MPHO PHOSHODI
Summary
QA assistant with extensive experience in food safety compliance and supplier quality assurance. Expertise in GMP auditing, internal auditing, and corrective action implementation, ensuring high-quality management standards. Proficient in microbiological sampling, environmental monitoring, and product validation. Demonstrated success in resolving customer complaints and managing traceability mock recalls to improve supply chain accuracy and extensive experience with FSSC22000
Overview
1
1
Certification
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
QA Assistant
Bowman Ingredients SA / Solina SA
01.2024 - Current
- Managed supplier quality assurance, monitored supplier performance, and reported non-conformances to drive improvements in supplier compliance.
- Raised and followed up on internal non-conformance issues, ensuring thorough verification and closure to maintain quality standards.
- Complete monthly GMP audits to confirm compliance across operations.
- Carry out internal audits to identify process gaps and corrective actions.
- Part of FSSC22000 audits and customer audits
- Conduct Validation for all our measuring equipment
- Final product sampling for Microbiological
- Taking swabs for environmental monitoring
- Rejected or discarded products, materials and equipment not meeting specifications.
- Conduct shelf life analysis for expired stock
- Conducted traceability mock recalls to verify supply-chain identification and ensure workflow accuracy.
- Assist with Customer complaints investigation and close out
- Ensure staff comply with PRP requirements
- Participated in monthly food safety meetings
- Customer questionnaire completion
- Apply for renewed religious certificates for the company
Product developer Intern
Bowman Ingredients SA/ Solina
10.2023 - 12.2023
- Delivered product aligned with brief by translating requirements into functional features.
- Reviewed product documentation to comprehend raw materials and functionalities, enhancing product development understanding.
- Matched existing products with raw materials to optimise production planning.
QA Intern
Bowman Ingredients SA / Solina SA
07.2023 - 09.2023
- Conducted finished product checks, ensuring quality, labelling, and packaging met established standards.
- Supported QA team in investigating customer complaints and ensuring thorough follow-up checks.
- Coordinated with laboratory technicians to gather evidence for investigations, enhancing accuracy of findings.
- Worked with dispatch team to ensure that stock going to customer is in good quality
- Received raw materials according to standard intake procedures. in line with intake procedures.
Education
Diploma - Food Science and Technology
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Cape Town, WC12-2023
Matric -
Lawley Thuto-Lefa Secondary School
Lawley, Johannesburg South12-2020
Skills
- Food safety compliance
- Supplier quality assurance
- GMP auditing
- Team collaboration
- Attention to detail
- Time management
- Decision making
- Corrective action implementation
- Customer complaint resolution
- Internal auditing
- Microbiological sampling
- Product validation
- Environmental monitoring
- Excellent communication
- Quality Management
- Root Cause Analysis
- Mock Recall
- Quality Assurance
Certification
- Maintaining and implementing FSSC22000 V6 Certified
- Internal and Supplier Auditing certified
- Supplier quality management certified
Timeline
QA Assistant
Bowman Ingredients SA / Solina SA
01.2024 - Current
Product developer Intern
Bowman Ingredients SA/ Solina
10.2023 - 12.2023
QA Intern
Bowman Ingredients SA / Solina SA
07.2023 - 09.2023
Diploma - Food Science and Technology
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Matric -
Lawley Thuto-Lefa Secondary School