Production/Quality Lead,Supervisor
Resume:
Sumith NH Senatilleke
Aurora, IL - 60504
e-mail: ******.***********@*****.***
Qualifications
BSc- Food Processing & Technology,Experience in Production & Manufacturing, Quality Control, Hygiene, Fast food outlet supply & operations, HR management, Staff training & Quality Audits Professional having more than 25 years of hands on experience in setting up of Quality Teams for GMP,HACCP,ISO 9002 and setting up of product recipes for further processed meat products and managing the entire processed chicken products supply to McDonald’s, KFC & Dominos pizza in Sri Lanka for five years.
Summary of Professional Experience
15 Months in USA – with PARKER HANNIFAN – Warehouse,Production/Final Inspection of Rubber Seals prior to packing using calipers and other measuring tools,
Total work experience of 25+ years including 5 years in consulting for quality control, HACCP,GMP,SOP,SSOP,ISO9002,Quality certification, Staff training,12 years in Manufacturing further processing of meats, and 10 years in stores management, warehousing,cold storage, shipping & Exports.
Setup entire machine layout for 5000birds per hour slaughtering plant for PAK POULTRY PROCESSING PLANT in LAHORE,PAKISTAN in 2015.
Setup all products for BAIRAHA FOODS for their further processed range in Sri Lanka,& got HACCP, GMP, for Sausages, Meat Balls,Sandwich slices, and Marinated chicken and a main supplier to supply to McDonald’s for a period of 4 years.
Setup the preparations and trained staff to develop and to supply 8cut chicken to KFC at MAXIES CHICKEN HOUSE in Sri Lanka.
Developed 17 pizza toppings for Dominos in Sri Lanka to start their operations. Manufactured ready to fry chicken products for McDonalds through BAIRAHA FOODS.
Global experience in handling frozen cargo shipments, Sample testing, Rework in Singapore, China, Vietnam and Thailand.
Handled bonded warehouse operations for frozen cargo needed to rework or value addition as per customer requirement and released within stipulated time period.
PAYROLL – Managed HR department - New Asia Lines Trading for which we hired large workforce for daily shipment unloading, stacking, rework, handling packing & export.
- 3 months In house hands on training in Sri Lanka by German meat specialist in raw meat handling, spice, Chemicals and other ingredients usage in Food & meat processing.one week in Germany & one week in UK by Hagasud Bosse & Co-meat and meat ingredients Manufacture processor.
One year Diploma in Quality Management conducted by SLSI, covered all aspects of quality management in food processing,including HACCP,GMP,SOP,ISO 9002.
USA – PARKER HANNIFAN – Woodridge, March 2018 to date,
Working with Parker Hannifan for the last 16 months, presently as an adjuster setting up the machines for operators and attending break downs and new setups. Worked in the inspection and Final packing department prior to this. Joined as a Machine operator in the engineering seals division, within 2 months got transferred to do inspection of cut seals, Final inspection of Ovens after curing process of cut seals, Lube entire production of seals and final packing of seals, using calipers and other measuring tools for overall quality before ship to customer.
Consultant – Maxie’s Chicken House- Wennappuwa-Sri Lanka
December 2016 to January 2018.
Streamlined the production of Sausages, meatballs, chicken ham, meat loaf, marinated chicken products, done changes additions where necessary to existing product range and developed new products ready to cook range and heat & eat range.
Started to supply 8cut chicken to KFC,in Colombo Sri Lanka for all their outlets. Preparation tasting, costing, quality audits at KFC, product complaints inquires, product handling batch wise in outlet kitchens, thawing, meat storage marinated and seafood separately in common cold stores were trained and SOP’s documented and trained.
Manager – Operations and Logistics, New Asia Lines Trading (Pvt.)Ltd, - Sri Lanka
August 2008 to December 2016
Trading Facility setup for Logistical support,Shipment handling, forwarding, clearing (Sea & Air) & import shipments needed rework,product handling for re export by taking goods to bonded warehouses, find suitable staff mostly from registered agents for hire,rework,reprocess, maintain all their personnel information, training provided, medical and hygiene checkups,maintain leave records and all information that are needed to prepare monthly salaries, arrange EPF and ETF,tax records for government departments for their monthly updates and payments, final interviews for new staff,
Products handle were mainly frozen fish, re packing of butter, dried fish from Thailand and Dubai and tea from Sri Lanka to mainly Chinese, Vietnamese and Dubai based companies. 8+ years of experience in handling warehouse operations, transportation, purchasing, loading, unloading supervising of production and quality control, HR department, Payroll,staff hiring, training, and organizing custom inspection.
Production Manager/General Manager
Amanda Foods Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd,(Sri Lanka) - Sri Lanka
August 2002 to December 2007
Processing of Seafood for exports from Sri Lanka to EU, USA and many other countries, mainly shrimp & cuttlefish. Setting up of quality assurance teams for GMP,HACCP and ISO9002 quality certifications. Writing of quality manuals, staff training programs, staff personnel hygiene programs and arranging of medical checkups periodically.
Managing production from Harvesting to day to day production planning, staff allocations, rotations setting up daily targets, monitoring finished goods stock for export, meetings with other departmental heads of maintenance, shipping, purchasing for smooth operation as scheduled. Work with SLSI(Sri Lanka Standards Institution)for exports to US that are needed to meet FDA standards, for their independent inspections and quality audits.
Production Manager/Further processing,
Bairaha Foods (Pvt.)Ltd, Sri Lanka, March 1996 to July 2002.
Sausages, meatballs, chicken ham, meat loaf, marinated chicken fresh and frozen halal market and also ready to cook range and heat & eat range to Introduce to the market as a pioneer chicken slaughter plant to come up with further processed range of meats and to get GMP,HACCP,ISO9002 as a youngest player within target period of five years. However we managed to win HACCP certification for all products within four year period.
Draw up production plans, developing of recipes and its sample batches, testing of samples developed with different staff & customer levels for their feedback. When good products/recipes are identified they are pass on to directors for final approval. Experience in closely monitoring companies product movement, packing material movement, purchasing of raw materials, quality testing of ingredients against supplier product specifications and lab reports. Worked closely with R& D departments for improvements and new products.
McDonalds and Dominos Pizza supplies were closely monitored, product storage at McDonald’s, cold room, handling in the kitchen,kitchen staff SOP’s were checked personally very frequently and taken part in uninformed quality audits to maintain high standards.
Continuous Staff training and supporting to HR department for annual salary increments to all staff, find & Train replacements, arranging periodical health checkups of staff, Training of staff for quality audits by approved government bodies, maintain a point system for increments and promotions.
Personnel Information
Date of Birth : May 13,1966
: Male
: Married
Children : 2
Educational : BSc –Food Science
Hobbies : Reading, Cooking (Chinese food preparations)
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