Dairy Crest is the UK’s leading Dairy Company, manufacturing brands including Cathedral City, Clover, Country Life and Utterly Butterly. FoodTec UK is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dairy Crest and is a specialist powder blending business providing Brand holders, food manufacturers and entrepreneurs with innovative product solutions. During my time a FoodTec I progressed to Senior Development Technologist but have held a number of roles which has deepened my knowledge and experience across the business.Responsible for the management of junior members of the NPD team as well as providing guidance and career development whilst acting as head of department.Driver of the implementation of new NPD processes and procedures within FoodTec.Provided comprehensive updates and reports on NPD projects to all levels of the business to ensure priorities and deadlines were achieved.Led a number of cross functional teams to address problems in manufacturing and to resolve issues both in house and on customer premises.Provided full support to members of the sales team during presentations and customer visits.I have experience on a wide range of products across the food industry and have devloped a range of dry powdered products for sauces, seasonings, drinks, milkshakes, protein/sports/nutritional drinks, VLCD products and compete mixes for ingredient solutions and replacement systems.In recent years I have specialised into Bakery and developed complete mixes and/or concentrates for homebaking and bulk for industrial purposes.The main focus has been to replace functional ingredients in bakery products such as Gluten, Egg, Sugar and Dairy.I developed a complete range of gluten free mixes for cakes, muffins, scones, loaf, rolls and managed the development process from concept to launch including making finished product in a craft bakery.Most recent success is a seaoning blend for a branded launch with Dairycrest - Cathedral City Baked Bites.

Supported the business working as part of the technical team in both office based, factory and laboratory functions.Responsible for control of positive release of all products and raw materials.Trending of analysis, complaints and non conformancesInternal AuditsEFSIS accreditationHACCP AnalysisSensory AnalysisEnvironmental MonitoringCalibration contractsProduction trials

Custom Powders Ltd specialise in contract powder & granule processing, covering a wide sector.Food AdditivesAnimal Health - antibiotic componentsSpeciality Powders - Oil well, speciality plastics, pharmaceutical Bulk PowdersServices include, powder formulation, compaction, milling, sieving, drying, agglomeration and blending.During my time at Custom Powders my role was varied and I gained a huge amount of experience in lab techniques, powder processing and production management.Quality AssuranceGeneral QA duties, particle size analysis, sieve testing, sympatec Gas Chromatography Create bespoke lab procedures for customer testing requirementsUpdating Quality and Lab ManualsLead audits - BSI, MCA, Customer visitsProduction & Process DevelopmentAnalyse samples from customers to determine processing capabilitiesWork with customers on site to develop processing conditions to achieve best quality and consistent productRun production trials with operatorsProcess ManagementLogistical planning for specialised animal health products, managing all stock and goods in/outIssue and maintain process documentationOperator training of processes and documentation requirementsCleandown InspectionsCustomer auditsMedicine licence auditsHealth & SafetyControl and issue of all PPEMaintenance of First Aid kits and Eye Wash StationsPerformed hearing and Peak Flow testing on all employees