Sowmya Lingareddy
Chandler,AZ
Summary
Food technologist with over 9 years of experience in quality and food safety. Extensive experience in paying impeccable attention to reviews and auditing procedures.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
QA Specialist
United Dairymen of Arizona
11.2021 - Current
- Developing CAPA reports for non conformance products and customer complaints.
- Led development, training and maintenance of plant quality and food safety programs.
- Involved in the regulatory, customer and SQF audits.
- Developing HACCP and food safety programs.
- Strong knowledge of environmental monitoring program.
- Recorded findings of inspection process, collaborating with quality team to implement corrective actions.
- Fixed identified issues to improve workflows.
Food safety and sanitation supervisor
Southwest Baking Company LLC
02.2021 - 10.2021
- Monitoring food safety and plant sanitation as per the regulations
- Conducting food safety and food defense trainings.
- Documented and escalated deviations to supervisors and recommended resolutions.
Food Safety and Quality Supervisor
Bon Appetit @ Google
10.2018 - 10.2019
- Overseeing the manufacturing processes, setting schedules, monitoring employee performance, solving technical issues and training the production employees.
- Enforced the Company’s GMP’s, SSOP’s, SOP’s, Quality and Food Safety policies and procedures.
- Conducting Root Cause Analysis and risk assessments for customer complaints.
- Performing the monthly Food Safety audits both in-house and external.
- Verifying all quality checks are correctly performed and documented.
Food Technician (Quality, Research & Development)
Sukhi’s Gourmet Indian foods
03.2015 - 03.2017
- Developing new products as per company requirements and FDA regulations.
- Conducting sensory evaluation for developed products and maintaining database.
- Calibrating the in. house equipment as per the standards.
- Performing pre-operational and ongoing production inspections related to manufacturing and quality.
Assistant manager (Quality Assurance, Research & Development)
Bambino Agro Industries ltd
12.2007 - 12.2011
- Supervised day-to-day operations to meet performance, quality and service expectations.
- Responsible for minimizing food waste and increasing production efficiency.
- Experience in developing Instant foods.
- Helped with planning schedules and delegating assignments to meet coverage and service demands.
Education
Bachelors - Food Science Engineering
Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University
IndiaSkills
- Non-Compliance Assessments
- CAPA reports
- Documentation and Reporting
- Employee training
- Regulatory Compliance
- Internal auditing
Certification
HACCP
Timeline
QA Specialist
United Dairymen of Arizona
11.2021 - Current
Food safety and sanitation supervisor
Southwest Baking Company LLC
02.2021 - 10.2021
Food Safety and Quality Supervisor
Bon Appetit @ Google
10.2018 - 10.2019
Food Technician (Quality, Research & Development)
Sukhi’s Gourmet Indian foods
03.2015 - 03.2017
Assistant manager (Quality Assurance, Research & Development)
Bambino Agro Industries ltd
12.2007 - 12.2011
Bachelors - Food Science Engineering
Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University