Nyasha Shumba

Hands-on Production Supervisor with a BEng in Chemical Engineering and strong experience across food manufacturing, quality, and process optimisation. Currently supervising production while actively making mixes, assembling/disassembling equipment, signing off hygiene, and ensuring compliance to BRC AA, GMP, and GHP standards. Known for combining shop-floor leadership with data analytics, building digital systems, Dashboards, production sequencers, and KPI systems that improve yield, reduce waste, and support consistent decision-making.

Production Supervisor at Clandeboye Yoghurt (2025-11 – Present)

• Supervise daily yoghurt production, coordinating people, processes, and equipment to meet output and quality targets.
• Carry out hands-on mix making, recipe verification, and batch execution.
• Assemble and disassemble production equipment, ensuring correct setup and hygienic re-assembly.
• Perform and sign off hygiene and pre-operational checks in line with BRC AA, GMP, and GHP standards.
• Monitor planned vs actual vs packed volumes, identifying yield loss and waste drivers.
• Built a digital production dashboard showing yield loss breakdowns, waste trends, and product KPIs.
• Developed a rule-based production sequencer to reduce changeover losses and improve flow.
• Support audits and ensure accurate production and quality records.

Quality Control Analyst at Clandeboye Yoghurt (2025-01 – 2025-11)

• Collected and analyzed process data to monitor product quality and ensure compliance.
• Verified recipes for yogurt mixes, identifying trends and opportunities for improvement.
• Prepared reports and documented non-conformances, contributing to data-driven corrective actions.
• Collaborated with production teams to ensure data integrity and consistency across batches.
• Checked and verified quality, GMP and GHP conformance.
• Signed off hygiene.
• Sampled products for shelf life, pH, Temperature, viscosity, weights, and overall quality control.

Quality Engineer at PepsiCo (2021-07 – 2023-08)

• Conducted quality checks on raw materials, in-process, and finished products, ensuring compliance with global standards.
• Performed microbiological, chemical, and sensory testing, including pH, Brix, and carbonation.
• Calibrated and maintained laboratory instruments to achieve precise measurement tolerances.
• Documented quality data and issued non-conformance reports, collaborating with production teams to implement corrective actions.
• Participated in GMP audits and contributed to continuous improvement projects.
• Lead Quality Control team in injection molding department.

Tutor at Private school (2020-01 – 2021-05)

• Taught advanced level mathematics, physical science and chemistry.
• Taught ordinary level combined sciences.

Junior Process Engineer at Willowton Group (2018-01 – 2019)

• Investigated and resolved quality issues using statistical methods and RCA.
• Designed and optimised production processes, increasing throughput by 10%.
• Developed a waste reduction system that reduced disposal costs.

Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering – National University of Science and Technology (2015-01 – 2020-01)