Frida A

Experience

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  European Environment Agency

  Apr 2013 - Apr 2015

  Chemical Engineer/ Chemical Environmental Laboratory Technologist

  - Established Quality Management System in the Laboratory for water analysis based on Quality Manual ISO 17025- Analyzed the water samples from lakes, rivers and wastewater in Albania, several parameters. (pH, conductivity, DO, COD, BOD5,several metals like Zn, Al, Fe, Co, Hg, Ni)- Used the following equipment: pH-meter, UV-VIS spectrophotometer, Atomic Absorption Spectrometers, COD reader, and BOD5 reader, instrument calibration, centrifugation, gravimetric and volumetric titrations.- Performing calibration testing according to associated SOPs/ ISO standards and regulatory requirements. - Developing and formalizing calibration procedures ensuring all laboratory instruments have calibration SOPs. Show less

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  Chr. Hansen

  Jan 2015 - Nov 2018

  Technical Support Engineer Manager

  - Assessed costumer application to determine appropriate food additives needed and supported production challenging. - Provided technical assistance in the factory for sanitation, organoleptic, machinery, production and R&D issues of the product or for developing new products such as Feta cheese, yogurt or fermented butter or cream with new, mixed or improved bacterial culture. - Learned client and system production improvements needs by working closely with the company sales team and engineers, collaborating promotions and customer support.- Demonstrating products, services and solutions to potential clients and offering after-sales support services. Preparing and presenting potential cost benefit analysis to potential clients.- Having a long track record of not only promoting the sales, testing and repair of its products, but also in helping in the design of custom-made products.- 30% sales increase every year- Trained different teams in high production efficiency, production data driven decision taking, reducing cost and waste and updating and maintaining KPI - Reported, data collection, and performed data analysis and interpretation support findings.- Recommended various improved materials or machinery to clients by showing how these changes and improvements would lower costs and improve performance. Show less

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  Ingredion Incorporated

  Mar 2019 - Mar 2021

  Quality Assurance and Production Supervisor

  Accountable for food safety and product quality, conducted quality assurance and quality control including sampling and testing of raw materials and finished products, inspection guidelines, sanitation, food regulation and pest control.Supervised Homecraft team to achieve high efficiency in production and yield improvement Promoted high standards in production terms, reduced waste and downtime meanwhile food safety was not compromisedMonitored and verified HACCP, ISO 9001,FSSC 22000,CFIA and Food Safety Programs for effectiveness. Enforced GMPs, API and food safety Analyzed and verified data to produce accurate reporting on results and trends. Show less

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  SunOpta

  Mar 2021 - Feb 2022

  Sr. Production Supervisor

  - Supervised a diverse and teams of production, sanitation and warehouse - Performed root cause analysis and remediation of inefficiencies within plant processes using continues improvement methodology; monitored the operations KPI tracking system, DMAIC, Lean principes, Six Sigma and Kaizen.- Achieved budgeted targets for raw material yield, labor, and packaging materials usage for the shift.- Developed hands-on expertise in the set-up and operation of every machine and promoted a safety work environment in daily basis.- Assisted the planning team in production scheduling and line-balancing activities to improve OEE. Accounted the labor and overhead.- Contributed toward R&D projects, new product development, yield improvement and plant trials, generating report summarizing the results and costs- Developed and recommended improvements of facilities, equipment, or procedures to improve safety, quality, and efficiency- Efficiency in Oracle/SAP Show less

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  Freshstone Brands Inc.

  Mar 2022 - Jul 2024

  Plant Manager

  - Directing and managing all plant operations with overall responsibilities for production, equipment/facilities maintenance, housekeeping, sanitation, R&D and continuous improvement opportunity quality, and other production-related activities. Accountable for Health and safety.- Managing big and diverse teams- Initiating action to prevent the occurrence of any nonconformity relating to product, process, and quality system BRS and SQF- Implementing and monitoring production operations to meet scheduled production volume requirements. Show less

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  Morrison Lamothe Inc.

  Jul 2024 - now

  Plant Manager