Nthabiseng - Quality Controller at Dnata Newrest with 9 years in Food Safety & Quality Assurance

Extensive experience in food safety standards, HACCP compliance, and quality control processes.

Skilled in stock management, route planning, and inventory reconciliation to optimize supply chain operations.

Effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills, ensuring clear coordination across teams.

Proficient in report writing, planning, and managing multiple tasks under pressure.

Accountable and responsible for all hygiene, food safety and quality related processes.. Ensuring strict adherence to the Hazard Analysis Critical Critical Control Points (HACCP) system, which is the global gold standard for food safety.. Monitoring and logging food temperature at every stage, receiving raw ingredients, cooking, rapid chilling(blast chilling), meal assembly, and final holding before transporting.. Using rapid bioluminescence tests (swabbing surfaces, utensils and food handlers hands) to detect invisible bacteria or poor sanitization.. Monitoring the facility for any signs of pests and coordinating with third-party pest control vendors.. Collecting random food samples from production lines and sending them to internal laboratory to test for any invisible pathogens.. Conducting Audits.

Unloading shipments from delivery trucks and sign necessary delivery receipt.. Compare packing lists, invoices, and purchase orders to ensure accurate deliveries.. Inspect packages for visible damages, defects, or missing items incurred during transit.. Log received items into the company's inventory management system to maintain accurate stock levels.. Doing Housekeeping.

Creating barcodes or labels for items and route them to their designated locations. Performing routine physical and cycle counts. Recording stock movements in management databases, and reconciling any discrepancies between physical inventory and system records.. Verifying items reported as damaged or defective, processing their removal from active inventory and organizing returns to vendors or disposal.. Working with the shipping department to flag which specific batches should be shipped out first (FIFO).