Flevian Khagayi

Quality Control Lead and analytical chemist with 2+ years in food and fermentation quality control, across FSSC 22000-certified manufacturing and a mycoprotein start-up. Leads quality teams, supplier audits, root cause investigations and QMS buildout toward certification. Turns analytical data into practical process controls that protect product safety, consistency and regulatory compliance.

Quality Control Lead at Essential Impact Limited (2026-05 – Present)

• Lead the quality and food safety team: set daily QC priorities, handle escalations and drive follow-up with Production and Science.
• Drive quarterly quality OKRs and ensure all key results are closed before quarter end.
• Conduct supplier food safety audits and run incoming raw-material inspection (moisture, visual condition, contamination risk); approve or reject lots and maintain supplier quality records.
• Lead root cause investigations into foreign-matter and rancidity/lipolysis batch failures; decide batch dispositions and close CAPAs.
• Build the FSSC 22000 / ISO 22000 documentation system, authoring SOPs for the QC lab, production, sampling and sanitation.
• Prepare QC readiness for scale-up to 7,000 L fermentation runs, covering in-process sampling, fungal morphology checks and contamination control.
• Launched and run the site 6S programme through daily walkthroughs and team briefings.
• Own final-product release: protein, moisture and sensory testing, COAs and batch records.

Senior Quality Assurance Officer at Razco Limited (2024-11 – 2026-05)

• Contributed to successful FSSC 22000 v6 certification and a Yum! Brands audit with zero major non-conformities.
• Reduced non-conformance reports by 15% through proactive CAPA and monitoring.
• Cut batch-release delays by 25% through cross-functional quality improvement.
• Developed standardized COA and dispatch documentation, improving traceability and dispatch efficiency by 20%.
• Monitored HACCP controls, CCPs/OPRPs, GMP and ISO 22000 requirements across production; verified specifications before product release.
• Led root cause analysis for process deviations and customer complaints; prepared CAPA to prevent recurrence.
• Performed microbiological and physical/chemical testing on raw materials and finished products (pH, Brix, specific gravity, acidity, resazurin, fat, moisture, particle size).
• Trained new quality officers and interns on sampling, analytical testing and documentation control; represented quality requirements to B2B customers.

Quality and Hygiene Lead (Contract) at Magical Kenya Open 2026, Karen Country Club (2026-02 – 2026-02)

• Oversaw food safety and hygiene for a high-traffic international sporting event across preparation, live service, buffet holding and kitchen sanitation.
• Conducted real-time HACCP inspections and CCP temperature monitoring, giving immediate corrective guidance; zero food-safety incidents reported.

Quality Control Specialist at Scentury Kenya Limited (2024-05 – 2024-11)

• Managed quality inspections from maceration through secondary packaging and dispatch.
• Conducted pH and temperature monitoring, microbial swabbing and environmental monitoring to verify sanitation effectiveness.
• Improved product-release turnaround with a faster sample-approval and document-tracking process.
• Trained production staff on SOPs, GMP and hygiene requirements.

Laboratory Intern at Technical University of Kenya (2023-05 – 2023-08)

• Prepared samples and operated HPLC and GC-MS for student and research analyses.
• Supported analytical method validation and instrument calibration.

BSc in Analytical Chemistry – Kisii University (2024)

Certificate in Information Systems Applications – NUU Vocational Centre (2020)