Part of the Prepared Technical function working as a Technical manager Oct 2022- April 2023; TM: frozen; Fruit, Veg & PastryMay 2023-May 2024; TM; chilled desserts, chilled & frozen plant based May 2024- current: TM; Conti meats, BOS Salads, Olives, Antipasti, Coleslaw, Dips, Houmous & Sandwich fillers

This role involved leading on developing BRC positions and representing those with Government and its agencies. I managed technical working groups within the Food Community to address various member issues on; microbiology, hygiene, contamination & horizon scanning. I Maintained an effective network of key officials and stakeholders within the UK to strengthen lobbying positions and identify issues of interest to members.This role involved Food safety legislation and enforcement/Risk management & horizon scanning. I managed food incidents on behalf of members.

*left business due to relocation*Working with high volume, chilled ready meals for major retailers. Responsible for several aspects of the Technical Department taking responsibility for the day to day management of: QMS, Legislation, Customer Specifications, Raw material specifications and Internal Audits. Managing nine direct reports across tech services.

*left business due to Furlough*In this role I was the TM for the Whitbread account, responsible for the following categories; Bakery, Fish, confectionary, grocery, eggs & some condiments. Duties include: technical management of supply chain, incident management, product development/assessment & control. This role was heavily focused on auditing of suppliers for Whitbread chain against the WB std.

*left business due to redundancy*This role involves working in a short shelf life chilled food manufacturing environment. I have the overall responsibility for maintaining food safety and quality for raw materials across all categories, third party products and packaging.I work collaboratively with all department especially the Food Team, on new launches.I continually liaise with Eat accredited food suppliers, aiming to ensure that quality remains paramount, providing detailed feedback where necessary.I Maintain standards, procedures & relevant record keeping mandatory for BRC accreditation.Investigating foreign body & alleged food poisoning complaints is also part of this role with compiling reports for customer services.I also Create/check labelling artwork for third party products & I’m actively involved in product launches. Creation of specifications is also part of this role.

Working for one of the biggest bakery site in Europe I was responsible for working, closely with head office & food safety teams throughout the business. I ensured the bakery was legally compliant specifically AIB, BRC and HACCP & I was involved in such audits. This role involved managing a small team & reporting on any food safety operational issues and identifying opportunities and development plans for improvements within given time scales.I worked alongside the Technical manager & was responsible for being the lead for the company food safety processes on site to deliver a food safe environment and consistent high quality product though-out the bakery. I was actively involved in; complaints and responding to customers as well as carrying out any investigations if required, lab testing, risk assessments, HACCP.

Throughout this role I ensure compliance to BRC standards & customers standards. I am involved with the internal Auditing within the Bread Holdings Group.Daily I; develop and maintain a robust auditing program to include GMP, glass, wood and other physical audits, conduct daily QA checks, assess raw materials specifications, provide training for new starters. I’m involved with lead investigations and root cause analysis for all non-conformances and customer complaints. I link with customer facing teams and provide support to them.I’m heavily involved with second party audits & resultsI also complete Specifications for FP, conduct nutritional calculations via nutriticts software, create labels with bartender systems and ensure FIR compliant.I also have experience with many supplier platforms and specification systems.

I undertook a 2year graduate scheme with TBF. In this role I undertook a lot of daily technical duties; documentation checks, weight checks, quality control etc After one year in this role I was promoted to Quality manager with a team of three technical assistants.