Priti Patel

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Over Seventeen years of experience in Food Manufacturing, Quality Assurance and Purchasing and created the continuous improvement & mind-set through implementation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) and 5S on daily basis.

• Regularly interacting with upper management in recommending the best practices for manufacturing procedures, operational feasibility, laboratory testing and product quality.

• Supervised and managed Quality Assurance, production, and purchase throughout all the positions.

• Developed and implemented SOPs for quality and production.

• Ensured safe working environment through proper housekeeping and safety practices - 5S implementation.

• Conducted ISO audits, and hands on experience with TQM, ISO 9000/ISO 22000, HACCP, SQF and kaizen.

• Focusing on chemical safety, laboratory standards and Good Laboratory practices.

• Fostering a cross functional quality and compliance mindset.

• Provide training and coaching to colleagues and downstream associates as required.

• Maintained inventory at all levels

• Have an excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, desire to excel, fast learner, hardworking and versatile team player.

• Enjoy working in a fast-paced environment as a team player or independently. Technical Skills:

Computer skills: Basics, Microsoft office, Adobe Photoshop, Acrobat Reader/Writer Software Skills: SAP: Quality Management (QM), Production Planning (PP) and Material Management (MM), Intelex, Kronos, NesTMS

Operations: Managing manufacturing division with production and packaging section, Handling Manpower, maintaining documentation and Inventory Audit: Internal and external audit of ISO 9000/ISO 22000 and SQF audit Quality: Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP), Safe Quality Food (SQF)Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP), Good Laboratory Practices (GLP), developing SOPs & SSOPs, Allergen Control

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT/7/10

Education:

Bachelor of Engineering in Food Processing Technology (Food Technologist) Graduation: July – 2006

• A D Patel Institute of Technology (S P University), Anand, Gujarat, India GPA: 3.40/4.00 Certification:

• PCQI, HACCP module A(Nestle), GMA HACCP, Laboratory safety Level A Professional Experience:

Nestle R &D center, Solon, OH

Quality Specialist Dec 2022- Present

• Responsible to review, maintain and update all risk assessment into HACCP program.

• Assist the facility as Food safety and HACCP team leader.

• Food safety team leader and hosting monthly food safety team meeting.

• Working in laboratory focusing on safety as Laboratory safety champion.

• Responsible to close the CAPA related to food safety.

• Coordinating Calibration for the plant and laboratory equipment.

• Hands on experience on daily Product release of any R&D product to ensure safe food and compliance to regulation.

• Continuous improvement of factory quality & food safety programs.

• Champion on Training compliance for the site on all quality related training program.

• Lead and Coach associates on best practices for foreign body prevention in different operations.

• Hands on experience on ISO 9000/ FSSC 22000, worked as an internal audit team member. Nestle Prepared Food, Solon, OH

Facility Quality Assurance Supervisor Dec 2019 –Dec 2022

• Work closely with the production team to identify and solve problems affecting the quality of food.

• Key position within the quality team, providing expertise and support to the operations department and factory management staff.

• Monitors processes and procedures to ensure effectiveness and continuous improvement.

• Use defect root cause analysis for the investigation of consumer and customer complaints and quality related losses.

• Develop corrective actions and monitor for effectiveness.

• Assist quality audit program in compliance with FSSC 22000 and the Nestle Quality Management System (NQMS).

• Ensure and update HACCP, NQMS and SOPs as needed and ensures training of associates at all levels on quality programs.

• Responsible for ensuring compliance for FSSC 22000 while driving continuous improvement for quality metrics and KPIs.

• Communicates food safety to the factory.

• Dealing with any defects on ingredients’ and interact with the supplier and issuing complaints

• Released all incoming goods in SAP after verification on COA and required attributes.

• Supervised and coached quality coordinators.

• Facilitate the factory relationship with the USDA.

• Investigation on Consumer Complaints and reporting.

• Coach GSTDs & facilitate investigations for non-conforming product.

• Released Incoming goods, follow up on holds and support with all kinds of QA activities during 2nd shift.

Pierre’s Ice Cream, Cleveland, Ohio.

Senior Quality Assurance Supervisor Mar 2017 – Dec 2019

• Daily Verification of sanitation with ATP and protein swab for production unit, Monitoring GMP for the facility.

• Analyzing chemical and microbiological tests on finished products and raw ingredients. Sampling, testing and Quality release for finished product and incoming ingredients.

• Supervising two quality technicians and sanitation crew.

• Lead in Daily sensory evaluation of the finished product.

• Supervised Production activities and employees in absence of Production Manager.

• Receive COA’s for the Ingredients, compare it with the specifications and approve the receipt.

• Perform Daily Verification of allergen and weekly environmental swabs for the facility.

• Handling complains and compliments from the customer.

• Interact with external laboratories for tests.

• Manage and Review documentation for the production, sanitation and GMPs.

• Trace the finished product for any quality deviation and accordingly HOLD and RELEASE the product after investigation.

• Performing calibration of the laboratory equipment.

• Train new employees for the SQF, HACCP and GMP.

• Involved in purchasing of laboratory supplies.

Yost Foods Inc., Brunswick Ohio.

Quality Assurance Technician Sep 2016 – Mar 2017

• Approve production unit for daily preoperational sanitation and Monitoring GMP points for the facility.

• Checking lot coeds and approving the recipe for the product.

• Analyzing chemical and microbiology tests.

• Sampling, testing and Quality release of finished product and incoming ingredient from the system on daily basis.

• Created COA’s for the finished blends, Perform Shelf-life testing on new product, verification of sanitation including allergens, environmental swabs etc.

• Interact with external laboratories for tests.

• Daily QA audit and audit related tasks.

• Responsible for calibration of the laboratory equipment.

• Responsible for any deviation in product quality and its resolution. U S Cotton LLC. Cleveland Ohio.

Quality Assurance Technician Aug 2015 – Sep 2016

• Daily product quality release of all products from packing lines.

• Sampling and checking the quality of swabs frequently.

• Daily audit the production line and audit related tasks.

• Responsible for any deviation in product quality and its repacking.

• Training new employees for the criteria of good quality product. AMUL Dairy, Anand, Gujarat India

Purchase Executive Apr 2012 – Jun 2014

• Purchasing of raw material, packaging material, Engineering Items, machine spares, AMC, different services from vendors.

• Generating/sending the Request for Quotation to vendors/authorized distributors.

• Expertise in all related routine activity of SAP in material management module.

• Collecting/analyzing the quotations based on the rate, the required specification, quality, experience with the vendor, etc.

• Involved in effective negotiation with the different vendors.

• Creating the Purchase Order for the required item and pre-auditing of the Purchase order.

• Effective follow up with the end user and the vendor to get the material on time.

• participated in negotiation committee for big projects

• If the material does not fulfill the required specification, then taken up the matter with particular vendor and the user to solve the issue.

• Involved in accounts department for getting updates related to the taxations and the payment issues of the vendors.

• Created interactive, tabular, and graphical reports.

• An effective negotiation skill helps in cost saving for the organization.

• Responsible for getting the qualitative material on time for the end user. AMUL Dairy, Anand, Gujarat India

Production Manager Aug 2006 – Mar 2012

Worked in PLC based semi-automated Milk spray drying plant, Butter plant, and milk & buttermilk processing unit as well as manually operated Clarified butter (Ghee) plant.

• Managing and supervising production, planning - arranging shifts and manpower, planning of packing and packaging material, maintenance, etc.

• Taking care for Production and packing of Export Products.

• Managing and supervising 50 hourly employees.

• Maintaining/updating all the operational, accounting and mass balance records related to Audits.

• Proactively managing quality of products at every step of the production.

• Maintaining all operational SOPs.

• Lead HACCP in the Unit to maintain the quality standards.

• Developed operational methodology to ensure Good Manufacturing & Hygiene Practices (GMP & GHP).

• Active participated in internal and external audits. Coordinated visits from Food and Drug Administration (FDA), weight and measurement department etc.

• Internal Audit team member for ISO 9001 and ISO 22000 audits.

• Involved in many appreciable Kaizen work in the section.

• Maintaining the Inventory level of office items, machine spares, packaging items etc. at the unit as well as indenting the same as per requirement.

• Managing the operation of the department within budget and ensuring Mass Balance of raw material, packaging material and finish goods.

• Presenting operational plan, and production execution to management team

• Responsible for executing safety and quality policies.

• Participated in an international conference related to fermented foods on behalf of AMUL. AMUL Dairy, Anand, Gujarat India

Intern Jan 2006 – May 2006

• Hands on learning of large-scale processing of Milk and Milk products as well as food products including chocolates, brown beverage, margarine, and extruded snacks.

• Linking theoretical learnings on the quality, food safety, HACCP, ISO, GMP to a real-world production facility

• Work on New Product Development – Prepared Indian sweet (GulabJamun) using dry potato flakes. Study on its formulation, shelf life, quality, and costing.

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