Japher Otieno

I am an energetic, enthusiastic and determined Kenyan youth, formerly a student in an institution of higher learning. I am a Christian. I seek to secure a dynamic and challenging position to practice my knowledge and experience to realize career development and well as improve my knowledge by offering service to the society.

I am an adaptable and motivated professional withvast experience in cereals, animal feed, human food and beverages such as spices, milk powder, soy products and extrusionin which through passion, I havelearntand work in all aspects of scientific and management fields.

WORK EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

WORK AS AN ASSISTANT QUALITY ASSURANCE AND COMPLIANCEMANAGER

AT BOTANICAL EXTRACTS EPZ LIMITED

(March, 2022Date)

Assists the QAM in implementation of Food Safety Management System, FSSC, Kosher,

Halal, Organic, EHS and QMS certifications and timely performance review through audits by accredited bodies.

Conducting housekeeping audits and personal hygiene inspection to ensure they meet the set standards. This in response determine the training needs for the employees hence conducting the actual trainings.

Assists the QAM in overseeing, calibration, validation, revalidation and verification protocols and qualification of all the laboratory equipment, Change Control, methods and process validations.

Assists the QAM in overseeing timely investigation of non-compliances, reviewing and documentation of out of trends specifications and analysis, CAPAs, and deviations in other Quality Management activities.

Assists the QAM in ensuring that all the company’s activities are carried out in compliance with all relevant Statutory Safety Regulations, Company Standard Operating Procedures and Good Manufacturing Practices.

Assists the QAM in enforcing GMP, GLP EHS,5S, lean manufacturing practices and hazard spotting/closure in the laboratory and in the factory in the general.

Verifying retention process of raw materials and finished product for reference while ensuring the company processes comply with both the national and international requirement, KEBS, EAS, and EU standard.

Manage supplier and customer audits and ensure that ensuing action plans are implemented and hence communicating to the management and other stakeholders including customers, the regulations and guidelines that impact the company’s business.

Review batch processing records, product quality certificates, batch disposition and product complaints

Supervision of waste disposal and drafting and implementing policies that encourage environmental safety e.g. recycling of plastic waste, cartons and food waste Surveillance and monitoring the track improvements.

Assists the QAM inensuring there are in place appropriate Health and Safety Management

Plans, Environment Management Plans, and Product Quality Plans; setting milestones to achieve them and ensuring that targets are met.

Assists the QAM in liaising between the Company and relevant authorities relating to any

Environment, Health or Safety issues that may arise.

BSc. Industrial Chemistry

FSMS implementor and auditor

EHS implementor

QMS implementor

OHS implementer.

Process validation