Ashwin Dass Email & Phone Number

Canterbury, New Zealand

20 Senior Place, Bromley, Christchurch, Nz

-Keeping our people safe and following H&S policies and procedures -Provide effective leadership, coordination, and training to the team of employees -Operate and be fully conversant with all machines and operations-Ensure all Food Safety and QA requirements are being adhered to -Staff management, including training, toolbox meetings, and taskings -Direct and train the production staff regarding quality and compliance matters-Ensure quality control procedures are achieved-Checking that daily preoperational checks are completed -Daily check of all tasks -Ensuring best practice of task is adhered to by staff and developing new and improved techniques -Liaising with staff and ensuring their welfare with work related issues -Ensuring that each member completes their full induction, so they know their responsibilities -Product traceability -Production Management – assisting production manager to plan, schedule and balance the requirements of processing different products with stocks and orders -Responsible for liaising directly with the compliance team to ensure compliance is adhered to -Reporting back to the management of the evening task, incidents, request, and other information necessary

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

-Overseeing completion of production processes, that is cooking, depositing, enrobing, packing and cleaning. -Developing and maintaining safe work practices documentation-Ensuring company policies, procedures, SWPs, and Food Safety standards are followed.-Fostering communication and ensuring information and knowledge is shared, including running team meetings -Inducting and training new staff, and ongoing training/coaching and development of existing staff-Monitoring the achievement of KPIs-Managing production related health and safety and participating in the health and safety committee -Troubleshooting and problem solving, including machinery malfunction -Providing cover on production line as and when required -Overseeing the completion of daily end of production tasks -Entering finished product information into inventory management system -Participating in regular stock takes -Any other task requested by the manager from time to time

Belfast Site, New Zealand

-Communicate what food safety, quality and compliance requirements are specific to the team and actively observe the room to ensure these are maintained at all times-Train and coach members of the team to understand what specifications and production targets mean and how they relate to the team member’s work-Organize daily production requirements in conjunction with the manager and clearly communicate this with the team-Providing leadership direction to the department to achieve daily production targets whilst developing a positive team culture-Review daily production performance and investigate/put in place corrective actions when required-Understand food safety and quality requirements, and how these apply to the team-Build an uncompromising safety culture. Health and safety is at the paramount-Champion continuous improvement and encourage team members to find new ideas to improve work practices-Sign off all training records for employees.-Oversee the conduct of the end of shift clean-up activities-Check work implements, PPE prior to the commencement of work.-Monitor and controls personal hygiene practices in the relevant processing sections.-Monitor the employee’s personal hygiene practices on return from production breaks.-Periodically check the adequacy of facilities, equipment and services.-Implement corrective action with respect to non-conformance in products, procedures, facilities or services to eliminate the source of the problem. Also, to carry out follow up checks to determine if the action has been effective.-Supervise the correct collection and disposal of waste products.

Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Vat cleaning services, supply of premium quality oil, cleaning of range hood filters and removal of waste oil for recycling.

Belfast, Christchurch, Nz

-Carry out Beef EQ grading, with standards established by external advisors-Ensure appropriate records are produced, maintained and retain as required -Carry out audits for finished and unfinished product to ensure compliance to specification-Documenting specification checks results and communicating results with departmental supervisors, production manager, plant technologist and plant manager if required -Assist in the management of plant HACCP systems-Assist with various projects to ensure the successful introduction of the best practice

Yaqara, Tavua, Fiji

-Supervise package quality, lab and sanitation technicians during respective shifts to assure that monitoring and scheduled work is being completed as directed -Supervise and sign off on all monitoring performed by the lab, sanitation and package quality personnel-Assure that all products produced during respective shifts meet quality standards-Supervise all testing performed and results observed during each shift and report deviances immediately to respective management as necessary -Supervise Sunday sanitation and cleaning activities as scheduled and any special activities as they arise -Communicate effectively with production personnel during shifts -Carry out internal and supplier audits as per requirements of the company- Carry out training programs as assigned-Support quality personnel in setting out GMP guidelines-Presenting quality improvement and efficiency data using graphs on a weekly basis-Committee member of SQF and NSF Team (certifications for Fiji Water) -Review and update Standard Operating Procedures and Check Sheets-Update Product Quality Director about issues regarding quality on a daily basis-Relieve Manager for Sanitation and Hygiene whenever required-Other duties as assigned

Suva, Fiji

-Carrying out brix test of simple syrup and final syrup in DMA and by Hydrometer -Carrying turbidity test of simple syrup -Manufacturing of simple syrup -Manufacturing of final syrup -Stock rotation of sugar and concentrates -Organizing the arrival of sugar containers-Carrying out monthly stock take-Carrying out weekly sanitation -Carrying out sanitation as required

Fiji

Protein, Moisture, Color test using NIR machine-Carrying out water absorption of flour using farinogram-Carrying out extensity of flour using extensogram-Ash test of flour samples-pH test -Falling number test of flour-Iron test -Wet gluten test -Granularity checks of flour -Bread baking test of baker’s flour -Carrying out full analysis of wheat (APW, AH, Soft Wheat, Feed Wheat) -Free fatty acids test of Oil -Starch test of Potatoes -Density test Potato -Carrying out kibble test of Rice -Online quality checks of Flour, Rice and Chips -Weekly infestation of Flour and Rice -Calibration of all equipments in the Lab -Fire extinguisher checks -Handling of all customer complaints -Supervision of weekly solo-misting carried out by Rentokil