Uche Ekwebelem

Head Brewer

Nigerian breweries Plc.Makurdi

January 2015 to Actually working here

? Determine and manage Makurdi brewing function yearly capital and running expenditure (administering the departmental budget)
? Develop weekly brewing/production activity plan/schedule to meet agreed product output volumes; determine raw material and consumable requirements to meet planned brewing activity.
? Periodic review of brewing performance indices as contained in Brewery Comparative Systems(BCS) and implement improvement where necessary; identify performance gaps and opportunities for improvement(OPI)
? Develop maintenance schedule for equipment and facilities; determine and manage spare parts requirements; liaise with engineering team leader to execute maintenance schedule and sign-off each completed activity.
? Ensure that individual goals/objectives of employee are aligned with business goals/objectives; identify staff performance improvement areas and opportunities; assessing staff performance against plan; define and agree on staff expectations for each performance period.
? Determine skill and competence requirement of staff; identify and recommend the appropriate skill and capability building and training for staff; providing input into career planning and progression for staff
? Accountable for safety, security, health and environmental conditions of staff, contractors, visitors and equipment: ensuring that appropriate safety guidelines and standards are defined/complied with.
? Responsible for the planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating the brewing plant & resources to achieve the production set objectives (SQCOV- Safety, Quality, Cost, OTIF & Volume).
? Manage and supervise the flow of materials and utilization of labour to ensure production goals are attained and labour hours fall within budget.
? Accountable for translating brewery/OPCO vision and strategy into departmental objectives, priorities and targets, and creating commitment for buying-in and implementation.
? Maximize products? quality by focusing on key deviations from specifications and developing plans to correct them and achieve first time right (FTR).
? Minimize overhead costs through continuous improvement of products and processes using use of TPM tools.
? Drive regular process and quality audit to avoid deviation from standard, and evolving ways to improve on KPIs.
? Weekly and monthly KPI presentation and reports to management and staff, and using the report as a driving tool to motivate staff and improve performance.
? Driving the development and implementation of standard operating procedure (SOP), standard process instruction (SPI), and one point lesson (OPL), HACCP log for all brewing machines, equipment and processes.
? Create commitment within team members to effectively and efficiently implement daily control system (DCS) on improved performance indicators (PI).
Achievements:
? Increased brew house OPI from 65% in Q1 2013 to 85% in 2015 by focusing on human capital development.
? Increased the number of brews per day from 3 in Q1 2013 to 8 in 2015.
? Increased the volume produced per annum from 120,000hl ending 2012 to 400,000hl exit 2015 using high gravity brewing.
? Improved the Heineken GSC taste test score on ?33?Export Lager beer and MORE Lager beer from 3.7 and 3.8 average ending 2012 to 3.3 and 3.5 in 2015 by focusing on first time right (FTR).
? Reduced brew house/Cellar extract loss from 10.0% in Q1 2013 to 3.0% in Q1 2016 by focusing on minor leakages and gelagering.
? Implemented and standardized DCS I & II meetings in the brewing department (Daily Control System).
? Implemented functional process based monitoring triggers on performance indicators which are relevant inputs for DCS meetings.
? Anchored successful new product development and formulation: Improved More Lager beer and Admiral light beer using 100% local adjunct content.
? Introduced operators taking part in weekly maintenance and executing CILT on brewing machines.
? Anchored successful installation of automated mash and beer filter machines.
? Prepared successful brewing fixed, variable and capital cost budgets for strategic planning for 3 financial years (2014, 2015 & 2016).
? Reduced bright product filtration change over time from 4.0 hours to 1.5 hours by implementing ?5S steps? in the filtration hall.
? Involved in Plant Cost Optimization (Member of the brewery Cost Optimization Team-COT) ? cost bargaining, determination of the right prizes and giving priority to items that add value to production

Head Brewer

Consolidated Breweries Plc, Imagbon Ijebu-Ode

March 2012 to January 2015

? Develop weekly brewing/production activity plan/schedule to meet agreed product output volumes; determine raw material and consumable requirements to meet planned brewing activity.
? Periodic review of brewing performance indices as contained in Brewery Comparative Systems(BCS) and implement improvement where necessary; identify performance gaps and opportunities for improvement(OPI)
? Develop maintenance schedule for equipment and facilities; determine and manage spare parts requirements; liaise with engineering team leader to execute maintenance schedule and sign-off each completed activity.
? Ensure that individual goals/objectives of employee are aligned with business goals/objectives; identify staff performance improvement areas and opportunities; assessing staff performance against plan; define and agree on staff expectations for each performance period.
? Determine skill and competence requirement of staff; identify and recommend the appropriate skill and capability building and training for staff; providing input into career planning and progression for staff
? Accountable for safety, security, health and environmental conditions of staff, contractors, visitors and equipment: ensuring that appropriate safety guidelines and standards are defined/complied with.
? Responsible for the planning, organizing, directing, and evaluating the brewing plant & resources to achieve the production set objectives (SQCOV- Safety, Quality, Cost, OTIF & Volume).
? Manage and supervise the flow of materials and utilization of labour to ensure production goals are attained and labour hours fall within budget.
? Accountable for translating brewery/OPCO vision and strategy into departmental objectives, priorities and targets, and creating commitment for buying-in and implementation.
? Maximize products? quality by focusing on key deviations from specifications and developing plans to correct them and achieve first time right (FTR).
? Minimize overhead costs through continuous improvement of products and processes using use of TPM tools.
? Drive regular process and quality audit to avoid deviation from standard, and evolving ways to improve on KPIs.

Peocess Technologist Brewing

Consolidated Breweries Plc, Imagbon Ijebu-Ode

March 2008 to March 2012

? Plan routine quality audits for all brewing processes to ensure full compliance to CB plc /Heineken quality standards.
? Analyze and classify technological/quality risk potential due to equipment breakdown and reliability to determine corrective action.
? Proactive brewing raw material inspection and testing of new batches for early identification and isolation of batches that may be defective.
? Planning, organizing and effectively supervising day-to-day quality assurance and process monitoring and control activities of all brewing operators and shift managers
? Develop maintain and sustain Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in brewing department.
? Oversee PQ pillar activities in brewing and provide all required PQ methodological support in defect reduction and quality loss eradication.
? Execution of routine quality audits in brew house to ensure compliance to quality standards.
? Monitor trends in beer production FTR results to ensure minimal variations and compliance to CB plc /Heineken quality standards.
? Ensure effective process monitoring and control of brewing, fermentation, filtration, CIP Process to deliver products within the quality specification.
? Coordinate food safety management system ISO 22000:2005 and quality management system ISO 9001: 2008 in the brewing department.
? Ensure brewing additive usage is strictly adhered to as stipulated in the recipe.
? Monitor First -time-right (FTR) performance of brewing process and report promptly, negative trends to Brewery management.
? Ensure conformance to cleaning standards in brew house and cellars.
? Generate maintenance list on machine issues affecting quality.
? Champion improvement team activities to solve quality problems.
? Develop quality management mindset and capability among brewing staff and improve their problem solving skills with respect to defect reduction and quality loss eradication.
? Enforce process discipline and compliance to standard operating procedures among brewing staff

Shift manager Brewing

Consolidated Breweries Plc, Imagbon Ijebu-Ode

April 2003 to March 2008

? Plan shift brewing in line with set brewing/ production target (in line with micro production planning /maintenance and distribution of western operation).
? Demonstrate effective control on all brewing processes and ensure brewing is executed according to standard process instructions (SPI).
? Effective management of the brewing processes and realizes the production target by ensuring the optimal engagement of people and overseeing the interfaces with other production processes.
? Driving the application of personal safety practices and implementation of company?s SHE policies.
? Produce and report data accurately and timely; analyze and interpret this data, and effectively communicate to the relevant stake holders for appropriate decision making.
? Sustain and improve the process and product quality throughout the entire brewing process in compliance with internal quality standards, local regulations and procedures.
? Creating process and quality triggers to guide operators from deviating from standards.
? Creating and enforcing the use of SOPs, OPL, CILT and work instruction for machines and processes
? Plan and execute breakdown maintenance of brewing machines and instruments to achieve production target in the most cost effective manner while maintaining reduced production downtime.
? Monitor and ensure complete execution of the maintenance planner by the Technicians on duty during planned maintenance schedule.
? Maintain and update the technical documentation of brewing processes/ output, OPI, materials usage, extract & material losses and the downtime analysis; updating of the breakdown maintenance logbook.
? Analysis/ evaluation of brewing breakdown form to identify the failure mode/ breakdown pattern.
? Co-ordinates the daily brewing production process, product quality and breakdown analysis meeting.
? Ensure Good housekeeping, implementation of 5S steps, adequate CIP regimes, safety of the brewing personnel and machineries.
? Management of human and material resources and identifying the training needs & development of staff.
? Ensure strict adherence to rules and regulation of the Company and admonish when contravened.
? Ensures compliance of team members with TPM, GMP, FTR and HACCP process polices.
? Driving problem solving work group to improve performance.
? Ensure proper yeast and silo/grain management.

Automation Operative

Consolidated Breweries Plc, Imagbon Ijebu-Ode

October 2000 to March 2002

? Operating brew house panel and monitoring the conditions of brewing vessels, machines and instruments.
? Executing brewing processes: milling, mashing, mash filtration, wort boiling and cooling in accordance with Standard Process Instruction (SPI).
? Checking and controlling brewing process parameters (granulation, pH, temperature, saccharification, O.G, Color, bitterness) and making corrections where necessary.
? Facilitating time-based maintenance.
? CILT execution.
? Yeast management and controlling fermentation activities.
? Executing housekeeping, 5s, CIP activities and taking part in the weekly planned maintenance activities.
? Executing product filtration activities and controlling the quality parameters (color, O.G, bitterness, pH).

Quality Control Analyst

Polfa Pharmaceutical Nig. Plc, Isolo Lagos

March 1997 to August 2000

? Analysis of drug raw materials, drug intermediate and finished products.
? Determination of drug strength, in-process checks and production control.
? Ensuring that all processes comply with basic pharmacopeia (BP, USP) and regulatory process regulations.
? Care and minor maintenance of laboratory equipment; accountable for staff training/development.
? Preparation and standardization of laboratory reagents and solutions; process and effluent water analysis.
? Determination of drug shelf life and storage conditions for raw materials and finished products.
? Active participation in product recall procedure.
? Timely and accurate data generation, reporting, interpretation and communication for decision making.
? Enhance interdependence and achieve shared goals in the process and quality control with relevant HODs.
? Maintaining the quality systems to ensure they comply with regulatory body requirements.
? Managing regulatory issues to guarantee cordial relationship with regulatory agencies.
? Driving the application of personal safety practices and implementation of company?s SHE policies.

Industrial Chemistry

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Biochemistry

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Chemistry

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