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BERNADETTE A. SUARIO
31 Friendship St., Purok 3 Zone 6, Signal Village, Taguig, Metro Manila 1630
(Mobile ) +639175019056 (Home) (632)8372608
E-mail: bsuario@lycos.com
PROFILE
A Food Technologist with a strong commitment to excellence. More than five years of progressive experience in various phases of Quality Assurance in food manufacturing. Has auditing experience in GMP, Sanitation, Pest Control, and HACCP. With training on ISO 9000 and ISO 14000. Has background on Good Laboratory Practices, Statistical Process Control and Product Recall Sytem. Creative, researchful, analytical. Demonstrated success in planning, team working and problem solving within the phases of quality assurance and production.
Areas of effectiveness
Physical, chemical and sensory evaluation of food • Food microbiology • Food processing • Food quality evaluation and control • Food plant sanitation • Food safety training and research • In-line quality inspection • Development of product specifications • Designing QC forms • HACCP Plan preparation • HACCP verification • Quality auditing • Escorting quality auditors • ISO documentation • Staff training • Technical writing
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES Diliman, Quezon City
Bachelor of Science in Food Technology 1991-97
Socio-Cultural Committee Director, UP Kalilayan, an organization of students from Quezon and Aurora provinces
Member, Philippine Association of Food Technologists-a
Student Trainee: CALIFORNIA MANUFACTURING CO. INC. Quality Control Unit - June 1996
INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLS, a Distance Learning Institution
Technical Writing Program September 2002
WORK EXPERIENCE
GRIFFITH LABORATORIES/EDWARD KELLER (PHIL.) INC. Taguig, Metro Manila/Canlubang, Laguna (November 1997- May 2003)
Quality Assurance Specialist/Technical Services Management Trainee (January 2000-May 2003)
Responsibilities include conducting food safety audits in processing lines, writing HACCP Plans, audit checklists and guidelines, formulating test reduction schemes, designing QC forms and procedures, acting as escort/auditee representative in quality audits conducted by customers, documenting deviations and corrective action reports, handling customer complaints, providing support to Production through classroom and hands-on training of line personnel. Has progressed to a documentation role.
Previous job assignments in the same company:
Raw Material Analyst (November1997-January1998 )
In-Line Quality Inspector (February 1998- May 2003) - covered Batching, Warehouse, Dry Blends and Liquid Line areas
Selected accomplishments:
· HACCP Team Leader (June 2002-May 2003)
· Wrote Edward Keller Phil. Inc. ’s HACCP Policy, was a contributor in initial EMS documentation
· Training Facilitator for in-house training programs on Internal Quality Audit (IQA for Auditors, IQA for Auditees) and the Food Safety for Manufacturing Employees Training
· Generated continuous improvement schemes coherent with Sanitation, GMP and HACCP based on results of audits on operations, policy compliance and internal control
· Initiated statistics-based test reduction system and establishment of product specifications
· Initiated and authored the first Training Needs Analysis on QA staff
· Member: EMS Core Committee, ISO Training Committee, Safety and Emergency Response Team, PSIS Monitoring, Assessment and Training Teams; Leader: PSIS Information Dissemination Team
PHILIPPINE ASSOCIATION OF FOOD TECHNOLOGISTS, INC. Alumni Center, University of the Philippines, Diliman (Oct. 1996-Feb 1997)
Research Assistant
Documentation Committee Assistant- 35th Annual Convention of PAFT, Inc.
TRAINING
HACCP and Food Safety: Basic Plant Sanitation and Hygiene for Food Plant Workers, Seminar/Workshop on Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP), Seminar on Top Food Safety Issues in North America and Updates on HACCP
Quality Control: Statistical Process Control
Product Development: Basic Research and Development Training, Flavor Training for Product Development and Sales, Research and Development Training on Packaging, Shelf-Life, Ingredient Functionality and Manufacturing Process
Quality Management: Total Quality Management Orientation, Orientation on 5S+1, Internal Quality Audit Seminar (ISO 9000:2000), EMS Documentation and Operation (ISO 14000), EMS Internal Auditor’s Course, EMS Pre-Certification Preparation
Leadership/ Trainer Development: Training Needs Analysis
Computer Training: Basic MS Word 97, Basic MS Excel 97, MS Office for Workgroup Productivity
Skills
Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and in research using the internet. Above average communication skills in English and Filipino. Understands basic German. Able to interact with people at different levels. Works effectively under pressure and minimum supervision.
Functional skills: Planning, mediating, researching, analyzing, trainer training and team working.
Hobbies and interests
Billiards, word puzzles, poetry, news and current events, public opinion, product research and development, the plate tectonic theory, forensic science, biochemistry.