Vanessa Balagot

Hi! I am Vanessa Mae D. Balagot, an Industrial Engineer. A little background about myself, I was an active student during my college years and during my fifth year; I became the President of our club - PIIE-SLCSC (Philippine Institute of Industrial Engineers Saint Louis College Student Chapter). As a student leader, I had many obligations. I had to attend meetings and contests, organize events, lead my feasibility study group, and study for my quizzes and exams. My schedule was pretty jam-packed but I managed to survive. Because of those experiences, I learned how to properly manage my time and developed organizational skills as well as multi-tasking abilities.

During my internship, I was tasked to conduct a time and motion study of the company’s products. Every movement is crucial and must be timed and recorded. Therefore, because of that, I acquired strong attention to details.

During my time as a contact tracer, I have honed my communication and interpersonal skills.

In my leisure time, my hobbies consist of reading books, baking, and sewing.

I am also currently a Compliance Officer under the Food Safety and Quality team for an import and distribution business in the US. My current job description are as follows:

1. Maintain and review food safety documents
2. Assists in making decisions concerning product quality, including holding down the loading of goods when the COA does not conform to specifications.
3. Receive and review food safety documents for new products
4. Ensures suppliers submit complete and updated food safety documents 
5. Supports the sourcing team in meeting and reaching out to potential and current suppliers.
6. In charge of creating the internal booklet and internal COAs
7. Assists the food safety manager in creating policies, procedures and SOPs
8. Assists the foods safety manager in any BRC related project.
9. Give initial evaluation to new suppliers and vendor products
10. In charge of updating the History of Revision for the internal booklets
11. Ensures that the booklet that needs to be sent to the customer is the current version and is exactly the same content as the supplier's.

I am also a huge animal lover and I have 3 dogs and 3 cats.