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Masethoga Patience Sepiroa

Wattville

Summary

Professional hardworking individual seeking an opportunity to advance my career by joining your company and be part empowered team. My educational background together with experience of working in quality control lab (food and pharmaceutical sector) in testing raw materials, intermediates and final products ensuring adherence, compliance to quality standards, reporting of deviations, knowledge of procedures in handling out of specification results and execution of corrective action and preventative plan methods makes me the best me addition to your operations team. Moreover, contributing greatly into maintain good relationship that already exist with your customers and ensuring smooth operation of quality management services department.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Quality Control Analyst

Ingrain SA
Germiston
08.2022 - Current
  • 8Company Overview: Barloworld Subsidiary
  • Analyses all incoming raw and packaging material for non-conformance against company's specifications and standards.
  • Perform all in-process analyses
  • Submits detected non-conformance to the QA Manager, Planning and Buying in order to follow up with suppliers.
  • Is responsible for processing material returns advise and supervises removal of poor quality material from site.
  • Ensures that all transactions are recorded on SAP daily.
  • Liaise with packaging suppliers and drive corrective actions.
  • Carries out Audits in the Warehouse and Dispensary to ensure that GMP is adhered to.
  • Drive packaging supplier approval with supply management
  • Responsible for auditing the analysis of bulk materials products, test equipment used and analyses conversion procedures.
  • Ensures that Quality/measuring equipment across the factory are calibrated.
  • Monitors test results and Logs them onto the IPM (In Process System) daily.
  • Manage quality stream during packaging trials
  • Assist with export orders
  • Carries out Factory quality audits on the packed products and decides whether or not to release the finished goods to the trade.
  • Analyses defective stock and customer returns
  • Analyses stock age report and liaises with Logistics Officer at the warehouse on how to handle stock (e.g. old stock, out first).
  • Analyses consumer and customer complaints and develop quality assurance improvement systems for the factory
  • Ensures company' test methodology is followed
  • Calibration and maintenance of lab equipment
  • Manage analytical process of quality stream during trials
  • Run all analytical test required for all factories.
  • Ensure supplier meets company' standards and drive regular supplier audits.
  • Barloworld Subsidiary
  • Minimized down time 90% by reducing production rework and recalls.

Micro Technician

Ingrain SA
Germiston
07.2019 - 08.2022
  • Company Overview: Ingrain SA
  • Responsible for the identification and monitoring of microbiological standards.
  • Develops and reviews the incoming raw material and outgoing product test regime and monitors the program, recommending corrective action where required.
  • Tests and releases raw materials to the factory and finished products based on the successful test results.
  • Conducts analysis of development samples, packed products and consumer complaint sample and recommends changes to processes.
  • Validates and verifies effectiveness of cleaning processes and procedures and recommends corrective action where required.
  • Coordinate training and awareness for site teams of microbiology, hygiene, good manufacturing practices and their implications and controls.
  • Understanding of HACCP requirements and participating in HACCP reviews.
  • Understanding in Food safety and forms part of food safety team.
  • Hygiene Ensures that the manufacturing process is hygienic and micro biologically safe for production, by monitoring the implementation of appropriate and sustainable hygiene programs, according to GMP.
  • Conducts audit and together with the SHEQ manager and Production team identify suitable corrective actions.
  • Ensures that immediate corrective action is implemented in the case of non-conformance and possible risk to product safety.
  • Conducts hygiene audits of the factory environment, site canteens and ablutions, people and 3rd Party, makes recommendations with respect to changes that need to be made to management or the maintenance department.
  • Swab analysis as required as per GMP Training Conducts training on GMP and food safety for new personnel and refresher training for existing personnel.
  • Stock Returns Conduct relevant micro tests trade returns, raw materials, in-process and packed product that may be substandard or over age.
  • Makes stock return judgement based on the micro safety of the products and recommends the necessary action in line with site and Company policy.
  • Co-ordinates the paperwork and supervises the physical action to ensure the follow through of recommendation.
  • Other Co-ordinates and monitors site pest control program (internal and external). Generates reports as and when required to provide consumer safety information to the business/ site.
  • Barloworld Subsidiary

Assistant Microbiologist

Nuclear technology Products Radioisotopes Soc Ltd
Pretoria
06.2014 - 05.2016
  • Company Overview: (NECSA)
  • Performing microbiological test analysis on raw materials, intermediates and final products.
  • Preparation of media, chemical reagents used for routine analysis in the microbiology laboratory and indicators used in the production.
  • Performed growth promotion on new batch of media and quality control on prepared medium.
  • Ensuring daily verification of equipment's in microbiology and assisting in managing stock supplies in the microbiology laboratory.
  • Environmental monitoring of sterile production facility using swabs, finger and air plates.
  • Monitoring of compressed air in the sterile production facilities and microbiology laboratory using air sampler.
  • Weekly sampling of water used for production and sampling of products for microbiology tests.
  • Identification of bacteria using gram-staining and API methods.
  • Entering of results from analysis and environmental sampling using laboratory information management system.
  • Assisting in performing wet chemistry such as PH meter, conductivity and preparation of buffers.
  • Reported and logged all Out-of-specification results as well as performed the necessary OOS investigations to ascertain the root cause and subsequently remediate accordingly.
  • Ensured compliance to the relevant SOP's GLP and GMP as well as monitoring of key performance indicators for quality, safety, wastage, variances and any non-conformance, and ensuring that these are kept up to date.
  • Monthly analysis of trends from water, environmental and sterility results and participated in proficiency testing.
  • Maintaining high standards of housekeeping, accuracy, reporting and observance in accordance with good laboratory practices.
  • Ensure documentation is completed and submitted to quality assurance before product release.
  • Safe and adequate waste disposal of microbial and chemical waste.
  • Maintenance of laboratory equipment and performing calibration of equipment's according to SOP's.
  • Involved in reviewing and execution of some methods used in the microbiology laboratory.
  • Participated in proficiency testing executed by the National Heath Laboratory Services.
  • Assisting in validation of microbiology methods in accordance with pharmacopoeia.
  • Assisting in general microbiology tasks assigned by the supervisor and ensuring that reports are compiled timeously in line with good data integrity practices.
  • Performed routine calibration checks on laboratory instruments, ensuring optimal performance levels at all times.

Education

Bachelors - biotechnology

Tshwane University of Technology
Pretoria
05.2021 - 05.2025

Skills

  • Analytical problem solving

  • Compliance with SHE practices

  • Strong adherence to cleanliness standards

  • Proficient in computer applications

  • Microsoft Office proficiency

  • Expertise in microbiological standard operating procedures

  • Familiarity with ISO 17015 standards

  • Understanding of Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)

  • Understanding of Good Manufacturing Practices

  • Familiar with ISO 9001 compliance requirements

  • Basic proficiency in Microsoft Office tools

  • Experienced with SAP systems

Training And Certificates

  • Incident Investigation
  • Total Quality Management
  • HACCP knowledge and implementation
  • FSSC 2200 version 5.1 and implementation certificate
  • Handling of hazardous chemicals
  • Occupational health and safety certificate
  • Maize grading

Timeline

Quality Control Analyst

Ingrain SA
08.2022 - Current

Bachelors - biotechnology

Tshwane University of Technology
05.2021 - 05.2025

Micro Technician

Ingrain SA
07.2019 - 08.2022

Assistant Microbiologist

Nuclear technology Products Radioisotopes Soc Ltd
06.2014 - 05.2016

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