Ridhima Sharma
Product Developer
Brampton,ON
Summary
Enthusiastic Product Developer with 2 years of experience. Successful at maintaining long-term relationships with suppliers and clients. Adept at listening to consumer needs and following modern trends for top-of-the-line, innovative development.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Product Developer
SKJODT-BARRETT
07.2022 - Current
- Responsible for testing new ingredients and flavors to determine whether they meet specifications and quality standards.
- Review industry developments, and initiate and manage studies/projects for application to existing products.
- Evaluates and identifies alternative ingredients and process improvement opportunities to reduce cost, while maintaining quality parameters.
- Product analysis, ingredient gathering, sampling, sample submission, sensory evaluation, and product trials.
- Responsible for end to end product development from trial to launch.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define product requirements, specifications, and features, ensuring alignment with market needs and business objectives.
- Prepare demonstration samples for customers as requested by Sales & Marketing department.
- Collaborate closely with customers to formulate new products, guide them through trial phases, and ultimately launch successful products.
- Ensure that final products meet the highest standards in preparation for marketing endeavors, encompassing promotional materials, photoshoots, and customer events.
- Develop and prepare samples for customers and coordinate the distribution of samples;
- Regularly conduct product shelf life studies.
- Maintain document control for formulations, nutritional, raw material specifications and allergens.
- Assist in formulation control process
- Maintain the product development lab in a state of general order and cleanliness.
- Various other R&D duties as may be required from time to time.
- Drives the development of new products, innovations, and line extensions by introducing fresh concepts to gain a competitive edge.
Quality Assurance Technician
Skjodt Barrett
11.2020 - 07.2022
- Review all Critical Control Point (CCP) monitoring and verification of records to ensure all critical limits, frequencies as required by the plan
- Conduct validation studies on CCP
- Part of Internal food safety audits
- Conduct pieces of training to ensure proper GMPs are followed in the plant
- Sampling and analysis of raw and finished products
- Packaging and production line checks include label checks, tests, metal detecting tests, monitoring all control points, etc
- Documentation review CCP records, Sanitation records, SOPs, etc
- Verification of sanitation and performing pre-op of entire plant including packaging and production area
- Record the deviations and communicate with management
- Write SOPs to fix present deviations in the plan
- Make CoA’s for customers
- Investigate product non-conformance and report in the NCR log
- Taking follow up and closing the NCR
- Also, determine the disposition of on-hold products and provide disposition outcomes to inventory control
- Lead customer complaint investigation
- Work directly with the production manager to ensure the best quality of the product along with production
- Make sure proper GMPs are being followed on the floor
- Perform in-house microbial testing and collect and send samples to outside testing
- Perform chemical testing like pH, moisture, Titrations, etc
- Responsible for holding and release of the product
- Work closely with Production Manager to enforce QA Programs and assist in solving product-related issues
- Responsible for the investigation and conducting root cause analysis of all quality problems
- Coordinate completion of a corrective action plan with production, maintenance, or quality departments.
Education
Bachelor of Sciences -
Panjab University (PU)
Ludhiana 07.2014 - 05.2017
Advanced Diploma in Biotechnology -
Centennial College
Scarborough, ON 09.2018 - 05.2019
Skills
Certification
SQF- Implementation of SQF System
Timeline
Product Developer
SKJODT-BARRETT
07.2022 - Current
Quality Assurance Technician
Skjodt Barrett
11.2020 - 07.2022
Advanced Diploma in Biotechnology -
Centennial College
09.2018 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Sciences -
Panjab University (PU)
07.2014 - 05.2017
SQF- Implementation of SQF System
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