Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Soft Skills
Certification
References
Timeline
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Naledi Maila

JHB

Summary

Highly skilled and eager to learn quality assurance and a food safety team member with proven track record in enhancing quality and food safety management systems and documentation management in an FMCG manufacturing organization. Excelled in implementing and improving ISO standards, conducting risk assessments, and leading food safety initiatives such as World Food Safety Day, resulting in a significant improvement in production quality and safety. Demonstrates strong leadership and analytical skills, compliance and maintaining high standards and ensuring customer satisfaction at all times.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Quality Assurance Coordinator

Collaborative Packing Solutions
02.2023 - 08.2024

Quality Assurance and Control:

  • Conduct daily production equipment verification
  • Conduct production online quality checks
  • Verification of material/product certificate of conformance or analysis
  • Conduct weekly pest control inspections
  • Inbound and Outbound inspections of raw materials and finished products
  • Conduct weekly glass and hard plastic inspections and report any findings
  • Conduct foreign body hunts on a daily basis
  • Hourly verification of OPRPs and CCPs
  • Review and evaluate production per batch prior to final product release by conducting daily sensory

Food Safety:

  • Take part in internal and external audits
  • Emphasis of ISO45001, ISO9001and FSSC 22000 standards on a daily basis around the factory
  • Report any food safety deviations on the lines
  • Attend quarterly food safety meetings
  • Conduct risk assessments during non-comformances
  • Identify and report any food safety risks
  • Raise corrective action requests for non-conformances to relevant personnel
  • Management and improvement of allergen control program
  • Management and improvement of HACCP system
  • Acknowledge, investigate and compile reports on customer complains
  • Put corrective measures in place to prevent any noncompliance
  • Complete monthly QFS reports
  • Track and follow up on CAPA with relevant departments

Document Control:

  • Review and improve documents (SOPs, test methods, policies and check sheets)
  • Daily verification of production records
  • Daily filing of production records
  • Participate in production traceability and mock recalls

Plant Hygiene and Microbiology:

  • Monitoring cleaning and basic hygiene including housekeeping.
  • Monitor cleaning of food contact parts during product changeovers
  • Verify cleanliness of food contact parts by taking ATP and allergen swabs
  • Pathogen monitoring procedure weekly/monthly
  • Conduct air and water sampling for analysis every 6 months
  • Conduct weekly production line swabbing for micro, salmonella and EB analysis
  • Sample finished goods per batch for micro, salmonella and EB analyses prior to product release
  • Practising 5S

Quality Assurance Intern

Collaborative Packing Solutions
02.2022 - 02.2023
  • Conduct production online quality and food safety checks and report any non-conformance picked on the line
  • Daily verification of production equipment
  • Daily verification of cleaning chemicals
  • Hourly quality checks on product being packed
  • Traceability and allergen checks on raw and packaging materials
  • Raise and complete non-conformances to suppliers
  • Hourly verification of OPRP’s and CCP’s
  • Conduct hygiene and GMP weekly audits
  • Compile audit report and findings and share with relevant departments
  • Weekly pest control inspections
  • Inbound and Outbound inspections of raw materials and finished products
  • Conduct weekly glass and hard plastic inspections and report any findings
  • Conduct trainings and refresher trainings where necessary

Education

Diploma In Biotechnology - Biotechnology

University of Johannesburg
JHB South Africa
03.2023

Skills

  • Quality Management Systems
  • Documentation Management
  • ISO standards and regulations
  • Risk assessment
  • Food safety management system
  • HACCP management

Accomplishments

World Food Safety Day

  • Introduced the culture of celebrating World Food Safety Day to the organization
  • Organized and facilitated the entire event
  • The event served as a training and fun activity for the employees

Soft Skills

  • Communication and problem solving skills
  • Great interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work independently and as a team
  • Work well under pressure
  • Excellent time management

Certification

  • Food Safety Certificate| Progress Excellence Training and Developments| Issued Sep 2022
  • HACCP for the supervisor| Merieux NutriSciences| Issued Mar 2022
  • ATP Monitoring Certificate| National Separations| Issued Jun 2023
  • Risk Assessment Certificate| Advantage act SHEQ Training| Issued Jun 2022
  • Sensory Analysis Certificate| CoSo| Issued May 2024

References

Zanele Sibanda

Quality and food safety specialist

Collaborative packing solutions

zanele@coso.co.za

0780438219


KG Sekwaila

Operations manager

Collaborative Packing Solutions

Kg@coso.co.za

0743559023/0820504973

Timeline

Quality Assurance Coordinator

Collaborative Packing Solutions
02.2023 - 08.2024

Quality Assurance Intern

Collaborative Packing Solutions
02.2022 - 02.2023

Diploma In Biotechnology - Biotechnology

University of Johannesburg
  • Food Safety Certificate| Progress Excellence Training and Developments| Issued Sep 2022
  • HACCP for the supervisor| Merieux NutriSciences| Issued Mar 2022
  • ATP Monitoring Certificate| National Separations| Issued Jun 2023
  • Risk Assessment Certificate| Advantage act SHEQ Training| Issued Jun 2022
  • Sensory Analysis Certificate| CoSo| Issued May 2024
Naledi Maila