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Toronto, Ontário, Canadá

Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil

Curitiba Area, Brazil

Responsible for Quality Assurance, dealing with approval products with Ministry of Agricultural and art approval with supplies. Managed to organize food industry self-monitoring documentations - Curitiba and Jaragua do Sul plants. I am responsible for best practices staff training, including recently employed workers. Recently I shared my production control system with the supply area, helping them to forecast more assertively the inventory.

Curitiba Area, Brazil

Lectured Meat and Packaging Technology classes to the 4th level on Food Technology course, offered by SENAI PR. I guided young adults, from 16 – 18 year old, to act on Food and Beverage industries, laboratories, Research Centers, among others.I have elaborated practice and theory materials, focusing on quality assurance, animal welfare, research and development and production processes. I had the privilege to coordinate, together with a multidisciplinary team, the conclusion course works… Show more Lectured Meat and Packaging Technology classes to the 4th level on Food Technology course, offered by SENAI PR. I guided young adults, from 16 – 18 year old, to act on Food and Beverage industries, laboratories, Research Centers, among others.I have elaborated practice and theory materials, focusing on quality assurance, animal welfare, research and development and production processes. I had the privilege to coordinate, together with a multidisciplinary team, the conclusion course works, involving the production lines planning for the conception of an innovative food product. Show less

Production Department Coordination, with manage and planning activities, reporting directly to the company owner. I was responsible for the entire production chain, like feedstock selection, reception and storage, production supervision and final products’ quality assurance inspection and control. I was the president of the Internal Commission for Accidents Prevention and responsible for production processes upgrades, focusing on loss reduction, production time improvements and team… Show more Production Department Coordination, with manage and planning activities, reporting directly to the company owner. I was responsible for the entire production chain, like feedstock selection, reception and storage, production supervision and final products’ quality assurance inspection and control. I was the president of the Internal Commission for Accidents Prevention and responsible for production processes upgrades, focusing on loss reduction, production time improvements and team organization.I have registered all production variables from the whole company products portfolio, assuring the correct preparations and standardization between batches; managed to reduce by 10% the production losses with team orientation and supervising; reduced by 5% the production times overall; stablished a labor gymnastics program to avoid work-related accidents; and workers improved commitment and conducted a packaging upgrade study for product characteristics better display. Show less

Research & Development of Products Engineer: New products development for Asia Market; Market Research in loco - Asia (Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand); Ingredients alternatives – costs reduction; Participation in suppliers auditing; Study of Food Legislation; Documents Patterns.Staff: Study of each step of the process in all breaded lines production (from the raw material to packaging). Coaching of quality agents to control the parameters of production line.

Trainee in Research & Development area: Development of low-cost product with good quality (using honey) to school meals.

Production Site Internship - Loss appraisal analysis in extruded line production and standardization of the characteristics of a particular snack line, where I could suggest some configuration issues on the machinery. I could identify some aroma losses on the product and proposed changes to the lines to fix it. One of the main achievements during that period was a report on the standard issues on the snack product, which I could organize steps to meet those requirements.

Specialist, Packaging

Packaging Specialization Course - Project and Production. This course includes subjects as Material Properties and Tecnology, Ergonomy.

Master, Food Technology

Dissertation titled "Elaboration of honey bread enriched with alimentary fiber with differents seeds, its physico-chemical.

Engenharia De Alimentos

Conclusion Dissertation titled "Flavored Refined Canola Oil"