Siwe Ndamase

Innovative biotechnologist offering 4 years of positive food manufacturing industry experience. Well-versed in quality monitoring, application of laboratory techniques, SQA and sanitation to drive company sales and customer satisfaction. Calm and hardworking professional with expertise in food processing, production, and quality control.

Food Technologist at Cape Herb and Spices (2024-01 – Present)

• Updating & writing up raw material specifications.
• Supplier Quality Assurance– Supplier onboarding, SQA documents review. SOP Review
• Coordinating updates of pre-shipment/type sample internally and externally. Communicating with suppliers
• Checking, Interpreting & updating Analytical reports.
• Traceability & Mock Recall Study support with Supplier quality assurance information.
• Technical investigations / research.
• Raw material/ Packaging risk assessments.
• Supplier Audit review reports and ensure minute taking are up to date and saved accordingly.
• GMPS, Speak and Eat and staff Trainings.

Junior Food Technologist at Cape Herb and Spices (2023-01 – 2023-12)

• Internal Non-conformance / Corrective action: Ensure that the NCR's raised are reported internally and are accurately described to allow for communication with the relevant resolutions to be reached.
• Environmental monitoring: Ensure production environment complies with customer standards: taking hand swabs and surface swabs. Ensure the testing schedule is followed and updated.
• Verify production quality control records
• Sanitation and Hygiene: Ensure procedures are up to date and followed.
• Create COA's for customers as requested timeously & Accurately
• Co-ordinate internal shelf-life extensions.
• Customer complaints: Investigate, log, and formulate reports
• Allergen management: Perform allergen validation

QA Intern at Cape Herb and Spices (2022-01 – 2022-12)

• Scale and moisture verification
• Analysis of pre-shipment samples
• Irradiation analysis
• Weight checks
• Updating buying specification
• Reviewing quality procedures
• Sampling and sending out raw materials for testing
• GMPs and Pest control
• Raw material COA
• Evaluating microbial and pesticides results
• Raising non-conformance report for pre-shipments

Advanced Diploma in Biotechnology – Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2023 – 2023)

Diploma in Biotechnology – Cape Peninsula University of Technology (2022 – 2022)