Lester Antony Francis is seeking a career-advancing position that allows him to contribute to organizational success through applying his skills. He has over 13 years of experience in quality control and assurance roles in the chemicals and flavors industries. His experience includes managing quality teams, conducting sensory and chemical analysis, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining quality systems and documentation. He is educated with a BSc and MSc in Chemistry and is proficient in MS Office and quality software.

1. LESTER ANTONY FRANCIS
lesterantonyfrancis@gmail.com
lesterantonyfrancis@yahoo.com
+65 90210711
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Objective:
Aspiring a next-level career and to work in an environment that will challenge me further;
while allowing me to strongly contribute to the continued growth and success of the
organization. To obtain a position that will provide me the ability to apply my skills and
strengths in conjunction with the companies' goals, KPI’s and objectives through synergy of
direct role and associated team support.
Experience :
COMPANY PROFILE. (1)
Godrej Sara Lee Ltd (Production - Quality Executive in P.S.O).
From Oct 2000 to Nov 2005
Functionally reporting to: D.G.M. Manufacturing - (Operations)
QC & QA Manager - (Quality)
• Overall plant in-charge on production of various “House hold insecticides”
• Planning and testing of RAW materials, Finished goods & Packing materials for
specific S.K.U.’s as per the weekly schedule/target.
• Support to physical and system ( ERP – Mfg. Pro) reconciliation of Raw-materials,
finished products and W.I.P stocks.
• Products/ technologies handled:
Mosquito coils, Mats, Liquid refills,
Aerosols, Wicks and baits
Brands:
GOOD KNIGHT, HIT, JET, BANISH
: ACCREDITIONS (where participated)
- ISO 9001: 2000
- ISO 14000 (EMS)
NATURE OF JOB

2. • Led a team of ambitious production chemists and motivated them to achieve the set
objectives. Provided feedback on gaps and area for improvements in and prepared
them to the next level of their career.
• Shift planning and task execution, to achieve weekly targets.
• Inspection of:
- Raw material and packing material for compliance against specification.
- Finished goods for compliance against specification.
- Finished products defects by statistical analysis.
• Bulk Formulation preparation
• Process control.
- In process control.
- Shift audit, deviation reporting and non-conformance handling.
- Change over and line clearance for production and packaging.
- Control of rework by effective re-use of the W.I.P. and “process leftovers”.
- Chemical stock management (active and sensitive ingredients) and
Reconciliation via an ERP interfaced system.
- Maintenance of “working-reference” standards (packaging materials)
- To keep records and documents in audit ready more for R&D and external
audits.
- Timely maintenance and updating of process records and Quality records.
- Scheduled calibration/verification of measuring and monitoring instruments.
• Effective cross functional team work done in collaboration with other functions of the
organization (like QA, R&D, Purchasing, Production) in the field of:
- New Product development.
- Process & Product enhancement projects for yield improvement
- ISO implementation.
- Cost reduction projects.
- Alternate raw material usage.
OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:
• Worked in various cities of India such as Bangalore, Hyderabad & Guwahati with
same enthusiasm.
• Specially deputed in Godrej Sara Lee’s SRILANKA New Plant project for a period of
three months in order to stabilize the plan operations in order to achieve yield and
establish quality procedures
• Worked in collaboration with R&D in setting up the formulation lab and QC lab
along with QC system implementation and basic instrumentation.
Overall analysis includes
• Determination of Active content in finished products (coils, mats, liquidators) by GC
– FID. ( to ensure regulatory compliance)
• pH measurements.
• Moisture measurements.

3. • GSM measurements for product cartons (packaging material).
• Determination of bursting strength of corrugated cartons (packaging material).
• Determination of coil stand’s thickness (packaging material).
• Determination of gumminess of sealing tapes (packaging material).
• Weighments. ( of products, to ensure regulatory compliance)
• Determination of porosity of finished products (Mosquito Coils and Wicks).
• Emulsion stability test (For Gums and Premix).
• Determination of tensile strength of finished products (mosquito coils)
• Determination of mosquito coil burning time.
• Analysis of perfume, to train and nominate members for the perfume sensory panel
team.
Instruments handled:
• Flow Cup Viscometer.
• Brookfield viscometer.
• Bulk Density meter.
• pH meter.
• Bursting strength meter.
• Vernier caliper and screw gauge.
• Digital and IR moisture meters.
COMPANY PROFILE.(2)
Symrise Private Limited (Sr. Executive QualityReguatory).
From Nov 2005 till April 2009
Flavours and Fragrances.
Functionally reporting to: G.M. Quality and Regulatory.
• Sensory, Physical and Chemical analysis of Flavors & Fragrances and their raw
materials.
• Updating and Maintenance of analytical records for finished products, raw materials
and packaging materials in ERP (Regional QC module).
• Generation of daily reports (Approvals, Rejections and Non-Conformance if any).
• Reference sample management, maintenance of SOP and WI.
: ACCREDITIONS (where participated)
- HACCP
- A.I.B.
NATURE OF JOB:
• Inspected incoming raw material and packing material and finished products for
compliance against specification.

4. • Managed effectively the daily organoleptic sessions (Taste and Smell for flavour raw
materials and finished products)
• Conducted wet analysis of raw materials and finished products.
• Performed instrumental analysis.
• Calibrated laboratory instruments and verified standards as per schedule. Engaged in
external calibration of laboratory standards and ensured all preventive maintenance of
allocated instruments was carried out as per schedule.
• Prepared and updated of SOP, WI and OP.
• Adhered to the requirements of IMS, HACCP & AIB.
• Prepared monthly reports to GM Quality regulatory.
• Maintained QC records and managed reference sample retention in an audit ready
mode.
• Handled investigation of customer complaints and prepared draft reports.
• Vendor development - Analyzed new vendor (sourcing) and pre-shipment samples
(from existing vendor).
• Harmonized existing raw-material specification with global specification based on the
inputs and direction from headquarters.
Overall analysis includes
• Sensory evaluation of Flavors, Fragrances and their raw materials
• Estimation of Acid Value
• Estimation of Acidity
• Estimation of Chloride content
• Estimation of Carbonyl content
• Estimation of Peroxide value
• Estimation of Ester Value
• Determination of Melting point
• Determination of Flash point
• Determination of Specific Gravity
• Determination of Refractive Index
• Determination of Optical rotation
• Determination of Bulk Density
• Performing GC & GCMS analysis and evaluation
Instruments handled:
• Brookfield viscometer
• Grabner mini flash point apparatus
• Open flame – Flash point apparatus
• Anton Paar SG and RI meter with auto sampler setup.
• Agilent –HP-GC machines with agilent HP chemstation
• Electronic sieve shakers

5. • Bulk Density meter
• pH meter
• Mettler auto-titrators ( For Salt, Moisture content, acid value and acidity estimations)
• Lovibond comparator for ranking color.
COMPANY PROFILE.(3)
Symrise Asia Pacific Pte Ltd (As QC Manager -Flavors, for ~Years).
Working From Apr 2009 till date
Flavours .
Functionally reporting to: Regional Director QC & QA..
• Analysed Flavours & Fragrances and their raw materials
• Managed reference sample and SOP, WI and OP from a QC and point of view.
• Leading a team of chemists and assigning specific tasks to them in order to meet the
QC and organization's objectives and targets.
: ACCREDITIONS (where participated)
- HACCP
- A.I.B.
NATURE OF JOB:
• Leading a diverse Liquid Finished Product (Liquid compounding, Viscous tobacco,
Oral care, Thermal reactions, Emulsions, Syrups) team and Liquid Raw material
team effectively to ensure timely release of products to customers and sustain optimal
quality.
• Leading the Organoleptic panel (Taste and Smell for flavor finished products and
raw materials). Conducting sessions on sensory descriptors, annual panel screening
and proficiency testing of panelist.
• Adding additional value to sensory
> As a cross functional expert to other teams such as Tobacco, Fragrance and Powder
Flavor teams.
> Providing technical recommendations on sensory to sourcing, pre-shipment and
consolidation samples leading to critical decision making considering impact to
business and quality.
• Providing regional support to other countries of APAC such as China, India, Japan
and Australia to share and implement best practices, provide technical support, evolve
and mature concepts & strategies in order to strengthen overall Quality to support
business.
• Conducting wet analysis, instrumental analysis, calibration/trouble shooting/
arranging of preventive maintenance of assigned lab instruments to ensure timely
delivery of results without impact to quality and business.

6. • Preparation and updating assigned SOP, WI and OP and overall management of these
mentioned quality documents in the “Online Portal”.
• Adherence of IMS, HACCP & AIB systems and customer specific requirements in
terms of documents, analytics and processes.
• Conducting risk assessment for raw materials, products in order to ensure safe
products are delivered to customers. Ensuring safe GLP by following lab risk
assessment protocol without deviation.
• Preparing
> Monthly reports such as: KPI performance reports, SLOB reports, OTD reports,
FTI reports, NC-Consolidations.
> Participating in value added meetings of these mentioned reports to ensure the
objectives of the core team and organization are met, rejections are minimized, CAP
are put in place in alignment with various other teams to ensure delivery, quality and
profitability.
• Overall ensuring QC records, reference samples, customer specific requirements are
in maintained updated in SAP-QM module and keeping team prepared for an “Audit
ready Mode” at all times.
• Handling of Internal deviations and external rejections, investigation, report
preparation and KPI tracking along with Industrialization, Quality assurance and
purchasing teams. Meeting customer or inviting customer to demonstrate the facility,
resources and process to assure them confidence and trust in terms of testing and
release of products.
• Vendor development - sensory evaluation of new vendor (sourcing) and pre-shipment
samples (from existing vendor). To provide feedback to purchasing on the need for
alternative suppliers whenever needed taking into consideration the quality and inputs
and alignment from various teams in order to meet evolving customer needs.
• To provide a systematic training and orientation to new employees (activities relevant
to Liquid Product and Liquid Raw Materials).
• Issuing declarations, specifications, CoA and other documents to customer on request
via “Doc requestor module”. To review and align QC specification with customer
specification for Global Key accounts to ensure requirements are maintained and met
up to date.
• Handling all QC aspects during product revision and trigger escalation process if any
to ensure specification is not compromised.
• Participating in cross functional audit along with QA to ensure the process GAPs are
eliminated / minimized to ensure plant and operations are safe and audit ready.
• Providing technical support to customer queries /requests (Shelf life extension,
Complaint related, application related, flavor behavior related, etc.) by coordinating
with other relevant teams based on the need.
• Supporting QC areas in value added initiatives such as PTA initiatives, BCP
Programs to ensure organization is kept ready in a “revive, recover and reproduce
mode”.
• Value adding to QC lab enrichment initiatives on technical subjects relevant to QC.
Overall Analysis includes

7. • Estimation of Acid Value
• Estimation of Acidity
• Estimation of Chloride content
• Estimation of Carbonyl content
• Estimation of Peroxide value
• Estimation of Ester Value
• Determination of Melting point
• Determination of Flash point
• Determination of Specific Gravity
• Determination of Refractive Index
• Determination of Optical rotation
• Determination of Bulk Density
• Performing GC and GCMS analysis
• Ensuring quality of food colors by UV
Instruments handled:
• Flow Cup Viscometer
• Brookfield viscometer
• Grabner mini flash point tester (Fischer)
• Anton Paar SG, RI, Polarimeter meter with auto sampler setup.
• Agilent GC (With chemstation + match compare software)
• Agilent GCMS with proprietary library and proprietary software.
• Electronic sieve shakers
• Bulk Density meter
• pH meter
• Mettler & Metrohm auto Titrators
• Lovibond Colour comparator
• L*a*b* Colour Chromameter
• Malvern Particle size analyzer
• Turbidity Meter (HACH)
• UV spectrophotometer (Shimadzu)
• Digital Microscope (Canon)
EDUCTIONAL QUALIFICATION
# Courses Name of the Institution Year % Score
1 X std Campion Hr. Sec School.
Trichy - 01
June ‘ 92 77.90
2 XII Std Campion Hr. Sec School.
Trichy – 01
May ‘ 94 80.08
3 B.Sc (Chemistry) St. Joseph’s College
(Autonomous) Trichy - 02
May ‘ 97 73.36
4 M.Sc (Chemistry) St. Joseph’s College May ‘ 99 71.13

8. (Autonomous) Trichy - 02
Other Qualification :
• Type writing (English Lower) Class - I
• Hindi (Prathmic) Class – I
• Knowledge in MS – Office ( Excel, Power point, Word and Visio)
Extra-Curricular Activities :
Participated in many inter institutional and intra-institutional competitions in the fields of
Painting, Elocution, Quiz, Fine arts etc. (and have won many certificates, shields and
medals).
PERSONAL DETAILS
Father’s Name : P.B. Francis (@) N. Balasubramanian
Date of Birth : 02.12.1976
Nationality : Indian
Religion, Community : CHRISTIAN, Roman Catholic
Marital Status : Married
Permanent address : No 5/1, Vivekanandha Street
R.M.S. Colony North Extension
Edamalaipatti Pudhur
Trichy – 620 012. (India)
Phone: (91)-431- 2471842
Present Address : Block 520, #05-321
(Address for communication) Woodlands Drive 14
Singapore – 730 520
Hand Phone: (65) 90210711
Declartion:
I do hereby declare that the particulars of information and facts stated in above are
true, correct and complete to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Date: 31st
October 2013
Station: Singapore
Signature

9. (Lester Antony Francis)

10. (Lester Antony Francis)