BAMIDELE FOLORUNSO LAITAN

PROFILE

A well-bred quality and technical professional with over two decades experience in the Nigerian Food Industry, and with strong professional experience in Production, Quality Assurance& Control, Research and Development alongside other numerous workplace skills.

A Food Scientist whose areas of specialization include Recipe Formulation, Product Stability Determination, Quality and Safety of Food products. Folorunso is an outstanding Manager / Team Leader and an excellent Team Player, who places high premium on thorough investigation, resourcefulness, dedication and commitment.

EMAIL:

adwtyw@r.postjobfree.com

CONTACT

PHONE:

+44-776*******

ADDRESS:

17 Laura Street,

Treforest, Mid Glamorgan

Pontypridd.

CF37 1NW

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

Leadership

Innovation

Technical Specification, Development & Deployment

Product Development

Quality Management

Food Safety

SAP

BOM

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Nigerian Institute of Food and Science Technology

ACHIEVEMENT

-Developed new noodles variant (Crayfish Flavor)

-Product stability establishment via

market audit and competitive

benchmarking.

-Pilot plant simulation for product

trial.

REFEREES

Available on Request

EDUCATION

Cardiff Metropolitan University

(September 2022 -ongoing)

MSc. In review(Food Science Technology)

University of Ibadan

1989 - 1994

BSc.(Hons.) In Biochemistry

Jericho High School, Jericho, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

1982-1987

West African School Certificate.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Dangote Pasta Limited; Quality Assurance Manager

2016 to 2022

Implement new quality assurance and customer service standards.

Recording, analyzing and distributing statistical information.

Monitoring staff organization and suggesting improvements to daily functionality.

Reporting all malfunctions to production executives to ensure immediate action.

Specify quality requirements for raw materials to suppliers.

Inspecting products and workers progress throughout production.

Ensuring all legal and regulatory standards are met.

Analyzing raw, intermediate and finished products for functionality and quality compliance

Enforcement of current Good Manufacturing Practice in the plant and ensuring corrective and preventive actions are taken.

Dangote Pasta & Noodles Limited, Technical Manager(NPD Team)2012 –2016

Implemented all continuous product quality improvement including ingredient alternative sourcing and reengineering of product lines such as taste, flavor, color, texture, nutritional value, convenience, physical, chemical and microbiological composition of finished products.

Implemented ‘hands-on’ process and technical support to continuous improvement initiatives at the site; both day to day issues and longer term initiatives, ensuring the root causes are made visible and appropriate interventions to prevent recurrence are captured in standard operating procedures

Executed effective and efficient planning, management and reporting of all factory trials relating to NPD, Procurement, and Continuous Improvement initiatives for process led work.

Developed process and product specifications for the site’s product range in tandem with the plant’s actual capability and ensuring itwas available and completed for all product changes and launches.

Spearheaded new product introduction/commercialisation while maintaining compliance with quality and food safety mandates with the NPD team.

Developed finished product formulas and improved cost formulas while expanding the current finished product portfolio.

Implemented process innovations to manufacturing technology developed in partnership with the operations teams, to keep the site at the leading edge of industry developments.

Dangote Noodles Limited; Quality Assurance Manager

2008– 2012

Ensured products were produced on time and conform to in-house, regulatory and customer’s quality standard.

Estimated costs and set quality standards.

Set and monitored product standards,

Examined sample of raw products and processing tests, to ensure quality of

all finished products.

Monitored product standards and quality control programs.

De-United Foods Industries Limited, Sango –Ota; Assistant Quality Control Manager

2002– 2008

Responsible for planning, directing, and organizing all technical activities of Quality Control Department.

Monitored the effectiveness and efficiency of the Quality Systems and Programs of the Quality Control Department.

Ensured conformance of products to standards through the use of

appropriate ingredients/materials and making sure that necessary quality standards are followed.

Liaised with Regulatory Bodies like NAFDAC, SON, Federal/State Ministry of Environment, and Weight and Measures

Planning, Implementing and Co-coordinating all activities of ISO 9001

De-United Foods Industries Limited, Sango –Ota; Quality Control Supervisor

2000 – 2002

Supervised process / raw- materials audits.

Responsible for Test method reliability.

Line clearance

Organized GLP (Good Laboratory Practices) Audit.

Responsible for Laboratory Inventory Management

TRAININGS

●Pasta Production from Multiple US Wheat Classes

July 2019, Northern Crops Institutes, North Dakota University,

Fargo, USA

●Level 3: Advanced Health and Safety in the Workplace Course.

FEB. 2019, HYBRID TALENT GROUP

●Nigerian End Products Seminar.

MARCH 2018,CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL GRAINS INSTITUTE (CIGI).

●Flour Milling, Treatment and Rheological Analysis

JUNE & OCT. 2017, MÜHLENCHEMIE IN-HOUSE TRAINING.

●7 Habits of Highly Effective People.

JUNE 2017, NLP Nigeria in conjunction with Dangote Academy

●Flour Characteristics& Analysis for Bread& Pasta Application

MAY 2016, FIRST BLEND LIMITED, NIGERIA.

●ADVANCE ASIAN NOODLES TECHNOLOGY

OCT 2011,Wheat Marketing Center, Portland USA.

●Asian Noodles (Fried, wet and air dried) Technology

SEPT. 2010,Wheat Marketing Center, Portland USA .

Food safety and Hygiene certificate Level 2

Virtual College February,2023.

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