SYED UBED LATEEFUDDIN QUADRI
Jeddah,KSA
Summary
Accomplished professional with expertise in quality management systems, technical product presentation.. Demonstrates proficiency in customer technical support, and cross-functional coordination across sales, R&D, QA, and production teams. Skilled in process optimisation, cost reduction strategies, and ingredient replacement support to enhance operational efficiency. Experienced in HACCP implementation, compliance management, root cause analysis (RCA), and QA management to ensure regulatory adherence and product excellence. Adept at driving product trials and application validation to meet client needs while maintaining high standards of quality.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
19
19
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Quality Supervisor
Gandour Food Processing Co.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01.2023 - 12.2025
- Provided technical support and application guidance for food ingredients including flour, fats & oils, emulsifiers, cocoa-based ingredients, sugars, leavening agents, and improvers used in bakery and confectionery.
- Conducted & supported in trials, internal product development, and reformulation activities by validating ingredient performance during pilot and production-scale trials.
- Assisted purchasing team by explaining technical benefits of ingredients (functionality, shelf life, texture, taste, yield, and cost optimization) to internal stakeholders.
- Supported in evaluated ingredient alternatives and cost-effective substitutions while maintaining product quality, food safety, and regulatory compliance.
- Reviewed COAs, specifications, MSDS, allergen declarations, and regulatory documentation for ingredients prior to approval and use.
- Supported supplier evaluations visits, ingredient approvals, and change management from a quality and application standpoint.
- Lead and supervise quality teams, ensuring task allocation, compliance, and performance alignment.
- Implement, monitor, maintain HACCP, QMS, & food safety management systems across production operations.
- Standardize & optimize SOPs/SLPs to ensure consistent product quality and regulatory adherence prior to dispatch.
- Act as Quality Zone Manager in the manager's absence, ensuring smooth quality operations and compliance.
- Coordinate and participate in internal and external audits, ensuring the documentation readiness & compliance with HACCP and CCP.
- Monitor departmental KPIs, prepare shift-wise quality reports, support continuous improvement initiatives.
Quality Team Leader
Gandour Food Processing Co.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
01.2021 - 12.2022
- Allocate and monitor daily tasks for QC inspectors on a shift-wise basis to ensure operational efficiency.
- Prepare, update, & maintain QC reports, SLPs, and audit documentation in line with QMS requirements.
- Verify compliance with quality standard, GMP, & food safety procedures.
- Maintain and circulate Right First Time (RFT) and GMP reports to cross functional departments daily.
- Review laboratory analysis results on a shift-wise basis.
- Supported & conducted trail in pilot scale with respective change in formulation, ingredients, composition.
- Initiate CAPA/CAPARs for deviations & food safety non-conformances.
- Support internal and external audits by ensuring QMS documentation compliance and audit readiness.
- Assist in SOP/SLP implementation, R&D product trials, and packaging material evaluations.
Quality Inspector
Gandour Food Processing Co.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
03.2016 - 12.2020
- Prepare, validate, and maintain online inspection reports for ingredients, process parameters, product specifications, weights, composition, and packaging in line with SLP/SMP standards.
- Verify CCP and OPRP compliance, collect retention samples, and ensure QA standards are consistently met.
- Conduct GMP audits, ensuring adherence to hygiene, personal hygiene, and plant safety standards on assigned lines.
- Implement & monitor updated SLP/SMP procedures, report constraints, and support continuous process improvements.
- Support R&D trials, collecting essential data from ingredient verification to final packing and submitting analysis records.
- Collaborate with production operators, line leaders, and supervisors to implement corrective actions for deviations, process errors, or product defects.
- Led the GMP program as part of continuous improvement initiatives, contributing to the design, execution, implementation of standards, criteria, and documentation.
- Played a key role in the successful launch of Nestlé and NBCC products as a co-manufacturer.
Education
B.Tech - Food Science & Technology
Vasanth Rao Marathwada Agricultural University
India 08.2010 - 03.2014
Higher Secondary Certificate - Science
J.E.S College
Jalna, India 04.2008 - 03.2010
Secondary School Certificate -
St. Mary's High School
Jalna, India 03.1995 - 03.2008
Skills
- Quality Management System
- Technical Product Presentation & Solution Selling
- Customer Technical Support & Troubleshooting
- Product Trials & Application Validation
- Cross-functional Coordination (Sales–R&D–QA–Production)
- Cost Optimization & Ingredient Replacement Support
- HACCP Implementation
- QA Management
- Process Optimization
- Compliance Management
- Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
Certification
- FSSC 22000 - Lead Auditor
- HACCP & ISO 22000:2005
- IMS Integrated Management System
- Internal Audit Training
- ISO 9001:2015
- ISO 14001:2015
- ISO 45001:2018
Personal Information
- Iqama Status: Transferable
- Date of birth: 02/10/92
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital status: Married
Custom
I declare that the information given above and in the enclosed documents is true to the best of my knowledge.
Languages
English
Fluent
Arabic
Upper intermediate
Hindi/Urdu
Native
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Quality Supervisor
Gandour Food Processing Co.
01.2023 - 12.2025
Quality Team Leader
Gandour Food Processing Co.
01.2021 - 12.2022
Quality Inspector
Gandour Food Processing Co.
03.2016 - 12.2020
B.Tech - Food Science & Technology
Vasanth Rao Marathwada Agricultural University
08.2010 - 03.2014
Higher Secondary Certificate - Science
J.E.S College
04.2008 - 03.2010
Secondary School Certificate -
St. Mary's High School
03.1995 - 03.2008