Vijayalakshmi SEETHARAMAN
Adelaide,SA
Summary
As a highly skilled and successful QMS professional with key experience in setting quality standards and ensuring that production is maintained at such standards, I possess a wide range of knowledge and experience that will allow me to contribute towards the success of your company. I also have a strong commitment in continuing my professional development, which can be demonstrated by the fact that i have finished my masters in nutrition and dietetics in addition to the Lead auditor certification. I am dedicated and enthusiastic about keeping up to date with the latest innovations .I can work autonomously and hold advanced interpersonal skills that also make me a effective team member. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND WHS MANAGER
OLGAS FINE FOODS
01.2022 - Current
- Ensuring success of both external and internal audits including coordinating with other areas of business to achieve success and finalize corrective actions.
- Working around area with Lean management skills improving efficiency of production
- Overseeing management of internal quality systems, specifications, and document control
- Investigating customer complaints and quality issues and developing systems to rectify these and reduce the likelihood of recurrence.
- Ownership of the HACCP, SQF Food Safety systems
- Investigate and determine suitability of suppliers and monitor their ongoing performance
- Assist with Strategic Sourcing focusing on Supplier risk analysis.
- Support growing focus on environmental and social governance.
- Leading continuous improvement opportunities in conjunction with operations
- Coordinate product recall and product withdrawal processes and investigating and rectifying route cause
- Lead the CAR /NCR process supporting Operations in root cause analysis.
- Effectively support the NPD process from trial to launch
- Continue to foster strong business relationships with our major customer’s QA Teams
- With the support of the operational team drive and improve the sites Food Safety Culture
- Build trusted professional relationships to obtain buy-in from internal and external stakeholders
- Managed Production and Operations for a brief period to cover the teams absence.
- Assisting an employer's insurer with return to work or personal injury plans. identifying suitable duties for injured workers. working with injured workers, medical providers and insurers in returning injured workers to duty.
- Ensure that the management of significant incidents and emergency situations are consistent with food industry and its legislative requirements, and that these processes are communicated and understood by the site
- Provide advice and assist in the management of workers compensation and rehabilitation and return to work of injured workers
- Organize and plan testing requirements for site. Work with local council & Food regulatory for any issues with Food safety
- Help with any improvements in the site with the operations
- Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications and missed deadlines.
- Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe or ineffective practices.
- Analyzed production and developed production tracking and quality control systems to detect production problems.
- Motivated all team members through training, information sharing, mentoring and unbiased evaluations.
- Developed and maintained maintenance schedules to minimize equipment down time.
- Developed production schedule to deliver quality, on-time product.
- Collaborated with purchasing and production to maintain levels of quality and on-hand inventory.
- Analyzed inventory to identify excess, slow-moving and obsolete inventory and oversaw disposition.
Quality Assurance Coordinator
ISS Facility Services
03.2020 - 07.2022
- Conducts GMP audits every month
- Check for Batch sheets and production paperworks for accuracy and train staffs if necessary
- Conduct and help do environmental swabbing to maintain hygiene standards
- Conduct laboratory tests and monthly swab tests to maintain hygiene standards of manufacturing unit
- Create safe work procedure (SWP) as per Catering facilities in global format
- Incident investigation and welfare check on staff in workplace
- Conduct Risk assessment for various equipment used in workplace
- Protect customers from food-borne illnesses
- Rostering and planning for team members
- Manage physical, chemical and biological hazards in workplace to protect workers
- Train and supervise staff in safe preparation of food
- Devise Food Safety Program to improve workplace efficiency
- Build Food Safety Plan in alignment with Australian law, tailored for business
- Ensure that all deliveries from suppliers are safe and stored correctly
- Serve as point of contact for local government
- Prepare business for event of food safety emergency
- Help site budget control
- Ensure good SHE (Safety, Health & Environment) compliance
- Implement site service or process improvement initiatives
- Manage and develop team of administrators
- To ensure continuous improvement of administration service through continuous Personal development and Training
- Provide administration and accounting services where required
- Ensure management of any deficiencies or surpluses on cash takings, floats or stocks.
- Drafted reports on quality verification activity outcomes, presenting findings to decision-makers and recommending response efforts.
- Investigated recurring customer complaints, determining source of non-conformance incidences and recommending solutions.
- Halted production line in case of major non-compliance of specifications, standards or quality discovered during inspection process.
- Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
- Collaborated with management to provide training on improved processes and assisted with creation and maintenance of quality training.
- Collected and analyzed activity data and initiated, developed and recommended improvements to systems, processes and procedures to increase productivity and reduce cost.
- Developed monthly, end-of-quarter and other statistical reports for leadership team and quality improvement programs.
- Created and collaborated in implementation and maintenance of customer complaint log, control plans, work and inspection instructions, local procedures and visual aids and samples.
- Served as information systems liaison with vendors, information services and end-users to make recommendations for optimization of systems.
- Developed educational materials used to train staff on QA standards.
DIET MONITOR
SA HEALTH
03.2021 - 12.2021
- Assisting patients with meal selection including ensuring meal choices are consistent with Dietitian’s or speech pathologist patient meal plan
- Translating meal plans prepared by dietitians into patients’ food requirements, and using electronic meal management system (EPAS and Delegate) to order meals on daily basis
- Liaise with key stakeholders about patient meals
- Assist with patient menu choices, including clarifying with clinical staff and patients appropriate diet code for patients with reported food allergies and intolerances
- Working in conjunction with Food Services and within electronic meal management system, referring any (very) complex patients to dietitian or speech pathologist
- Referring enquiries to dietitians including advising dietitian on any consistently poor patient meal choices
- Ordering supplemental food items for special diets, in accordance to meal plans, menu rotation cycles and requests from dietitians
- Checking and actioning reports as instructed
- Using information available to provide advice on appropriate meal item replacements
- Documenting actions and communications as instructed
- Using discretion in prioritizing tasks to meet deadlines imposed by catering services and when appropriate to contact on-call dietitian on weekends.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Offered friendly and efficient service to customers, handled challenging situations with ease.
Quality Assurance Manager
GRB DAIRY FOODS PVT.LTD
01.2012 - 09.2019
- Acquired quality control tools, developed quality control procedures and established quality assurance methodologies/standards to mentor the understanding of quality objectives in the organization
- Primarily tasked with looking after the quality control aspects of raw materials and finished products
- Prepared and presented reports on each test performed for measuring quality, quantity and composition; computed formulas, percentages or production-specific factors using chemical and mathematical procedures
- Assisted in establishing quality standards and ensuring the product is maintained at such standards Monitored the process of sampling, testing and reporting and ensured that is done by approved method/procedures
- Ensured all check sheets are correctly completed and corrective action taken on non-compliance Maintained compliance with all testing and labelling requirements audits and information requests Directed the team members in setting the highest standard of quality to meet both internal and external requirements
- Served as a single point of contact for all quality related programs and directed the effectiveness of quality control activities to ensure maximum quality.
Dietitian
Dietitian, Deepam Hospital Limited
03.2010 - 12.2011
- Supervised the team members engaged in inspecting the quality of incoming materials to ensure adherence to hospital quality standards
- Planned meals depending upon the age, sickness / medical complications and educated patients on their meal plan
- Examined food stores, validated the quality of raw material and if they are stored appropriately for hospital diet
- Carried out inspection procedures repeatedly, until the product attained quality standards and specifications
- Maintained excellent sanitary and hygiene standards in the kitchen area for food safety set by the management
Education
Certificate IV - WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY
FIRE AND SAFETY AUSTRALIA
Adelaide, SA07.2023
RETURN TO WOK COORDINATOR - INJURY MANAGEMENT
KONECT WORKFORCE
Adelaide, SA02.2023
LEAD AUDITOR - QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
IRCA
INDIA08.2018
Master's - Nutrition & Dietetics
University of IGNOU
2018
Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics - undefined
University of Madras
2007
Skills
- Injury Management
- Lean Implementation
- Continuous Improvement Process
- Quality Standards
- Multitasking Abilities
- Planning and Coordination
- Problem-Solving
- First Aid/CPR
- Attention to Detail
- Self-Motivated
- Inventory Management Strategy
- Staff Development
Timeline
QUALITY ASSURANCE AND WHS MANAGER
OLGAS FINE FOODS
01.2022 - Current
DIET MONITOR
SA HEALTH
03.2021 - 12.2021
Quality Assurance Coordinator
ISS Facility Services
03.2020 - 07.2022
Quality Assurance Manager
GRB DAIRY FOODS PVT.LTD
01.2012 - 09.2019
Dietitian
Dietitian, Deepam Hospital Limited
03.2010 - 12.2011
Certificate IV - WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY
FIRE AND SAFETY AUSTRALIA
RETURN TO WOK COORDINATOR - INJURY MANAGEMENT
KONECT WORKFORCE
LEAD AUDITOR - QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
IRCA
Master's - Nutrition & Dietetics
University of IGNOU
Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics - undefined
University of Madras
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