Food Safety Auditor/Quality Manager/Hygiene Manager

AJAY.G

No **/* Swami Vivekananda Street Extension, Date of birth: 16 th August,1981

G.K Moopanar Salai Phone: 098********, 044-********

Srinivasa Nagar

New Perungalathur

Chennai 600 063

Email:*********@*****.***

Seeking assignments to head the Quality Assurance /Quality control/R& D Department with a frontline organization in Food Division/Hospitality sector/Dairy/Pharmaceutical Industry

Auditor/Lead auditor with certification companies or food industries/Training Manager for HACCP/ISO 22000/ISO 9001 certification

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

M,Sc. Microbiology with more than 7.0 years of rich experience in Quality Assurance Department, in food industries like Fresh & Honest Cafe Ltd (A Lavazza Company-Italy), Taj Madras Flight Kitchen (The Flight Catering Division of the Taj group of Hotels) and Lanson Ventures (BRC Certified), Chennai.

Expertise in independent handling of the departmental microbiological activities.

HACCP Team coordinator for Fresh & Honest Cafe Ltd to achieve its HACCP certification & ISO 9001:2008.

HACCP Team coordinator for TMFK to achieve its ISO 22000: 2005, ISO 9001:2000 certificate from SGS India Pvt. Ltd.

Team Coordinator for the Halal Compliance Audit & got the TMFK unit certified by the Islamic Authority of Malaysian Airlines.

Effective communicator with excellent management skills, strong analytical problem solving & leadership abilities. Possesses a flexible & detail oriented attitude.

Auditor/Lead Auditor for ISO 22000:2005 certified by TUV-SUD South Asia, India - June 2008

ORGANISATIONAL EXPERIENCE

From Jan 2011, I am with Fresh & Honest Cafe Ltd (A Lavazza Company), joined as Sr. Executive - QC and rose to the position of Assistant Manager - QC in July 2011. The position reports to Deputy General Manager (QC).

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

Microbiologist - From Feb 2008 to Jan 2011 with TMFK - Taj Madras Flight Kitchen, Chennai (The Flight Catering Division of the Taj Group of Hotels & Joint Venture company of SATS & MAS). Position reports to Manager - QA.

Microbiologist - From Jul 2006 to Jan 2008 with Lanson Ventures (BRC Certified Organisation – A Lanson Group of Company). Position Reports to Deputy General Manager - QA & QC.

Microbiologist - From Nov2004 to Jul 2006 with Sundar Chemicals Pvt Ltd (A GSK Associated Company – Agrivet Farm Care Division). Position reports to Factory Manager.

KEY RESULT AREAS

Coordinator HACCP Team & ISO 9001:2008 for the CERTIFICATION process. Obtained the certificate for the company in June 2011.Was the driving force for this achievement with the multidisciplinary team support in Fresh & Honest Cafe Ltd.

Coordinator HACCP Team for the ISO 22000: 2005 CERTIFICATION process. Obtained the certificate for the company in March 2010.Was the driving force for this achievement with the multidisciplinary team support in Taj Madras Flight Kitchen.

Coordinate the team to achieve the Halal certificate in April 2008, 2009 & 2010 from the Islamic council authority of Malaysian Airlines & Halal Compliance Certification Board. TMFK certified as the “Total Halal Unit” – the First in India.

Team Coordinator for the company’s Certification process from 2008.

CERTIFICATION PROCESSES INVOLVES

Documentation / Planning & Execution of the Food safety management system in the company. Controls in document & record.

Conducting quarterly Internal Audits for the company to ensure no non compliances occur during the audits.

Effectively guiding the microbiology & hygiene department to ensure food safety standard are met with at all times.

Tracking the company’s Food safety objectives periodically with continuous improvement programmes.

Technical microbial resource to the Management, Production, Operations & Customer relations team.

Training planner & material prepared & training imparted to all Food handlers with regard to HACCP, ISO 9001:2001.

Update industry with the recent trends & technology.

Heading the Microbiology Team & delivering microbiological services & reports to the International & Domestic Airlines as per ICQA requirements.

DEPARTMENTAL PROCESS INVOLVES

Microbiological services include isolation, enumeration & identification of microbes.

Broad spectrum of Microbiological tests for quality assurance & safety programmes.

Attended Jr. Management Skill Development Programme in the year July 2009.

Preparation of Training planner & training material with regard to HACCP, ISO, Art of Hospitality ,GMP and GHP.

Process Enhancements & initiatives.

Monitoring adherence to quality standards & specifications.

Standalone certification process from the Ministry of Tourism.

Up-gradation in technology.

Adulteration tests for products.

Photographic representation of the raw material specification.

Attended Food Safety Training conducted by Johnson Diversely, July 2010.

Hygiene drive every 3 hours.

First Aid Training conducted by St. Johns Ambulance Service.

SIGNIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Resourcefully conducted the Halal certification, Standalone certification process for TMFK.

Responsible for the ISO 22000:2005 & HACCP certifications

Achieved cost reduction measures

Recognized & awarded the Best Attendance of the year award in July 2008.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES IN CURRENT & PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES

Hands on experience in Microbiological testing for all indicator organisms.

Product safety, preservation systems, stability & shelf life studies.

Shelf life testing & prediction of the product through a combination of analytical, microbiological & stimulation techniques

Technical microbiological resource & technical writing

Conducting nutritional label analysis ,label formats & claims through conventional methods/instruments

Analyzing vitamins by Microbiological Assay method.

Moisture protein fat by physical & chemical assays method.

Design & execution of sensory studies which include sensory testing, questionnaire, data collection, statistical data analysis, documentation & development of sensory panels.

Seminars & management training programmes to update industry on developing technology.

Fungal related storage studies in intermediate moisture products for development & supervision of quality control programmes.

Monitoring adherence to quality standards & specifications.

Pest control management process monitoring & statistical trend analysis programme.

Calibration of temperature probes on periodic basis.

The gluten content and moisture content of flour.

TRAINING:

Completed Auditor/Lead Auditor in ISO 22000:2005 (FSMS) Certification – TUV SUD, June 2008

Basics of Food Safety Certification – Diversey, July 2010

Halal Total Compliance Training – MAS, June 2010 and April 2008

Internal Auditor Training Programme ISO 22000:2005 – 3C Consultants

Junior Management Development Programme – Taj Group, July 2009

First Aid Training Programme – St. John's Ambulance Association, March 2009

ISO 22000:2005 (FSMS) Implementation Training Programme – DNV, Dec 2006

AUDIT EXPOSURE:

Internal Audits & Training:

HACCP - 18 Man days

ISO 9001:2000 - 16 Man days

ISO 22000:2005 - 6 Man days

ISO 9001:2008 - 3 Man days

HALAL Audit - 6 Man days

Training Conducted : 80 Man hours in FSMS, HACCP, QMS & HALAL

Daily Hygiene Audit

Conducted vendor/ supplier audits regarding food safety standards.

ACADEMICS

Masters of Science (Microbiology) with 77.45% from MP College, Thanjavur under Bharathidasan University, Thiruchirapalli.

Bachelor of Science (Microbiology) with 65.11 from SSASC, Kanchipuram under Madras University, Chennai awarded 20th rank.

ACADEMIC ACCOLADES

Participated in International Seminar on Recent Advances in Biotechnology, Ponnaiyah Ramajayam College, Thanjavur - Paper published entitled "Anti-Pimplated activity of Mentha arvansis (PODINA) Linn"

Participated in Indian Association of Applied Microbiologists - II Annual Conference Presidency College, Chennai - Paper published entitled "A Bacteriological Study of Hospital Waste".

Participated in State Level Seminar on Recent Trends in Microbial Biotechnology, Sri Sankara Arts & Science, College Kanchipuram.

Participated in Trends in Applied Biochemistry, Sri Sankara Arts & Science, College, Kanchipuram.

Journal Published - Ajay G., Dr. R. Dayalane and Dr. V. Mariyappan : "Studies on the effect of combined application of Pseudomonas fluorescens and organic manures on the growth and yield of Bhendi (Abelmoschus esculentus (L). Moench.,) crop". Ind J.Agri.

PROJECT & INSTITUTION

Studies on the effect of combined application of Pseudomonas fluorescens and Organic manures on the growth and yield of Bhendi (Abelmoschus esculentus (L).Moench.,) crop - Pondicherry Agro Service and Industries Corporation (A Govt. of Pondicherry undertaken) – Pondicherry.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SKILLS

Office Automation,

Programming in C

PERSONAL PROFILE

Name

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Ajay. G

Date of Birth

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16th August1981

Gender

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Male

Marital Status

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Unmarried

Nationality

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Indian

Linguistic Skills

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English & Tamil

Declaration

I hereby declare that the above particulars furnished by me are correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.

Date:

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