Ang Zhi Shan

• In charged in new product development and provided science-based advice to support production scale-up.
• Developed positive work relationships with suppliers to assist with the development of new products, supplier selection, and safety and quality issues.
• Created product recipes and conducted sensory evaluation of new products.
• Developed innovative research strategies by collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and address critical business needs.

Achievement:

• Reformulation of existing products to improve product’s quality while at the same time reducing up to 45% of original costing for a single product.
• Reformulation of products when there was sudden shortage in particular raw material.
• Scheduled in launching up to 10 new flavours during 2021; created and applied up to 20 formulations including new and existing flavours during 2022; created and applied 8 new flavours during 2023.
• Built a strong supplier database by attending to 5 food industry trading expo in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand during 2023.

• Advised in expanding production scale and successfully doubled up the production volume per day.
• Interviewed, coordinated and supervised production crews.
• Established priorities; scheduled production plan and ensured optimal productivity level with minimum wastage.
• Resolved customer complaints by analysing operating practices; troubleshot issues; identified solutions; recommended corrective action.
• Oversaw inventory and ensured all stocks were adequately stocked.

• Ensured compliance with regulatory standards such as ISO22000, HACCP and Malaysia HALAL Certification.
• Assisted in application of Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) healthier choice recognition and Malaysian Brand Certification.
• Conducted quality control and sensory evaluation test for new product.
• Prepared the content for an informative booklet regarding nutrition-related knowledge for Abrand Food’s customers.
• Introduced on products’ marketing point through data collection and data comparison.