Akshita
Auckland,New Zealand
Summary
Driven and well-qualified Quality professional bringing experienced abilities developed over last 3+ years of hand on experience working in FMCG/Food manufacturing industry. Focused on Regulatory & Compliance , Quality systems and Process Improvement.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Compliance Officer
Yashili New Zealand Dairy Ltd
11.2022 - Current
- Managing Foreign Ingredient, Organic Certificates, EDecs and export certificates in AP Ecert database
- Assessment of potential suppliers (SQI) and their quality management systems.
- Investigation of non-conformances (SNC's) related to supplier products and identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions (CAPA).
- Ensuring operational compliance with RMP, HACCP, and OMAR requirements
- Leading internal (departmental) audits and GMP audits and implementing audit findings with proper communication between all relevant stakeholders.
- Developed and implemented quality assurance procedures to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Leading In House training regarding Food Safety and HACCP procedures along with maintaining good food safety culture.
- Developed and delivered training programs to educate employees on quality standards, procedures, and best practices.
- Ensured documentation compliance with relevant regulations and standards and managed document control processes, including versioning and distribution of controlled documents.
- Leading continuous improvement initiatives to optimize processes, reduce defects, and enhance overall quality performance.
- Direct involvement with R&D to support manufacturing during production trials.
- Conducting regular quality reviews and investigating customer complaints, providing guidance to co-manufacturers, and monitoring their actions and responses.
- Attending daily shift manufacturing meetings, team meetings and support verification of Change Control (CRs) implementation.
Senior Quality Control Technician
Oceania Dairy Limited
07.2022 - 10.2022
- Evaluated samples against standards by completing measurements, visual inspections, and other established tests.
- Maintained and updated documentation related to quality standards, procedures, and processes.
- Played a lead role in maintaining IANZ accreditation to ISO : IEC 17025 and MPI RLP requirements.
- Ensure operational compliance with RMP, HACCP and OMAR requirements. Performed all responsibilities of Key Technical Person (KTP) efficiently and managed day-to-day laboratory operations along with staff performance.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to establish quality goals and objectives for products or services.
- Assisting the production and quality team in raising internal and external NCR & LIR by completing and implementing the corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) within a given turnaround time.
- Established routine Quality performance by authorizing internal audits within turnaround time as per Laboratory Quality System.
- Authorized and reviewed all non-complying activities, customer complaints, deviations, and Quality failures. Planned and performed timely Method
- Verification/Validation of all additional test methods, documenting new SOPs and reported as delegated.
Quality Control Technician
Oceania Dairy Limited
05.2021 - 10.2022
- Routine analysis of In process and finished registered
dairy products according to ISO and GB methods - Monitoring and authorizing all non-complying activities,customer complaints, deviations, and quality failures
- Provide support to internal customers for real time and
urgent testing to improve processes and product quality. - Established routine Quality Performance, technical
reviews timeframes & internal audits turnaround time as per Laboratory Quality Systems - Assisting the production and quality team in raising
internal and external NCR & LIR by completing the
corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) within a given turnaround time. - Communicating timely delays and any non-compliant
results to all relevant parties. - Communicated with production team members about quality issues.
- Participating in Inter-laboratory Comparison Programme (ILCP) and assisting with investigation of any non-complying results.
Education
Master of Science - Food Innovation
Lincoln University
Lincoln, NZ03.2021
Master of Science - Botany
Panjab University
India06.2019
Bachelor of Science - Zoology,Botany, Chemistry
Panjab University
India06.2017
Skills
Food Safety
FSSC 22000
Change Control
Quality systems
Compliance & Regulatory
HACCP Principles
GMP Audits
Non-Compliance Issues
Certification
- Introductory Food safety (Asure Quality)
- Introductory HACCP (Asure Quality)
- Workplace Trainer (Unit Standard-27565)
- Fire and Emergency warden (Unit Standard-18408)
- Health and Safety Representative (Unit Standard-29315)
Timeline
Compliance Officer
Yashili New Zealand Dairy Ltd
11.2022 - Current
Senior Quality Control Technician
Oceania Dairy Limited
07.2022 - 10.2022
Quality Control Technician
Oceania Dairy Limited
05.2021 - 10.2022
Master of Science - Food Innovation
Lincoln University
Master of Science - Botany
Panjab University
Bachelor of Science - Zoology,Botany, Chemistry
Panjab University
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