Swaraj Rajendran, Quality Assurance Manager

Swaraj Rajendran

Quality Assurance Manager

Al Ain Farms for livestock production

Location
United Arab Emirates
Education
Master's degree, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Industrial Biotechnology
Experience
16 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :16 years, 7 Months

Quality Assurance Manager at Al Ain Farms for livestock production
  • United Arab Emirates - Al Ain
  • My current job since October 2014

• • Accountable for leading, coaching and developing a team to accomplish operational objectives to improve operational activities
• Accountable for leading, coaching and developing a team to accomplish operational objectives
• Efficiently managing the Quality Management & Food Safety Management system of the organization
• Set & Monitor Quality objectives for various operational processes.
• Conducting regular inspections like GMPs, GWPs & GFPs in various areas of the operations to ensure Quality & Food safety.
• Conducting supplier audits to measure performance and to maintain good supplier relationship
• Evaluate microbiological lab test reports of the samples and to do necessary corrective actions
• Accountable for all quality & food safety customer complaints by detailed investigation by conducting Root cause analysis, departmental discussions and closing the issue by proper corrective & preventive measures to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Leading the monthly quality review meetings with department heads about the customer complaints, NCRs, Process streamlining & improvements, regulatory issues and various risks & opportunities
• Leading regular FSMS & QMS internal audits and presenting the report to the management during Management review meeting
• Ensure full compliance with the standard during every external audits conducted for the organization
• Conducting regular training for the employees for GMPs, GWPs, GFPs & Food Safety & Hygiene.
• Updating the latest trends based on QMS, FSMS and Business opportunities and implementing as necessary
• Provide support for the local municipality inspection for the compliance of the regulations
• Preparing operational budget for the upcoming year for the quality department

Quality assurance Supervisor at Allied Gulf Food Industries FZE
  • United Arab Emirates - Ras Al Khaimah
  • November 2011 to October 2014

• Accountable for leading, coaching and developing a team of 7 members to accomplish operational objectives
• Involved in identifying, diagnosing and resolving operational, manufacturing & quality issues within deadlines
• Liaising with departments like production, quality, stores, purchase, sales & HR and conducting meetings for the scope of improvement; preparing minutes for follow up meetings
• Facilitating new product development & processes in R &D Team
• Responsible for developing new procedures and processes to improve production accuracy
• Carrying out on-site auditing of suppliers for Supplier Evaluation program
• Instrumental in understanding, implementing & improving the standards, measurable elements and intents of Quality Management System based on 9001& 22000; following QMS based on 9001& 22000, its functions and standards
• Playing a major role in setting up health & safety audit procedures and improve safety efficiencies
• Maintaining acceptable quality levels for all assigned products; generating reports on standard operating procedures
• Ensuring maintenance of all records related to CCPs & GMPs
• Providing support in Municipality site inspection to comply local regulations
• Conducting random sampling of the products for microbiology analysis
• Imparting training to the food handlers on basic food safety & hygiene
• Adhering to ISO Standards& HACCP documentation & implementation

Quality in charge at Emirates Meat Galadari EDAM LLC
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • February 2010 to October 2011

• Ensured online process control of the entire manufacturing processes to confirm the process according to the SOPs
• Closely monitored & reported the performance of the production & packing teams in terms of quality, productivity, time management, coordination & staff welfare
• Adhered to CCPs & other related records of the process to have effective traceability & recall
• Served as a part of R&D team focusing on continual process & product development to improve the system
• Organized meeting with all departments on monthly basis for making the monthly work plan
• Maintained personal hygiene of the Food Handlers by conducting daily inspections

Quality Controller at Euro Spring PVT LTD
  • India
  • November 2007 to January 2010

• Conducting online inspection of quality and hygiene of the process plant
• Random sampling of the products from online and finished product
• Microbiological Laboratory analysis of random samples from the process
• Ensuring Personnel hygiene of all factory staffs
• Training and Motivation of all staffs relating to food safety & Hygiene
• Maintaining GMP & SSOP

Education

Master's degree, Biochemistry, Microbiology & Industrial Biotechnology
  • at Bharathiar university
  • November 2007

Masters in Biochemistry completed from Bharathiar University with 72%

Bachelor's degree, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Genetics
  • at Bangalore University
  • April 2005

Bachelors of Biotechnology completed from Bangalore university with 77%.

Specialties & Skills

Poultry
Total Quality Management
Food Safety
Quality Auditing
Quality Analysis
ISO 9001:2015
Food Safety Management system
Auditing
ISO 22000
FSSC 22000

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert

Training and Certifications

Analytical Instrumentation training (Training)
Training Institute:
Cashew Export & Promotion Council of India
Date Attended:
January 2007
Duration:
880 hours
Internal Auditor ISO 22000 (Training)
Training Institute:
Hygiea Quality Consultants
Date Attended:
February 2014
Duration:
24 hours
Level 3 Award in HACCP for Food Manufacturing (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2010
Valid Until:
January 9999
Level 3 Food Safety & Hygiene (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2011
Valid Until:
January 9999
Certified Manager of Quality/ Organizational Excellence (Training)
Training Institute:
3 fold Educational Institutue
Date Attended:
February 2016
Duration:
40 hours
Certified Lead Auditor in ISO 9001:2015 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
November 2017
Supervisory Skills - Advance Level (Training)
Training Institute:
AFLP Office
Date Attended:
August 2016
Duration:
8 hours
Performance Management system using KPI's approach (Training)
Training Institute:
AFLP Office
Date Attended:
December 2015
Duration:
8 hours

Hobbies

  • Outdoor games
    800M champion in School level
  • Cooking