Assistant Manager, Food Safety Officer

First Name: Talha
E-Mail Address: syedtalhaft@gmail.com
Country: Saudi Arabia
Phone: +966581659674
Job Position Applying For: Assistant Manager/Manager
Current Job Title: Food Safety Officer
Total Years of Experience: 7+
Copy your Resume / CV in this box: Food Safety Officer
Tamimi Global Co. Ltd. (TAFGA) – Saudi Arabia (KSA) – October 2022 to Present
(My responsibilities include:

• Implementing / maintaining HACCP, Food Safety and Personal Hygiene Standards.
• Implementing systems and conducting regular checks to ensure food handlers are adhering to good food and personal hygiene practices, during food preparation.
• Carrying out internal Food Hygiene Audits in all food preparation rooms.
• Providing trainings to maintain constant awareness of line staff about quality initiatives.
• Monitoring and verifying that food is received, handled, prepared, stored, transported and served always in a satisfactory manner, in accordance with the Food Safety & HACCP Rules & Regulations.
• Auditing all food preparation areas and reporting findings and liaise with the concerned departments on consistent preventive
/ corrective actions.
• Making Food Safety and HACCP training plans for food handlers.
• Managing day to day activities of Food Safety and maintaining Hygiene records, appropriately.
• Investigating food safety complaints, and reporting to management.

Assistant Manager Quality Assurance & Compliance
Pearl Confectionery Pvt. Ltd. - Karachi – Pakistan – December 2021 to October 2022
(During my association with the company, my responsibilities included:

• Developing, maintaining, implementing and checking of ISO 9001:2015, Halal, GMP standards in the company.
• Ensuring to meet the acceptable standards, to develop objective policies and procedures, providing assistance, taking feedbacks and any other responsibilities pertaining to the need periodically to identify hidden risks or non-conformity issues.
• Conducting supplier audits to identify the grey areas for development & evaluation refer to defined criteria.
• Reviewing the working activities & records of all departments when necessary to identify compliance issues and provide advice.
• Keeping abreast of regulatory requirements within or outside of the company as well as evolving best practices in compliance control.
• Leading & actively participating in internal & external system audits to maintain communication bridge between consulting departments.
• Conducting trainings as per need assessments to maintain the quality & productive outputs at all level including GMP, GWP, internal audit 19011 guidelines, ISO (9001 & 22000), & Halaal etc.
• Implementing improvements to production processes that lead to overall increases in product quality.
• Writing reports on production, procurement & warehouses performance to check on the quality status of the product at defined stages & inform to related stakeholders.
• Reviewing all materials provided by suppliers to assure quality before incorporation into the product.

• Assessing the product's quality, on behalf of testing parameters & review all environmental including temperature, humidity, etc.
• Investigating potential & actual causes of quality problems & proposing solutions to resolve the non-conformance & non- compliant issue.
• Continuously inducting quality tools to developing quality control technique to promote & devise new processes, refining existing ones & to optimize the manufacturing process.
• Resolving customer complaint(s) & fulfill requirements after liaison with suppliers of raw materials on quality related issues/problems & supervise final product quality & releasing process.
• Carrying out any other duties commensurate with the grade & purpose of the job & the objectives of the company.


Assistant Manager Quality Assurance
Ahmed Foods Pvt. Ltd. - Karachi – Pakistan – May 2019 to December 2021
(During my association with the company, my responsibilities included:

• Developing and updating SOPs'/WIs' for processes as per existing implemented practices.
• Observing the Production Process & highlighting the weak points if there is any.
• Making report of incoming materials, packaging materials & processed goods.
• Monitoring all SOPs & ensuring compliance to standards.
• Documenting process activity and getting involved in ISO certifications (9001 & 22000) & Halaal.
• Effectively handling market return products and taking decision accordingly.
• Reviewing packaging specimens in order to ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
• Training subordinates and monitoring their performances.
• Providing trainings to maintain constant awareness of line staff about quality initiatives.
• Providing technical expertise to solve any issues related to product and processing.
• Maintaining proper management & making availability of retention samples & their record keeping with respect to finished lots.
• Performing detailed root analysis investigation for non-conforming product to ensure corrective actions implemented are effective & irradiate the noncompliance.
• Occasionally work on new product development.
• Coordinating with production team to conduct plant trials of new products.
• Performing any special duties or projects assigned from time to time by DGM or management.)


Quality Assurance Executive
Agro Processors & ATM Gases Pvt. Ltd. (Sauces Division) - Karachi – Pakistan – January 2017 to May 2019
(During my association with the company, my responsibilities included:

• Inspecting and making report of incoming (physical & chemical) Raw Materials, Packaging Materials & finished goods & verification of all relevant documents.
• Observing the Production Process & highlighting the weak points if there is any.
• Monitoring all SOPs & ensuring compliance to standards.
• Maintaining a detailed account of all activities by filling hourly checklist.
• Documenting process activity and getting involved in ISO certification (22000)
• Calibrating the lab instruments
• Ensuring all food safety standards are being followed.
• Providing trainings to maintain constant awareness of line staff about quality initiatives.
• Maintaining proper management & making availability of retention samples & their record keeping with respect to finished lots.
• Performing detailed root analysis investigation for non-conforming product to ensure corrective actions implemented are effective & irradiate the noncompliance.
• Providing report to the Manager immediately if there is any NC and any other task given by Manager.)

Quality Assurance
Pizza Hut Pakistan - Karachi – Pakistan – October 2015 to March 2016
During my association with the company, my responsibilities included:

• Monitoring all SOPs at the restaurants & ensuring compliance to standards
• Ensuring that cleanliness & hygiene standards are being followed at the restaurants.
• Ensuring all food safety standards are being followed at the restaurants.
• Readying the restaurants for ISO certification and UK food safety certification.
• Getting involved in the FSCC audits with a respect to restaurant trainings including new product trainings.
• Visiting restaurants as per schedule provided.
• Performing detailed root analysis investigation for non-conforming product to ensure corrective actions implemented are effective & irradiate the noncompliance.
• Providing report to the QA manager)



University of Karachi - Karachi - Pakistan January 2016 to January 2017

Bachelor's in Food Science & Technology University of Karachi - Karachi - Pakistan January 2013 to December 2015

Intermediate in Pre-Engineering Karachi Board - Karachi – Pakistan January 2011 to December 2012

Matriculation in Science Karachi Board - Karachi - Pakistan December 2010



Microsoft Office, Root Cause Problem Solving, Ability to work in a team, Computer Skills, Quality Assurance, Food Safety, ISO Standards (9001, 22000), Food Industry, Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Food Technology, GMP, Hazard
Analysis & Critical Control Points, Food Science, Food Processing, Food Manufacturing, Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), Quick Learner with a Practical Bent of Mind, An Effective Communicator, Focused & Punctual, A Methodical Approach to Keeping Records, ERP & SAP S/4 Hana



https://www.linkedin.com/in/syed-muhammad-talha-935186118




• Manufactured Grissini (Effect of Germination & Non-Germination Legumes on Bread Stick) 2016
• Manufactured Electrolyte Drink 2015




• Two-days session on Food Safety Management System based on the Requirements of ISO 22000:2005 from SGS Pakistan Pvt Ltd.
• Two-days Training Course on HACCP in Sea Food Industries from Marine Fisheries Department, Fisheries Training Centre.
• One-day session on Halaal Concept for Food Industries From HARC.
• Awareness session on HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points)
• Awareness session on Introduction of Different Food Safety Standards
• Awareness session on Auditing Guidelines according to ISO 19011
• Awareness session on FSMS – ISO 22000:2018
• Awareness session on 3733:2019 (Halaal Food Management System)
• 3 days session on Highfield Level 3 Award in Food Safety for Catering (RQF)



Nationality: Pakistan CNIC: 42101-7944949-9
Religion: Islam
Date of Birth: June 12,1994