Muhammad Ayaz Email & Phone Number

Pakistan

•Leading the implementation of new product developments in Pakistan and ensuring full, regulatory, Quality, Halal and food safety compliances.•Responsible for Project Leadership of projects -single point of accountability for technical delivery and responsible for communication with stakeholders on all technical elements.•Providing technical input and insights into innovation projects to the R&D organization, Business Unit marketing, supply chain, technical compliance networks and external stakeholders (suppliers).•As part of the RD Global team, leading in projects in Pakistan as a leading Manager and as team member in global projects.•Developing, training, and executing R&D relevant product activations including training sales force with product knowledge.•Overall responsibility for delivery of innovation/renovation/cost reduction and compliances in Pakistan Business Unit.•Working closely with Supply Management and Supply Chain on local supply chain activities e.g. value improvement, third party manufacturing support, alternative sourcing.•Providing guidance on technical supportability of advertising claims in communication with trade and consumers based on excellent technical, regulatory and competitor understanding.•Deployment – conducting sales training and execution of projects in market.•Ensuring quality and food safety of product at design level.•Develop specifications of raw materials, packing materials, final products and processes with keeping in view all the concerns of all internal and external stakeholders.•Responsible to make sure that 3p manufacturing processes run within quality and food safety limits.•Driving compliance and delivery of projects in UPMS and gate documents including compliance checks and local requirements.•Ensuring Quality control / quality assurance of existing products.•Assisting Regulatory Affair teams on day-to-day basis for new development related projects.

•Responsible for new product development from idea management, project structure planning & execution, Lab trials, Pilot plant trials, transit trial and till launch.•Development of new products and design their packaging in line with innovation strategy and plan.•Improved existing products and their packaging to increase market share.•Reduced cost of existing products to enhance contribution margin through recipe reengineering or packaging rationalization or process optimization.•Collaborated with cross functional teams including Marketing, Procurement, Quality Control, Engineering, Manufacturing and Finance on new product development and to resolve ingredient and product technical issues. •Prioritized and managed multiple projects with overlapping deadlines.•Analyzed data, determined and maintained product-wise process standards for each production line.•Developed specifications of raw material, packaging material and finished goods.•Ensured product label compliance according to national and international regulatory or statutory requirements.•Managed R&D SOPs and work instructions as per the guidelines of ISO standards (QMS 9001, EMS14001, FSSC 22000) and in line with global best practices and lead R&D team in internal and external audits.•Maintained SAP production planning master data for both manufacturing sites and provided technical support to R&D team.•Planned research and development financial budget (Capex & Revex).•Represented R&D department in daily process review meeting (DPR) and resolved in-process complaints. •Accountable for overall R&D lab management

Mba, Marketing

M.Sc, Food Science And Technology

B.Sc Hounors, Food Science And Technology