Jimmy Sia is seeking a quality assurance specialist position. He has over 14 years of experience in quality assurance at Unilever in the Gulf region, leading teams to monitor product and packaging quality, investigate customer complaints, and conduct supplier audits. He has a bachelor's degree in nutrition and food technology and various quality assurance certifications. His expertise includes developing quality management systems and standards as well as training others.

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UAE Contact No: +97156-6826089
E-mail address: jimmy.sia@unilever.com
Position Desired: Quality Assurance Specialist
Career Objective: To be able to add value to the company by utilizing my capabilities to the
maximum in attaining business agenda, thus sharpen my skills further and
use this as foundation for my career advancement.
Recent Achievements: Certificate of Appreciation – SC & CD Quality Improvement- Gulf
04 June 2014, Supply Chain Day – Jebel Ali Hotel, Dubai, UAE
Leadership Award: Consumer and Customer Focus Award
08 May 2012; Supply Chain Day – Jebel Ali Hotel, Dubai, UAE
Passed: *APICS-CPIM: Basics ofSupply Chain Management
1st
take on 03 Dec. 2011; Grand Millennium Hotel, Dubai, UAE
*APICS- CPIM – is an international recognized certifying body
Educational Attainment: 1. Bachelor of Technology – in Nutrition and Food Technology
Technological University ofthe Philippines
October 2008 – October 2011 (Graduated)
2. Chemical Technology
June 1986 to August 1989 (Graduated)
Strengths: Keen for details, analytical, meets deadlines, well organized, finisher, able to
blend in diverse community, adaptable to work in different time zones,
has passion in writing, open to travel, can speak English fluently
Professional Expertise: Over 14 years in Go-to-Market Quality in Unilever in Gulf covering Kuwait,
Qatar, Oman, Bahrain & UAE leading team in on-pack market assessment as
well as in deep dive of root causes, monitoring trends, validation of preventive
actions. Act as Local Administrator for Consumer /Customer inquiries or
complaints, to monitoring trends and eliminate issues. Engage with consumers
with critical issues to provide urgent response. Creates Quality standards,
collaborate in creating and updating Customer complaints module which is
unique to the region. Represents our department in cross functional meetings to
infuse quality agenda. Creates QMS manual, SOP and ensure MSO is complaint
with municipality quality requirement. Lead the team in training activities along
with quality projects and creates modules and maintain our business unit to have
the highest number of trainings conducted in NAMET-RUB cluster. Audit
RM&PM Suppliers, Distributor warehouse and Co-packer manufacturing sites.
Post write-ups in company Newsletter to inspire others. Successfully launched
Project Q in Market in reducing top issues in 2014 making GBU 12th
place in Q3
from 32nd
last year as per global ranking and Project Q in Co-packer developing
them by enhancing their knowledge, maximize resource utilization and processes
to improvement to market place quality.
Curiculum Vitae
Jimmy I. Sia

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Spent 9 years in various multi-national industries in KSA and in my home
country Philippines as Quality professional to enhance expertise in creating QMS
+ specification manuals, on-line inspection, R&D assistance, laboratory analyses,
assess products and its packaging. Lead team in Incident management, audit of
company factories, Risk assessment of raw & packaging Suppliers, Co-packers
and Distributor centers and in HACCP study across Supply Chain.
Work History:
Unilever Gulf FZE - Jebel Ali – Dubai, UAE
Quality Assurance Specialist- Gulf
18.August 2001 – Present
- Distributor of HPC,F&B
Unilever Lipton Factory - Jebel Ali – Dubai, UAE
Senior Quality Inspector
08 August 1998 – 17 August 2001
- Manufacturer of Tea products
AMS Baeshen Tea Industry - Jeddah KSA
Senior Quality Inspector
March 1995 – July 1998
- Manufacturer of Rabea tea; direct competitor of Lipton tea
Selecta - Unilever Food - Manila, Philippines
Laboratory Analyst
February – July 1994
- Manufacturer of ice cream,juices, milk & chocolate drinks
Al Jazira Food Processing (aka – Gandour) - Jeddah, KSA
QA Teamleader
July 1992 – November 1993
- Manufacturer of chocolate bars, cakes and snack foods
Mead Johnson Incorporated - Makati City, Philippines
Laboratory (FG & RM) and Packaging material Analyst
November 1989 – May 1990
- Manufacturer of infant milk and pharmaceutical drugs
SGS Fareast Limited - Makati City, Philippines
Laboratory Analyst
Jan. 1989 – October 1989
- 3rd
Party Laboratory; Animal feeds Section
Gov’t. Examination taken: National College Entrance Examination (NCEE)
Rating: 97% (March 1986; Manila, Philippines)
Training/ Seminar Attended:
ISO 9001:2008 QMS Lead Auditor Training Course
Certificate ofCompletion (passed exam and assessment)
By SGS Gulf Ltd. – Dubai, UAE; 18 – 22 April 2010
Train the Trainer and Calibration Workshop for Market Quality Benchmarking
By UG-MSO – Gate Hotel, Dubai, UAE; 30 May – 01 June 2011
Quality Verification and HPC Fragrance Sensory Courses
By Unilever Philippines – Quality Mega Week;20 – 24 Sep 2010
Quality Auditing, Advanced Manufacturing Hygiene and NewVerification Protocol
By Precision Conferences- Johannesburg, South Africa; 12 – 15 Aug 2007

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Subjects: Food related hazards; Hygienic design of food manufacturing equipment;
HACCP; Good Hygienic practices; Allergens; Preservation of Food; and Quality
Auditing based on ISO 9001:2000
SAP – Quality Management
Unilever House Dubai; 25 – 31 March 2005
Effective Interpersonal, Teambuilding and Leadership Skills
By Spearhead, Ramada Hotel- Dubai; 05 – 06 October 2004
Special Skills: Valid UAE driving license, Computer literate- MS Office; SAP- QMS; Blue
system for Artwork approval, able to use various laboratory apparatuses.
Personal Details: Born 27 May, happily married with 2 sons, Roman Catholic and non-smoker.
Referrals: Can be provided upon request.
This is to acknowledge that the above information is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. My
certifications were already with HR and had been verified.
Respectfully yours,
Jimmy Sia
QA-GtM Specialist- Gulf
Note: This is computer generated document, hence not signed.