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Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, United Kingdom

Cumbernauld

• Member of 5 person Senior Management Team which increased turnover from £5-£8mill in 3 years• Manage the Manufacturing, Engineering and Warehouse functions.• Reduced wastage to less than 2.5% equivalent to a 50% reduction.• Reduced headcount by 10% through sourcing equipment in order to mechanise previously manual tasks.• Project managed the move to new factory. Including the design, layout and building of a new production area and warehousing area.• Responsible for Health and Safety throughout the site. No RIDDOR accidents in over 2 years. Implemented Risk Assessments. • Introduced comprehensive package KPI reports which allowed the business to focus on key parameters and help drive strategies for improved performance. • Reduced wastage to less than 2.5% equivalent to a 50% reduction.

Loanhead, Dinburgh

• Solely responsible for setting and controlling site operational overhead budgets, totalling £4.5mill.• Manage the Manufacturing, Engineering, Warehouse, Distribution and Administration Departments• Managedsite Health and Safety. Chair Health and Safety Committee.• Managed the reduction in direct head count from 90 to 68 through improved production process efficiencies (up from 35% efficiency to 70%) and limited capital expenditure. Saving circa £350k in labour costs.• Reduced waste packaging disposal costs by 40% through re-cycling and installation of a bailer unit. Saving £24k per year.• Reduced effluent disposal cost by 49% by introducing composite sampling system and improvements to cleaning systems. Saving £170k

Cumbernauld

• Manage the Manufacturing, Cleaning, Warehouse and Training Departments• Responsible for site Health and Safety. No employee RIDDOR accidents in over 2 years. Chair Health and Safety Committee.• Responsible for setting yearly overhead budgets and labour standards and ensuring they are met. • Managed the reduction in direct head count from 109 to 75. Saving £500K in labour.• Reduced waste from 15% to 5% through better training and improved production processing methods. Saving £150k per year.• Integral member of 4 member team responsible for the design and installation of a fully automated naan bread production line costing £1.5mill• From 1998 to 2002 was Technical Manager in charge of Quality Control and Product Development Departments.

Newbridge, Edinburgh

• Managed the Technical and Cleaning Departments.• Maintaining and refining existing Quality and HACCP systems.• Responsible for ensuring all food manufacturing legal requirements were met.• Responsible for ensuring product quality parameters were met.• Close liaison with the Marks & Spencer Technologist to ensure a harmonious relationship between the two businesses.

Berwick Upon Tweed

• Managed the Laboratory and Quality Assurance departments• Responsible for vendor assurance.• Undertook training courses for HACCP and Basic Food Hygiene.• Installed HACCP system.• Installed BS5750 accredited quality System.

Sharnbrook, Bedford

• Gave microbiological support and advice to Unlever’s food manufacturing plants in the United Kingdom, main land Europe and Scandinavia. Covering Meat and Ice Cream manufactures.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Biochemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Applied Microbiology, 2 (I)