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Sr. Commercial Quality Officer | QMS | Audit | QA | FMCG | FSMS

About

What's life without quality in it ? In a world where millions of products are pushed out each day to make people's life better, I strive to ensure quality at its best in them, that serve's its purpose for both people and the planet. At the end of the day, my job gives me a great deal of joy in making a positive impact to both the company and the society. Gathered 9 years of experience in quality across different industries and now here at Reckitt India, as Sr.Commercial Quality officer. Quality Assurance, Compliance and Control is what I bring to the table. Focused on deliverables, eye for precision and big picture view keeps it going and set the direction for teams working with me. Leading teams with freedom is what I believe in and practise. Outside work, You'd find me exploring places, meeting people and on the look out for learning new things!

Location

Bengaluru

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Work experience

Sr.Officer Commercial Quality at Reckitt, Apr 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 7 mos, Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India, Managing two Distribution Centers in India and supporting daily operations. Ensures that embellishment/DCs site is equipped with effective Quality Management System and regulatory compliances as per Reckitt’s requirements. Responsible to establish Reckitt’s good distribution procedures at site. Ensures all changes, deviations are effectively analyzed and approved by relevant stakeholders by assessing potential risk to product and customer. Ensures that effective good documentation practices and Data integrity principles are in place. Responsible in advanced analytical, auditing DCs/CFAs, effective reporting, and risk assessment.

Food safety and management systems consultant at Greenmile Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd, Aug 2019 - Apr 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos, Hosur Area, India, Responsible for the development, implementation and maintain a robust and productive Quality Management System across the enterprise. Provided interpretation of regulatory guidelines and corporate requirements to ensure compliance and effective operation of the QMS. In charge of developing audit plans and conduct internal audits to drive improvement and compliance across the business. Responsible for the implementation of corrective measures on non-conformities from Internal/external audits. Conducted test plans for product testing (per QMS and/or regulatory requirements) through NABL Accredited lab. Experienced in various functions of quality, manufacturing, and program/project management.

Food Safety Auditor at Greenmile Consultancy Services Pvt Ltd, Apr 2019 - Aug 2019 · 5 mos, Bangalore

Quality Officer at Food creations private limited (ITC biscuits), Nov 2018 - Apr 2019 · 6 mos, Bangalore, Direct experience with managing key Quality Management System processes (e.g., Change Management, Supplier Management, Deviations/CAPA, Management Review). Accountable for the transformation of all updated QMS’s parts in scope. Develop HACCP Plan for any new product launch. Create COA’s and other necessary reports correctly and responsible for communicating all results to the appropriate production, lab, and other stake holders. Responsible for final approval of all shipments to customers through SAP. Food Safety/action reporting including incident investigations, C/A’s, preventive measures, and audit responses. Coordinate and lead all audits and traceability exercises. Performed continuous improvement, 5S and Kaizen as needed.

Product development/ QA officer at Neo Foods Private Limited, Jun 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos, Tumakuru Area, India, Understanding of Quality Assurance eg, Environmental, Hygiene, GMP, HACCP, Quality and Food Safety systems and certifications (BRC Food Safety issue 8 and FSSC V5 Food safety management Systems). Monitoring product compliance and inspection of RM’s, PM’s on-line and FG’s by following internal procedures. Familiar with Food Safety and Quality Control management (AQL and traceability standards). Understand Customer and consumer complaints management process with root cause analysis by using different quality tools. Trained and educated the food handlers on GMPs, GHPs and all related training on the case and awareness training down the line to avoid recurrence. Conducted Internal Audit and supported the organization in External Certification Audit.

Education

Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Food Technology and Processing, SRM IST Chennai

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Biotechnology, K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology