Food Safety Quality Manager
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Languages:
English and Spanish
Certificates and Trainings
HACCP
PCQI
CIP
GMP
SQF
Reverse Osmosis
Food Safety
First Aid-CPR
Skills:
Administration
Leadership
Excellent Communication
Computers:
Excel
Word
Power Point
Internet
FRANCISCO J. AYALA
QUALITY MANAGER
QUALITY CONTROL
About Me
Successful and self-starting background as a EHS Manager, Quality Manager and Microbiologist in production operations, quality compliance, manufacturing processes and program implementation with 30 years of experience in the industry. High-capacity leadership experience in multi-project management.
Education
(1985 - 1990)
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO
BACHELOR IN SCIENCE, MINOR BIOLOGY
HONORS: CUM LAUDE
Employment
(1991-present)
Quality Manager (Oct 2021-Present)
ATLANTIC FROZEN FOODS
Port Canaveral, Fl
Manage all aspects of product quality and food safety throughout company to meet FSMA and GFSI requirements such as HACCP, SQF, FSVP certifications.
Responsible for all regulatory inspections, internal, and external Quality audits.
Responsible for developing all policies and procedures including GMP, HACCP, SOP, food safety program, production quality control measures, regulatory requirements, product specifications.
Ensure QA/QC policy, procedures, and records in place and updated.
Manage effectively and timely the QA/QC and food safety issues including customer complaints, root cause analysis and corrective actions.
Responsible for all necessary testing, audits, and validate sound record keeping of production and QC data including daily production logs, batch log, raw material and finished product QC testing, and necessary external lab testing.
Manage QC lab operation.
Manage the sanitation team, take samples (ATP, micro swabs) and validate the sanitation process.
Maintain and update the HACCP plan.
Manage HACCP, SQF and Organics audits.
Review the calibrations of critical equipment (thermometers, scales, metal detectors)
Prepare the COA’s of the company products.
Review the raw material that is received in the facilities that meet the parameters required by the Company, analyze COA's and coordinate the shipment of samples to reference laboratories.
Contact between corporate offices and domestic or foreign suppliers on Quality and Food Safety issues.
CHIEF OF EHS (Jan 2020-Oct 2021)
(Environmental, Health and Safety Manager)
PEPSI COLA PUERTO RICO DISTRIBUTING, LLC
Toa Baja, PR
Prepare the exposure control plan for COVID-19 for the plant and the 3 distributions centers.
Inspect all the production lines, warehouse, offices to check the personal protective equipment, proper use of face mask and check the hand sanitizers stations and alcohol stations at the plant.
Maintained Environmental Program Compliance Systems to meet Tier 2, SWPP, Puerto Rico Water and Sewage Authority and Emergency Response Plans
Monitor and report the water consumption of the water well, to the Puerto Rico Natural Resources Department.
Monitor the water consumption indicator in order to avoid misuse or water loss.
Monitor the recycle program of the plant and inform results or opportunity areas to the sub-products committee.
Lead the development an EHS strategy to improve safety performance, reduce accident/injury/illness incident rates and control workers’ compensation costs.
Identified and anticipated safety and health concerns and hazards by surveying environmental, operational, and occupational conditions and rendered opinions on new procedures and recommend preventative programs/actions.
Coordinate weekly EHS training to all employees (plant and distributions centers)
Review the LOTO procedures with the maintenance staff.
Monitor the hazardous work permits (heat, heights, confined spaces, etc.)
Monitor the occupational risk assessment of the employees and contractors.
Give EHS inductions to new employees, visits and contractors. Safety and Environmental policy, basic GMP’s
Organizing the safety committee with the participation of the management and union workers in order to identify safety issues and avoid accident.
Acquire and distribute and monitor the use of the safety equipment to the employees.
Organize and train the safety brigade
Coordinate the safety weekly self-audit of all the production areas, laboratory, raw material areas, stock room, maintenance, distribution centers and agencies.
Make safety audit monthly of all the areas of the plant, distribution center and agencies.
Develop strong working relationships with Facilities Managers, Quality Manager and other key Managers to ensure cooperation & support with EHS matters
Assist supervisors with performing root cause analysis of all EHS incidents and assist in case management of reported injuries
CHIEF 0F QUALITY (Aug. 2018-Jan 2020)
(QUALITY MANAGER)
PEPSI COLA PUERTO RICO DISTRIBUTING, LLC
Toa Baja, PR
Manage a staff of 10 team member (7 Quality Tech union), 2 temporary worker and 1 supervisor.
Direct all the quality and food safety activities at the plant
Manage the third-party audits (AIBI, PepsiCo, Dr. Pepper 7 up, US ARMY, Puerto Rico Health Department, etc.)
Manage the KPI quality program (Physicochemical and microbiological test, pre-requisite program (PPR), PepsiCo 3D Quality, HOLD, and Customer Complaint program)
Manage the food safety meetings (weekly) with production, maintenance and quality manager, supervisor or staff, in order to review any food safety issue at the plant and create actions plans.
Manage the PepsiCo 3D Quality program, prepare actions plans if there any deviation of PepsiCo quality standard (Plant Quality, Trade Quality, Food Safety)
Manage the Supply Excellence Program (Corporate Audit)
Maintain the Food Safety Plan, GMP program, Food Defense program, Preventive Control Program, Pre-Requisite programs, Pest Control Program, HARPC program, and others.
Investigate and prepare actions plans of quality or food safety complaints (Customers, Key Accounts or Sales Department)
Coordinate spot audits at the market and outside warehouse in order to detect trade quality defect (overage products, handling defect, storage conditions and other problems) that affect the quality or food safety of our products.
Train all the associates In GMP’s, Food Safety, Food Defense
Manage the pre-requisite internal audit. Coordinate the monthly audit with the auditors, check the final results with the proper score, release the results with the area owners (managers or supervisors) and review the actions plans developed by the area owners in order to comply with the Food Safety Program.
MICROBIOLOGIST (Oct-1991-Sep2018)
PEPSI COLA PUERTO RICO DISTRIBUTING, LLC
Toa Baja, PR
Collect aseptic samples for micro testing.
Prepare and review SOP’s.
Release the microbiological sensitive products of the plant.
Assist in the development of new products and sanitation procedures.
Give support in every inspection of the plant and facilities.
Support (training, auditing, trouble shoot) the startup process of the new Pepsi Cola Blue Waters Plant at Trinidad-Tobago.
Give support in every staff training. GMP, GLP, HACCP, CIP.
Participate in the PepsiCo Proficiency Micro Program.
Present clear, organize data in graphs, charts, tables and written reports.
Identify and help resolve non-conforming product issues.
Maintain a high standard of workmanship.
Monitor of production operations for compliance with specifications and promptly report out of specs samples.
Support the cleaning, sanitation and troubleshooting process.
Perform bacteriological test to raw material (water, sugar, syrup) and final product (carbonated and noncarbonated soft drinks, bottled water and tea).
Plate rinse water samples in order to validate the sanitation process (aciduric and total bacteria, coliforms, yeast and mold) and tracking the possible cause of contamination in order to make recommendations or modification of the CIP process.
Maintain close communications with the managers, consultants and corporate staff for the development of new products, production lines, sanitation SOP’s in order to make recommendations and assist for the troubleshooting of the process
Support the cleaning, sanitation and troubleshooting process of the water treatment.
Search and Rescue Coordinator
April 1991 – May 2001
Emergency Management Agency- Carolina PR
Keep all the emergency units (ambulance and rescue units) with all the night shift staff ready to response to any emergency call in order to save lives
Make coordination and activate the municipal or central government resources during out of control situations (mayor emergencies or disaster)
Part of the instructor team of the agency (first aid, rescue training, confined space rescue, water rescue and CPR)
Give training to schools, private companies and other agencies of the Municipality or Central Government
CERTIFICATIONS
International HACCP Alliance
Accredited HACCP Course
CIQA Regulatory Compliance &Validation Engineering
Train The Trainer GMP’S –Food Plant
Pepsi Cola Quality University
Aquafina Certification Training
PepsiCo Supplier Quality Assurance
PepsiCo Good Manufacturing Practice
PepsiCo Food Safety Policy (Advanced)
PepsiCo Integrated Pest Management
AIB International
Food Plant inspection Techniques
Food Safety Preventive Controls Alliance
FSPCA Preventive Controls for Human Foods
SQF Institute
Implementing SQF Systems-Manufacturing
University of Puerto Rico / Medical Sciences Campus
Emergency Medical Technician
Puerto Rico Search And Rescue School-
Basic, Light and Duty, Advanced and Professional Rescue.
Confined Space Rescue
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