Maher Shenouda

Experience

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  Misr October for Food Indusries - Elmisrieen & Nile Company for Food Industries - Enjoy

  Nov 2008 - May 2009

  Process Engineer

  - Manage and applying the process plan with Production Manager. - Delivering a daily report to production manager about (efficiency of department and productivity & loses in raw material). -Helping in present production plan every month with the production team. - Responsible on Yogurt Process area.

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  Monginis Foods Pvt. Ltd.

  May 2009 - May 2010

  Product Development Engineer

  -Helped in developed bakery products by increasing shelf life for Pate & Croissant. - Reducing production costs for pate & croissant.- Set up some trails on bakery product to reducing breed staling subject and helping increase shelf life. - Support bakery products with new improvers ( Alfa- amylase Enzyme )- Apply new technique for mixing ingredients to improve final product

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  Danone Dairy

  May 2010 - now

  Responsibilities:- Work closely with various functions to highlight gaps in the compliance of the applicable standards and follow up on the closure to ensure timely and effective corrective/preventive actions.- supports Production and R&D to deliver safe, legal, compliant products through the implementation and continuous improvement of Danone global quality systems and standards.- Recommend, develop tests and checks to monitor quality in production and warehouse areas.- Provide inputs regarding new specifications, & verify that the sampling and testing plans for incoming materials and Finished Product are executed for the site as per Material Quality Management (MQM) and Finished Product Handbook requirements.- Is clearly identified as one of the project team members all along the project.- Is part of the consumers’ questionnaire’s definition that validates new products’ brief (consumer tests, focus groups …).- Ensures that the “innovation process” methodology is applied from “get go” to return on experience at the end of the project.- Carries out risk assessment and proposes solutions to control the risks all along the product life cycle.- Validates the consistency with operations capability (final specifications).- Sets up/validates quality KPI’s and control plan to monitor products quality at start up.- Enforces the “No spec No buy” and “No spec No prod”. Show less • Support R&D and production in new products launch and process modifications..• Inspecting, calibrating, and maintaining laboratory equipment, and support in identifying causes of products non-conformities.• Deliver daily, weekly and monthly routine testing on time with its records.• Implementing Plant Lab Lab projects.• Support all food safety activities (auditing, GHP/GMP).• Support in QC activities (records, process parameters and inspections).• Support in raw material inspection as sampling and internal analysis.• Supervises and manages the milk supply analysts.• Actively helps ensure a high level of lab staff proficiency by providing training, conducting internal proficiency testing and manages external proficiency tests.• Communicate regularly with all technicians, both individually and as a group, to ensure consistent implementation of the program in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner.• Assist with hiring of laboratory personnel and conduct employee performance reviews based on job descriptions to determine competency and knowledge. Responsible for effective communication of significant issues with management in a timely fashion. Demonstrated effective communication to include issue identification, business impact, and recommendations for next steps toward resolution.• Develop all lab & QC records to be compromised.• Respect of standard maximal downtime of production lines due to waiting for lab results• Secure LMS (Lab Management Stock) to avoid out of stock items.• Implement Good Lab Practice and respect of standard labs conditions.• Manages lab objectives and assigns objectives and tasks to their shift technicians. • Supervises and coordinates lab analysts and supervisors in all applied analysis for chemical, microbiology and milk reception according to DANONE methods to processing standards and assists Analysts in performing laboratory tests.• Coordinates all tests related product quality and conformity criteria. Show less Coordinates the lab equipment and devices daily calibrations and preventive maintenance.• Updates lab manuals i.e good lab practices, lab equipment’s catalogues and SOPs and assists in their implementations.• Champions the external proficiency testing i.e. communication for sample delivery, preparation, coordination with the lab members to conduct the tests and results sending.(Cecalait and supports Ring test)• Manages lab documents, log sheets and records control daily operations.• Manages equipment spare parts and equipment inventory i.e. milkoscan, kejldahl.• Follow up on product non-conformities, quality and food safety incidents and investigations.• Champions online quality control.• Responsible for product release procedures and contamination SOP's and log• Provides technical support and assistance to the new lab analysts in development and trainings• Responsible for conducting regular safety behavioral audits on site.Train new staff on routine work analysis, and new methodsReporting any new updates and final analysis sheet for lab manager Show less - Tested chemical and microbiological properties for dairy products from raw materials to final product. - Examined and identified the bacterial contamination.- Helped in Lab development by implemented SOPs for Lab apparatus & Lab manual guide, solutions preparation guide. - Raw material inspection - Ensuring quality parameters for final products according to DANONE standards. - Shared every year in quality proficiency test (Ring Test) and achieved the score. - Implemented bacteriophages audit on El obour site last year. Show less

  • Quality Control Manager

    Mar 2016 - now

  • Lab & QC Shift leader

    Mar 2014 - Mar 2016

  • Lab Supervisor

    Jun 2012 - Feb 2014

  • Microbilogist

    May 2010 - May 2012