Entry Specialist Order

Janki Thakkar

Elgin, IL ***** *****.**********@*****.*** 443-***-****

Work Experience

Encore

Jan 2025- July 2025

Assembled adapters and prepared kits as per client requirements.

Walmart – Cashier

Jan 2023- Dec 2023

Handling cash register

R & D Bev Tech - Micro

PepsiCo-Barrington, IL

April 2018 to June 2023

•Prepared media based on the recipes such as Lactose Broth, concentrate, PDA agar, MRS Agar etc. adjusted pH of media

•Tested food products of Quaker finished product; ingredients based on the requirements

•Tested Beverages Gatorade, Tropicana, Probiotics on OSA and PD agar

•Calibrated Ph meter, scale on daily basis

•Did Dilutions for the samples

•Adjusted pH based on the product requirements.

•Did Air sampling of the various pilot plant sites

•Did water testing from various sites

•Autoclaved fermenters and biohazard waste.

•Reported Turnaround time for the tested products

•Tested Salmonella on finished products and Ingredients.

•Reported the SIP results

Order Entry Specialist

ALO Inc-Elgin, IL

August 2018 to October 2020

•Check inventory in the system and made orders according to the availability in the warehouse.

•Entering order for the parts into the system as per their requirement

•Used Movex for entering the order.

•Corresponded with email, phone to resolve the discrepancies

•Maintained accuracy and confidentiality

Associate Engineer - Manufacturing Industry

Becton Dickinson (BD)-Cockeysville, MD

April 2017 to October 2017

•Done training on ISO, GMP, pictograms, OSHA, HAZWOOPER, Laboratory safety, Lab-biosafety training.

•Done the projects – Cost saving project- weight checks of the low filled media, pre-incubation and post incubations results on media such as MacConkey and Blood agar

•Performed Inspections for the plate print, agar-bed variations, sleeve prints and noted the defects on the test sheet.

•Performed Attribute testing for the checking the major attribute, minor attributes testing as per there-established guidelines.

•Done the Listeria testing by transferring the swabs samples from various sites pre-inoculated media to the listeria enrichment broth and then isolated the organisms on palcam agar plates. • Done the TSA media testing at various time points,, ex, post exp +2, post +4 weeks.

•Done the CDSA (clostridium difficile selective agar) at various time points

•Made the Listeria enrichment broth using the test methods

•Performed Taxo A test with the ampicillin and measured the zone size, Camp Test to check Antimicrobial Susceptibility or Zone inhibition

•Done serial dilution so as to prepare the required dilution of the culture from the ATCC culture vial

•Used Minitab software for the interpretation of the results and prepared reports/graphs.

•Used various instruments such as Autoclave, spectrometer, Ph meter, digital balance, scale, UV lightbulb for the fluorescence, Micrometer, Calipers.

DEA Coordinator

WES PHARMA-Westminster, MD May 2016 to February 2017

•Measured Relative temperature for the refrigerator and recorded the results on daily basis

•Read the desiccator and recorded the results on daily basis

•Recorded the data of the DEA sheet into the excel sheet.

•Made the labels/tags for the controlled substances used in the analytical laboratory.

•Calibrated top loading, analytical balances on daily and monthly basis as per the requirement

•Calibrated pH-meter Mettler Toledo and thermo-scientific and read and recorded the results on daily basis

•Assisted in ordering supplies for the lab as and when necessary

•Followed CAPA measures

•Receiving, Tracking, of the controlled substances used in the lab

•Assigning the Sample no’s, Reject no’s, to the controlled substances in the lab.

•Done tracking for the controlled substances [finished product (release)

Quality Control Technician - Microbiologist

Nice-Pak Products-Orangeburg, NY

November 2009 to September 2011

•Tested samples of raw materials, bulk solution, work in process and finished products.

•Water sampling and testing for the purified, pretreated and Atlantium water ports by the filtration method using the Phosphate buffer.

•Microbial limits Testing (MLT) for the finished products and bulk liquids, stability products used for the manufacturing of the wipes

•CHG (Chlorascrub products) – to test like the filtration method of water and MLT using the SSF neutralizer

•Celsius i.e., Iodine samples testing using Celsius instrument

•Bio burdens- to test applicators (raw materials) used in the wipes production and to check the counts for the bacteria and mold whether, they are within the specifications.

•Templates data loggers to measure temperature in all incubators and refrigerators.

•Growth promotion test to determine whether the new media is suitable for the test.

•Daily Cultures- Inoculum preparation for no more than 100 cfu/ml organisms using the ATCC cultures.

•Identification of the organisms using the Biolog (GN/GP/YEAST plates) and API (Enteric and Non-Enteric) kit identification.

•OOS (Out of specification) investigation as in of various possibilities for the bacterial count to exceed its specifications.

•Done the Moist heat sterilization and recorded the sterilization cycles on the logbook.

•Environmental monitoring of the various sites.

•Preparing reports for the Bio burden, Personnel monitoring, Investigation reports.

•Knowledge of various computer software used for storing micro data: Star LIMS (Laboratory Information

Management System), BRUTUS (BPC’s), SmartDOC

Education

Master of Science in Life Science

Gujarat University

May 2008 to January 2009

Bachelor of Science in Microbiology

Gujarat University

April 2004 to April 2007

Skills

•HACCP

•Time management

•Spectroscopy

•Teaching

•Quality systems

•Microsoft Access

•Microsoft Excel

•Microsoft Office

•Organizational skills

•Customer service

•Microsoft Word

•Management

•Research & Development

•CGMP

•Calibration

•Microbiology

•Laboratory Experience

•Quality Assurance

•Manufacturing

•Calipers

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