Manager Quality

Aman Das

*** ******* **** ******, **********, ca 95835

PHONE 530-***-**** EMAIL: ****@******.***

Career Statement

Seeking executive level Operations and/or Quality opportunity in food

manufacturing environment allowing for me to positively influence the

organization and provide dynamic leadership. The opportunity should also

allow for an expansion of my own knowledge and skill sets.

My skills sets include leading cultural change in areas of Safety and

Quality, developing highly effective cross functional teams, driving

operational performance, project management and improving a plant's

bottom-line.

Professional experience

PGP International - An ABF Ingredients Company, Woodland, CA.

2011-Current

Site Manager (Oversight of Flour Milling and Extrusion plant - largest site

and home office for PGPI)

Led the Site team through a cultural shift in Safety utilizing ownership

model and focusing on behavior based safety. Achieved 0 Lost Time Incidents,

0 Reportable and 5 First Aid incidents - down from 1 LTI, 4 Reportable and 21

First Aid incidents for the same period the previous year.

Reduced Total Operational cost by 10% ($1.4M), over a 2.5 year period driven

by cost savings initiatives and volumes. This included an overhead cost

reduction of $800K.

Led the Site team through its first successful ISO14001 accreditation.

Developed tangible and achievable KPI's for monitoring and measuring success

including management through visual tracking to drive operational efficiency.

Reduced non-conformance from 4.5% to 0.5% through root cause analysis,

driving customer specification changes and better collaboration during new

product development and launches.

Managed Food Safety Incident with FDA due with a supplier initiated recall.

Final result was 0 recalls for PGPI. Total exposure was estimated at $30M.

Developed a highly effective cross functional team through new hires,

empowering area ownership, coaching and through cross functional projects.

With leadership from the Engineering team, executed on circa $10M in the past

3 years of Capital Expenditure projects including Safety Projects, Essential

Replacements and Cost Saving projects - resulting in each project being

delivered on time and on budget.

Currently in the process of a complete overhaul of the Preventative

Maintenance Program.

PGP International - An ABF Ingredients Company, Woodland, CA.

2009-2011

Director of Quality (Oversight of 4 manufacturing sites and 3 contract

manufacturers) - Whey Processing, Nutritional Blending and Packaging, Rice

Milling, Flour Milling/ Blending and Extrusion plus contract manufactures for

agglomeration and spray drying)

Coordinated the decontamination of a Dairy operation and two Soy isolate

manufacturing plants for Salmonella.

Hired a direct report in China as a "boots on the ground" approach for

constant surveillance and support for high Food Safety risk operations.

Coordinated, developed and successfully executed the first "kill step"

validation study for extrusion.

Audited contract manufacture plants and provided plants with technical

support and direction in establishing food safety programs including

Environmental Monitoring Programs, Foreign Material Control programs and

overall support for HACCP programs.

Acted as a technical lead, met with critical customers to achieve customer

alignment for specifications.

PGP International - An ABF Ingredients Company, Woodland, CA.

2004-2009

Quality Assurance Manager / Quality Assurance Professional

Managing all daily operations of the Quality Assurance Department, including

preparing and maintaining and annualized department budget of over $1.5M,

coordinating customer and external audits, maintaining Quality Systems and

leading company wide Company Improvement Program (CIP) initiatives.

Successfully addressed an extensive food safety challenge at the facility

that saw the implementation of new program and overhaul of several program

including foot traffic control, environmental monitoring program. Took

charge of the sanitation department and drove several capital projects (over

$1.5M).

Updated all finished product labeling as part of requirements of the Food

Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004. Drove the assessment

of "gluten" in products through ingredient, line, processing testing,

validation and verifications, eventually leading to Gluten Free certification

through the Gluten Free Certification Organization.

Improved the companies AIB scores consecutively over the 3 years for

unannounced audits by a total of 40 points bringing the company well past

superior rating.

Facilitated Federal audits and customer audits from major cereal and snack

manufacturers. Travelled nationally to meet customers to present PGPI's QA

programs and capabilities and to finalize specifications. Initiated vendor

audits as part of the Vendor Approval Program of critical vendors.

As a member of the strategic planning team, contributed to the business

direction of the company during its evaluation and acquisition of a second

site. Currently responsible for the QA aspects of the site and in the process

of bringing the site up to current standards. Continuing in assessment for

the acquisition of a third site.

Communicated with all departments within the company to respond to customer

questions, requests and complaints. Implemented a record keeping and tracking

system to monitor trends. Have strongly sold the idea of preventative action

assessments/implementation to addressing an issue across departments.

Nor Cal Beverage, West Sacramento, CA

2002 - 2003

Lab Technician II

Developed standard operating procedure for processing and laboratory in

accordance with ISO2000.

Maintained correct and efficient operation of water treatment and wastewater

treatment plants.

Frespac Ginger (Fiji) Ltd, Fiji - a division of Buderim Ginger, Australia

1999 - 2001

Production Manager (Oversight of Crystallized and Syrup Ginger production).

Administered implementation of ISO9001 Quality Management System leading to

successful accreditation.

Managed 80 full time production and engineering employees.

Chaired ginger growers meetings including negotiating annual contracts and

pricing during harvest and planting to ensure consistent and quality supply

of ginger.

Established the first commercial organic ginger farm in Fiji as a dedicated

supplier for Frespac Ginger.

Instituted plant and equipment preventative maintenance program.

Institute of Applied Science - University of the South Pacific

1998-1999

Junior Fellow in Food Microbiology

Conducted Food Safety audits for hotels and food processors nationally.

Taught Good Manufacturing Practices and HACCP courses to industry

professionals.

Developed new preservation techniques of tropical fruits to increase

commercialization to overseas markets.

Promoted services of The Institute of the Applied Sciences to hotels and food

manufacturers.

Hosted agricultural workshops for visiting scientists and scholars for

collaborative effort to learn about prospective agriculture.

Provided investigative consultancy to insurance companies in determining the

cause of damage and/or microbial spoilage to food products.

Goodman Fielder International, New South Wales, Australia

1997 - 1998

Production Manager, Extruded Snack and Grocery Products Division, Fiji

Managed 50 full time production employees in snack manufacturing plant for

the largest food manufacturer in Australia and the South Pacific.

Scheduled production for snack line, as well as peanut butter, juice

concentrate, and powdered mixes.

Maintained ISO 9001 Quality Management System.

Ensured compliance to internal and external government environmental

regulations including air, wastewater and noise standards.

Quality Assurance Officer (Frozen Dessert and Powdered Mixes)

Managed QA laboratory for an ice cream plant responsible for microbiological

and chemical quality assurance.

Inspected incoming raw ingredients as well as packaging materials for

acceptance in production facilities.

Conducted internal quality system audits and followed up with corrective

actions.

Professional certifications

Business Education Program Module I, II ORM and Vulnerability Assessment

and II (Finance) - ABF Ingredients - 08- Training - AIB - 07

09 Lean Manufacturing - LTS Career

Building Better Work Relationships - 09 Development Course - Lexicon Training

Food Defense Coordinator Training and Services - 06

Certification - AIB - 08 Food Processing Sanitation Hygiene

Successfully Managing People - AMA - 08 Correspondence Course - AIB - 2005

Principles of Inspecting and Auditing Kaizen - Lexicon - 2005

Food Plants - AIB - 08 HACCP Coordinator Training - AIB- 05

Lab Methods using Petrifilm - Silliker - Good Manufacturing Practices Course -

08 UC Davis - 04

Cal-OSHA training - Rockhurst University American Society for Quality - Member

of Continuing Education Center, Inc - 08 (2005-2007)

Cal-OSHA General Industry - ezosha.com -

08

EDUCATION

Heald College, Sacramento, CA (2000-2002)

Associated Degree, Computer Technology, Sacramento, CA

University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji (1995-1997)

Bachelor of Science, Biology/Physics

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