Jason Zhou

Experience

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  Syngenta

  May 2012 - May 2015

  Projects Assistant

  This role was in the Breeding Operation Team. My primary work was to manage Quality Control System in breeding team and assist breeders, sales and marketing team in developing new high yielding inbred lines and hybrids across China.Responsibilities•Led Stewardship Quality Control (SQC) projects. Was responsible for design and administration of quality control verification testing. Organized and supervised a team performing high-throughput molecular characterization of transgenic plants as a part of the Global Quality Control Program•Assisted with sales and marketing team for product development and promoted well-performance varieties, marketing activities including demonstration trials, promotion meeting, marketing analysis across different maturity stages•Was in charge of project management for corn breeding team, including budgeting, planning, forecasting, managing risk and change in breeding projects by using SAP, Smart-Choice, Bio-plan, and EPKey Achievement•Led the first SQC project in Syngenta China. Established SQC-GMO screening systems in five sites across China, which tested over 200,000 seeds and plant samples along with the Singapore and Toulouse laboratories. These projects effectively protected breeding materials and hybrids from GMO pollution •Successfully supported sales and marketing team to promote well-performance varieties across different maturity stages via breeding technique and marketing strategy Show less

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  Crown Bioscience, Inc.

  Jun 2015 - Nov 2017

  Project Manager

  In this position, I collaborated closely with our clients and other function departments globally. My main work was to lead planning, implementation, and tracking of a large-scale range of biotechnology projectsResponsibilities•Identified and planed appropriately qualified expertise to support Oncology and metabolic drug discovery project objectives, facilitated the definition of project scope, goals, tasks and resource requirements•Coordinated with clients and project team in updating project schedule, concluding project milestones, hosting meetings and discussions•Managed preclinical trials to ensure the delivery of studies in accordance with agreed budgets and timelines•Prepared and presented high-quality presentations and documentation for internal and external stakeholders•Was responsible for coordinating Sales team, Human Resources, Procurement, Logistics, QA, Finance, and other project relevant departments•Recorded and created project profiles using different project management systems (AX system and Oracle system)Key Achievement•Successful delivered more than 100 pre-clinic projects to clients with different functional teams via PMP methodology and frameworks•Collaborated with 3rd party IT service company to tailor ERP Oracle system and changed the AX system to the Oracle system. Successfully enhanced work efficiency for all departments Show less

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  Carrfields NZ

  Nov 2017 - Aug 2018

  Gap Year
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  Butler Market Gardens (Aust) Pty Ltd

  Aug 2018 - May 2022

  This role is responsible for conducting implementation, monitoring and verification of quality assurance policies and practices to ensure it accurately documents and meets the required regulatory standard operation procedures relating to food safety regulationResponsibilities• Establish, implement and maintain the Quality Management System (QMS) for production. • Manage QA team for daily QC check and QA compliance. Responsible for training workforce by establishing SOPs, Work instructions and illustrated Posters• Inspect and monitor all the product and operation procedures with SQF and HARPS quality assurance compliance• Liaise with Marketing and sales team, Operation team, External suppliers for delivering new product, packaging, and labels based on food legislation• Manage and update traceability program, approved supplier program, and related data analysis• Undertake internal audits, external audits, and the development of process improvement• Conduct quality assurance reports relating to customer complaints (including root cause analysis and CARs close out), rejections, updates of products and suppliers regularlyKey Achievement• Effectively reduced 37.6% rejections during last 2 years and enhance the quality of all product via the improvement of QMS Show less

  • Quality Manager

    Nov 2021 - May 2022

  • Senior Quality Officer

    Aug 2018 - Nov 2021
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  SGS

  May 2022 - now

  Food Program Technical Coordinator