Mohammed Ahmed Hamdy Genedy

•​Provides site leadership for Food Safety and Quality in alignment with the company policies.
•​Ensure effective food safety compliance and work with plant management team to implement programs to mitigate risk.
•​Manage and lead HACCP program and team at site level, ensuring that Good Manufacturing Practices, preventive controls and prerequisite programs are in place and effective.
•​Manage the plant Food Safety & Quality System to produce safe quality food, acting as Food Safety Team Leader and Quality Representative.
•​Develop and maintain food safety and quality systems including QC & QA.
•​ Develop, review and align procedures with group policies, through (GFSI)BRC, FSSC22000, ISO 9001 & Halal certificates with a drive towards best practice.

•​Internally audit practices and procedures for improvement to prevent non-conformances.

•​ Quality system shall include food safety, Quality Control in LIMS, material control, sanitation, and HACCP, as required by FSSC22000 Compliance.
•​Enforce company standards in the areas of ingredient, product standards, process specifications, formula compliance, sanitation/GMP/pest control, and regulatory compliance.
•​ Be the point person at the site for, identify preserved (ie, & HALAL) and customer audits.
•​ Track reports and review agreed upon KPI’s.
•​ Develop and lead the plant Quality Improvement Plan.
•​ Partner cross-functionally in quality and process improvement.
•​ Proactive and responsive in addressing customer complaints, communicating effectively on technical issues and leading the root cause analysis.
•​ Develop and verify corrective actions.
•​ Develop and maintain qualified personnel within the plant Quality department, through training, communication, and accountability, This involves recruitment, organizational development, personnel assessment, training, direction and motivation.
•​ Manage the department within budget and utilize resources effectively to meet needs of the business on a timely basis.

• Ensure effective food safety compliance by collaborating with the plant management
team to implement risk mitigation programs for 2 beef and chicken production plant
and another 4 biscuit production lines plant.
• Lead and manage the HACCP program and team at the site level, ensuring Good
Manufacturing Practices (GMP), preventive controls, and prerequisite programs are
effectively in place.
• Oversee the plants Food Safety and Quality System to ensure safe and high-quality food
production, serving as the Food Safety Team Leader and Quality Representative.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance food safety and quality systems, including Quality
Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA).
• Align and review procedures in accordance with group policies, adhering to FSSC 22000,
ISO 9001, and Halal certification standards to drive best practices.
• Conduct internal audits to improve practices, prevent non-conformances, and ensure
alignment with quality standards.
• Ensure that the Quality System includes food safety, LIMS quality, material control,
sanitation, and HACCP, in compliance with FSMS 22000 standards.
• Enforce Fusteka Group standards in ingredient quality, product specifications, formula
compliance, sanitation, GMP/pest control, and regulatory compliance.
• Verify that released products are compliant, safe, and meet quality standards.
• Act as the primary contact for site-specific audits, including Halal and customer audits.
• Track and review reports to assess and align with key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Develop and lead the plants Quality Improvement Plan.
• Collaborate across functions to drive quality and process improvements.
• Respond proactively to customer complaints, communicating effectively on technical
issues, and leading root cause analysis to implement corrective actions.
• Build and maintain a skilled quality team through training, communication, and
accountability, covering recruitment, development, assessment, and motivation within
budget constraints.
• Continuously enhance knowledge of products and technologies, using a scientific and
statistical approach to investigate and resolve technical challenges alongside the team.
• Serve as the primary technical liaison with the Central Laboratory, Factory
Management, and the Fusteka Group Quality team.

Quality Control key responsibilities:
• Interpret quality control philosophy and concept of product quality to key personnel in the organization.
• Managing catering, FMCG (KFC - Hardee’s - Pizza hut -TGI Fridays - ETC …), Beef and chicken production lines and maintaining a high level in hygiene, food safety and quality.
• Direct & manage, supervise all activities including inspections, Testing, Design Validation, Calibration, and Test Methods & Infrastructure.
• Coordinate with production manager and other interested parties to prevent or minimize the cause of product defect.
• Establish a complete and detailed Quality Control plan for all products.
• Control & reduce the department expenses.
• Independently plans, manages, and completes technical projects to design, develop, and optimize new products with necessary shelf-life and sensory characteristics within designated time frame.
• Assist in the research of appropriate co-processing partners and functional ingredients to implement designated new product.
• Training Quality Control Supervisors.
• Documentation control of files for all processing steps inside plants.
• Preparation, Processing and Packaging Control for Frozen, cooked products and catering.
• Follow up Pest Control Activities in facilities.
• Managing and training of Labors and Technicians.
• Raising Non-Conformity reports against other departments to improve food safety, hygiene and quality.

Quality Assurance key responsibilities:
• Ensure compliance and assist with adherence to the Quality /food safety Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 22000, BRC, YUM) and key customer requirements.
• Supplier approval & evaluation system verification.
• Responsible for implementation of supplier auditing program.
• Raising non-conformity reports to suppliers in case of any violation from the standard.
• Follow up of closing all non-conformance with suppliers with revision of the route cause analysis & corrective action to prevent the recurrence.
• Coordination between quality departments, warehouses, planning, operation and logistics support in the cases of clearance and rejection of raw materials.
• Internal auditing for the dry & cold stores in weekly bases.
• Ensure that all raw materials and packaging for new products meets with customer and business expectations whilst adhering to legislative, quality, safety and environmental standards.
• Examination and receipt of dry, chemical and packaging materials & check their compliance to the specification.
• Comparing the parameter in the certificate of analysis with its range in the specification in the receiving of each shipment of any material.
• Evaluate the status of products with the problems of logistics and Supply Chain team.
• Create new barcode for products and raw materials.
• Receiving new samples of raw materials, examining and analyzing them, communicating with the concerned departments for trial on the product.
• Follow up of Hold & release system on oracle for all raw materials and Finished goods.
• Management of packaging samples throughout the process, ensuring blanks are available for product trials and printed packaging is available for pre-production.
• Sign off artwork with the site team, labeling design and creation.

• Ensure compliance with Quality and Food Safety Management Systems (ISO 9001, ISO
22000, BRC, YUM) and fulfill key customer requirements.
• Verify supplier approval and evaluation systems.
• Oversee the implementation of the supplier auditing program.
• Issue non-conformity reports to suppliers in cases of standard violations.
• Follow up on all non-conformance issues with suppliers, reviewing root cause analysis
and corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Coordinate between quality departments, warehouses, planning, operations, and
logistics for raw material clearance and rejection cases.
• Conduct weekly internal audits of Americana Meat &Cake production factories, dry and
cold storage facilities.
• Ensure raw materials and packaging for new products meet customer and business
expectations while adhering to legal, quality, safety, and environmental standards.
• Inspect dry, chemical, and packaging materials upon receipt to verify compliance with
specifications.
• Compare certificate of analysis parameters against specification ranges for each
material shipment received.
• Assess product status in coordination with logistics and supply chain teams.
• Receive, examine, and analyze new raw material samples, and communicate with
relevant departments for product trials.
• Manage the hold and release system on Oracle for raw materials and finished goods.
• Oversee packaging sample management to ensure blanks are available for trials and
printed packaging is ready for pre-production.
• Collaborate with the site team to finalize artwork, label design, and creation.

• Supported QA systems implementation and documentation.
• Participated in internal audits and food safety training programs.

• Supervised QA/QC inspectors and daily plant quality activities.
• Ensured GMP compliance and audit readiness.

Supervised operations, food quality, and hygiene standards.

Achievements:
1- Digitalized QC/QA documentation via a live network portal, improving accessibility and
record management.
2- Secured and maintained international certifications over 15