
Point person for audits of International or local regulatory bodies such as Dubai Municipality as well as Costumer Compliance audits.
Ensured that all company Quality and Food Safety requirements are established and followed.
Supervised the daily activities of Microbiology section in the Central Laboratory.
Reports product and raw materials found to be of out of specification and correspondingly prepare Non-compliance Report for investigation of possible root cause.
Assist in conducting root cause analysis for microbiological related deviations.
Preparation of release report for products and raw materials that passed Microbiology parameters. Laboratory stock management and preparation of stock purchase request.
Preparation and revision of Standard Operating Procedures for Microbiology
Planning, preparation and sending of external laboratory samples for the purpose of laboratory test validations, outside scope test procedure for both Chemical and Microbiology, and compliance of Costumer’s External laboratory test program
Overall supervision of microbiology section and ensured that all test were done with outmost accuracy of the results.
Conducts Root Cause Analysis of non-conforming products and ensuring no such products will be released in the market.
Point person for audits related to Food Safety and Regulatory oversights.
Review and update Standard Operating Procedures and ensure that specification limits are coinciding with Saudi Standards.
Conduct routine monitoring of production and process line in order to evaluate practices that can directly affect microbial quality of products.
Administered upgrading of the laboratory by evaluation and recommendation of potential new technologies that can improve Microbiological test i.e Rapid Test Methods.
Conduct Microbiology trainings/seminars/awareness to key associates in manufacturing department to drive good results.
Supervised all sanitation activities and other processes that have significant impact on the Microbiology of products.
Conduct regular GMP audit to Manufacturing area, Process/ Syrup Preparation Area, Water treating Plant, Waste Water Treating Plant, Warehouses, and offices and report all deviations noted.
Monitored all Operational Prerequisite Program and Critical Control Programs that were in place with respect to ISO 22000 and HACCP.
Ensure that all Operating requirements and Laboratory Management Systems set by the company are met.
Conducts routine analyses using established standard physico-chemical analytical procedures of in-process and finished products, including CO2 products.
Conducts microbiological testing, analysis and evaluation of all materials and finish products.
Performs Sampling, Microbial Limit Test and Bacterial Endotoxin Test on raw materials and bulk materials as well as Sterility test, Bacterial Endotoxin Test and Particulate Matter Test on Finished Products.
Performs routine monitoring of raw water and water for injection and conducts validation test on microbiological test procedures where applicable.