Muhammad Arif Laiq
Email: [email protected]
Date of birth: 14.9.1979
Nationality: Pakistani
4A-14/11, Nazimabad no. 4, Karachi, Pakistan.
Mobile: 00923002975013/0092321-2777596
http://pk.linkedin.com/in/ariflaeeq
Career Objective:
To obtain a challenging and stimulating leading position entailing Food Safety and Quality
Management System, focused on team motivation and organizational development.
Education:
 Masters in Applied Chemistry from University of Karachi in 2002 (Grade-A)
 Specialization in Food Processing Technology from University of Karachi.
 Final Year Project “ Effects of substitution of cocoa butter with hydrogenated palm kernel oil and
tempering process in chocolate processing”
 Internships in Ismail Industries (Candyland), Gamalux Oleochemicals (Fatty Acids processing).
 Intermediate Pre-Engineering from Govt. Dehli College.(Grade-A)
 Matriculation from Sindh Board in 1995 (Grade-A1)
Professional Certification and Training Courses:
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Achieved following Certifications and trainings on food safety and quality from Pakistan and abroad
IRCA approved Lead Auditor Course of FSSC22000 for food manufacturing from SGS Pakistan
FSSC Packaging/ PAS223:2011 for food packaging Manufacturing from SGS Pakistan.
BRC Food – Global Standard for Food Safety – Issue 6 (Achieved “Merit” Status) from USAID.
SAP Super user training Course (Three months) for Technical and Production from Nestle Pakistan.
BRC IOP for Packaging materials from SGS Middle East.
HACCP Codex Alimentarious (Annex to CAC/RCP-1-1969,Rev.4, 2003) from Nestle Pakistan.
ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management System from SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
ISO 14001:2004, Environmental Management System from SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
Hygienic engineering in Nestlé food processing plants
Advance Microbiology Course from Nestle Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
Kaizen implementation course from Nestle Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
Genetically Modified Food processing Labeling and legal requirements.
Food bio-availability trials in NRC (Nestlē Research Centers)
Legal Food and environmental Laws in the world from SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
Occupational safety and fire fighting from SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd and Nestle Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
Cold Chain Integrity Management from Nestle Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
NGMP (Nestle Good Manufacturing Practices), Nestle FPL Program
ISO/IEC 17025 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration Laboratories.
Occupational Health and Safety, Incident reporting, Good Laboratory practices in Nestle Pakistan.
Wool worth Quality Assurance (WQA) from SGS Austrailia via webinar
SQA- Unilever Supplier Quality Approval course via webinar
SQMS Mc Donald’s Supplier Quality Management System
DQMP McDonald ‘s Distributors Quality Monitoring Process
Halal Food Science and Audit Methodology Course from SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
ISO22716:2007 GMP Cosmetics from SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
Net Content Control and weight legislations from Metlor Toledo
Accelerated Learning Techniques for Trainers (ALT) from SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
Overall Experience at a Glance:
SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.
Engro Foods Limited
(Oct 2008 till to date)
(Aug 2007 till Oct 2008)
Deputy Manager
Assistant Manager
Lead Auditor & Trainer U.H.T Dairy Processing
Nestlé Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd
(Feb 2002 till Aug 2007)
Assistant Manager
Production
Summary:
Currently working as a Deputy Manager (South), Lead Auditor and Lead Trainer (Quality and Food
Safety Management System BRC IOP, EMS,GMP Cosmetics, Second Party Certifications) in
System and Services Certification in SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. a Swiss Multinational operating in
142+ countries. I have a diversified experience of twelve years in food processing (Milk and Juice
Pasteurization, Milk U.H.T, Aseptic Filling of Milk and Juices, Bottled drinking water Processing,
Confectionery Processing ,Quality Assurance, Suppliers' audits and approvals, I have conducted
and lead 700+ audits and training courses related to different international standards for example
HACCP, BRC Food, BRC IOP SQA, Halal Foods, DQMP for McDonald’s, WQA Woolworth’s
Quality Assurance Audits within Pakistan and other countries namely Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand,
Sri Lanka; U.A.E, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Mauritius etc.
Job Responsibilities in SGS Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. (SSC Division):
Deputy Manager Lead Auditor Food Safety and Quality Management System
(Pakistan):
Team motivation:
I am leading a motivated team of food safety and quality auditors in SSC South. As a team leader
my responsibility is to motivate the team to work synergistically to achieve the common goal which
is excellence in execution.
Assigning roles and responsibilities
I have assigned roles and responsibilities of every team member. Every team member is
accountable to his work and as a team leader, I have to maintain check and balance on their work
and support them as well in order to achieve the desired output.
As a contact person for BRC Food Global Standard for Food Safety issue-6
and BRC IOP in SGS Pakistan
I am the contact person for BRC Global Standard of Food Safety and BRC IOP in SGS Pakistan
(Pvt) Ltd. I have to co-ordinate with BRC UK and have to resolve all issues regarding BRC Food
Certifications in SGS Pakistan. I am also responsible to support and co-ordinate with different
segments like sales & Marketing, Planning, finance for the growth of BRC Food Certifications in
Pakistan.
Food Sectors audited
I have conducted audits in different food sectors for example beverage processing, confectioneries,
snack processing, spice processing, rice processing, food additives, food contact primary
packaging, secondary packaging, food compatible printing inks, food ingredients, fruits processing,
sanitizing chemicals processing, restaurants, catering and food services, ready to eat food
processing, animal slaughtering, meat processing, fish processing, poultry, food processing
equipment manufacturing etc.
International Food Audits as Lead Auditor:
Conducted twenty six mandays international audits of Food Safety and Quality Management
Systems (ISO9001:2008, ISO22000:2005 and BRC Global Standard for Food Safety) in following
countries:
Siri Lanka
Conducted audits in following processing units
 Tropic Frozen Foods Siri Lanka City: Badal Gamma (BRC Food: scope Fish processing)
 Global Sea Food Sri Lanka City: Columbo (BRC Food: scope Fish processing)
 Agarapatana plantations Ltd. Sri Lanka City: Central Siri Lanka Estate Agarapatana
(ISO22000:2005 Scope: Tea Processing from plantation till packing)
 Amazon Traders Sri Lanka City: Columbo (BRC Food: Scope Tea blending and packing)
 Imperial Tea Exports Sri Lanka City: Columbo (BRC Food: Scope Tea Processing and packing)
Africa:
Conducted the following food safety audits in different African countries.
Nigeria
Nestle Aghbara Factory (Nigeria Africa) City: Aghbara (ISO22000:2005:Scope Cocoa powder, Milo
energy drink Processing and packing).
Ghana
 Cocoa Processing Company Limited City: TEMA Ghana (ISO22000:2005:Scope Cocoa Powder,
Cocoa Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Confectionery, Liquid Chocolate Porcessing)
 Niche Cocoa Industry Limited City: TEMA Ghana (ISO22000:2005:Scope Cocoa Powder, Cocoa
Liquor, Cocoa Butter Processing)
 Pioneer Food Cannery Limited (PFC) City: TEMA Ghana (ISO22000:2005: Scope Tuna fish
processing and canning.)
Malaysia
Conducted 08 Man-days audits of ISO9001:2008 at SGS Inspections Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia in their
inspection services in Kuala Lumpur, Kerteh, Labuan, Port Dickson and Shah Alam in October 2010
and October 2012.
Indonesia
Conducted BRC Food issue-6 audit in Indonesia at organisation Pt. Kelola Mina Laut (Scope:
Pasteurised canned crab meat processing)
Afghanistan (Kandahar Air Field)
Conducted 05 Man-days audits of ISO9001:2008 at Supreme Foods Kandahar Air field Afghanistan
(the whole food chain including frozen, chilled, ambient food storage, food processing till food
serving in year 2011.
As a Lead Trainer Food Safety and Quality Management System:
Acting as IRCA approved Lead Trainer for Food Safety System Certification (FSSC22000:2010),
Quality Management System (ISO9001:2008), GMP Cosmetics (ISO22716:2007), ISO/IEC17025,
FSSC Packaging/PAS223
Lead Auditor Courses conducted:
 Conducted IRCA Approved Food Safety System
(FSSC22000:2010) in Pakistan.
Certification Lead Auditor Course
 Conducted IRCA Approved Food Safety System
(FSSC22000:2010) in Lagos Nigeria.
Certification Lead Auditor Course
 Conducted IRCA Approved Food Safety Management System Lead Auditor Course
(ISO22000:2005) in Mauritius.
 Conducted IRCA Approved Quality Management System Lead Auditor Course (ISO9001:2008)
in Pakistan.
 Conducted GMP Cosmetics Course (ISO 22716:2007) in Pakistan.
Trainer for Customized Training Courses
Conducted Short training courses specifically designed for industries for example;
 Food Safety, HACCP Codex Alimentarous trainings
 BRC Global Standard for Food Safety issue-6 (Implementation and internal Auditing Course)
 Cold Chain Integrity Management Trainings
 Personnel and Industrial hygiene Trainings
 Laboratory Accreditation ISO/IEC 17025 Trainings,
 PAS223:2011 (Pre-requisite programs and design requirements for food safety in food
packaging)
 ISOTS22002-1 (Pre-requisite Programs for Food Manufacturing Part-1),
 Allergen Management Trainings
 Internal Audit Trainings etc.
 Training and system development of ISO/IEC 17025 “General Requirements for the competence
of calibration and testing laboratories”.
Work experience in previous organizations:
Engro Foods Limited:
As an Assistant Manager (UHT Milk Processing Plant)
I Worked in Engro Foods Limited, a famous FMCG in Pakistan having business in diary, Juice and
frozen dessert processing and distribution, as an Assistant Manager (Production and QA) in Dairy
U.H.T Milk processing. My responsibilities in Engro Foods Limited included but not limited to the
following
Production Management
 Production Management of U.H.T Milk processing, Aseptic filling and Packing
 Process optimization; de-bottle necking, efficiency loss.
 Material management by the preparation of daily material loss and gain report and minimization
of wastage
Commissioning of U.H.T milk processing plant:
Worked as a commissioning team member during “Sahiwal Project” of commissioning a 100
tons/day indirect U.H.T milk processing plant.
Phase-1: Supervision of plant installation activities, representation of production during this phase.
Liaison with third parties and internal customers.
Phase-2: Planning and commencement of step wise process requirements.
Phase-3: Successful commissioning of plant.
Phase-4: Approval of top management to commercially run the plant.
Phase-5: Handling of new product and removing all obstacles during the commercial run.
Quality Assurance
 Conducting internal quality/food safety/ occupational safety management system audits, taking
corrective and preventive actions, conducting root cause analysis, attending Management
reviews.
 Conducting Food safety and personnel hygiene training programs.
 Implementation of Food safety and Quality Management System in Milk processing plant from
raw milk reception, standardization, pasteurization, sterilization, Aseptic filling and packing till
dispatch.
 Rectification of customer complaints, conducting root cause analysis, analysis of result of
verification activities, bench marking etc.
 Participation in management reviews, daily operational review meetings etc.
Nestlé Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd.:
As an Assistant Manager (Dairy and Juice Processing Plant)
I Worked in Nestlé Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd., a Swiss multinational, as an Assistant Production Manager
in Dairy & Juice Processing Division and in Nestle Water division. My responsibilities in Nestlé
Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. included but not limited to the following
 Production Management of U.H.T Milk processing, Aseptic filling and Packing Line Equipment
(P.L.E), Production Reporting and Monitoring.
 Co-ordination with planning department to efficiently execute production as per plan.
 Process optimization; de-bottle necking, minimization of wastage, efficiency loss.
 Management of SAP transactions for Production in Dairy & Juice plant.
 Presenting daily operational review meeting (DOR) to the Nestlé Top Management.
Awards received:
 Received an award from the Managing Director SGS Pakistan for the best speaker in 4 th Food
Agri & Livestock Asia conference arranged by E. Commerce Gate way in Expo Centre Karachi
in 2010.
 Received “Best performance award” from the Managing Director SGS Pakistan in 2011.
 Received an award from the Factory Manager Nestlé Pakistan (Pvt) LTD. Mr. Andrew Coulin
Beadle for the “Best NGMP Implementer” in 2006 in Dairy Technology Seminar in Nestlé
Pakistan Limited SKP Factory.
Personnel Attributes:
Working Under pressure:
I have played vital part in SAP implementation, U.H.T Milk Plant Commissioning within specified
time lines and bear pressures from the top management.
Team Player
In my past experiences, I have lead different teams such as production, Quality Assurance and
plant commissioning teams.
Optimistic:
In some instances where the possibility of meeting the target was apparently low for example U.H.T
Milk plant commissioning, optimism helped the team by re-vitalizing the team members, they
adopted a different methodology and successfully achieved the target.
Language Expertise:
 Fluency in writing, speaking, reading and listening different languages eg. English, Urdu,
Punjabi.
 Understanding level of Arabic language
Future Perspective
Keen to find a stimulating management position of food business and provide all of my qualities and
efforts for the implementation, development and continual improvement of food safety and quality
management system.