Profile

MUHAMMAD USMAN GHANI
Standards Specialist | Auditor | Trainer

Auditor:

Management system audits & system development experience against ISO 9001, Sedex/SMETA, FSSC 22000,
ISO 14001, ISO 17025 and ISO 45001

  • More than 140 organizations audited in different sectors only few are named below:
    o Oil & Gas ( Byco / Parco / UEP)
    o Financial Sector (EFU, Alllianz, EFU Life)
    o Food Sector (PizzaHut / National Foods / EBM / Hilal )
    ▪ Baking (EBM , Hilal , Hobnob, Pie in the Sky)
    ▪ Snacks ( Shahi )
    ▪ Dairy ( Pakola / Dairyland)
    ▪ Beverages ( Pepsi / Murree Brewery / Aquafina / Siz / Pure8 )
    ▪ Spices (National Foods)
    ▪ Rice (MM Rice, Meskay & Femtee, INB, Niraav )
    ▪ Meat (Alshaheer / Meatone / Organic / Al Rahim / PK Meat
    / FML )
    ▪ Seafood
    ▪ Restaurants ( BBQ Tonight / Regent )
    o Transport & Logistics
    o Chemical ( Lotte PTA )
    o Building Materials (Power Cement, Adamjee Durabuilt)
    o Electric Products (Universal Cables, Pioneer , Premier)
    o Automotive ( Loads / Thal )
    o Food Packaging / General Packaging (Kompass / Afeef / Saima )
    o Services Sector
  • Exposure in two certification bodies URS Pakistan & SGS Pakistan
  • Assessment experience at GURUMUG

Management Advisor:

As management advisor diverse experience of different industries. Handled and organized/revamped
all major management functions. Exposure in development of QC & QA function in several
organizations. Full time system development activities done, creating documentation, developing
laboratories (including microbiological testing) and incorporating process line controls. Also,
teams developed to ensure smooth quality operations as per the organizational
requirements

Hobnob Bakery Chain, Karachi Pie in the Sky Pvt Ltd, Karachi
Regent Plaza Hotel and Convention Center Fancy Industrial Management Systems, Karachi BBQ To Night
Clifton Karachi
Rice Partners Pvt Ltd Indus Steel Pipes Ltd Jehangir Services Ltd. Irfan Noman Bernas Niraav Foods
Pakistan MM Rice Pakistan Pardhan Oil Industries
The Organic Meat Company Al- Shaheer Corporation Fauji Meat Ltd.
The Pointerz Group Benchmark Pret Afeef Packages Pizza Hut Pakistan
Mapak Edible Oil Refinery Snacks & Co
Universal Cables
Al-Rahim Meat Company National Foods Pakistan Nizam Group Eximpo Pakistan Friends
Food Export Co
English Biscuit Manufacturers Pvt Ltd Coronet Foods Pvt Ltd
National Alliance for Safe Food
A confidential Dairy company in Gambia, Africa
Packaging Auditors Technical Training, Confidential CB, UK A sauces company in New Zealand
A food additives manufacturer in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia A juice company in Afghanistan
Aiman Group South Africa


Product Development:


Some years spent in both regular and freelance product development activities. Special acumen
developed in the whole product development process from concept to the commercial launch,
regulatory clearance to the stability testing of the products. Products worked on include:

Milk based products (Sterilized milk, Yoghurt, Raita)

Cheese plant related complete product feasibilities

RUTF (Ready to use therapeutic foods) for World Food program

Hard and soft wheat products including bread and cakes.

Key products which are seen in market:
o Dayfresh Sterilized milk
o Dayfresh Yogurt and Raita range
o Peki Layer cakes (single color double color)
o Hobnob Products
o Bread category products

Trainer:


Ran own training and development company and developed different training programs from scratch.
This included:

Management system standards
o ISO 9001:2015
o ISO 19011:2018
o ISO 22000:2018
o FSSC 22000 v 5.1
o BRC Food
o BRC Packaging
o BRC Storage & Distribution
o ISO 14001:2015
o ISO 45001: 2018

Auditing and system improvements

Localized Urdu based food handler trainings

R & D Management in food industry

QA in retail sales

Food Regulatory Affairs

Food Factory Design

Halal standards and auditing

Leadership Grid trainings

Hygienic Design of Food Facilities and Equipment


Full time Engagements/Employments:

Auditor – Jan 2023 to date – Control Union Pakistan Pvt Ltd

CEO and Founder (then a Management Consultancy Business now a digital media publishing company) Jan 2015 to date – GURUMUG

Manager QA – Jan 2018 to Jan 2019 – Hinucon Global

AM Audits & Trainings – Jul 2017 to Dec 2017 – SGS Pakistan

Auditor & Trainer – Aug 2013 to Jan 2015 – URS Pakistan

Manager QA – Aug 2012 to Aug 2013 – The Snackbites company (Now Snacks & co)

Head of QA & Product Development / Plant Manager – Sep 2010 to Aug 2012- Dairyland Pvt
Ltd

QC/R&D Executive – Nov 2008 to Sep 2010 – Ulker Pakistan Production Internee – Jun 2008 to July
2008 – English Biscuit Manufacturers Pvt Ltd

Research Associate – Jul 2007 to Jun 2008 – Grain Quality testing Laboratories, PARC
Karachi

Education:

Matriculation (Science) – 2000 – FBISE, Islamabad
M.Sc Food Science & Tech – 2008 – University of Karachi

B. Sc(H) Food Science & Tech – 2007 – University of Karachi

Intermediate (Pre Engg) – 2002 – FBISE, Islamabad

Matriculation (Science) – 2000 – FBISE, Islamabad


Professional Affiliations:


Member – Institute of Food Technologists USA

Associate Member – American Society of Quality
Member – British Occupational Hygiene Society BOHS

Member – American Industrial Hygiene Association
AIHA Member – Pakistan institute of Management
Member- International Society of Food Engineering ISFE