Licensed Chemist

Kamil Marie Estrada Santos

Address: Quezon City, Philippines

Contact No.: +63-917*******; +63-918*******

Email Address: ****************@*****.***/ *****.******@********.*** PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Experienced Licensed Chemist with a strong foundation in Manufacturing World. Inclined with two top discipline- Quality Assurance (Line and Laboratory) and Manufacturing Process (R2S Program, End to End). Expert in physico-chemical analyses, implementation of improvement in the line and effective communication and management skills both in Pharmaceutical and Food Manufacturing Industries.

Interested and eager in areas such as Research, Laboratory and Manufacturing. Highly qualified and well- established in a professional environment that are fast-paced and challenging.

SKILLS:

• Good knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.

• Experienced with a Laboratory Information Management Sytem (LIMS)

• Expert in run strategy align with my cells big rocks

• Focused and motivated to run into deadlines and targets as required

• Can uphold a professional attitude with peers, co-workers and clients at all times

• Aptitude to swiftly absorb and apply new software applications to the position

• Expert in achieving high ranks of multi-tasking by continuing to be concentrated and goal-oriented

• Supervise employees and lead in improvements in the line

• Governing and ensuring completion of regulatory requirements (FDA, PDEA, BAI)

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Cell Lead/ First Line Manager Nov. 2023- Present

Unilever RFM Ice Cream, Inc. – Manggahan, Pasig City, Philippines

• Delivering management and leadership support for performance monitoring, overtime allocation, working patterns and dispute resolution.

• Over-all responsible for the performance of the line across all shifts. The role leads the line team and owns CIL, EHS, Quality, OLE, CI, and all governance forums for the line.

• Leads deployment, execution and reporting the KPIs and continuous improvement process.

• Owns the alignment with Cost Deployment and the 90-day loss elimination plan for the line

• Together with Focused Improvement Engineer (FI Engr) and Focused Technician (FT), comprises the “Shopfloor Trinity” in the assigned lines or cells. The Cell Lead works closely with FI Engr and FT in driving autonomous operations of the lines

• Owns the loss elimination cycle for the line and executes distinct parts from loss elimination plans

• Makes governance decisions for the semi-autonomous team and adjudicates on unresolved team issues. Sets the strategy for Continuous Improvement and Preventative Maintenance in assigned area guided by loss trends and direction provided by the Production Manager and/or Manex Manager.

Shift Coordinator/ Production Supervisor Apr. 2023- Nov. 2023 Unilever RFM Ice Cream, Inc. – Manggahan, Pasig City, Philippines

• Monitors end to end process in the production from material up to finished goods.

• Ensures that all scheduled SKU, variants are run to meet the Output Reliability target in a weekly basis

• Collaborates with the different department in the Supply Chain for proper communication in operations.

• Ensures smooth operational transactions from start-up to close out activity

• Reports to Production Manager any issues encountered in the Shopfloor that may affect the operational task

Manufacturing Excellence Coordinator Mar. 2022- Mar. 2023 Unilever RFM Ice Cream, Inc. – Manggahan, Pasig City, Philippines

• Sourcing unit’s leading practitioner for Focused Improvement and Kaizen activities. This involves the teaching of problem-solving tools and their frameworks, as well as facilitating the application of best practice and sharing of lessons across the factory

• Has a vital task in the total waste process and any activity for monitoring, auditing, and executing the work for reduction of Factory waste Manufacturing Excellence Coordinator Mar. 2022- Mar. 2023 Unilever RFM Ice Cream, Inc. – Manggahan, Pasig City, Philippines

• Responsible for leading the monthly collation of all site production KPI’s, its analysis, and driving actions for further improvement and be presented to our Stakeholders

• Ensures that these initiatives are aligned with the site’s overall vision, masterplan and regional guidelines.

• Provides Teaching, Coaching and Mentoring on productivity issues for all leaders and operators within the factory

• Has key role in delivering the site’s cost target by owning the Cost Governance process- timely tracking and analyzing the actuals vs forecast and its latest view

Quality Assurance Analyst Dec. 2015- Feb. 2022

Unilever RFM Ice Cream, Inc. – Manggahan, Pasig City, Philippines

• Monitors environmental cleaning and pest control treatment of production area and recommends improvements in the cleaning program and its implementation.

• Conducts pre-operation checks before start of weekly production and post operation checks after production run.

• Conducts physico-chemical analysis of process water, semi-finished goods, raw materials and encodes result in the system for timely filling or packing of every batch tank preparation.

• Ensure that all ice cream or mixes produced comply with the standard quality parameters set by Research and Development through process monitoring, micro and cut-out sampling.

• Conducts sensory or cut-out and encodes in the system results of evaluation for timely finished goods release. One of the most priority work as Master Taster.

• Authorized representative for processing Company License, Submission of Chemical Reports, Enrolling New Source of Supplier and New Materials to Government Regulatory Bodies such as FDA (Food and Drug Administration), PDEA (Philippine Drug Employment and Administration) and BAI (Bureau of Animal Industry). Quality Control Laboratory Technician Jan. 2015- Nov. 2015 United Laboratories Inc. – Mandaluyong City, Philippines

• Performed physico-chemical analyses on raw materials using JP, USP Pharmacopeia etc.

• Generated laboratory reports, documents and controlled laboratory procedures or work instructions.

• Evaluated problems on analytical methods and provides input in the laboratory

• Ensured that procedures are carried out carefully to eliminate errors

• Handled the following laboratory instruments and apparatus like NIR

(Near Infrared Spectroscopy), UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, FTIR (Far- Infrared Spectroscopy), Bulk density tester, analytical sieve shaker, pH meter, refractometer, polarimeter, moisture analyzer and viscometer

• Worked on special projects assigned by Supervisor or Manager

• Report chemical results in LIMS

ON THE JOB TRAINING:

Ginebra San Miguel (Laguna Plant) April 2013- May 2013 Research and Development Section

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry June 2010- Mar. 2014 University of Santo Tomas- Espana, Manila, Philippines

• Academic (Thomasian) Scholar (June 2010- October 2011)

• Became the President of the UST Chemical Society (A.Y. 2013-2014)

• Became the External Vice President of the UST Chemical Society (A.Y. 2012-2013)

• License No. 0012848 (Licensed Chemist starting from October 2014)

I hereby certify that the information are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

KAMIL MARIE E. SANTOS

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