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Loza Mengistu

Loza Mengistu

Quality control chemist , Production supervisor

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Project Manager/Quality & Food Safety professional/ ISO 9001 & 22000 Auditor

  • Education

    • Hawassa University

      2013 - 2016
      Master’s Degree food science and post harvest technology

    • Alemaya University

      2008 - 2011
      Bachelor of Science - BSc Applied Chemistry

  • Experience

    • Kombolcha Textile Share Company

      Oct 2011 - May 2013
      Quality control chemist , Production supervisor

    • USAID - Feed the Future innovation lab.

      Sept 2014 - Mar 2017
      Graduate Student Researcher

      Project Title:Combining high digestible protein trait with waxy/ hetero-waxy endosperm traits to develop superior functionality in sorghum for food applications to promote sorghum value chain in Ethiopia.

    • Castel Winery

      Sept 2017 - May 2020
      Quality Control Head and food safety management system leader

      Main Responsibility: - In Charge of Physico- Chemical and Water Analysis Laboratories - Customer Complaint & Non Conformity Follow up - Quality Control Department Resource Management - Budget Plan Preparation For Food Safety Management System and QC Department - Staff Management - Ensuring the Food Safety Management System (FSMS) is established, implemented, maintained and updated. - Organize & Conduct Internal Audit - Organize training

    • BGI Ethiopia

      May 2020 - now

      Main Responsibility:-Ensuring the Quality & Food Safety Management System (ISO 9001:2015 & ISO22000:2018) is Established, Implemented, Maintained and Updated across all site (4 Breweries and 1 winery). - Manage and closely follow the Quality and Food safety Management System Implementation Progress in all Factories and Suggest new ways of Implementation.- Design and Implement Procedures, Systems and Tools to Maximize Departmental Operating Efficiency.- Coach, Mentor, and Develop Employees through Periodic Performance Evaluations and ongoing Performance Dialogue and Feedback.- Plan & Conduct Internal Audit for All Site Show less

      • Project Manager

        Apr 2024 - now

      • Corporate Deputy Quality & Food Safety Management System Manager

        Sept 2021 - May 2024

      • Quality & food safety management system coordinator

        May 2020 - Sept 2021

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Quality Management System (QMS) based on ISO 9001:2015

      Dawud consulting institute

    • Leadership skills, Change management & Work life balance

      Grant Thornton
      Nov 2022

    • Exercising Leadership: Foundational Principles

      HarvardX - An Online Learning Initiative by Harvard University through edX
      Aug 2021
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    • Development & implementation of Quality & Food safety management system based on ISO 9001:2015 QMS & ISO 22000:2018 FSMS

      AJB institute of quality management
      May 2021

    • Development & implementation of Food Safety Management System (FSMS) based on ISO 22000:2018

      AJB institute
      Jan 2021

    • Internal Food safety Audit Based on ISO 19001:2011

      AJB institute of quality management
      Nov 2018

    • Requirement of ISO 9001 QMS and ISO 22000 FSMS and their relations

      AJB Institute of quality management
      Nov 2017

    • Workshop on Main changes of ISO 22000:2018 FSMS

      DQS ACADEMY
      Jun 2019

    • Quality Assurance and Quality Control for flour fortification

      Makerere University
      May 2016

    • Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)

      RDA Associates Africa
      Aug 2022