Experience
Quality Control Assistant
• Analyzing the raw materials to ensure they meet the company’s quality standards for acceptance or rejection
• Chemical and physical analysis of the biscuits produced to ensure they comply with the KEBs standards
• Supervising hygiene and sanitation in the production area and the personnel therein
• Work in liaison with the other quality control personnel to ensure full implementation of the GMPs and offer training to the employees on food safety and hygiene.
• Preparation of standard operating procedures for laboratory tests and equipment operation
Quality Control Assistant
• Working in Liaison with the different supervisors to ensure the implementation of GMPs and GLPs during the production of banana, cassava and sweet potatoes flakes for drying.
• Overall laboratory analysis (flake moisture content before milling flake size control, flour fineness), instrumentation and calibration of equipment and machines.
• overall internal auditing of entire plant and stores.
• Ensuring in process inspection, coding, expiry hence traceability and OPRP Monitoring.
• Overseeing FG dispatch and preparation of COAs.
• Supervising hygiene,5S and general housekeeping in regard to the work in consumables, Product Damage, PPE’s, Wear and Tear among others.
• Preparing and updating product safety checklist.
• Implementing standards, training Logs, startup protocols etc. SOPs in the Plant.
• Monitoring and implementing on line Hand Sanitization, machine sanitization.
• Assisting QAM, and team in resolving complaints from market/inhouse. Following of procedures and policies for 100 % traceability of materials and products.
• Analyzing and reporting of data captured during online testing.
• Training and doing refreshers to employees on s protocols,5s, filling in production documents, packaging/defects monitoring and presentations for different brands and SKUs.
• Doing 100% Incoming process and packaging material inspection – Quarantined non-conformance.
• Product development initiatives and formulations of new flour blends and mixes.
ACCOPLISHMENTS.
• Initiated effective communication platforms through creation of WhatsApp groups that led to reduction in losses, timely process corrections, reduction in downtimes in both Taliana and Sunveat foods ltd.
• Increased quality control checks and monitoring on critical control points that led to quality and safe finished products.
• Participated in increased products base for market growth and higher profits of more than 70% through creation of new products like porridge flour, baking and pancake flour mixes.
Attachee - Food Science
• Processing of fermented milk products (yoghurts, mala), baked products (cakes, bread, scones and doughnuts) as well as ice cream products
• Determination of microbial safety of different food products that were produced in the workshop.
• Fruits and vegetables processing and production of jams, juices concentrates and wines.
• Meat processing – curing meat, smoking, making sausages, meat loaf and bacon.
Education
BSc Food Science and Technology
Graduated with Second Class Honours - Upper Division