Safdar Ali S/O Ahmad Bakhsh Mobile:    +92-3007705248 E-mail:   rana.safdarali@hotmail.com

Profile Summary

A committed quality assurance manager with a proven track record of strategic quality assurance vision. Quick demonstrational ability to mentor quality assurance teams to implement latest quality assurance programs for maintaining industrial quality standards with proven team handling abilities.

Work Experience

Manager Quality Assurance & Product DevelopmentEngro EXIMP Agri Products Pvt. Ltd.May 2016 – Present (Lahore)

During this tenure my responsibilities were • Team management of QA & QC personnel at primary site and outsourced locations.• Reporting to senior management about stock health monitoring on quarterly basis.• Coordination with inspection agencies, legal authorities and customers during rice procurement, processing, storage, dispatch, sale and handling complaints.• Product trend analyses with respect to quality and food safety parameters to ensure continuous improvement of the system.• Designed feasibility and supervised the setup of chemical lab for testing of water used in boiler.• Dealing with vendors for procurement and maintenance of lab equipment and chemical kits.• Training of subordinate staff with respect to paddy & rice identification, sampling and analyses• Capacity enhancement of rice analyst team to procure and store 4000MT of wheat.

•Being Management Representative, Food Safety Team Leader, and IFS Representative ensures that controls and processes needed for the Integrated Management System and sustained. • Leading team of Quality Systems to organize internal audits, external audits corrective actions’ system and hazard analyses exercises. • Conduct management review meetings to review any changes or improvements in the Integrated Management System. • Liaison with certification body for existing certifications and seek opportunities for new certifications.  

Quality Assurance Officer Engro Eximp Agri Products

September 2010 – Present (5 years 7 months) Lahore• Leading a team of more than 100 employees during paddy season 2013 for the purchase of 190 KT paddy and rice analysis to be done at purchase. • Effective support to production team during processing and ensure compliance to quality policies on day to day basis.• Support the export team by keeping the liaison with governmental inspection agencies and private agencies involved by the buyer for the export of 33KT in cargo rice shape and 12KT in processed rice. •Help the AM QA for Managing of 15 Mn PKR fixed cost budget for Y2014 for department and reduced it by 44.6% • Developing team and instruments for saving the cost of processes and 2 Mn PKR saved through changing sampling procedure. • Ensure training & education of team members regarding requirements of Integrated Management System managed the training delivery of almost 1600 Man-hours. • Converted the system from conventional rice analysis method to automated analysis (Kett rice analyzer) which resultant in reduced the manning of QC up to 75%• Got the training on PSM & PSRM and developed the team as well • Reduced the quality related complaints of the customers up to 20% on tonnage basis. • Being product development manager working on brand development of wheat flour and rice conducting market research and consumer acceptability tests. 

• Got the training on seed certification of paddy from Federal Seed Certification Authority Islamabad and later from Lahore and also got training on Seed Certification of Wheat from Federal Seed Certification Authority Lahore.

• Got the prize of best performer of year 2o15.

• Got the spirit award of 2016 from Engro Corp.

• Chemical Test of Rice which are Aflatoxin test, milling Degree Test • Physical Analysis of Rice, Paddy ,and Husk.

Paddy & Rice Procurement OfficerAli Agro Rice Industries Sadhoke GujranwalaNovember 2009 – September 2010 (10 months)

• Procured the quality of paddy and rice• Finish Product Release Inspection• Shipment Mentoring & Fumigation• Cooking Analysis of rice• Milling Recovery• Packing Material Inspection 

Paddy, Rice Analyst & Procurement OfficerIqbal Rice Mills Chiniot July 2003– November 2009  (6 Years & 4 months ) • Procured the quality of paddy and rice• Finish Product Release Inspection• Shipment Mentoring

• Cooking Analysis of rice• Milling Recovery• Packing Material Inspection • Rice samples preparation for Export Team• In house equipment Calibration & record as per plan• Training of new hiring for paddy season and rice• Rice Shelf Life monitoring & record• Rice Packaging & Packing Monitoring regarding QAPaddy, Rice Analyst & Procurement OfficerMithu Brothers Ghala Mandi Chiniot 1996– 2009 (3 Years)• To help in procurement of Paddy & rice .

Qualification:S.S.C (Science) Passed from Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Sargodha  1988 FSc. (Pre-Engineering) Passed from Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education Faisalabad.  1991 Graduation Passed from Punjab University Lahore.     1995 Master (MAIslamiatPart-1). Passed from Punjab University Lahore.     2004 Personal Information: Date of Birth : April 13, 1971

C.N.I.C. No. : 33201-1612041-9

Nationality : Pakistan

Languages : English, Urdu & Punjabi. Address : H # 605/116ThaheemanThathiGharbiChiniot.