Aman K. Email and Phone Number

As part of my responsibilities, I am in charge of administering and reassessing food safety protocols such as HACCP, PCP, and FSEP as per regulatory requirements like SFCR. I ensure that food safety and quality procedures align with internal, customer, and regulatory compliance. Additionally, I lead audits such as BRC, internal, biosecurity, gluten-free, CFIA, and customer audits. As a liaison with CFIA, I am also responsible for performing follow-up on Standard Inspection Process (SIP) and Compliance Verification System (CVS) tasks. This includes ensuring implementation of all corrective and preventive actions, including necessary training, is completed promptly.I schedule and lead monthly meetings with cross-functional teams to discuss food safety, sanitation, and HACCP. During these meetings, I communicate corporate and internal KPIs of each period for identifying areas for improvement and prepare meeting minutes. I also track and trend various reports such as environmental monitoring, foreign material reports, non-compliance reports, supplier incident reports, hold reports, and complaint KPIs using Microsoft Power BI. Moreover, I create customer SPC reports using Microsoft Excel. My role also involves supervising QA technicians by assigning tasks, creating verification schedules, performing monthly onsite visits, and providing training/coaching for implementing food safety and quality compliance. I perform risk assessments, GAP assessments (for the BRC program), mock recalls, and traceability according to customer and regulatory requirements.I conduct food safety surveys and create monthly food safety newsletters to enhance food safety culture. I verify documentation for US export certification under the guidelines set by both the CFIA and USDA-FSIS.I create and update SOPs, SSOPs, and records to reflect updates in the food safety program. This includes reassessing HACCP, PCP, GAP assessment, internal audit, and adding new regulatory requirements.

As an FSQA Technician at Olymel Foods Inc. in Paris, ON, my responsibilities included ensuring that quality standards and procedures were met and aligned with the company's Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). I assisted in preparing work instructions or training documents for easy understanding of the elements/tasks. I verified and performed the release of the Raw Materials requiring COAs. I updated product master specifications as changes came up to the process or the labels. I reconciled the items requiring hold and release. I oversaw the scheduling and planning of the gluten-free and Allergen validations, water sampling, Air sampling, and shelf-life verification. I ensured the timely closure of all non-compliance and foreign material reports. I supported the QA team in coordinating with the maintenance team on the completion of any Pest control visit, premise audit, and glass and brittle plastic audit deviations. I performed QA rounds for monitoring GMPs, product compliance to the Product Master specification, foreign material risk to the product, and tool control program is followed and effectively managed. I verified scales, thermometers, production records, and FSQA records.As an FSQA Pre-Op Technician, I ensured that quality standards and procedures were met and aligned with the company's Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOPs). I conducted thorough pre-operational inspection and environmental swabbing before starting operations to ensure the effectiveness of sanitation. I performed effective follow-up actions and re-inspection of sanitation practices after receiving subpar swab results. I reviewed SSOPs, performed onsite, and documented observations for updating current procedures. I coordinated with cross-functional teams to follow the master sanitation schedule. I provided feedback for sanitation meetings and brought forward any concerns related to the sanitation program. I trained and updated Sanitation employees on any relevant procedures.

As part of the job, I was responsible for performing various tasks to ensure that the production process runs smoothly and efficiently. My role involved working in various departments, including mixing, proofing, fryer, filling, and packaging of donuts, breads, and pastries. I evaluated both raw and finished products according to production specification sheets. Additionally, I worked alongside the sanitation department during weekly line cleaning and performed pre-operational inspections to ensure effective cleaning. Following GMP and food safety policies was crucial to my role, as was monitoring hourly CCP checks and documentation. I also performed daily checks on thermometers, scales, and calipers, and was responsible for performing x-ray checks during production. Finally, I verified and maintained records of ingredient and packaging material lots for traceability purposes.