NIJIL KALENTAVIDA, Quality control/Quality Assurance Incharge

NIJIL KALENTAVIDA

Quality control/Quality Assurance Incharge

Group For Trading Vegetables & Fruits

Location
Qatar
Education
Master's degree, Food Science & Technology
Experience
13 years, 5 Months

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Total years of experience :13 years, 5 Months

Quality control/Quality Assurance Incharge at Group For Trading Vegetables & Fruits
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since January 2021

• Lead and manage warehouse, quality, and production staff to maintain and enhance systems, workflow, and operation processes to ensure efficient operation and drive continuous improvement and optimization of processes.
• Supervise the Food Safety Team and confirm that processes required for the Food safety management system are established, executed, and maintained.
• Make the organization requirement programs and ensure that PRPs is implemented.
• Responsible for Quality Assurance of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.
• Ensure the nonconformity and determine the disposition of nonconforming materials.
• Responsible for Quality Assurance, Regulatory audits, Health & Safety.
• Responsible for Conducting Health & Safety, Basic Food Hygiene training for the employees.
• Document internal audits and other quality assurance activities.
• Investigate customer complaints, non-conformance issues and conduct routine market evaluation.
• Analyze data to identify areas for improvement in the quality system.
• Providing food safety regulatory compliance advice to the top management and reporting the outcomes of quality activities.

Quality Assurance Supervisor at Baladna Food Industries
  • Qatar - Al Khawr
  • March 2021 to August 2021

• Evaluate adequacy of quality assurance standards
• Conduct supplier Audits & customer audits.
• Conduct routine market evaluation & sales audit.
• Interpret and implement quality assurance standards and procedures.
• review the implementation and efficiency of quality and inspection systems.
• Plan, conduct and monitor testing and inspection of materials and products to ensure finished product quality.
• Document internal audits and other quality assurance activities.
• Investigate customer complaints and non-conformance issues.
• Collect and compile statistical quality data.
• Analyze data to identify areas for improvement in the quality system.
• Develop, recommend, and monitor corrective and preventive actions.
• Prepare reports to communicate outcomes of quality activities.
• Identify training needs and organize training interventions to meet quality standards.

QUALITY ASSURANCE SUPERVISOR at DEL MONTE FOODS
  • Qatar - Doha
  • June 2015 to February 2021

•Responsible for all Food Safety Document control.
•Responsible for coordinating/conducting and documenting Food Safety Training Program.
•Responsible for Claim supporting reports for consignments and coordinating with external surveyor if needed.
•Manages all QA related enquiries, Conduct supplier Audits.
•Draft quality assurance policies and procedures
•Managing health and safety regulatory requirements in the restaurants & warehouse.
•Coordinating & implementing food safety and hygiene programs.
•Review & update HACCP Procedure, policies & SOP's.
•Coordinating & monitoring the supply chain activity.
•Monitor and support all Food Safety Program activity by using trend analysis.
•Coordinate with external auditors/certification body for Surveillance Audits.
•Conducting the customer Audit & BTCQ program for McDonald's stores.
•Responsible for QA policy and procedures specific to the Del Monte Food & Beverage Outlets operation and Conduct audits to evaluate the restaurants food safety practices and other key factors.
•Conducts routine food safety audits based on regulatory food safety guidelines and requirements and internal company standards.

QUALITY ASSURANCE COORDINATOR at DEL MONTE FOODS (UAE) FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • September 2014 to June 2015

•Continuous QA stock inspection of the cold storages.
•Updating HACCP, Prerequisite programs, operational prerequisite programs and GMP.
•Developing HACCP plan for new projects and implementing continuous improvement for QA Protocols.
•Conducting Quality Policy/Objectives/KPI/GMP/Food safety training and coordinating sanitation programs.
•Monitoring the Process CCP, OPRP and PRP.
•Monitor and support all Food Safety Program activity by using trend analysis.
•Conducting Internal Food Safety Audit and supplier audits.
•Coordinate with external auditors/certification body for Surveillance Audits.
•Investigate customer complaints and find out discrepancies.

Food Hygiene HACCP Officer at Barakat Quality Plus L.L.C
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • July 2012 to September 2014

• Responsible for overall Hygiene practices inside the Plant
• Responsible for coordinating and documenting Food Safety Training Program.
• Maintenance of Traceability of Individual process from Reception to finished products.
• Coordinating with Maintenance /Production and Stores about the Quality of Products.
• Prepare, implement and conduct sampling plans for environmental microbiological monitoring activities.
• Conducting necessary training Programs including Quality Policy/Objectives/KPI/GMP/GHP and HACCP wherever necessary.
• Investigate external and internal complaints. Documentation and record keeping (QMS, FSMS and HACCP).
• Participating Management review Meetings.
• Monitoring the Process CCP, OPRP and PRP.
• Monitor and support all Food Safety Program activity (i.e. micro, environmental, foreig n material, pest control activity and other) using trend analysis.
• Managing health and safety regulatory requirements in the plant.
• Coordinate with external auditors/certification body for Surveillance Audits.

QUALITY CONTROL EXECUTIVE at MILMA Dairy
  • India
  • December 2010 to May 2012

MILMA Dairy is a Govt. undertaking Milk Processing Company in Kerala-India, ISO 22000:2005 Certified, Products include Standardized Milk, Flavored Milk, Butter, Ghee and Ice Cream etc... Duties & responsibilities:
•Monitoring the Production/Packing is carried out with the prescribed SOP & GMP.
•Monitoring the Process CCP, OPRP and PRP.
•Maintenance of Traceability of Individual process from Reception to finished products.
•Maintaining the product quality and recording the same.
•Coordinating with Maintenance /Production and Stores about the Quality of Products.
•Conducting necessary training Programs including Quality Policy/Objectives/GMP/GHP and HACCP wherever necessary.
•Coordinate with external auditors/certification body for Surveillance Audits.
•Conduct food safety audits, supplier evaluation & audits
•Investigate, find solutions, and implement remedies to quality issues and complaints.
•Training food handlers on Basic Food Safety/Hygiene Practices and Basic HACCP Principles.

Education

Master's degree, Food Science & Technology
  • at Mahatma Gandhi University (kottayam)
  • November 2010
Bachelor's degree, Microbiology
  • at Calicut university
  • April 2008

Specialties & Skills

Quality Assurance
Food Processing
ISO 22000
Food Safety
Food Microbiology
HYGIENE
FOOD SAFETY
QUALITY ASSURANCE
REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS
SUPPLY CHAIN
SAFETY TRAINING
MANAGEMENT
SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
Dairy production & quality
Food Safety Management System
Risk Assesment
Food hygiene, GMP, Training
HACCP Implementation & Validation
Quality Management
shelf life analysis

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