David Ekaraboh

Highly skilled and meticulous quality and food safety Professional with experience in process monitoring and management, research and development, food safety, documentation, and auditing. Demonstrated ability in conducting quality, food safety implementation and audits, and providing insightful recommendations for improvement. Passionate about ensuring the highest quality and food safety standards, and looking forward to adding value to the organization's growth while achieving personal growth and development.

ASSISTANT NATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER at EAT 'N' GO LIMITED (COLDSTONE CREAMERY, DOMINO'S PIZZA, PINKBERRY) (2024-01 – Present)

• Coordinate and oversee quality assurance and food safety activities across multiple production plants nationwide.
• Conduct quarterly internal audits to verify compliance with FSMS, QMS, GMP, HACCP, SOPs, and regulatory requirements.
• Track, analyze, and resolve non-conformances from internal, external, and regulatory audits to prevent recurrence.
• Ensure 100% regulatory compliance with NAFDAC, LASEPA, and other statutory agencies.
• Lead food safety risk assessments, customer complaint investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
• Review, design, validate, and implement SOPs and process control documentation across departments.
• Perform trend analysis on customer complaints, environmental swab results, and finished product microbiological testing.
• Conduct supplier audits, evaluations, and re-evaluations to ensure raw material quality and supplier compliance.
• Maintain 100% accurate and up-to-date food safety and hygiene records and escalate any deviation to mitigate any food safety risk.
• Support new product development (NPD) and continuous improvement of existing products.
• Enforce 100% GMP and plant sanitation through periodical auditing across the production floor.
• Deliver food safety, GMP, hygiene, and HACCP training to staff across production sites.

RISK ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL EXECUTIVE (SOUTH-SOUTH/EAST REGION) at EAT 'N' GO LIMITED (COLDSTONE CREAMERY, DOMINO'S PIZZA, PINKBERRY) (2022-01 – 2024-12)

• Developed and maintained a controls assurance framework for Domino's Pizza and Cold Stone Creamery commissaries.
• Planned and executed food safety, quality, and compliance audits across Domino's Pizza & ColdStone Creamery Commissaries.
• Monitored implementation of audit recommendations and verified effectiveness of corrective actions.
• Reviewed operational incidents, risk assessments, and audit findings across management system to improve quality control systems.
• Designed and implemented quality control and risk management frameworks aligned with corporate standards.
• Provided management with performance feedback against approved internal audit plans.
• Generated 100% accurate & up-to-date quality reports and documentation.

QUALITY CONTROL/ASSURANCE EXECUTIVE (NORTHERN REGION) at EAT N' GO LIMITED (COLDSTONE CREAMERY) (2020-01 – 2022-12)

• Coordinated quality, food safety, environmental, and occupational health activities within commissary operations.
• Ensured 100% implementation of GMP, HACCP, and SOPs across production processes.
• Supervised CCP monitoring, product traceability, temperature control, and sanitation programs.
• Ensured 100% compliance and implementation with quick service cleanliness experience (QSCE) standards and company food safety policies.
• Managed pest control, waste management, and hygiene programs.
• Trained food safety teams on quality ownership, hygiene practices, and compliance requirements.

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR at LIMBOG DRINKS (2016-01 – 2020-12)

• Supervised production activities to ensure output met quality and safety standards.
• Enforced hygiene, grooming, and health & safety procedures on the production floor.
• Organized workflow to meet production specifications and delivery timelines.
• Monitored processes, resolved production issues, and ensured operational efficiency.

Master of Science in Polymer and Textile Technology – Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State (2018)

Bachelor of Science in Pure and Applied Chemistry – University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State (2014)