Allen Tawanda Mandevhana
Oshawa,Canada
Summary
A Food Scientist with more than 15 years’ experience working in the field of Food Safety and Quality Assurance Quality control and food safety standards and systems knowledge on HACCP, and ISO Standards. Knowledge/Skills Excellent time management and analytical skills. Team leader and team player.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Founder and Board Chair
Rural Enterprise Trust Of Zimbabwe (RETZ)|
Harare , Zimbabwe
10.2013 - Current
- Recruited, developed and retained excellent faculty to meet organizational goals.
- Spearheaded development and implementation of corporate governance strategies, confirming compliance with regulations at all times.
- Managed workflow and calendars of Chairman's office to support meeting planning and development.
- Led organization in setting goals and strategies.
- Developed innovative approaches to problem-solving, leveraging resources and driving results.
- Formulated and executed strategic initiatives to improve organization funding.
- Monitored key organizational risks and established risk management procedures.
- Developed key operational initiatives to drive and maintain substantial funding growth.
- Established organizational mission statement through extensive collaboration and review.
- Developed strong partnerships with funding partners to allow for collaboration and more significant opportunities for growth.
- Established, optimized and enforced organizational policies to maintain consistency across operations.
- Secured sufficient funds for organizational operations.
- Represented organization at funding partners workshops, conferences and events.
Internal Quality Control Manager
Shona Products
Macheke, Zimbabwe
09.2006 - 10.2011
- Food Safety Team Leader responsible for developing, formulate, design Food Safety and Management Systems (FSMS) including GHP, GMP, HACCP plan, GGAP, and ISO quality system for fresh produce
- Assured consistent quality of produce by implementing and enforcing SOPs, HACCP, GHP, GMP, and ISO FSMS
- Recorded, analyzed, and distributed statistical food safety information.
- Implemented new quality assurance and customer requirements standards.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive quality assurance plans to monitor product quality and adherence to regulatory standards.
- Conducted risk assessments to identify and mitigate potential quality issues.
- Conducted process and system audits to identify areas of improvement and enforce compliance with industry standards.
- Created and maintained quality management systems to align with industry standards.
- Performed root cause analysis to identify and resolve quality issues and defects.
- Established and tracked quality department goals and objectives.
- Developed and maintained courteous and effective working relationships
- Proven ability to develop and implement creative solutions to complex problems
Education
Post. Grad Certificate - Data Analytics For Business Decision Making
Durham College
Oshawa, ON03.2024
Master of Science - Food Science And Nutrition
Midlands State University
Zimbabwe07.2022
Bachelor of Science - Food Science And Technology
University of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe2002
Skills
- Knowledge of Food Safety Quality Systems
- Cause and Effect Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Continual Improvement
- Employee Training
- Quality Auditing and Reporting
- Compliance Requirements
- HACCP, FSSC22000, ISO9001 Total Quality Management
- Food Safety and Quality
Accomplishments
- Setting up network of Harare Municipal Teams responsible for quality audit and addressing food safety issues for community based food commodity enterprises in Zimbabwe
- Facilitated training of 20 Harare City Municipal Health Workers and food inspectors on food safety and hygiene and piloted mobile Food Safety and Quality campaigns in high density and informal settlements in Harare Zimbabwe
- Developed and designed the HACCP plan for SHONA products and its suppliers
- Developed a Food Safety Management policy, systems and procedures for the SHONA products fruit and vegetables export value chain
- Trained workers on food safety and quality systems and ensuring adherence and implementation by line and field managers
- Developed the SHONA Products quality control systems in line and tandem with the Tesco (LONDON) Quality Standards and requirements
Affiliations
- Founder and Executive Board Chairperson of Rural Enterprise Trust of Zimbabwe (RETZ)| October 2013-to date
- Director and Co-Founder of Community Alliance for Human Settlements in Zimbabwe| 2016-2023
- Board Chairperson Youth Agrarian Society in Zimbabwe | 2012-2014
Certification
- ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management Systems Development & Implementation;
- ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management Systems Development and Implementation with Standard Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ)
- Basic Food Hygiene Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Development and Implementation with SGS South Africa
- GLOBALG.A.P. Farm Assurer Certficate with GLOBALG.A.P. Academy Germany
Timeline
Founder and Board Chair
Rural Enterprise Trust Of Zimbabwe (RETZ)|
10.2013 - Current
Internal Quality Control Manager
Shona Products
09.2006 - 10.2011
Post. Grad Certificate - Data Analytics For Business Decision Making
Durham College
Master of Science - Food Science And Nutrition
Midlands State University
Bachelor of Science - Food Science And Technology
University of Zimbabwe
- ISO 9001: 2015 Quality Management Systems Development & Implementation;
- ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management Systems Development and Implementation with Standard Association of Zimbabwe (SAZ)
- Basic Food Hygiene Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Development and Implementation with SGS South Africa
- GLOBALG.A.P. Farm Assurer Certficate with GLOBALG.A.P. Academy Germany
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