VIBIN A V

Experience

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  Spices Board India

  Sept 2008 - Apr 2009

  Contract Analyst
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  Sugarcane Breeding Institute

  May 2009 - Dec 2009

  Project fellow

  Work with Research and Development team on Bio fertilizer, bioethanol production and bio control agents

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  Milma

  Dec 2009 - Feb 2011

  QC Chemist

  • Maintaining the shift wise documents in Quality and Production Department.• Online Quality Inspection.• Floor sanitation & Monitoring Personnel Hygiene.• Raw Material Quality Monitoring and final product analysis and maintaining the HACCP system.• Supervise the routine testing activities related to milk standardization, products manufacture etc.• Ensuring the utilization of manpower effectively to serve the purpose.• To ensure that the products are free of microbial contamination. Show less

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  PepsiCo

  May 2011 - May 2013

  Quality Officer

  Shift in Charge for the entire Water treatment System and Syrup preparation of plant and maintaining Syrup and Water Quality within PepsiCo standards.Assures Quality of PET Bottle, Line Glass bottle line (GRB) and packaged drinking water line - Aquafina, in PepsiCo Plant.To assist Q.C Team in conducting various Audits like- AIB, HACCP, GQA, ISO etc. and to train operators on various food safety systems and other quality parameters.Planning Sanitation Schedules and validation of Water treatment plant, syrup plant and finished products based on micro test results.Planning preventive and predictive maintenance of the area for maximum uptime.Monitoring and updating all quality control, GLP, GMP, GHK practices and improving in process capabilities.Analyzing various processes / applications and recommending process modifications and equipment calibrations to enhance operational efficiency. Show less

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  Almarai - المراعي

  Jun 2013 - Feb 2021

  Functional Head of QA for the site - Regulatory, Process. Laboratory, Hygiene, Systems, Warehouses and Pest ControlMember of the senior management team site representative in shaping and driving forward the business strategy for Almarai; developing systems that are legally compliant and meet customer requirements.Ensure consumer satisfaction in B2B and B2C by ensuring timely response to complaints and suggestions. Reduction in consumer and customer complaints, sustaining the certification and improving the audit scoresDevelops 5YP for the department and utilizes processes, tools, and guidelines for overseeing and optimizing the costs and budgets for QA services.Lead Auditor - ISO 9001, ISO 22000, AIBI, HACCP, Food Defence Show less Direct responsibility on QA activities in Process, Inbound WH’s and LaboratoryTo ensure effective and appropriate corrective action are implemented for non-conformanceand quality deviations, including appropriate communication and discussion with seniormanagement on implementing agreed corrective actions.Lead Auditor for AIB, ISO 22000, and Hygiene/GMP audits in production linesManaging multi functional QA team consisting of Team Managers, Team Leaders, BakeryTechnologists, QA Technicians, QA Assistants and other workforce Show less Internal Auditor for ISO 22000, ISO 9001 and AIB. Team Member of HACCP programme. Planning and Coordinating the Internal audits, modification of Internal Audit Structure, training of Auditors while conducting Audits, Audit findings tracking and reviewing the corrective actions for internal audits. Control all documents (production, maintenance, quality and HR) required by the FSMS & QMS, monitor the outstanding workload in Q Pulse (software). Reviewing and implementing standard operating procedures in the Plants to comply with the PRP’s, OPRP’s and CCP’s. To Review the HACCP Plans and PRP's as per the annual schedule and Coordination with Site Quality department to achieve the schedule. Tracking the pest control programme of Rentokil in 4 plants across Jeddah and circulating weekly reports from PestNet online to the higher management to update the effectiveness of corrections and corrective actions Monitoring non-conformance, capture and report on all food safety and end-product quality issues in a timely, accurate manner to the appropriate level through QA Activities Database. To maintain database for consumer, Sales generated Complaints, documentations, CAPA implementations and verifications. Training of DP coordinator for updating the database. Provide trends as per specific requirements from higher management. Monitoring the CPM trends of the finished products and keeping the KPI value under target by investigating root cause, corrective and preventive action in production line for continuous improvement and high standard of customer satisfaction. Preparing and reviewing the compliance of HARA (Hazard Analysis Risk Assessment) for ingredients and site modifications Show less

  • Site Manager - Quality

    Mar 2018 - Feb 2021

  • Quality Assurance Manager

    Jul 2016 - Feb 2018

  • Asst Manager Quality Assurance

    Jul 2014 - Jun 2016

  • Team Leader - Quality Systems

    Jun 2013 - Jun 2014
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  Americana Foods

  Feb 2021 - Sept 2022

  Food Safety and Quality Manager - KSA Operations
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  Freelance

  Oct 2022 - Nov 2022

  Quality Assurance Consultant
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  Alshaya Food Manufacturing

  Dec 2022 - now

  Quality and Food Safety Manager

  Food Manufacturing for Starbucks Bakery, pastries, sandwiches, salads, confectionary...