Ana Prissie M. Soldivilla

# *** ******* ****., ********, ******* Club Area, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Office Tel: 02-5502090 ext. 219 Mobile: 971*********

E-mail: sr5b81@r.postjobfree.com

Nationality: Filipino

Passport no: EA0026979

Senior Chemist, with excellent 12 years track record in the Paint Industry.

To find a challenging position that will meet my competencies, capabilities, skills, education and experience. And work in a stable and reputable international company with good corporate culture.

KEY STRENGTHS

• Product Formulation ( development, re-engineering, optimization)

• Colorimetry (databasing, color chemist, operation)

• Process (development, control, optimization)

• Quality Control (RM, FG)

CAREER HISTORY

ChemiPaint, Universal Paint and Chemical Industries – March 2011 to present

Senior Chemist – Research & Development and Quality Control Laboratory Head

Head of Chemipaint Lab, UAE. Main responsibility are the following:

- Re-engineering of products for quality, cost reduction & price competitiveness versus competitors while maintaining quality.

- New Product Development and new Paint Technologies

- Reformulation of existing Paint Formulas as per needed.

- Raw Material Evaluation (RM like resin –TPA, alkyd & epoxy, water-based emulsions, additives, pigments, extenders,etc.)

- Product Competitive Audit

- Overall Quality Control Program of the Lab (maintenance and improvement of products)

- Troubleshooting of non-conforming production batches

Pacific Paint Boysen Philippines Incorporated (PPBPI) - 1999 to March 2011

Staff Engineer – NPI (New Product Introduction) Head (2009 – March 2011 )

Head of NPI Lab Boysen. Primary focus is on supporting production by developing process procedures of newly formulated products from R&D. They are responsible for seeking marketing approval of the product’s specification and evaluating new product’s quality in terms of its reliability and actual application.

• Utilize a systematic approach for analyzing data gathered from pilot and actual production test run.

• Develop proposals for process improvement, cycle time & power cost reduction in support to manufacturing.

• Responsible to effectively conduct studies of various solutions to resolve problems if requested by production.

• Evaluate, track and report progress and results and recommend major changes in manufacturing procedures.

• Conduct process capability studies. Drive process improvement efforts to increase quality, efficiency, and increase machine utilization.

• Work with engineering department (maintenance) to support introduction of new products to manufacturing by making sure that the equipment to be use are capable of its requirements.

Senior Process Engineer – Special Color Department Head (2006 – 2008)

Responsible for the overall operation of Special Color Department – Color Manufacturing , Color Laboratory , Product Sample Request Area, COROB (Color Robotics) Area, Multifleck & Returns Area.

Leads and supervises the whole Special Color Department by continuous monitoring and follow-up.

• Trainer of Special Color Engineers - Manufacturing , Laboratory , Product Sample Request, COROB (Color Robotics), Multifleck & Returns Area

• Troubleshooting

• Monitors output and efficiency of the Area.

Senior Process Engineer – Production Head (2004 – 2006)

Responsible for operation at Production Plant 1, 2 & 3 and for ensuring that all batches will be served within specified time limit and that all will conform to the required quality standard specification.

Leads and supervises the whole production Plant 1, 2 & 3 by continuous monitoring and follow-up.

• Trainer of Production Engineers at different areas at Production (Pre-dispersion, SM/LD/PF, Primer, Plant 3, Small Factory, Filling and Batchmaster.

• Schedules batches at Production Plant 1, 2 & 3.

• Troubleshoots problems at production (in-process adjustments and recoveries)

• Monitors Output and efficiency of the Area.

Junior Process Engineer (2001 – 2003) - Same as Process Engineer except that area assignment requires a certain level of seniority.

• Marketing Support / COROB Engineer - color chemist & color formulator

• Special Color Engineer - color manufacturing & color chemist

• Batchmaster Engineer – Product Formula Controller

• Raw Material Quality Control Engineer - QC of Raw Materials like Resins, Emulsions, Solvents, Colorants, etc.

Process Engineer (1999 – 2001) is responsible for the supervision of the day to day production activities to achieve optimum product yield, optimum performance and utilization of manpower, machine, method and materials. Oversees production in the area to ensure that process equipment and support facilities are operated in accordance with standard operating procedures.

• Production Engineer Plant 3 (Semi-automated Dosing System) – Mass Prodn.of fast moving products

• Production Engineer Plant 2 (Manual and Semi-automated Dosing System) – Flexi-JIT products

• Production Engineer Plant 1 (Manual and Semi-automated Dosing System) –Construction material products like Puttys, Skimcoats, Sand Finishes, etc.

• Inventory Control Engineer – monitoring of Raw Material Inventory and maintaining stocks not lower than its critical level. Ordering and purchasing Raw Material.

o Raw Material Engineer – Receiving and Issuance of RM.

o Packaging Material Engineer – Pioneer and first to establish the Area.

Quality Control Engineer (1999) is responsible for maintaining the quality and reliability of products by ensuring conformance and accuracy on testing procedures and consistency of equipments. She is primarily concerned with determining quality consistency and variability through preparation of summaries of evaluated data from documented test results and then suggests changes in how products may achieve the best quality possible. She also takes challenges to determine the causes of product defects that may be found and then develop methods for reducing its occurrence

Extra Curricular (1999 to present)

Safety, Health and Environment Officer

Waste Minimization Committee Chairman

Family Council Officer

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering

University of Santo Tomas, Manila 1994 – 1999

TRAININGS & SEMINARS

BYK-Chemie, Germany

Additives Seminar

Oct. 11-12, 2011

Wacker Polymers, Singapore

Technical Training on Construction Materials

Aug. 10-12, 2010

Fast and Fluid Management, Australia

Operation, Maintenance & Service Procedures (FFM Machines)

Oct. 7-10, 2008

Process Mapping - Lean Manufacturing

May 9 – June 6, 2008

Philippine Association of Paint Manufacturer

Paint Technology Course (Batch 2004) 2nd Honor

Coloris Global Coloring Concept Tinting System

Trainer: Pierre Legrand

Statistical Sampling Techniques

Training the Trainer on ISO9000 QS Application

Batchmaster for Windows User Training

First Aid Competition (Team Leader)

Basic Life Support -CPR & First Aid Training

Basic Occupational Safety and Health Training Course for Supervisors

Supervisory Effectiveness for Improved Quality and Productivity

PERSONAL

Date of Birth: 16 September 1977

Status: Married with one child

SKILLS:

Colorimetry (databasing, automatic tinting machines)

Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint

LANGUAGES:

English – speak, read and write with competence

Tagalog – native language

REFERENCES

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