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Hamburg, Germany

City Of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

• Spearheaded the implementation of food safety and hygiene standards to ensure conformance to required Four Seasons Hotels standards:
• CAPA for customer complaints and internal non-conformances.
• Planned and led monthly Hygiene Management meetings to improve practices for the Back-of-house.
• Concluded contracts with Pest Control and Quality Assurance service providers.
• Updated SOPs and PRPs including supporting checklists and reports. This also included document verification, management, and control.
• Completed in-house training for the Back-of-house on HACCP, allergy management, food defence, and hygiene.

Randfontein, Gauteng, South Africa

• Implemented the Food Safety Management System for four branches producing high-volume confectionary bakery products. From supplier management to product release and dealing with all relevant third-party stakeholders on.
• Developed a Food Safety Management System compliant with FSSC 22000, which was successfully audited under the GFSI Intermediate Level for all four branches (Durban, Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg, Cape Town) every year.
• Completed all quarterly internal audits for each branch, including safety inspections, and closing off on all non-conformances.
• Presenting monthly reports to directors.
• Trained and revitalised quality teams for each site and oversaw the training calendar and training needs assessment for all sites.
• Communicated with customers on all product technical aspects, which included specifications, complaints handling, and new product development.

Harare

• Worked shifts dealing with all physical and chemical quality tests on samples from all stages of the processing of vegetable oils:
• Completed over ten tests and analyses on ingredients, sub-products, finished products, by-products, and waste in a 9-hour shift as required.
• Completed daily cleaning and maintenance of laboratory equipment.
• Employed standard laboratory tests and measurement controls to evaluate quality within the laboratory.
• Followed standard operating procedures for designated laboratory equipment.
• Followed quality control procedures and health and safety guidelines.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

• Managed the FSMS for confectionary and ready meals production from supplier monitoring to product release:
• Defined, Documented, and implemented the Quality assurance procedures and processes to align with the government, international standards, and customer requirements.
• Passed all customer audits, government export audits, and certification audits from October 2015 till July 2018.
• Led in all customer complaints, product technical problems, and product and ingredient specifications.
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• Supervised production operations.

Harare, Zimbabwe

• Supplier approval and assessment.
• Quality control checks of incoming raw materials together with packaging.
• Staff induction and training incorporating safety and quality standards.
• Production and quality documentation control, development, revision, updating and presentation.
• Designing of HACCP.
• Process machinery checks, give recommendations and lead implementation of changes.

Certificate In Higher Education, Education

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Btech Honours Degree, Food Processing And Technology

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