Manager Quality Assurance

GHANSHYAM PATEL

North Brunswick NJ ***** **********@*****.****302-***-****

SUMMARY : Over decade of proven track record of successfully managing small to medium size food processing/dairy plants, achieved desired goals on time by optimally utilizing material, manpower and machines. Down to earth person, who works effectively with coworkers, superior and customers and has excellent troubleshooting ability. SKILLS

● Microsoft Office, Outlook

● FSMA,ISO 9000, HACCP, SQF,GMP,CAPA, OSHA & Auditing, Sanitation & CIP

● FDA, USDA, IMS Compliance

● Dairy, Food Technology, Food Processing, Management, Continuous Improvement and R&D

● Leadership, Team Building, Problem Solving, Production Planning, Budgeting, Manufacturing, Quality System, Cross functional Team, Training, Process Improvement, Quality Management, Customer Service,

● Languages:English, Gujarati and Hindi

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Food Safety Consultant From: Aug 2015.

● Technical adviser for

● project planning & designing

● Equipment selection & procurement

● Implementation and monitoring

● Developing and implementation of food safety system. House of Spices NY

Manager Q A & HACCP Coordinator OCT 2012 to JULY 2015

● Developing and implementing food Safety plan HACCP

● Implementing FSMA

● Writing and implementing SOP and work instructions

● Monitoring and complying customer complaints

● Conducting Sanitation audit

● Complying USDA, FDA and third party inspections

● Allergen control program, Plant Sanitation, CIP

● Developing and enforcing specifications for raw material and finished product

● Vendor evaluation, approval and monitoring

● Monitoring PRP, CCP and record keeping

● Corrective and preventive action monitoring(CAPA)

● Supervising Lab and analysis of raw and Finished product DAIRY OPERATION MANAGER FEB 2006 to SEPT 2012

Krinos Foods NY

● Managing profit center in company committed to Natural food manufacturing, packaging, distribution, private label packaging and contract manufacturing in IMS, GMP & HACCP environment.

● Production Planning, scheduling, Plant maintenance, performance evaluation Timely implementation of new project and certification for IMS Dairy Plant by federal authority

● Research and development work for product with new processing plant.

● Lead in achieving two consecutive Superior rating in Federal audits with excellent score. (97%)

● Written and implemented SOP.

● Smooth transition from old project to new project.

● Developed and implemented HACCP, Quality Assurance Manual and allergen control procedure for Dairy, OSHA training to employee.

● Imparted Training to personnel for GMP, HACCP, Allergen Control

● Designed and Implemented computerized documentation, record keeping and Statutory reporting to State and Federal authority

● Documentation lead for State and federal audit and various other regulatory bodies

● Performed monthly and quarterly internal audit and report discrepancy to management and concern department for correction.

● Performed recall and tractability audit for dairy

● Manage the purchasing and inventory control of bulk raw ingredients (i.e. Milk, Heavy cream, Salt, Sugar, SMP, and MPC etc.), packaging material as well as production and sanitation related equipment and supplies. TECHNICAL CONSULTANCY OCT 1999 to AUG 2005

Worked as a self employed technical consultant to various small to medium family owned dairy plants and food processing units in following areas

● Plant management, maintenance, and improvement of product quality, quality assurance, and operational efficiencies ISO 9000 implementation

● Waste reduction and waste water management.

● Energy management and saving.

GENERAL MANAGER (Milk & Milk Product Division) JUL 1995 to OCT 1999 AMUL MILK, KAIRA CAN COMPANY LTD. India (ISO 9001 and HACCP)

● Lead implementation of ISO 9000 & HACCP

● Written Quality assurance & HACCP Manual

● Performed periodic internal audit and successfully passed external audit by foreign auditor.

● Procurement, processing packing and marketing of milk & milk products.

● Vendors and suppliers evaluation

● Managed eight technical, ten sales and thirty contract hourly employees.

● Implemented preventive maintenance of plant and machinery.

● Managed inventory, packing materials purchase and chemicals.

● Ensured safety of people and plant by maintaining FDA and industrial statutory requirements.

● Turned around unit and achieved 20 25% growth annually. QUALIFICATIONS:

1. B. Sc. (Dairy Technology) four and half year degree course, Gujarat Agricultural University Anand major subjects:

● Dairy Technology.

● Dairy Engineering.

● Dairy Microbiology

● Dairy Chemistry and

● Dairy Management.

2. PGDIM.(IGNOU Delhi) Postgraduate diploma in management with major subject

● Project Management.

● Communication.

● Human Resource Management and Problem solving.

3. L.L.B. Bachelor of Law Saurastra University, India 4. HACCP Manager SQF Practitioner

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